OBITUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



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&nd on the 4th of July, 18C3, at the battle of 

 Helena, Ark., his command was conspicuous 

 for its bravery and good conduct. For his 

 meritorious conduct in this and subsequent 

 battles, he was appointed brigadier-general, his 

 commission dating August 4, 1863. He took 

 an honorable part in every battle of the ardu- 

 ous campaigns of that and the succeeding year 

 in Arkansas, up to the time of receiving his 

 fatal wound. 



July 7. WIXSLOW, Col. CLEVELAND, an offi- 

 cer of U. S. volunteers, died in the hospital at 

 Alexandria, Va., from wounds received at the 

 battles near Mechanicsville, Va., aged 28 years. 

 He was a native of Medford, Mass., and the 

 eldest son of the Rev. Gordon Winslow, D. D. 

 When the war commenced he was engaged in 

 mercantile pursuits in New York City, but hav- 

 ing some military knowledge from his connec- 

 tion with the militia, he raised a company of 

 men and departed with the famous Duryea 

 Zouaves for the seat of war, continuing with 

 them for two years in all their engagements. 

 Immediately upon the return of his regiment 

 he raised another, and with it was engaged in 

 all the important battles of the Potomac since 

 that period. 



July 11. DAVIS, Col. P. STEARXS, 39th regi- 

 ment Mass, volunteers, an officer in the volun- 

 teer service, killed near Petersburg, Ya. 



July 11. DU>~LAP, THOMAS, a lawyer, and 

 for many years president of the United States 

 Bank at Philadelphia, died in that city aged 71 

 years. 



July 12. BOWEEYEM, GEOEGE, a correspond- 

 ent of the Press, was drowned near Newport 

 News, aged about 33 years. He was a native 

 of England, and had resided in this country but 

 ten years. He was formerly a correspondent 

 of ''The Tribune" at Charleston, and subse- 

 quently of the "Philadelphia Press" with the 

 Army of the Potomac, and had published melo- 

 dies of considerable merit. 



July 12. REYNOLDS, MAr.crs T., an eminent 

 lawyer of Albany, died in that city. He was 

 born in Florida, Montgomery County, N. Y. ; 

 graduated at Union College in 1808, studied 

 law at Johnstown in the office of Attorney- 

 General Hildreth and Judge Harris, and in 1811 

 commenced the practice of the law at Amster- 

 dam, N. Y. In 1828 he removed to Albany, 

 where for the next quarter of a century he oc- 

 cupied the ftrst rank of his profession. 



July 12. VAIL, STEPHEN, an enterprising 

 machinist, died in Speedwell, Morris County, 

 N. J., aged 84 years. He built the engines of 

 the first steamship that ever crossed the At- 

 lantic, and assisted Mr. Morse in perfecting the 

 magnetic telegraph. 



July 14. GARDNER, SAMUEL JACKSON, an 

 editor and author, died at the White Moun- 

 tains, N. H.. aged 76 years. He was a native 

 of Massachusetts, graduated at Cambridge in 

 1807, practiced law for many years in Roxbury, 

 Mass., and held various county and State offices 

 3f honor. He was Deputy Grand-Master of 



the Masonic Society of Massachusetts for some 

 years. In 1838 he removed to Newark, N. J., 

 and in 1850 became editor of the " Daily Ad- 

 vertiser," which position he relinquished on ac- 

 count of his health at the commencement of the 

 war. Mr. G. was the author of a volume of 

 Essays entitled "Autumn Leaves." 



July 14. SIMMONS, Hon. JAMES F., died at 

 his residence in Johnson, R. L, in the 70th 

 year of his age. He was a native of Little 

 Compton, R. L, and in early life had no other 

 means of education than those supplied by com- 

 mon schools. In 1827 he entered the Rhode 

 Island legislature, in which he continued with 

 brief intermissions until 1840, when he was 

 elected a Senator in Congress. In 1847 he re- 

 tired, and returned again to the Senate in 1857, 

 for one term. The subject to which he gave 

 his principal attention was the national finances, 

 particularly the bearings and value of the 

 tariff. 



July 17. BOONE, Rt. Rev. "WILLIAM JONES, 

 Protestant Episcopal Missionary Bishop to 

 Shanghai, China, died in that city, aged 53 

 years. He was a native of South Carolina, 

 and in early life studied law with Chancellor 

 De Saussure of that State. Subsequently he 

 fitted himself for the ministry at the Theologi- 

 cal Seminary in Alexandria, Va., and in Janu- 

 ary, 1837, offered his services as a missionary 

 to China, where he arrived in July of the same 

 year. After several years of incessant labor he 

 returned to the United States, and in October, 

 1 S44, was consecrated Missionary Bishop. Dur- 

 ing the last twenty years of his life, with the 

 exception of two visits to America, he labored 

 assiduously at his post in Shanghai, and acquir- 

 ed an unusually profound knowledge of the 

 Chinese language and literature. In 1846 he 

 commenced his translation of the Prayer-Book, 

 and engaged in a revision of the New Testa- 

 ment ; and in 1847 he was appointed one of the 

 committee of delegates from the several mis- 

 sions to review the translation of the Bible. 

 In this work, and in the discussion which grew 

 out of it, he displayed an amount of ability and 

 learning which challenged general admiration. 

 His death was hastened by severe labor in an 

 unhealthy climate. 



July 17. McCooK, Col. DAX, an officer of 

 volunteers, died in Steubenville, Ohio, of 

 wounds received in the battle of Kenesaw 

 Mountain, making the fourth member of the 

 family who have fallen in the service of their 

 country, and leaving two brothers only, who 

 are at present commanding Ohio regiments in 

 the field. 



July 18. LAMSOX, Rev. ALVAX, D. D., a 

 Unitarian clergyman and author, died in Ded- 

 ham, Mass., airc-d 7:2 years. He was a nativo 

 of "\Veston, Mass., studied at Phillips' Academy, 

 Andover; graduated at Harvard College in 

 1814, and immediately after was appointed 

 tutor in Bowdoin College, where he remained 

 two years. He then studied theology at the 

 Divinity School at Cambridge, and in 1818 was 



