OBITUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



Sebastian, ami D In 1831 ho enli-t-'d 



rnit.-.l Mates Army, and -er\vd in tlio 



Artillery during llio Florida War, ami, as 



" was commended in tho 



! report I'-T gallantry in the affair of Fort 



.lime, 1836. In this sime year lie joined 



listmciit tin 1 Ordnance Department, at 



n Ai-M-nal, where ho served cuiilinu- 



. tli-' day of 'his death faithfully in 



_ro of his duties, and \vas always con- 



i- his soldier-liko bearing and defer- 



to his superiors. He received his appoint- 



iiit of ordnance, September 8, 



Nov. 3. COYLE, Col. WILLIAM n., U. S. Vols., 



and Judge Advocate of the State of Kentucky, 

 died in Paris, Franco, aged -2'.) years. His death 



'io result of a severe wound received in 

 tk- of Tea Kidge, and of subsequent ex- 

 posure while in service with Gen. Grant's army 

 down tho Mississippi. 



. 8. GENTKY, Hon. MEREDITH P., died 

 in Louisville, Ky. He was a native of North 

 Carolina, studied law, and settled in the prac- 

 tice of his profession in Tennessee. He was a 

 Representative in Congress from that State, from 

 1839 to 1843, from 1845 to 1847, and from 1847 

 to 1853. Since retiring from Congress, he has 

 mingled but little in public affairs. 



. 5. BURR, WILLIAM, publishing agent, 

 and one of tho editors of tho "Morning Star," 

 of Dover, X. II., died in Boston. 



. 5. GILLETTE, Rev. TIMOTHY P., a Con- 

 gregational clergyman, of Connecticut, died at 

 liranford, Conn., aged 86 years. lie had been 

 for fifty-eight years pastor of the Congregational 

 Church in that town, and was a zealous and 

 able preacher. 



Noc. 6. WniTTLESEY, Hon. WILLIAM A., died 

 in Brooklyn, L. I., aged 71 years. He was a 

 native of Connecticut, graduated at Yale Col- 



-uidied law, and settled in practice in 

 Ohio. He was a Representative in Congress 

 from that State, from 1849 to 1851. 

 Nov. 10. EWEN, Mrs. MARY TAYLOR, former- 



vorite and popular actress of New York 

 City, died there, aged 39 years. She was a na- 

 tive of New York, and at sixteen years of ago 

 her first public appearance at the old 

 Chatham Theatre. Alter a successful engage- 

 ment, she entered tho Olympic Theatre, and in 

 each won great favor. Her special fort* was 

 light comedy, and among her greatest sue. 

 were "Life in New York," "Child of the Rcgi- 

 inent," and "The Pride of the Market." Al.out 

 tho year 1851 she was married to Mr. Ogilvio 

 E\veii, and immediately retired from the stage. 

 Noo. 11. BEAI.E, Major ROHEKT, formerly 

 sorgeant-at-arms U. S. Senate, died at Washing- 

 ton. 1). C. He was for sometime warden of the. 

 jail for the District of Columbia. 



. 1 1. WII.LSOX, Hon. HIRAM "V., Judge of 



the U. S. District Court for Northern Ohio, 



died at Cleveland, of consumption. Ho had 



occupied the bench of that court for many 



well known for his action in the 



cac of tho "Oberlin Rescuers," in 1859, after 

 tho passage of tho " Fugitive-Slave taw." 

 I'pon tho conviction of Simeon Biirhucll, tho 

 MO of the thirty-seven who had Been in- 

 dieted, Judge Willson refused to allow a new 

 jury to be impanelled to try the subsequent 

 cases, and when Judge Spaulding now member 

 of Congress from tho Cleveland district tho 

 counsel for the prisoners, declared that if that 

 refusal were persisted in no defence would bo 

 offered by one of tho accused, the court ordered 

 them into the custody of the marshal, and when 

 found guilty, sentenced them to a fine of $1,000 

 each, with six months' imprisonment. 



Nov. 12. FREEMAX, Col. WILLIAM G., U. S. 

 Army, died at Cornwall, Penn., aged 47 years. 

 Having received an appointment as cadet at tho 

 early age of fifteen, he was graduated at nine- 

 teen with an honorable position in his class, 

 reviving a commission in the artillery, and 

 throughout his academic career having shown 

 great intelligence and zeal in the performance 

 of his duties. After joining his regiment, ho 

 served with great efficiency through the Florida 

 "War, as major of a regiment of Creek volun- 

 teers, and was brevetted " for gallantry on sev- 

 eral occasions, and uniform good conduct in 

 the war against the Florida Indians." Colonel 

 Freeman subsequently was on duty at the Mili- 

 tary Academy as assistant instructor of infantry 

 and artillery tactics, and was transferred from 

 this duty to that of assistant adjutant-general, 

 with the rank of captain in the staff, but still 

 holding his regimental commission. He re- 

 mained on this duty until March 31, 1856, when 

 he resigned, having received the successive staff 

 grades of brevet major and brevet lieutenant- 

 colonel " for meritorious conduct, particularly 

 in the performance of his" duty in the prosecu- 

 tion of the war with Mexico." In all of these 

 positions, Col. Freeman won, as he had merited, 

 the entire confidence of Lieut-Gen. Scott and 

 Gen. R. Jones, the adjutant-general, bis imme- 

 diate military superiors, by his untiring appli- 

 cation to the duties of his office, his unflinching 

 advocacy of tho rights, of all ofi^cers, and his 

 opposition to meretriqpus claims. Having re- 

 tired from the service, owing to physical dis- 

 ability, Col. Freeman was unable to take any 

 active military position during the rebellion. 



NOD. 14. LEWIS, Major WILLIAM B., formerly 

 Auditor of the Treasury under Gen. Jackson, 

 died near Nashville, Tonn., aged 82 years. Ho 

 was quarter. naster under G*n. Jackson in 1812, 

 and served through the Creek campaign with 

 great zeal and ability. It was doubtless his in- 

 fluence more than that of any other man whieh 

 contributed to the elevation of the general to 

 the presidency. Major Lewis accompanied him 

 t-i Washington, assisted in preparing tht in- 

 augural address, and became one of the Presi- 

 dent's family. Ho was thoroughly conversant 

 with ull the purposes of the administaf ion, as- 

 . in establishing "The Globe ^n 183C, 

 and prepared accounts of the feud between. 

 Jackson and Calhouu, and the removal of the 



