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man of the Methodist Episcopal Church and 

 President of Emory Female College, Carlisle, 

 Pa. ; died of consumption. He entered the 

 Baltimore Conference in 1845, and served in 

 various appointments until 1859, when he he- 

 came Professor of Languages in Irving Col- 

 lege. Subsequently he established the Insti- 

 tution of which he was president at the time 

 of his death. 



*. 10. THOMSON", GEOEGE. a government 

 official, died in Georgetown, D. C., aged V3 

 years. He was for many years chief clerk of 

 the Topographical Bureau, and was subse- 

 quently transferred to the same position in the 

 Bureau of Engineers. 



Sept. 11. FAXOX, HEXT.Y W., an editor and 

 author, died at Har wood Hospital, Washington, 

 D. C. He was a native of Buffalo, entered the 

 navy as an apprentice, and after two or three 

 years' service returned home, and became con- 

 nected with a telegraph office in Troy, and 

 subsequently accepted a clerkship in a candle 

 manufactory. In 1855 he became one of the 

 editors of the Buffalo " Republic," and after- 

 wards of the " Tunes," continuing in that 

 capacity after it was -merged into the "Re- 

 public" until August, 1860, when he became 

 army correspondent for some of the Xew 

 York papers, and occasionally for the Buffalo 

 " Courier." He was the author of the ' Sil- 

 ver Lake Snake Story," the "A. P. L. Parin 

 Papers," and other humorous effusions, and 

 ranked high among the humorous writers of 

 the Press. 



'. 12. ALVEHSOX. JAMES LAWEEXCE, 

 LL.D., Professor of Mathematics, and Acting 

 President of Genesee College, died at Lima, 

 X. Y., aged 48 years. He was a native of the 

 State of Xew York, graduated at the Wesleyan 

 University at Middletown, Conn., in 1838, and 

 soon after took charge of an Academy in 

 Elmira, X. Y. In 1841 he became a teacher 

 in the Oneida Conference Seminary, and in 

 1844 returned to Lima as teacher in the Gene- 

 see Wesleyan Seminary, of which he became 

 principal in 1847, holding this office until ap- 

 pointed Professor of Mathematics in 1849. 



Sept. 12. BEXJAMIX, PAEK. (See BEXJA- 

 MTX, PAEK.) 



*. 14. HOWELL, Brig.-Gen. JOSHTA B., 

 an officer of U. S. volunteers, was accidentally 

 killed near Petersburg, Ya,, by being thrown 

 from his horse, aged about 65 years. He was 

 a brave officer, and had been wounded in sev- 

 eral battles during the war. He was colonel 

 of the 85th regiment of Pennsylvania volun- 

 teers, and had recently been made brigadier- 

 general. 



Sept. 14. PATTEX, Major (Acting Colonel) 

 HEXEY L., an officer of U. S. volunteers, died 

 of wounds received in battle, near James River, 

 aged 28 years. He was a native of Kingston, 

 X. H., graduated at Harvard College in 1858, 

 spent a few years in teaching, and when the 

 war broke out was studying law. He entered 

 the army with the 20th Massachusetts regi- 



ment, served in the Peninsular campaign, and 

 especially distinguished himself at Fredericks- 

 burg, Gettysburg, and the battles of the Wil- 

 derness. 



Sept. 15. POTTS, Rev. GEOEGE, D. D. (See 

 POTTS, GEOEGE, D. D.) 



Sept. 19. GODWIX, Brig.-Gen. A. C., an 

 officer in the Confederate service, killed at the 

 battle of Winchester, Ya. He was a native 

 of Portsmouth, Ya., was formerly Provost-Mar- 

 shal of Richmond, and was subsequently pro- 

 moted colonel of a Xorth Carolina regiment. 

 A short time previous to his death he was 

 made brigadier-general. 



'. 10. RHODES, Maj.-Gen. ROBEET E., 

 an officer in the Confederate service, killed in 

 the battle at Winchester, Ya. He was a na- 

 tive of Lynchburg, Ya., graduated at the Yir- 

 ginia Military Institute, in the class of 1848, 

 and after a few years of professorship at that 

 institution, removed to Alabama, In 1861 he 

 entered the Confederate service as captain of 

 the Mobile Cadets, and, upon the organization 

 of the 5th Alabama regiment, was appointed 

 its colonel. Soon after the first battle of 

 Manassas, he was promoted to the rank of 

 brigadier-general ; was wounded at the battle 

 of Seven Pines, and also at Sharpsburg; was 

 present at Fredericksburg, and at Chancellors- 

 ville, when he was made major-general ; serv- 

 ed through the Pennsylvania campaign, with 

 Early, in the defence of Lynchburg, and with 

 the army of the valley of Yirginia in 1864, 

 throughout its marches and battles, command- 

 ing one of the two army corps of which it was 

 composed, until he fell at Winches' 



'. 19. RUSSELL, Brig.-Gen. DAVID A., 

 an officer of U. S. volunteers, killed in bat- 

 tle near Winchester, Ya. He graduated at 

 West Point in 1845, served in the Mexican war, 

 and was brevetted "for gallant and meritorious 

 conduct at Xationnl Bridge and Cerro Gordo. 

 In 1854 he was promoted to a captaincy in 

 the 4th regiment of infantry, in the regular 

 army, and in August, 1862, was made major in 

 the 8th infantry. He entered the volunteer 

 service at the commencement of the present 

 v/ar as lieutenant-colonel of the Vth Massa- 

 chusetts volunteers, attached to the 6th army 

 corps, served with distinction through the 

 important battles of 1862-'3, having been com 

 missioned a brigadier-general Xovember, 1862, 

 and subsequently was in command of Gen. 

 Howe's division, 6th army corps, and in that 

 command served with distinction at Gettys- 

 burg, and in the campaign of Gen. Grant from 

 the Rapidan to the James. In the summer of 

 1864 he was transferred to the command of a 

 division in the Army of the Shenandoah, where 

 he met his death, fighting gallantly at the head 

 of his troops. 



Sept. 22. MABSHALL, Hon. THOMAS F., an 

 orator and politician of Kentucky, died at his 

 residence near Yersailles, Woodford County, 

 Ky.. aged about 64 years. He was a son of 

 Chief Justice Marshall, and in his youth wa* 



