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OBITUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



ordained pastor of the First Church in Dedham, 

 where he labored for more than forty years. 

 He was a vigorous writer, and contributed fre- 

 quently to the " Christian Examiner," besides 

 publishing one or two valuable volumes. 



July 18. MARSH, NATHANIEL, President of 

 the New York and Erie Railroad, died on Staten 

 Island, aged 52 years. He was a native of 

 Haverhill, Mass., graduated at Dartmouth Col- 

 lege in 1835, studied law in his native State, 

 and after his admission to the bar removed to 

 New York. He was at one time First Assist- 

 ant Postmaster of New York City. He entered 

 the service of the Erie Railroad about seventeen 

 years since, and had gradually risen to the posi- 

 tion of President of the new company, having 

 been Receiver of the original company when it 

 passed into the hands of the bondholders. He 

 was regarded as one of the ablest, if not the 

 ablest, railroad manager in the United States. 



July 20. FEATHERSTONE, Brig.-Gen. WM. 

 S., an officer of the rebel army from Mississippi, 

 killed at the battle of Peach Tree Creek, Ga. 



July 20. LONG, Brig.-Gen. AKMISTEAD L., 

 an officer of the rebel army from Georgia, kill- 

 ed at the battle of Peach Tree Creek, Ga. 



July 20. PETTUS, Brig.-Gen. John J., an 

 officer of the rebel army from Mississippi, for- 

 merly Governor of that State, killed at the bat- 

 tle of Peach Tree Creek, Ga. 



July 20. STEVENS, Brig.-Gen. GEORGE M., 

 an officer of the rebel army from Maryland, 

 killed at the battle of Peach Tree Creek, Ga. 



July 21. GREATHOUSE, Brig.-Gen. Lucres, 

 of U. S. volunteers, killed in a skirmish near 

 Atlanta, Ga., aged 21 years. He was a native 

 of Carlinsville, 111., graduated at Bloomington, 

 studied law, and was admitted to the bar. At 

 the commencement of the Avar he volunteered 

 as a private, and after passing through every 

 intermediate grade was commissioned colonel 

 of the 48th Illinois, his regiment bearing a con- 

 spicuous part in the achievements of the Army 

 of the Tennessee. He was made brigadier-gen- 

 eral only a day or two previous to his death. 



July 22. McPnERsoN, Maj.-Gen. JAMES B. 

 (See MoPnERSON", JAMES B.) 



July 22. WALKER, Maj.-Gen. WM. H. T., 

 an officer in the Confederate army, killed in 

 battle at Decatur, Ga. He was a native of 

 Georgia and a graduate of West Point. 



July 25. LANSING, Gen. A. Douw, ex-Major- 

 General of Militia, died suddenly at Albany, 

 N. Y. For more than forty years he had al- 

 most exclusive charge of the large manorial 

 estates of the Van Rensselaers, and had in 

 many ways identified himself with the business 

 aifairs of the city in which he resided. 



July 25. WAGNER, PETER K., a printer, died 

 at New Orleans, La., aged 75 years. He was 

 a native of Maryland, but removed to New Or- 

 leans in 1813, and soon after became editor and 

 proprietor of the "New Orleans Gazette," con- 

 tinuing it until 1823, when the depression of 

 the times forced him to give it up. In 1827 

 lie connected himself with the Louisiana " Ad- 



vertiser" until 1829, when Gen. Jackson, then 

 President, conferred upon him the appoint- 

 ment of naval officer of the port. Subsequent- 

 ly he assumed the editorship of the Louisiana 

 " Courier." 



July 26. MULLIGAN, Col. JAMES A. (Se& 

 MULLIGAN, JAMES A.) 



July 27. BARLOW, Mrs. ARABELLA GRIFFITH, 

 wife of Brig.-Gen. Francis C. Barlow, of U. S. 

 volunteers, died at Washington, D. C., of fever 

 contracted while in attendance upon the hos- 

 pitals of the Army of the Potomac. She enter- 

 ed the service of the Sanitary Commission at 

 an early period of its existence, serving faith- 

 fully throughout the Peninsular campaign, and 

 subsequently both in hospitals and on the field. 



July 27. BONNET, Rev. SAMUEL W., Amer- 

 ican Missionary to Canton, China, died in that 

 city of fever, aged 49 years. He was a native 

 of New Canaan, Conn., pursued his studies in 

 part in the New York University, but subse- 

 quently removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, and com- 

 pleted his course in Lane Seminary. He ar- 

 rived in China in 1845, and has since then, with 

 the interval of a brief visit to America, been 

 an active and useful missionary. 



July 27. HALLETT, SAMUEL, a New York 

 banker and railroad manager, was assassinated 

 at Wyandotte, Kansas, by a discharged engineer 

 named Talcott. His age was about 39 yeai-s. 

 Mr. Hallett's early life was passed in poverty, 

 but he early displayed a rare aptitude for busi- 

 ness, and great executive ability. About 1850 

 he first attracted attention as a banker, and the 

 bold and daring character of his enterprises 

 gamed him enemies as well as friends. In 1857 

 he became embarrassed and lost most of the 

 property he had previously amassed, but soon 

 recovered himself, and though implicated to 

 some extent in the alleged over-issue of Indiana 

 State bonds, he succeeded in relieving himself 

 from the charges brought against him, and be- 

 coming the financial agent and manager of the At- 

 lantic and Great Western Railroad, and carried 

 that magnificent enterprise through to a com- 

 plete success. He also became the financial 

 agent and principal contractor for the Union 

 Pacific Railroad, the first section of the Pacific 

 Railroad, whose success had become assured 

 xinder his management. He was heartily loyal 

 and patriotic,- and though a man of marked 

 faults, was not devoid of compensating virtues. 



July 27. MILLER, SILAS, Colonel of the 36th 

 regiment Illinois volunteers, died at Nashville, 

 Tenn., from wounds received at the battle of 

 Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., aged 25 years. He 

 was born in Tompkins County, N. Y., but when 

 very young removed to Aurora, Illinois, learn- 

 ed the printer's trade, pursuing his education 

 in the mean time, and when the war broke out 

 was diligently engaged in the study of law. la 

 April, 1861, he enlisted in the volunteer service 

 as a private, passing rapidly through the differ- 

 ent grades of promotion, and doing important 

 service in the early campaign of Missouri and 

 Arkansas, and in Mississippi and East Ten 



