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was educated at the Hamilton Literary and 

 Theological Seminary (as it was then called), 

 and at the Andover Seminary. Being gradu- 

 ated from the latter in 1840, in the spring of 

 the following year he set sail for Greece, where 

 he and his accomplished wife labored diligently 

 and patiently, amidst many discouragements, 

 and sometimes in the face of violent opposition, 

 until the Greek mission was abandoned in 1855. 

 After their return, they engaged in teaching a 

 young ladies' school in Providence, R. L, and 

 established a reputation as able and successful 

 instructors. Having subsequently removed to 

 Washington, Mr. Buell accepted an appointment 

 in the internal revenue office, which situation 

 he held at the time of his death. Mr. Buell was 

 a man of studious and critical habits, and espe- 

 cially a devoted student and able expounder of 

 the Word of God. Almost his latest work was 

 upon a new edition of the "Life of Washing- 

 ton,"' in Greek. 



Feb. 21. EDWARDS, OGDEN, civil engineer, 

 died at Chenango Forks, N. Y., aged 41 years, 

 lie graduated from Union College in the class 

 of 1848. 



Feb. 22. STINSON, Brev. Col. HENRY M., 

 agent of the Freedmen's Bureau in Florida, 

 died at Tallahassee, aged 22 years. He was a 

 native of Hallowell, Me., and entered the ser- 

 vice of his country at the age of seventeen ; was 

 wounded in the first battle at Bull Run, and in- 

 carcerated at Libby and Andersonville prisons, 

 and subsequently was shot through the lungs in 

 front of Atlanta, Ga. At the time of his death 

 he was on a general inspecting tour from the 

 Freedmen's Bureau for the State of Florida. 



Feb. 23. HAIGHT, FLETCHER MATTHEWS, an 

 American jurist, died in San Francisco, Cal., 

 aged 67 years. He was a native of Elmira, N. Y., 

 admitted to the bar of Stenben County in 1821 ; 

 elected president of the Rochester City Bank 

 in July, 1836 ; and appointed United States 

 District Judge of Southern California in 1861. 



Feb. 25. PARMENTER, Hon. WILLIAM, a Mas- 

 sachusetts politician, died in Cambridge, Mass., 

 aged 86 years. He was educated in the Boston 

 public schools. In his early manhood he was 

 active in public affairs, and before reaching 

 middle life had served in both branches of the 

 Legislature. He was a member of Congress 

 during four terms, and filled the post of Navy 

 Agent for Boston from 1845 to 1849. 



Feb. 28. BROWNING, Col. WM. A., former 

 private secretary to the President, and Secre- 

 tary of Legation to Mexico, died in Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 



Feb. . ORD, GEORGE, an eminent philolo- 

 gist, naturalist, and author, died in Philadelphia, 

 aged 84 years. His retiring disposition with- 

 drew him from the public gaze, but for more 

 than half a century his name has been known 

 and esteemed in his own country and in Europe 

 by all who, through a similarity of tastes and 

 studies, were brought in contact with him. His 

 chief published work was the memoir of his 

 friend, Alexander Wilson, the naturalist, whose 



great work on the birds of America he edited 

 and brought into its present shape, and to whose 

 memory one of the most interesting pieces of 

 biography in our language was consecrated. 

 Mr. Ord's favorite pursuit was ornithology ; his 

 acquirements in that science 'well fitted him for 

 the post of president of the Academy of Natu- 

 ral Sciences, Philadelphia, which he filled for 

 many years, being, at the same time, a promi- 

 nent member of the American Philosophical 

 Society, a fellow of the Linnajan Society of 

 London, etc. Of English ornithology Mr. Ord 

 was also a devoted student. Though he never 

 published any separate work on the subject, his 

 cooperation was largely given to the Rev. H. J. 

 Todd's enlargement of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary 

 and to the lexicographical labors of Dr. Web- 

 ster and of Dr. Latham. 



Feb. . BEAN, Hon. BENNING MOULTON, a 

 New Hampshire statesman, died at Moulton- 

 borough, in that State, aged 84 years. He was 

 native of Moultonborough, and was educated a 

 farmer. In 1811 he was elected one of the 

 board of selectmen, and, with the exception of 

 one year, held the office until 1833. His first 

 appearance in public life was as a Democratic 

 representative in the State Legislature in 1815, 

 where he served eight terms. In June, 1824, 

 he was chosen senator by the Legislature in 

 convention, and was reflected to the upper 

 branch five times. In 1829 Mr. Bean was 

 chosen a member of the Executive Council of 

 Governor Pierce. For faithful labors in the 

 positions above mentioned, he was rewarded in 

 1833 with an election as a Representative to Con- 

 gress, and was again chosen to that office in 

 1835. His success in public life was attributed 

 to fine native abilities, sound discretion, remark- 

 able firmness of character, and sterling integrity. 



March 4. LYNN, ROBERT, senior, an eminent 

 shipbuilder of Philadelphia, died in that city. 

 He was the architect of the steamships Tus- 

 carora, Tonawanda, Wyoming, and Saranac. 



March 5. JAYNE, Dr. DAVID, a manufactur- 

 ing druggist of much note, died in Philadelphia, 

 aged 67 years. He Avas a native of New Jersey, 

 but had resided in Philadelphia since 1836. By 

 publishing the virtues of his patent medicines 

 first throughout the United States, and finally 

 all over the world, he built up such a colossal 

 business, that for the last sixteen years of his 

 life his chief study has been how to employ his 

 money, and the care of making and selling his 

 specific remedies has devolved upon his son and 

 his nephew, who were his partners. He was a 

 man of large liberality, and devoted immense 

 sums for the improvement of the city, of which 

 he was a respected and influential citizen, build- 

 ing several edifices of solid granite, with others 

 of marble, and at the time of his death was 

 rearing a grand palatial residence of fine white 

 Westchester marble, which may be considered 

 one of the wonders of the town. His inter- 

 est in the public enterprises of the day was con- 

 stant and unwearied. 



March 6. BOWBBS, Brevet Col. THEODORA 



