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principal consulting physician was appointed 

 by them, Dr. Cox, \vithout any request or soli- 

 citation on his part, received the appointment. 

 At the period of the organization of the New 

 York Medical College, he was appointed censor, 

 and afterward to its professorship of Theory 

 and Practice, retaining the .office with great 

 acceptance for a number of years. Dr. Cos 

 took an active and enthusiastic interest in the 

 organization of the Nursery and Child's Hospital, 

 and to his affectionate care and close watchful- 

 ness, in its earlier years, is due much of the use- 

 fulness of this excellent institution. 



May 29. SLACK, ELIJAH, LL.D., an eminent 

 Presbyterian clergyman, died in Cincinnati, 

 aged 82 years. He was a native of Bucks 

 County, Pa., and graduated at the College of 

 New Jersey in the. class of 1808. After his 

 graduation he became principal of the Trenton 

 Academy, and in 1812 was chosen vice-presi- 

 dent of the College of New Jersey, and profes- 

 sor of mathematics and philosophy. He con- 

 tinued his connection with the college until 

 the autumn of 1817, when he resigned his posi- 

 tion, and removed to Cincinnati, Ohio. There 

 he devoted himself to his professional pursuits 

 in connection with one or more of the scientific 

 institutions of that city, being at one time pro- 

 fessor of chemistry in the Ohio Medical College, 

 and at another president of the College of Cin- 

 cinnati. In the fall of 1837 he removed to 

 Brownsville, Haywood County, Tenn., and 

 established a high school for the education of 

 young men ; his school was filled to overflow- 

 ing, and many of the most prominent men of 

 that region gratefully acknowledge the advan- 

 tage derived from his instruction. Although 

 without pastoral charge, he preached constantly 

 as Providence made an opening. During the 

 seven years that he remained in the South he 

 accomplished much in the promotion of the 

 interests of religion, and the advancement of 

 the cause of learning. In 1844 he returned 

 to Cincinnati, where he continued to reside 

 until his death. 



May . WAITE, Col. CARLOS A., U.'S. A., 

 died at Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., aged G6 years. 

 He was appointed to the army from civil life 

 in 1820, as second lieutenant of the Second in- 

 fantry, and promoted to first lieutenant in 1828. 

 He was made a captain in July, 1836, and re- 

 ceived a staff appointment as assistant quarter- 

 master in 1838. On the breaking put of the 

 war with Mexico he relinquished his staff ap- 

 pointment, and, as major, joined the Eighth 

 infantry for field service. He commanded this 

 regiment in the valley of Mexico during Gen. 

 Scott's campaign against the capital, and was 

 brevetted lieutenant-colonel and colonel, the 

 first for gallantry and meritorious conduct in 

 the battles of Contreras and Churubusco, the 

 second for gallant and meritorious conduct at 

 El Moh'no del Key, in the last of which battles 

 iie was wounded. He was promoted lieutenant- 

 colonel of the Fifth infantry, November 10, 

 1551; and colonel of the same, June 5, 1860. 



In 1861 Col. "Waite was sent by the Government 

 to supersede Gen. Twiggs in Texas, of whose 

 treason it had received sufficient proofs. Before, 

 however, he could reach Texas, Gen. Twiggs 

 had surrendered to the Confederate commander. 

 After continuous service during the rebellion, 

 he was placed on the retired list in February, 

 1864, and returned to New York, broken down 

 in health from long service. He was a man of 

 perfectly correct and exemplary habits, and a 

 most conscientious, gallant, and faithful officer. 



June 4. FLETCHER, CALVEST, an eminent law- 

 yer and philanthropist, died in Indianapolis, 

 Ind. He was a native of Vermont, and, owing 

 to the financial troubles succeeding the war of 

 1812, was compelled to give up a classic educa- 

 tion. He, however, gave himself closely to 

 study, and perseveringly obtained an education 

 far beyond that of the usual college course. He 

 entered the Supreme Court of Virginia in 1819, 

 but such were his conscientious scruples in re- 

 gard to the subject of slavery, that he left the 

 Old Dominion, and took up his residence in the 

 new capital of Indiana in 1821. For a quarter 

 of a century he was the first lawyer of the 

 State. Twenty years ago he retired from the 

 law, and became one of the largest bankers and 

 agriculturists in the "West. His private chari- 

 ties, though unostentatious, were very great 

 during his lifetime, and were ever regulated 

 by the highest Christian motives. Besides send- 

 ing five sons to Brown University, it was said 

 that he had given a college education to no less 

 than sixteen meritorious young men at different 

 institutions in this country. 



June 5. STUDDIFORD, Eev. PETER O., D. D., 

 a Presbyterian clergyman and an eminent 

 scholar, died in Baltimore, Md., aged 67 years. 

 He was a native of Eeddington, N. J., gradu 

 ated at Queen's (now Eutgers') College in 1816, 

 taking the highest honors of his class. He then 

 taught a classical school at Bedminster, and sub- . 

 sequently at Somerville, and entered Princeton 

 Theological Seminary in 1819. He was licensed 

 to preach the gospel by the New Brunswick 

 Presbytery, April 28, 1821, and under the direc- 

 tion and employ of the Board of Missions, preach- 

 ed at Bristol, Tullytown, and other places in 

 Pennsylvania. On November 29, 1821, he was 

 ordained by the presbytery of New Brunswick, 

 and December 2, 1821, began his labors at 

 Lambertsville and Solebury as stated supply. 

 In June, 1825, he was installed pastor of the 

 two churches he had been supplying, and con- 

 tinued in charge of the latter congregation till 

 1848, and of Lambertsville until his death. Ho 

 was a thorough scholar, a faithful and success- 

 ful pastor, and a beloved citizen. 



June 7. YEATES, Miss CATHARINE, founder 

 of the Yeates Institute for the education of 

 young men for the Episcopal ministry, died at 

 Lancaster, Pa., aged 83 years. She was a na- 

 tive of Lancaster, and a daughter of the late 

 Hon. Jasper Yeates, judge of the Supremo 

 Court of Pennsylvania. She devoted to the 

 above-named institute a legacy o f $26,00u. 



