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OBITUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



aged^ 73 years. Ue filled many positions of 

 public trust during his life ; was at one time a 

 member of Congress, also Sheriff of Tioga 

 County, and Postmaster of the village of Elmira. 



Nov. 7. MEDAET, SAM., an Ohio editor and 

 politician, died at Columbus, Ohio. He was 

 born in Ohio in 1801, and his early advantages 

 of education were limited. Soon after arriving 

 at man's estate he joined the Jackson party, 

 and remained a faithful adherent to Gen. Jack- 

 8on through his entire public career. He early 

 became connected with the newspaper press, 

 and was for many years editor of the Ohio 

 Statesman; and his editorials, though lacking 

 in polish, were full of vigor. He was for a 

 long time one of the leading men of his party 

 in Ohio. Though being a personal friend of 

 Stephen A. Douglas, he separated from him 

 when he opposed Buchanan. During Mr. 

 Buchanan's administration he was appointed, 

 and served for some time, as Governor of the 

 Territory of Kansas. During the present Avar 

 he had been a " Peace " Democrat, though hav- 

 ing a son in the war of whom he was very 

 proud. His death was attributed to the re- 

 mains of the poison infused into his system at 

 the National Hotel, Washington, in 1857. 



Nov. 7. TOLLES, Col. CORNELIUS W., Chief 

 Quartermaster of Gen. Sheridan's Army, died 

 fit Winchester, Va., of wounds received from 

 guerrillas Oct. llth, in the 37th year of his age. 

 He entered the service of the United States in 

 May, 1861, as first lieutenant of the 13th regi- 

 ment of infantry, and received his appointment 

 of quartermaster August, 1862. He served con- 

 stantly in the field, discharging the duties of his 

 position with zeal and fidelity, winning the con- 

 fidence and esteem of commanders and subord- 

 inates. His health having given way under 

 his severe labors, he was temporarily placed on 

 duty as inspector ; but, upon his recovery, he 

 was appointed Acting Chief Quartermaster of 

 the Middle Military Division. While actively 

 engaged in the duties of this position, he pub- 

 lished some valuable contributions to military 

 literature in the " United States Service Maga- 

 zine," the "Army and Navy Journal," and 

 elsewhere. 



Nov. 10. ELTON, Hon. JOHN P., one of the 

 Presidential Electors at large of Connecticut, 

 and a distinguished manufacturer and citizen, 

 died at Waterbury, in that State. 



Nov. 11. MORRIS, P. VAN NESS, M. D.,, died 

 in Cambridge, N. Y., in the 69th year of his age. 

 He was a native of Cambridge, graduated at 

 Williams' College, Mass., before he was eighteen, 

 and at twenty-one commenced the practice of 

 medicine with his father, continuing it until 

 within a few months of his death. He was a 

 man of great liberality, devoting a stated por- 

 tion of his income to charitable purposes beside 

 the sum of $10,000 to Williams' College, and 

 made, during his last illness, large donations to 

 religious objects. 



Nov. 11. STEARNS, Eev. JOHN, Rector of St. 

 Peter's Church, Spottiswood N. J., died in 



that village, aged 51 years. He was a native 

 of New York City, was educated for a physi- 

 cian, but in 1847 was ordained Priest by Bishop 

 Potter. He had charge of parishes in Oyster 

 Bay, L. L, Brooklyn, N. Y., Stratford, Conn., 

 and Pittsfield, Mass. 



Nov. 13. HAMMOND, Hon. JAMES II. (Sea 

 HAMMOND, JAMES II.) 



Nov. 17. PITMAN, Hon. JOHN, Judge of the 

 U. S. District Court of Rhode Island, died sud- 

 denly at Providence, aged 80 years. Ho had 

 held the above position for forty years. 



Nov. 19. HOPKINS, Lieut.-Col. JAMES A. P., 

 an officer of U. S. volunteers, died in New 

 York City. He entered the volunteer service 

 with the 133d regiment N. Y. (2d Metropoli- 

 tan), sharing with it in the siege of Port Hud- 

 son. He also fought with great bravery and 

 skill in other engagements in the Department 

 of Gen. Banks. During the latter part of his 

 career at the South he was appointed Chief of 

 Police in the city of New Orleans, and subse- 

 quently received a commission as Chief of the 

 United States Detective F.orce of that city. 



Nov. 20. FAIRBANKS, Hon. ERASTUS. (See 

 FAIRBANKS, ERASTUS.) 



Nov. 24. SILLIMAN, BENJ., M. D., LL.D., 

 (See SILLIMAN, BENJAMIN.) 



Nov. 24. TINSLAR, Dr. BENJAMIN R., a sur- 

 geon in the U. S. Navy, died suddenly at his 

 residence in Charlestown, Mass. He had been 

 for more than forty years on duty, most of the 

 time at sea, and his success, both as a surgeon 

 and a practitioner of medicine, was remarkable. 



Nov. 25. PAINE, Maj. JOSEPH W., an officer 

 of U. S. volunteers, died suddenly in New 

 Orleans, La. He was a native of Boston, 

 Mass., and for several years was an associate 

 editor and publisher, with William Matthews, 

 of the " Yankee Blade." More recently he 

 was connected with several of the leading life 

 insurance companies of New York City, bu* 

 continued to contribute to some of the princi 

 pal Boston and New York journals. In the 

 summer of 1863 he entered into the volunteer 

 service as first lieutenant of the 13th New 

 York cavalry, and in 1864 was commissioned 

 Major of the 4th U. S. colored cavalry, and al 

 once proceeded to the Department of the 

 Gulf. During the Red River campaign he die* 

 able and effective service, but in August was 

 obliged to come North for the benefit of his 

 health. While here he entered into the politi- 

 cal campaign, supporting the Administration 

 both with pen and voice. The second week 

 in November he returned to New Orleans, be- 

 fore his health was sufficiently recruited, and 

 died within a week of his arrival. 



Sept. 30. CLEBURNE, Maj. -Gen. PATRICK R., 

 an officer of the Confederate service, and at 

 the time of his death commander of a corps 

 in Hood's army, killed at the battle of Frank- 

 lin. He was a native of Ireland, but joined 

 the Confederate army from Arkansas. lie was 

 very popular with his eroops, and the Irishmen 

 in the Confederate army were unwilling to 



