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and from that time h'e was constantly connected 

 with local politics, having the reputation of a 

 remarkably shrewd party manager. He was 

 alderman of the Second Ward from 1853 to 

 1855, and since 1855 has held office as Commis- 

 sioner of Taxes. He ran for Congress, on the 

 Republican ticket, in 1858, but was defeated by 

 General Sickles, and again in 1860, when he 

 was defeated by Benjamin "Wood. At the time 

 of his death he was chairman of the Eepublican 

 Union Central Committee. 



March 1. TENNEY, Rev. ABA P., a Congrega- 

 tional clergyman, died at West Concord, N. H., 

 aged 67 years. He was a native of Corinth, 

 Vt., and had been thirty-four years pastor of 

 the Congregational Church, at West Concord. 



March 2. ALEXANDER, Prof. JOHN H., an 

 eminent chemist and physicist, died in Balti- 

 more, aged 54: years. He occupied, during his 

 life, a number of positions of honor and trust; 

 for many years he had attended the annual as- 

 says of coins at the mint on the part of the Gov- 

 ernment; more lately it was understood that 

 he was to have been appointed Director of the 

 Mint at Philadelphia. In the subject of weights 

 and measures, and coins, Professor Alexander 

 was deeply learned. In 1850 he published a " Uni- 

 versal Dictionary of Weights and Measures," 

 which is now considered a standard authority. 

 He was a member of most of the scientific as- 

 sociations of the country. In 1857 he was 

 commissioner to England on international coin- 

 age, was last summer appointed by President 

 Johnson a commissioner to the Paris Exhibition, 

 and expected shortly to sail for Europe with a 

 portion of his family at the time of sickness. 



March 5. ANDREWS, Rev. EDWAED, an Epis- 

 copal clergyman, died in Binghamton, N. Y., 

 aged 74 years. He was born in Ipswich, Mass., 

 graduated at Harvard College in the class of 

 1810, studied law in the office of his father, and 

 was admitted to the bar in 1816, entering at 

 once upon an extensive and lucrative practice. 

 He subsequently removed to Bridgeton, Maine, 

 and afterward, on account of severe domestic 

 affliction, abandoned the profession of law, pur- 

 sued a course of theological study, and at the 

 age of twenty-six was appointed, by the Pres- 

 byterian Board of Missions, a travelling mis- 

 sionary for Western New York. He finally took 

 charge of a congregation at Norwich, Chenango 

 County. A few years subsequently he formed 

 the acquaintance of Bishop Hobart, and in 1827 

 took orders in the Protestant Episcopal Church. 

 After officiating as an Episcopal clergyman in 

 different places, in the year 1836 he received a 

 call to the rectorship of Christ Church, in Bing- 

 hamton, where he remained during the rest of 

 his life. 



March 5. COOHRANE, Hon. CLARK B., a law- 

 yer, and active politician of New York, died in 

 Albany, aged 52 years. He was a native of 

 New Boston, N. H., graduated at Union College, 

 Schenectady, N. Y., and devoted himself to the 

 study of law. In 1844 he was chosen a mem- 

 ber of the Assembly, on the Democratic ticket, 



from the County of Montgomery. He was one 

 of the primitive Barnburners; supported, in 

 1848, Van Buren and Adams; and, in 1854, 

 vigorously opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Bill, 

 since which period he has acted with the Re- 

 publican party. In 1856 he was elected to 

 Congress from the Schenectady district, and in 

 1858 was reflected. The following year, his 

 health becoming affected by the excitement of 

 congressional life, he was obliged to return-* 

 home for temporary rest, and after the expira- 

 tion of his term resided in Albany, devoting 

 himself to the duties of his profession. In 1865 

 he was induced to accept a nomination for the 

 Legislature, representing one of the Albany dis- 

 tricts. He was the acknowledged leader of the 

 House, and his tact in quieting angry debate 

 gave him the title of " The Great Pacificator." 

 His public career was marked by firmness and 

 integrity, and the virtues of his private life en- 

 deared him to all with whom he was brought in 

 contact. 



March 5. DETER, Major (Brevet Lieutenant- 

 Colonel) HIRAM, U. S. A., died at Fort Randall, 

 Dakota Territory, of disease contracted in the 

 service. He entered the Army September 16, 

 1846, as a member of the mounted rifles, and 

 served through the entire Mexican War, partici- 

 pating in the battles of Cerro Gordo, Chepulte- 

 pec, Contreras, Churubusco, and City of Mexico. 

 On the 28th of June, 1848, he was commis- 

 sioned brevet second lieutenant in the Fourth 

 Infantry as a recognition of the courage and 

 fidelity which had marked his career as a sol- 

 dier. Afterward, appointed second lieutenant, 

 he was ordered to California, and while there 

 attracted the attention of his superiors as a 

 brave and intelligent officer, rendering valu- 

 able service in the constant and perilous Indian 

 campaigns which at that time employed our 

 Army. Upon the outbreak of the late war, Cap- 

 tain Dryer was ordered, with his regiment, to 

 Washington, D. C., which city they soon left for 

 the field. He was engaged at the siege at York- 

 town, Games' Mills, Malvern Hill, Bull Run No? 

 2, Antietam, Chancellorsville, and first York- 

 town, in the last two of which battles he com- 

 manded his regiment, and everywhere exhibited 

 the same unflinching courage, readiness of re- 

 source, and devotion of his country's cause, 

 which had always distinguished him. Upon the 

 termination of a short furlough, which impaired 

 health consequent upon long-continued and 

 arduous duty rendered necessary, he was or- 

 dered to Boston as military commander and 

 chief disbursing officer of the State of Massa- 

 chusetts. In that city Captain Dryer remained 

 nearly three years, winning golden opinions 

 from all with whom he was brought in contact, 

 by his sterling worth as an officer, his great 

 business capacity, and unfailing urbanity. Re- 

 lieved from this duty, in consequence of his 

 promotion to the vacant majority of the Thir- 

 teenth Infantry, he was assigned to the com- 

 mand of various frontier posts, and finally to 

 that of Fort Randall. 



