OBITUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



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sixth Congress of the United States. An op- 

 ponent of the tenets of secession, he maintained 

 from personal conviction, and as the advocate 

 of his constituents, an unalterable loyalty to 

 the oath he had taken to maintain the Union 

 and preserve the Constitution. He was a 

 happy example of that union of decision of 

 opinion and firmness of purpose, in public sta- 

 tion, \vith the amenity of disposition -which 

 constitutes one of the greatest charms of private 

 life. 



Feb. 20. PHENIY, Commander DAWSOX, U. 

 S. X., died hi Philadelphia, aged 36 years. He 

 entered the naval service in 1841, having been 

 appointed from Maryland, his native "State. 

 His first orders were to join the Independence, 

 then attached to the Home Squadron. Subse- 

 quently he served on board the frigate Saran- 

 nah, of the Pacific Squadron, and during a 

 cruise of the Brandy wine, also upon the steamer 

 Princeton. In July, 1847, he was ordered to 

 the naval school for promotion ; was a passed 

 midshipman in 1848, and the following year 

 was ordered upon the Coast Survey, where he 

 remained until July, 1850, when he was or- 

 dered to the JRaritan, but was transferred to 

 the sloop St. ITary's. In 1852 he was detached 

 from that vessel and ordered to the Observatory 

 at Washington, where he remained until Octo- 

 ber, 1853, when he was sent to the receiving 

 ship Philadelphia, and again to Coast Sur- 

 vey duty. In Sept., 1855, he was promoted to 

 a lieutenancy, and afterwards served upon the 

 Fredonia and the Lancaster. In 1861 he was 

 promoted to be lieutenant commander, and or- 

 dered to ordnance duty at Old Point Comfort, 

 Va, A few months previous to his death he 

 was assigned to the command of the gunboat 

 Pocahontas. 



F>:b. 21. TRITE, GEORGE, U. S. Consul at 

 Madeira, died at Funchal. 



Feb. 21. WUELPLET, EDWARD W., Chief 

 Justice of the Supreme Court of X. J., died at 

 Morristown, aged 46 years. He commenced the 

 practice of law in 1839, and soon rose to emi- 

 nence in his profession. In 1858 he was ap- 

 pointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court 

 of the State, and in 1861 Chief Justice. In 

 1848 he was a member, and in 1849 Speaker 

 of the Assembly. 



Feb. 21. WILLIAMS, AUSTIX B., died at the 

 Hydropathic Institution, Xew York, aged 31 

 years. He was a native of Exeter, X. H., and 

 had been for twelve years a printer upon the 

 Xew York "Times." He was the heaviest 

 man in the city, his weight being 420 pounds. 



Feb. 22. FRIBLET, CoL of the 8th U. S. 

 volunteers (colored), was killed at Olustee, 

 Florida, aged 28 years. He enlisted at the 

 commencement of the war as a private in the 

 84th Pennsylvania, and rose to his position 

 through good conduct and courage alone. 



Feb. 23. DEWET, Hon. JOSHUA, died at 

 Watertown, Jefferson County, X. Y., aged 97 

 years. He was born in Lebanon, Conn., grad- 

 uated at Yule College in 1787, and devoted his 



attention to agricultural pursuits until 1798, 

 when he was elected to the Legislature, where 

 he served three consecutive terms. The follow 

 ing year he was commissioned by President 

 John Adams as Inspector and Collector of the 

 Internal Revenue, [n 1809 he was sheriff of 

 St. Lawrence. In the war of 1812 he enlisted 

 as a volunteer to repel the British attack upon 

 the frontier. 



Feb. 24. TOWN-, SALEM. LL.D., died at 

 Greencastle, Indiana, aged 85 years. He was 

 a native of Belchertown, Mass., born March 

 5th, 1779, but soon after attaining manhood re- 

 moved to the State of Xew York, where he re- 

 sided during the remainder of his life. He ear- 

 ly commenced teaching, a profession which he 

 followed for about forty years. He was led by 

 his xperience as a teacher to prepare a series 

 of text-books for the use of schools, which, 

 with their various revisions, have had an im- 

 mense sale in all parts of the United States. 

 He was a member, at one time, of the State 

 Senate, and, we believe, also of the Constitu- 

 tional Convention. His residence was at Au- 

 rora, N. Y., but he was on a visit to Indiana at 

 the time of his death. 



Feb. 24. TUDOR, FREDERICK, an enterprising 

 merchant of Xew England, died at Boston, 

 aged 80 years. He was the first exporter of 

 ice to the tropics, commencing, in 1805, by the 

 shipment of a cargo of 130 tons to the island 

 of Martinique. 



Feb. 25. RANDALL, Maj.-Gen., Xew York 

 State Militia, died in Buffalo, of disease of the 

 brain. 



Feb. 26. HARRISON, Mrs. "WILLIAM HENT.T, 

 widow of President Harrison, died at Xorth 

 Bend, Ohio. She was a daughter of John 

 Cleves Symmes, the original purchaser of the 

 Miami Country, and was married to Capt. Har- 

 rison, who commanded Fort Washington, 'soon 

 after the departure of Gen. Wayne for the At- 

 lantic States, about the year 1796. She was 

 with her husband as he passed through all the 

 gradations of civil and military life, as Captain, 

 General, Commander-in-Chief, Member of Con- 

 gress, Senator, Governor, and President, but 

 through all these changes quietly pursued the 

 humble, discreet, self-denying offices of a Chris- 

 tian woman. 



Feb. 26. McLAXE, Rev. JAMES W., D.D., a 

 clergyman of the Presbyterian Church, died in 

 Brooklyn (E. D.), X. Y. He was born in Char- 

 lotte. Xorth Carolina, May 22, 1801, came north 

 in 1819, entered Phillips Academy, Andover, 

 Mass., and graduated from Yale College in 1827. 

 He taught in Xew London and at Phillips Acad- 

 emy, Andover, and in 1835 graduated at the 

 Theological Seminary at Andover. He was for 

 eight years pastor of the Madison Street Pres- 

 byterian Church in Xew York City, and in 

 1845 accepted a call to the First Presbyterian 

 Church in Williamsburgh, where he remained 

 as pastor until December, 1863, when, at hia 

 own request, on account of failing health, he 

 was relieved of his charge. He was long a di- 



