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started for France, -where he met General Fre- 

 mont and others. Having the interest of his 

 country at stake, he was instrumental in pur- 

 chasing a battery of artillery, which was sent 

 to this country in the latter part of 1861. Im- 

 mediately after this he came to New York, when 

 the capitalists of the city welcomed Mm with 

 open arms. Upon the solicitation of a num- 

 ber of merchants representing $100,000,000 

 of capital he was appointed brigadier-general 

 of volunteers. In that capacity he served 

 under Fremont in the "Western Department 

 until that general was relieved. General 

 Strong was then removed to New York, but, 

 having been assigned to no active duties, he 

 tendered his resignation, which was accepted 

 by the President, with many regrets at losing 

 so able and efficient a soldier. 



March 17. HOYT, JESSE, formerly Collector 

 of the Port of New York, died in that city, 

 aged 75 years. He was educated a lawyer, and 

 was at one time a member of the State Legis- 

 lature. Under the administration of Van 

 Buren in 1838, he was appointed collector of 

 the port of New York, which position he held 

 for two years. It is stated that he was 

 concerned in the building of the first grain- 

 elevator in Milwaukee. 



March 18. PENXINGTON, Jonx, an eminent 

 scholar and bookseller of Philadelphia, died in 

 that city. He was educated at Princeton Col- 

 lege, and studied law in the office of Spencer 

 Sergeant, Esq., of Philadelphia. Subsequent- 

 ly he accepted a position in the Bank of the 

 United States, when he devoted his leisure to 

 the collection of an extensive library, which 

 was particularly rich in choice editions of the 

 ancient classics. On the failure of the bank, 

 during a period of severe commercial depres- 

 sion, Mr. Penuington opened a bookstore, of 

 which his fine library formed the nucleus. The 

 extent and minuteness of his bibliographical 

 knowledge, the amiability of his character, and 

 the strict sense of honor which marked his deal- 

 ings, speedily attracted around him all who 

 were interested in literature, and led him to 

 undertake, as a specialty, the importation of 

 old books and of books in foreign languages. 

 With correspondents in all the chief book- 

 marts of Europe, his operations gradually ex- 

 tended, until many of the most noted collec- 

 tors throughout the United States were in the 

 habit of making, through his house, their prin- 

 cipal importations. So much did his establish- 

 ment become a centre of intelligence and cul- 

 tivated taste, that when MM. Didot issued 

 proposals for their recent edition of Brunet's 

 "Manuel du Libraire," the list of subscriptions 

 taken for that great work by Messrs. Penning- 

 ton was the largest obtained by any one house 

 even exceeding that of the MM. Didot them- 

 selves. Mr. Pennington was a member of sev- 

 eral learned societies, and published various 

 essays in archeology and history. 



March 20. CLAEK, Dr. RAILLY J., died at 

 Glenn's Falls, N. Y., aged 90 years. It is stated 



that he drew up the constitution of the first 

 regularly organized temperance society in the 

 United States, at the town of Moreau, Sara- 

 toga County, in 1808. He had served in the 

 Legislature, and was a member of the electoral 

 college in 1848. 



_ March 20. HUNT, THOMAS, M. D., a dis- 

 tinguished physician and medical professor, 

 died in New Orleans, aged 59 years. His 

 family originally came to the United States 

 from the British West Indies, his immediate 

 ancestor settling in Charleston, S. C., where 

 the subject of this sketch was born. He gradu- 

 ated with distinction at the college of his na- 

 tive State, and, commencing the study of medi- 

 cine, graduated M. D. at the University of 

 Pennsylvania, in 1829. Eeturning to Charles- 

 ton, he decided on completing his medical 

 education in Paris, France, where he remained 

 eighteen months, when the death of his father 

 recalled him to Charleston, where he entered 

 at once upon the practice of his profession. At 

 the early age of twenty-three he lectured on 

 anatomy and operative surgery, and taught 

 practical anatomy. In 1832, and again in 1836, 

 Dr. Hunt won himself a high reputation by his 

 success in the treatment of Asiatic cholera, 

 upon which disease he had previously prepared 

 a memoir. In 1833 he removed to New Or- 

 leans, and subsequently was one of the original 

 founders of the Medical College of Louisiana, 

 the germ of the university, and when the fac- 

 ulty was formed he was appointed Professor of 

 Anatomy and Physiology, and elected dean. In 

 1862, when the fortunes of war had seriously 

 affected the condition of the university, and the 

 health of Dr. Hunt was feeble, he went to 

 Havana, where he was urgently solicited to 

 take up the practice of his profession, and he 

 was granted a degree in the name of the Royal 

 University of Havana, but his failing health 

 prevented the formation of any permanent 

 plans, and in 1865 he returned home and be- 

 came president of the university, though the 

 progress of his disease went steadily onward to 

 the end. The cause of medical science owes 

 much to the investigations of Dr. Hunt in the 

 use of quinine in fevers, and especially in the 

 treatment of yellow fever. 



March 23. BURTIS, Rev. ARTHUR, D. D., a 

 Presbyterian clergyman, Professor of Greek in 

 Miami University, died at Oxford, Ohio, aged 

 60 years. He was a native of New York ; 

 graduated at Union College, in 1829 ; studied 

 law, and subsequently theology, was some 

 years a pastor, secretary of the American 

 and Foreign Christian Union, and had been 

 connected with the university about six months 

 previous to his death. He was an erudite 

 scholar and an able preacher. 



March 25. CLAEK, ABELN., a publisher and 

 editor, died in Hartford, Conn., aged 48 years. 

 He had been connected with the Hartford 

 Courant for more than twenty years, and pre- 

 vious to his death was, for some years, its editor 

 and proprietor. 



