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OBITUARIES, AMEEIOAN. January 3. 

 BAEEOWS, WILLABD, a civil engineer and au- 

 thor, died in Davenport, Iowa, aged 61 years. 

 He was born in Monson, Massachusetts, in 

 1806, and passed most of his youth in New 

 England. After leaving his home he became 

 a teacher at Elizabethtown, N. J., but soon 

 relinquished that occupation for the profession 

 of civil engineering, in which he successfully 

 labored until a few years ago. In 1835 he fin- 

 ished for the Government the surveys of the 

 Choctaw Purchase in Mississippi, and after 

 completing this work made, in 1837, an ex- 

 ploration to Cedar River, then scarcely known. 

 In the fall of 1837 he was engaged upon the 

 first surveys of Iowa. In 1840 he surveyed 

 the islands in the Mississippi River, between 

 Rock river and Quincy. During the suspen- 

 sion of the surveys he settled at Rockingham, 

 but in 1843, when the surveys were resumed, 

 he was sent into the Kickapoo country. From 

 1845 to 1850 he was unceasingly at work on 

 Government and county surveys in Iowa. In 

 1850 he made a journey to the Rocky Moun- 

 tains, an account of which he subsequently pub- 

 lished. In 1854 he published " Barrows's New 

 Map of Iowa, with Notes," and in 1859 wrote 

 a historical sketch of Scott County. At the 

 time of his death he was connected with a 

 banking house in Davenport. 



Jan. 3. SHEAEMAN, STLVESTEE G., Justice 

 of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island, died 

 in Providence, R. I., aged 66 years. He was 

 born in North Kingston in 1802, was edu- 

 cated for the law, and entered upon the prac- 

 tice of his profession in Wickford. In 1843 he 

 was elected a Representative to the General 

 Assembly on the " Law and Order " ticket 

 from his native town. In 1848 he was chosen 

 Speaker of the House, and in May, 1855, was 

 elected a Justice of the Supreme Court, the 

 duties of which position he continued to dis- 

 charge with faithfulness and fidelity until 

 stricken down by the disease which terminated 

 his life. He was a man of strong common 

 sense and unquestioned integrity, and as a de- 

 bater was remarkable for his readiness and 

 homely wit. 



Jan. 8. GIUDICINI, GIUSEPPE, an architect, 

 scenic artist, and fresco painter, died in New 

 York City, aged 55 years. He was born at 

 Bologna, Italy, in 1812. He began his studies 

 under Prof. Basoli at the Academy of Design 

 in his native town, and afterward studied at 

 Rome and Milan. In 1832 he came to this 

 country, as scenic artist to the first opera 

 troupe that arrived under the management of 

 Signor Montressor. He was the first artist 

 that introduced fresco painting into this coun- 

 try, and nearly all the theatres of New York 

 bear evidence of his talent. 



Jan. 10. BINGHAM, DANIEL H., a promi- 

 nent lawyer and editor of Alabama, died at 

 Florence, Ala., aged about 70 years. He was 

 a native of Vermont. 



Jan. 10. COOLEY, Mrs. NANCY, died at 

 Darrtown, Butler County, Ohio, aged 108 years 

 and 17 days. She was born in Virginia in 

 1759, and emigrated to Kentucky, where she 

 married, and soon after removed with her 

 husband to Ohio, when it was a wilderness. 



Jan. 11. REED, Lieutenant - Commander 

 JOHN HENEY, U. S. N., was drowned at the 

 mouth of the Osaka River, Japan. He entered 

 the service in Sept., 1859, and, during the war, 

 he took part in many of the most important 

 naval operations at New Orleans, Vicksburg, 

 the engagement with the ram Arkansas, the 

 siege of Port Hudson, the iron-clad operations 

 off Charleston and Stone River, etc., etc. He 

 was flag-lieutenant of Admiral Bell's squad- 

 ron, and in attempting, in company with the 

 admiral and thirteen men, to cross the bar at 

 the mouth of the Osaka, the boat was cap- 

 sized, and all on board were drowned, with 

 the exception of three men. 



Jan. 13. HASSELTINE, Miss ABIGAIL 0., an 

 eminent teacher, died at Bradford, Mass. She 

 was a woman of superior intellect and exten- 

 sive attainments, and, for a period of fifty years 

 (1815-1865), was preceptress of Bradford Fe-. 

 male Academy, educating several thousand 

 young ladies, many of whom have subsequent- 

 ly filled important stations. She was a sister 

 of Mrs. Ann Hasseltine Judson, the first wife 

 and sharer in the toils and trials of the distin- 

 guished missionary, Dr. Adonirani Judson. 



Jan. 13. STEELE, General FEEDEEICK, late 

 commander of the Military Department of the 

 Columbia, died at San Mateo, Cal. He entered 

 the army in 1843, and served with distinction 

 in the Mexican War, having been twice bre- 

 vetted for gallant and meritorious services 

 first at the battle of Contreras, and again at 

 the battle of Chapultepec. During the late 

 civil war he held several important commands, 

 and was distinguished in numerous engage- 

 ments, being promoted to the rank of major- 

 general of volunteers, and brevet major-gen- 

 eral in the army. At the siege of Vicksburg, 

 he commanded the Fifth Division of Grant's 

 army, and headed many of the most important 

 storming parties during the sie^e. He subse- 

 quently had command of the Department of 

 Arkansas, which he held until the close of the 

 war. In 1865 he was transferred to Texas, 

 and placed in command of the troops on the 

 Rio Grande, but during the same year was 

 appointed to the Department of the Colum- 

 bia. 



Jan. 16. HASKINS, Mrs., died at Camden, 

 Ohio, at the advanced age of 116 years. She 



