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After three years' service he was compelled to 

 rerurn home on account of ill health. On re- 

 covering he became pastor of the Congrega- 

 tional Church in Peru, 111., -where he remained 

 till the autumn of 1863, when he was appointed 

 associate secretary of the western branch of 

 the American Tract Society, and almost imme- 

 diately went to Chattanooga to Icok after the 

 religious interests of the soldiers. In January 

 he was taken ill, and died after two months' 

 sickn 



March 8. PERIT, PELATIAH. (See PERIT, 

 PELATIAH.) 



March 9. SCOTT, OTHO, died in Baltimore, 

 Md. He was a native of Harford County. Md. 

 As a lawyer and statesman he had no supe- 

 rior in Maryland. In the former capacity he 

 was appointed one of the commissioners to 

 codify the State laws, and in the latter, filled 

 many important public trusts. 



March 9. STRONG, Hon. MARSHALL M., died 

 at Racine, Wis., aged 50 years. He was a native 

 of Amherst, Mass., where he spent his early 

 years at the academy and college of that place, 

 but completed his collegiate course and gradu- 

 ated at Union College^ Schenectady, X. Y. He 

 then entered upon the study of law at Troy, 

 and was there admitted to the bar. In June, 

 1836, he removed to Racine County, "\Vis., and 

 in 1838 was elected a member of the Territo- 

 rial Council, and was one of a committee of 

 three from that body to revise the laws of the 

 Territory. In 1846 he was elected a member 

 of the House of Representatives, and while in 

 the discharge of his duties in that position was 

 called to mourn over the loss of his family by 

 fire. In 1848 he was again elected to the Leg- 

 islature, took an active part in the revision of 

 the present statutes of the State, and soon after 

 retired from political life. He was a large con- 

 tributor to the establishment of the Racine 

 College, and was always forward in enterprises 

 for the public good. 



March 11. MIHOLOTZI, Col. GEZA, died at 

 Chattanooga from the effects of a wound re- 

 ceived at Buzzard Roost. He was born in 

 Pesth, Hungary, received a military education, 

 and took part in the Hungarian revolution of 

 1848-'9 ; came to this country in 1850, settled 

 in Chicago, and commenced the study of medi- 

 cine under Dr. Yalenta of that city. At the 

 outbreak of the rebellion he raised a company 

 for the three months' service, and was elected 

 Captain. In November, 1861, he was elected 

 Lieutenant-Colonel of the 24th Illinois vol- 

 unteers (infantry), and on the resignation of 

 Col. Hecker, became Colonel of that regiment. 

 He served in several important battles, and as 

 a regimental commander stood very high in 

 the estimation of his military superiors. 



March 13. COZZENS, WM. B., died suddenly 

 at "VTest Point, N. Y., aged 77 years. He was 

 a native of Newport, R. I., was for ten years 

 proprietor of the American Hotel in New York 

 City, and subsequently opened the hotel at 

 West Point which is identified with his name. 



He was particularly well known to the officers 

 of our army and navy. 



March 15. CHAPMAN, HIRAM, died at Au- 

 gusta, Me. He was at one time President of 

 the State Senate, and for many years occupied 

 a prominent position in his native State. 



March 15. KENNEDY, STEWART, M. D., sur- 

 geon in the United States Navy, died in Phila- 

 delphia, aged 31 years. He was born at Easton, 

 Pa. ; graduated at Jefferson College in 1854, and 

 the following spring was appointed to the navy. 

 Not being assigned immediately to duty he 

 joined a merchant vessel, but hearing of the 

 ravages of yellow fever at Norfolk and Ports- 

 mouth, he volunteered for service there, and 

 was soon prostrated by the disease. On his re- 

 covery he joined the Preble, and participated 

 in the battle between the rebel navy and the 

 blockading squadron at the mouth of the Mis- 

 sissippi. At the capture of New Orleans he 

 was on the Hartford, and was especially com- 

 mended in the official report of that battle. 

 In the summer of 1863 he was again ordered 

 to the Gulf on board the Ticonderoga, and was 

 with her until she returned to the Philadelphia 

 navy yard for repairs. 



March 15. MOORE, GEORGE "W., died in Port- 

 land, Me., aged about 40 years. He was a na- 

 tive of Searsmount, Me. ; in early life was a 

 practical printer, and subsequently editor and 

 proprietor of "The Republican Journal," Bel- 

 fast, and for a time Deputy Collector at Cam- 

 den. At the time of his death he was chief 

 editor of the Portland "Advertiser." 



March 16. BADEAU, PETER, died in New 

 York City in the 89th year of his age. He was 

 probably the oldest Sunday School teacher in 

 the United States, if not in the world, and had 

 been actively engaged in teaching since the 

 first formation of Sunday Schools in New York. 



March 19. BACHE, FRANKLIN, M. D. (See 

 BACHE FRANKLIN.) 



March 19. FLINT, JOSHUA BARKER, M. D., 

 died in Louisville, Ky., aged 62 years. He was 

 a native of Coh. --., and a son of Rev. 



Jacob Flint ; pursued his early studies under his 

 father's instruction, and graduated at Harvard 

 College in 1820. Soon after graduating he was 

 chosen Usher in the English Classical School 

 in Boston, of which George B. Emerson wa3 

 the Principal, and continued there two years, 

 after which he began the study of medicine. 

 In 1825 he received the degree of M. D., 

 and entered upon the practice of his pro- 

 fession in Boston, where he remained twelve 

 years. In 1837 he was called to the chair of 

 surgery in the Louisville Medical Institute, 

 then just organized. In 1849, upon the estab- 

 lishment of a new medical school, called the 

 "Kentucky School of Medicine," at Louisville, 

 Dr. Flint was appointed Professor of the Prin- 

 ciples and Practice of Surgery in the institu- 

 tion, and -continued in that position until hia 

 death. "While a resident in Boston Dr. F. 

 was several times elected to the State Legis- 

 lature. 



