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with the principles of architecture, and pro- 

 duced some fine specimens of oil and water- 

 color paintings ; was one of the founders of 

 the Albany Institute; established and main- 

 tained a line of steamboats on the Cayuga 

 Lake ; contributed largely to the construction 

 of the Ithaca and Oswego Railroad ; was vice- 

 president of the State Cincinnati Society, and 

 was one of the founders of the first Sunday- 

 school in Albany. 



Feb. 10. RICHAEDSON, Rev. JOHN F., Pro- 

 fessor of Latin Language and Literature in the 

 University of Rochester, and an author, died 

 in Rochester, aged 60 years. He graduated at 

 Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y., in 1827, and 

 studied law at Rochester, N. Y. He had just 

 been admitted to the bar in 1830, when, under 

 the labors of Rev. Charles G. Finney, he was 

 converted, and, with a classmate, Rev. Grover 

 S. Comstock, subsequently a missionary to Ar- 

 racan, resolved to abandon the legal profession 

 and study theology. The two proceeded to the 

 Hamilton Theological Institution, now Madison 

 University, and, after a two years' course there, 

 entered the ministry. Though a profoundly 

 religious man, and possessed of a most gentle 

 and tender nature, Mr. Richardson's tenden- 

 cies were so strong toward a quiet and studious 

 life, and devotion to classical studies, that he 

 very early turned his attention to teaching, 

 and, on the organization of the University of 

 Rochester in 1851, was appointed to the pro- 

 fessorship of Latin Language and Literature, 

 which he held to his death. He had published 

 one or two small text-books on subjects con- 

 nected with classical study, which are highly 

 appreciated by scholars. 



Feb. 12. GAMBELL, WILLAED P., an eminent 

 lawyer and jurist of Kansas, died at Law- 

 rence, Kan., aged 37 years. He was born and 

 educated in New York, but, after a short resi- 

 dence in Michigan, removed to Leavenworth, 

 Kan., where he at once became one of the 

 leading men in the State. His acute logical 

 powers and brilliant intellect placed him at 

 the head of the bar. At a great pecuniary 

 sacrifice he served one or two terms in the 

 House, and also one in the State Senate, where 

 his abilities were thoroughly appreciated. His 

 death was sudden and unexpected. 



Feb. 13. OKEE-WAH, Mrs. MAEGAKET, an 

 Indian woman of the Ottawa tribe, died in 

 Bay Settlement, "Wisconsin, at the advanced 

 age of 123 years. She had been married three 

 times, and her eldest son, who survives her, 

 is 97 years old, and is blind and infirm. In 

 June, 1830, she became a Catholic, and was 

 baptized by the Rt. Rev. Dr. Fenwick, then 

 Bishop of Cincinnati. She retained her facul- 

 ties until her death. 



Feb. 16. FEND ALL, PHILIP R., an eminent 

 advocate, of Washington, D. 0., died in that 

 city, aged 73 years. He was born in Alexan- 

 dria, Va., in 1794, graduated with distinction at 

 Princeton College in 1815, and was admitted to 

 the bar in Alexandria about 1820. Some years 

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later he removed to Washington, D. 0., where 

 he soon attained a very high rank in his profes- 

 sion, and filled the important office of District 

 Attorney from 1841 to 1845, and from 1849 to 

 1853. His practice in the highest courts was 

 extensive, and included many of those great 

 historical cases which have had an influence 

 on our time. He ranked for years as the ablest 

 advocate of the capital. He was also a man 

 of extensive literary culture, and wrote much 

 and ably on literary and political topics. 



Feb. 16. SIMPSON, AUGUSTUS W., a Western 

 journalist, died at Kansas City, aged about 46 

 years. He was a native of Howard County, 

 Mo., but in early boyhood removed to Boone- 

 ville, where he resided until the close of the 

 late war. He was for fourteen years editor 

 and publisher of the Observer, an able and in- 

 fluential paper. In 1860 he was elected Public 

 Printer, and, in conjunction with Mr. Ament, 

 published the State Times. In 1865 he aided 

 in establishing the Commercial Advertiser, in 

 Kansas City, devoting to that paper his best 

 energies until a short period before his death. 

 Feb. 16. SWAIN, WILLIAM M., founder of 

 the Philadelphia Public Ledger and the Bal- 

 timore Sun, died in Philadelphia, aged 59 

 years. He was a native of Onondaga County, 

 N. Y., and was educated to the printing busi- 

 ness, of which he became a thorough master, 

 as well as one of the most successful news- 

 paper publishers in the country. For eight 

 years he was president of the Magnetic Tele- 

 graph Company, and for many years a director 

 in the American Telegraph Company. He 

 was largely instrumental in organizing, per- 

 fecting, and increasing the telegraph system 

 of the United States, and was a man of great 

 intellectual ability and force of character. 



Feb. 18. SEW ALL, Rev. SAMUEL, D. D., a Con- 

 gregational clergyman, antiquarian, and au- 

 thor, died in Burlington, Mass. He was born 

 in Marblehead, Mass., June 1, 1785 ; studied at 

 the academy of his native town ; graduated at 

 Harvard College in the class of 1804, and took 

 a theological course at Cambridge. In 1814 

 he was ordained pastor of the Congregational 

 church in Burlington, which relation he held 

 until his death. He was fond of antiquarian 

 studies, and had just finished a full and com- 

 plete history of the town of Woburn, and for 

 some years had been engaged upon a history of 

 the Sewall family, but did not live to complete 

 it. In 1836 Dr. Sewall was elected a member 

 of the Massachusetts Historical Society. 



Feb. 22. GANNON, MAEY, an actress, died in 

 New York City, aged 39 years. She was a native 

 of New York, and commenced the life of an 

 actress when a little child. At six years of age 

 she played at the old Bowery Theatre, and suc- 

 cessively at the Franklin, National, Niblo's, and 

 the Park Theatre. Subsequently she per- 

 formed for some years in Philadelphia, Bal- 

 timore, and Charleston, returning to New 

 York in 1848, and entering upon an engage- 

 ment at the Olympic. In 1849 she became the 



