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OBITUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



opponents of negro slavery, and in 1820 signed 

 the famous "Declaration of Sentiments " which 

 initiated, under the leadership of William Lloyd 

 Garrison, the movement for the emancipation 

 of the colored race. The last days of his life 

 were devoted to the maturing of plans of gov- 

 ernment and instruction for the Friends' Col- 

 lege at Swathmore, near Philadelphia. 



Jan. 30. HTJISTTINGTON, CHAELES PHELPS, an 

 eminent jurist of Massachusetts, died in Bos- 

 ton. He was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, 

 May 24, 1802, was fitted for college at Hop- 

 kins Academy, in Hadley, Mass. ; graduated at 

 Harvard University in the class of 1822, and 

 studied law in Northampton, Mass., where he 

 practised his profession for several years. 

 Subsequently he removed to Boston, where he 

 acquired a high reputation as a jurist, and was 

 appointed Judge of the Superior Court in Suf- 

 folk County. 



Feb. 1. LEESEK, ISAAC, a learned Jewish 

 rabbi and author, died in Philadelphia. He 

 was born in Neukirch, "Westphalia, in 1806, and 

 in 1825 emigrated to the United States, where 

 he engaged in commerce. In 1829 he became 

 rabbi of the principal synagogue of Philadel- 

 phia, and subsequently acquired an extensive 

 reputation by his contributions to literature, 

 referring principally to Jewish history and 

 theology. For some years he edited The Jew- 

 isli Advocate (The Occident}. Among his pub- 

 lished works are: "The Jews and the Mosaic 

 Law " (1833) ; "Discourses, Argumentative and 

 Devotional" (1836-40); "Portuguese Form 

 of Prayers "(1837) ; a "Descriptive Geography 

 of Palestine ;" and a translation of the Hebrew 

 "Holy Scriptures," according to Jewish au- 

 thorities (1856). 



Feb. 2. MAEIGNT, BEBXAED DE M ABBE- 

 VILLE, a citizen of New Orleans, of French ex- 

 traction, died in that city, aged 84 years. He 

 was born in New Orleans in 1784, and de- 

 scended from a rich and titled family of Nor- 

 mandy. Inheriting an enormous estate, in- 

 cluding large tracts of land in different parts 

 of his native city and State, he indulged in un- 

 bounded prodigality in his youth. When 

 Louis Philippe, Duke of Orleans, sought an 

 asylum in this country, Mr. Marigny enter- 

 tained him with liberal hospitality in his princely 

 mansion, and the intimacy thus established was 

 not forgotten when the former became King of 

 France. Mr. Bernard Marigny very early as- 

 sumed a prominent part in the politics of the 

 State. He was a member, perhaps the last 

 survivor, of the convention of 1812, which 

 framed the first constitution for the State. 

 During the war with England, and when the 

 State was invaded, he was in the Legislature, 

 and was an active member of the Committee 

 of Defence. He continued a member of the 

 Legislature for twenty-four years, and was al- 

 ways regarded as the most prominent and ef- 

 ficient champion of the old Creole party and 

 as a very earnest and active Democrat. When 

 a convention was called in 1845, to revise and 



amend the constitution of 1812, Mr. Marigny 

 was elected a member of it, and bore a con- 

 spicuous part in the advocacy of the more lib- 

 eral features of the new government, which 

 superseded that he had assisted to create in 

 1812. Besides these public duties, Mr. Marigny 

 filled various other public stations in the Fed- 

 eral and State governments. During his long 

 career, his liberal and prodigal habits made 

 great inroads upon his once vast estate. 



Feb. 3. LYONS, JAMES GILBOUENE, D. D., 

 LL. D., an Episcopal clergyman and educator, 

 died in West Haverford, Pa. He was a native 

 of England, but emigrated to America in 1844, 

 and began his clerical labors at St. Mary's 

 Church, Burlington, N. J. In 1846 he re- 

 moved to Philadelphia, and established him' 

 self as a teacher of the classics. His success 

 as an educator procured for him the position 

 of principal of the Haverford Classical School, 

 which he held at the time of his death. 



Feb. 4. GILLIAMS, JACOB, M. D., an eminent 

 physician and naturalist of Philadelphia, died 

 there, aged 84 years. He was a native of 

 Philadelphia, and, upon the completion of his 

 medical studies, entered upon a long and suc- 

 cessful practice, which he did not relinquish 

 until a few years previous to his death. He 

 was a proficient in the natural sciences, and 

 especially in ornithology, which brought him 

 into companionship with Audubon, Wilson, 

 Eushenberger, and others. In connection 

 with Charles Lucien Bonaparte and a few 

 others, he established in 1816 the Maclurian 

 Lyceum in his native city, which, however, 

 was short lived ; but the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences, which he also assisted in founding, 

 has attained a wide renown. The hall which 

 it occupies was built at his expense. 



Feb. 6. HEEEICK, Hon. ANSON, a New York 

 politician and editor, died in New York. He 

 was born in Lewiston, Me., January 21, 1812; 

 received a common-school education, and at 

 the age of fifteen years was apprenticed to the 

 business of a printer. In 1836 he settled in 

 New York City, and in 1838 commenced the 

 publication of a weekly journal now called the 

 New York Atlas, of which he became editor 

 and proprietor. He received from President 

 Buchanan the appointment of Naval Store- 

 keeper for New York, which he held until 

 1861. In 1862 he was elected [Representative 

 from New York to the Thirty-eighth Congress, 

 serving on the Committees on Eevolutionary 

 Pensions and Expenditures in the Navy De- 

 partment. He was also a delegate to the " Phil- 

 adelphia National Union Convention " of 1866, 



Feb. T. DE WITT, EICHAED VAEIOK, a prom- 

 inent citizen of Albany, died in that city, aged 

 68 years. He was a native of Albany, and 

 descended from a family of some military re- 

 nown, his father and uncle having been dis- 

 tinguished officers of the Eevolution. He 

 graduated at Union College, and studied law, 

 but gave his attention mostly to literary and 

 artistic pursuits. He made himself familiar 



