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tached to his professional duties, he lost none 

 of his interest in the cause of public education. 

 At the meetings of the State Teachers' Associa- 

 tion he frequently participated in the debates, 

 and his views and opinions were always received 

 with respect and attention. For several years 

 he was one of the resident editors of the " Mas- 

 sachusetts Teacher," and his enthusiasm and 

 fidelity received the unqualified approval of its 

 friends. Having visited Chicago in the sum- 

 mer of 1863, to attend the annual meeting of 

 the National Teachers' Association, he was so 

 impressed with the advantages presented by 

 that growing city to competent teachers of 

 music, that he resolved to avail himself of the 

 opportunities offered, and accordingly removed 

 his residence thither, and had already entered 

 upon a successful career, when overtaken by 

 death. 



Oct. 30. COLBY, CHARLES G., a magazine 

 writer and editor, died in New York, aged 37 

 years. He was a native of Rochester, N. Y. ; 

 graduated at the Wesleyan University, Middle- 

 town, Conn., in 1848, and soon after commenced 

 teaching and delivering lectures upon astron- 

 omy, a favorite science. In 1850 he was en- 

 gaged with Prof. Bond, of the Cambridge Ob- 

 servatory. While hero he was employed in 

 calculating the eclipses for 1851, the results of 

 which were published with appropriate dia- 

 grams in " Harper's Magazine " tor July of that 

 year. He also wrote an article on " Telescopes " 

 for the "New York Independent," which at 

 the time attracted considerable attention among 

 scientific men. In the latter part of 1851 he 

 removed to New York, where he was em- 

 ployed, first in the office of the " American 

 Railroad Journal," and soon after as assistant to 

 Dr. R. S. Tisher, who was then engaged in the 

 preparation of his ' 4 Statistical Gazetteer of the 

 United States," which was published by J. H. 

 Colton early in 1853. The " American Statis- 

 tical Annual," published in the same year, was 

 the joint production of Dr. Fioher and Mr. 

 Colby. Subsequently he entered the office 

 of " Hunt's Merchants' Magazine " as assistant 

 editor, and there remained, until on the death of 

 Mr. Hunt, the property was transferred to other 

 hands. His next employment was in writing 

 the description and statistical letter-press for 

 " Morse's Geography of the World," " Morse's 

 Diamond Atlas " (in 2 volumes), and several 

 smaller works. He also wrote a number "of ar- 

 ticles on the City and State of Now York for 

 the u Encyclopedia Britannica," and several for 

 " the New American Cyclop&dia. In 1861 

 he removed to Boston, where he was engaged 

 on the " Boston Commercial Bulletin." Ill- 

 health finally compelled him to seek a change 

 of climate, and he returned to New York in 

 1864, since which he has employed himself in 

 many useful labors. 



Oct. 31. COBB, Rev. SYLVANTTS, D. D., a 

 Universalist clergyman and author, died in Bos- 

 ton, agod 68 years. He was a native of Tur- 

 Der, Me., prepared himself for his profession, 



and in 1828 assumed the pastoral charge of the 

 Universalist Church in Maiden, Mass., where 

 he remained ten years, and then entered into 

 the publication of the ''Christian Freeman," of 

 which he was editor more -than twenty years 

 His literary labors comprised a large octave 

 "Commentary on the New Testament," "The 

 Compend of Divinity," " Discussions," and a 

 large number of works of less importance. He 

 was for many years a leader in the antislavery 

 and temperance movements. 



Oct. . LACEY, Rev. WILLIAM B., D. D., an 

 Episcopal clergyman, instructor, and author, 

 died at Okalona, Miss., aged 85 years. He was 

 ordained deacon by Bishop Hobart, in 1813, and 

 became a missionary in Chenango County, N. Y., 

 until 1818, when he was elected rector of St. 

 Peter's Church, Albany, then the most prom- 

 inent parish outside of New York City. His 

 ministry here continued upward of twenty years, 

 and was crowned with great success. Subse- 

 quently he combined literary avocations with 

 his ministerial duties. He was a trustee of 

 Union College, a professor in the University of 

 Pennsylvania, the president of a college near 

 Pittsburg at a place now known as Laceyvillc, 

 and filled other similar positions till in his old 

 age he settled in the more agreeable climate of 

 Louisiana. His text-books for schools and col- 

 leges were deservedly popular in their day, 

 particularly his Rhetoric and Moral Philosophy. 

 During the last ten years he has employed his 

 leisure hours in revising a " History jf the Eng- 

 lish Church, prior to the Time of the Monk 

 Augustin," an epic on education, some of his 

 choicest sermons, and other manuscripts, which 

 he designed for publication. 



Oct. . TEIPP, CHARLES N., a mineralogist 

 and explorer, died in New Orleans, La.- He 

 was a native of Schenectady, L r . Y., whence he 

 removed to Canada, and through his taste for 

 mineralogy spent much time in exploring the 

 country, and became deeply interested in search- 

 ing for oil-springs, making large purchases of 

 lands, some of which, through the failure of his 

 expectations, were finally forfeited. Subse- 

 quently he turned his attention to Louisiana 

 and Texas, and spent some time in examining 

 the mineral resources of that region. After the 

 war he returned to Canada, and found a por- 

 tion of his claims valid, and disposing of them 

 returned Soutb, and at the time of his death 

 was engaged in organizing companies to de- 

 velop on a gigantic scale some of the hitherto 

 unknown mineral fields which he had discovered 

 among the oil, copper, lead, and zinc regions 

 of Louisiana and Texas. 



Nov. 1. VICKERS, Sergeant THOMAS, U. S. A., 

 Ordnance Department, died at Washington, 

 D. C., aged 79 years. He was a native of 

 Shardlow, England, enlisted in the Coldstream 

 Guards, September 19, 1806, and participated 

 wijh his regiment in the engagements before 

 Copenhagen, at Brugis, Fuentes-de-Onore. Sala- 

 manca, Vittoria, and Waterloo, the storming of 

 Ciudad Rodrigo, and the sieges of Burgos, St 



