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for a year. He then went to Jackson, and, in 

 conjunction with O'Donnell, started the "Daily 

 Citizen," with which enterprising paper he was 

 connected at the time of his death. 



July 12. HOYT, Rev. NATHAN, D. D., an emi- 

 nent Preshyterian clergyman, died at Athens, 

 Ga. He had heen for nearly 40 years pastor of 

 the Presbyterian Church in Athens, and was 

 one of the leading divines of the South. 



July 14. BLOODGOOD, SIMEON DE WITT, a 

 prominent merchant and politician of New 

 York, died in that city, aged 67 years. He was 

 a native of Utica, N. Y. After receiving a col- 

 legiate education, he removed to Albany, and 

 married a daughter of General Van Schaick, 

 and from thence took up his residence in New 

 York, where he soon became distinguished for his 

 Whig principles. Much of his time was employed 

 in literary pursuits, and of the kind which he 

 might well hope would speak for him to posteri- 

 ty. He was the author of several published 

 books, and of innumerable essays which ap- 

 peared in several periodicals ami newspapers ; 

 and all written in a style of uncommon clear- 

 ness, and generally devoted to the dissemination 

 of useful knowledge and good morals. He was 

 at the time of his death a member of the Cham- 

 ber of Commerce of the city of New York, 

 in whose discussions he often bore a prominent 

 part. A few months ago he was appointed con- 

 sular representative of the United States of Co- 

 lombia. 



July 15, DONELAN, Rev. JOHN P., a Roman 

 Catholic clergyman and author, died at Rockford, 

 111., aged 60 years. He was a native of Boston, 

 Mass., was educated for the priesthood at Balti- 

 more, and soon after his ordination was ap- 

 pointed assistant pastor at St. Patrick's Church, 

 in Washington City. After remaining there sev- 

 eral years, he built, in 1838-'39, St. Matthew's 

 Church, just northeast of the President's Square, 

 of which he was made pastor. Here he soon 

 gathered a congregation of unusual size in that 

 city, and twice while he was there the building 

 had to be enlarged. He subsequently was trans- 

 ferred from Washington to Baltimore, where his 

 mission was equally successful. After leaving 

 Baltimore, he removed to Illinois, and was ap- 

 pointed to St. James's Church, at Rock Island. 

 While on that mission, he obtained leave of ab- 

 sence, and visited Europe, extending his journey 

 to the far East. On his return, he published an 

 account of his travels, and at various points in 

 the Western States has delivered lectures upon 

 the same subject. He was a ripe scholar, a man 

 of vast reading and experience, and was uni- 

 versally beloved, but in an especial manner by 

 the poor, wherever he was known. 



July 15. DUTTON, THOMAS RICE, a teacher 

 and scientific explorer, died at Hartford, Conn., 

 aged 49 years. He was a native of Stratford, 

 Conn., and son of Rev. Matthew Rice Dutton, 

 prof, of mathematics in Yale College, graduated 

 at Yale College in 1837, and for the three years 

 following his graduation was engaged in teach- 

 ing at Savannah, Ga., and Columbia, Tenn. ; and 



then, in consequence of an injury to his eyes 

 embarked December, 1840, on a whaling voyage 

 to the Pacific Ocean. He returned in 1843 to 

 New Haven, and the next year was engaged in 

 farming near Buffalo, N. Y. In 1845 he wa, 

 again a teacher in Cornwall, 1 Conn., and in New 

 Haven, and in 1846 spent some months in the 

 copper regions of Lake Superior, as a surveyor, 

 both civil and mineralogical. Scientific em- 

 ployments at New Haven and in Ohio occupied 

 the two following years, and in 1848 he was 

 elected superintendent of the New Haven City 

 Gas Company. He exchanged this position in 

 1850 for the corresponding one at Hartford, 

 which he retained until compelled by ill-health 

 to resign a few months before his death. 



July 16. WOODHDXL, Hon. CALEB SMITH, ex- 

 Mayor of New York, died at Miller's Place, L. I., 

 aged 74 years. He was a native of that town, 

 graduated at Yale College in 1812, studied law; 

 and in the fall of 1814, toward the close of the 

 war with Great Britain, entered the army. He 

 was admitted to the bar in 1817, and in 1836 

 was elected to the Common Council of the city 

 of New York, which position he retained for 

 eight years. In 1843 he was made president of 

 the Board of Aldermen, and in the following 

 year was nominated one of the presidential elec- 

 tors for the State of New York. In May, 1849, 

 he was elected mayor of the city, serving in that 

 capacity until January, 1851, when he retired 

 from public life. 



July 18. VOLGER, Rev. HIEEONYMUS, pio- 

 neer Catholic priest, of Cincinnati, died in that 

 city, aged 66 years. 



July 19. CA.LHOTTN, Dr. JAMES THEODORE, 

 assistant surgeon, U. S. A., died of cholera, 

 at Hart's Island, N. Y., aged about 32 years. 

 He was a native of Rah way, N. J., graduated 

 at the Philadelphia Medical College, in 1858, 

 practised his profession until the outbreak of 

 the civil war, when he obtained an appointment 

 as assistant surgeon in Sickles' Excelsior Bri- 

 gade, was promoted surgeon in October, 1861, 

 and, after greatly distinguishing himself in the 

 service, was, in 1863, appointed assistant surgeon 

 U. S. A. Subsequently, he was for a time med- 

 ical director of the Third army corps. In the 

 fall of 1864 he was assigned to the Ward U. S. 

 General Hospital, Newark, N. J., and for his 

 services there and elsewhere, received the bre- 

 vets of captain and major. In June, 1866, he 

 was assigned to duty as post surgeon at Hart's 

 Island, where he fell a victim to his untiring de- 

 votion in alleviating the sufferings of those un- 

 der his care. 



July 19. GEOVEE, Hon. JOHN, M. D., a phy- 

 sician and politician of Bethel, Me., died there, 

 aged about 80 years. He was an active mem- 

 ber of the first constitutional convention of 

 Maine, and of its first Legislature, and State Sen- 

 ator in 1829. 



July 20. RICHMOND, Rev. JAMES COOK:, an 

 Episcopal clergyman and author, was murderec! 

 in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., aged 58 years. He was 

 a native of Pro video o-e, R. L, graduated at Hai 



