<>BITI AIMKS, ( NIIKI) STATES. 





rmed Church, New York. His fir.-' 



yterian Church ut 



i, in Fulton County, whence lie siib- 



ived to <,>'ieeii> Coiiniy, 



:-ward to Freehold ainl White. 



. From White House ho 



i\it.-d to take eh.irgc of the Old School 



in Clmivli, at Johnstown, New York, 



which he ultimately resigned for the church at 



Pennsylvania. Mr. Ottorson had been 



over tit'ty years in the ministry. 



(. 17. SPANOLBB. Captain J. W., Sixth 



.i!ry, died of yellow lover at New 



i. lie had been t wolvo years in tho 



.-, and was considered a faithful and clli- 



eient officer. I hiring the late war ho accom- 



1 much for his country, and escaped tho 



j of field service to die at his post a victim 



-tilence. 



. 17 TKACY, Brevet-Major GEORGE II., 

 Infantry, died at Mobile, La., 

 . aged 33 years. He was born 

 . of poor parents, and left 

 his home at a tender ago to fight his way to an 

 ; ed position in the world. IIo became an 

 apprentice in (lovcrnor Dorr's printing-office at 

 Providence, and remained there three years. 

 With the pecuniary assistance of a relative, ho 

 afterward attended a preparatory school in 

 Wilbrah:iiii, Mass., and after concluding his 

 studies there he entered Wcsleyau University, 

 (iraduating there, he entered the law-school at 

 Alhany, hut was soon after induced to take a 

 position in the office of the Hartford Post. At 

 Mimeiieement of the war he joined a three 

 months' regiment, and had served out only 

 part of his term when ho was promoted into 

 ihe regular army as first lieutenant in the 

 Fifteenth Infantry. The captain of his com- 

 pany having died, he was promoted, and in his 

 new rank 'served on tho staff of Brigadier-Gen- 

 eral Jefferson C. Davis, on Sherman's grand 

 i. Hero ho distinguished himself, and in 

 reward soon after was brevetted major. Ho 

 was next sent out on recruiting service into 

 New York State, and about a year ago went 

 under orders to Mobile. He was distinguished 

 for his fine intellect, his brilliant conversational 

 powers, general knowledge, and kindness of 

 heart. 



Sept. 18. O'NEILL, Rev. PATRICK, a Roman 

 Catholic clergyman, died in Brooklyn, L. I., in 

 ith year of his age. IIo was born in 

 County Cavan, Ireland, and was educated at 

 Maynooth College. Shortly after his ordina- 

 tion lie emigrated to this country, and was ap- 

 pointed assistant pastor of St. Patrick's Church, 

 Kasf Brooklyn. While discharging the duties 

 of this oth'ce, Mr. O'Neill became sensible of tho 

 ity for increased ecclesiastical accommo- 

 dation in that locality, and obtained permission 

 from the bishop <>f the diocese to raise funds 

 for tho erection of an additional place of wor- 

 ship. This among a poor and sparse population 

 rk, but the y.eal and energy of 

 Father .O'Xeill triumphed over all difficulties, 

 VOL. vii. 37 



and in due time the beautiful .wn as 



St. Joseph's ('burch was com |f t ho 



. liiin-h tin- re\eivnd ^ Qtleopan v. 

 pointed lir.st pa- tor, and in that capficitj . 

 tinned to labor earnestly and faithfully till his 

 death. 



'. IK. WAI:I:K.V, Captaii. 

 b U. S. I M fan i ry, died of yellow fev-r at 

 lion-ton. Tc\a-. He ciili.-ted ill the her.. 

 1861, and rose rapidly from the ranks to the 

 position of s-eond lieutenant in 1862, re- 

 the brevet of captain in July, 18C3. for gallant 

 and meritorious services, and was promoted 

 captain in 1 



Sept. 19. HART, Rev. EDSON, an eminent 

 Presbyterian clergyman, died in 'tldham. K'y. 

 He was born at Farmington, Conn., in April, 

 1795, graduated at Yale College, and after com- 

 pleting his theological course, was ordained to 

 the ministry, and continued constant and active 

 in the discharge of his pastoral duties until & 

 bronchial affection compelled him to desist from 

 regular preaching. 



Sept. 21. COLBY, STOOD ABD B., late Register 

 of the United States Treasury at Washington, 

 died at Haverhill, N. II. Ho was a native of 

 Derby, Vt., born in February, 1810; graduated 

 at Dartmouth College in 1836, with dis- 

 tinguished honor, and devoted himself to the 

 study of law. In 1846 Mr. Colby removed to 

 Montpelier and formed a law copartnership 

 with tho Hon. Lucius B. Peck, and acquired a 

 high position at tho bar of Washington County. 

 But the genial qualities of his personal char- 

 acter attracted tho confidence and affections of 

 his party friends, and he was their candidate 

 repeatedly for Senator and Lieutenant-Governor, 

 though the overwhelming anti-Democratic sym- 

 pathies of Vermont were always fatal to the 

 wishes of Mr. Colby's political friends. Al- 

 though a general favorite with the public, he 

 was never elected to office. During tho late 

 war ho was an uncompromising Republican. 

 In 1864 ho was appointed Register of the Treas- 

 ury, and in the discharge of his responsible 

 duties he gained universal praise. He was a 

 man of fine culture and remarkable purity of 

 character. 



Sept. 22. HORTON, RUSHMORE G., an editor 

 and author, died at Dobbs Ferry, New York, 

 aged 40 years. He was a native of Fishkill, re- 

 ceived a good English and classical education, 

 and after sewing a few yean as justice of the 

 in his native town, removed to New York 

 City, where he continued to reside for the most 

 part until his death. Not far from 1857 he be- 

 came one of the proprietors and editors of the 

 Day Boole. In addition to his editorial labors, 

 Mr. II. was the author of several publications : 

 u A Life of James Buchanan," " History of the 

 Tammany Society," and a " Youth's History of 

 the Great Civil War," and also of some works 

 on slavery. He was a strong advocate of 

 the "State Rights" doctrine, and during the 

 war gave his sympathies and support to the 

 South. 



