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OBITUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



wife of George "W. Stephenson, a young lawyer, 

 whose death, a few years after, necessitated her 

 return to the stage as a means of support. From 

 that time she was always a great favorite as a 

 comedy actress. She was possessed of much 

 versatility of talent, quick perceptions, un- 

 hounded generosity, and a sweet and gentle 

 nature which irresistibly won the love and re- 

 spect of all who were hrought into contact 

 with her. 



Feb. 24. HALL, GEOEGE "WASHINGTON, an 

 eminent teacher, died in Troy, N. Y. He was 

 born at East Haddam, Conn., July. 29, 1792 ; 

 graduated at Yale College in 1803, studied the- 

 ology, an'd in 1805 was settled over the Pres- 

 byterian church in Cherry Valley, IS". Y., where 

 lie remained two years. Soon after he removed 

 to New York City, and having experienced a 

 change in his religious views, and become 

 Unitarian in his convictions, he relinquished 

 preaching for teaching. In 1815 he taught in 

 Georgia, and the two following years in Bos- 

 ton. In 1818 he opened a school for boys at 

 Mount Yernon, Westchester County, and soon 

 after went South for his health, and taught at 

 Rutherford, N. 0. Upon his return to New York 

 in 1821, he opened a large boarding-school for 

 boys, which obtained great celebrity, and was 

 afterward known as the "Washington Insti- 

 tute." In 1829 his failing health compelled 

 him to dispose of his school and retire to a 

 farm at Shrewsbury, N. J. In 1831 he re- 

 turned to New York and resumed the charge 

 of the Institute for five years. The last thirty 

 years of his life were spent mainly at Ballston 

 Spa, N. Y. 



Feb. 25. TATLOE, BENJAMIN OGLE, an ac- 

 complished scholar and prominent citizen of 

 Washington, D. C., died in Rome, Italy. He 

 was born at Annapolis, Md., May, 1796, and 

 was descended, through an honorable lineage, 

 from some of the most distinguished families of 

 Virginia and Maryland. His academical edu- 

 cation was received at Phillips' Academy, Ex- 

 eter, and in 1815 he graduated at Harvard Uni- 

 versity. In 1817 he^yisited Europe as an -at- 

 tache of the American ambassador, Hon. Rich- 

 ard Rush, to the court of St. James. In Eng- 

 land he received much attention from old fam- 

 ily friends, and also in Paris, and, after a pro- 

 tracted tour in Germany and Italy, returned to 

 this country, laden with rare acquisitions of 

 knowledge. Not far from the year 1830 he 

 left his ancestral estate at Mount Airy, Vir- 

 ginia, and took up his residence in Washington, 

 where the hospitalities of his elegant home 

 were widely known. During the late war his 

 losses in landed and personal property in the 

 Southern States were very heavy. In May, 

 1866, accompanied by his wife and son, he 

 sailed for Europe, for the benefit of his health, 

 and. after spending some months at Leamington 

 Spa, England, went on the Continent, where he 

 remained until his death. Mr. Tayloe was a 

 frequent contributor to the journals of the day. 

 For several years he was a correspondent of 



the New York Spirit of the Times, under the 

 signature of" Observer," and more recently of 

 the "Field, Turf, and Fireside," under the sig- 

 nature of "Viator." The National Intelli- 

 gencer, Richmond Whig, and Troy Whig have 

 also contained in times past many valuable 

 contributions from his pen. 



Feb. 29. FOED, Hon. THOMAS H., ex-Lieu - 

 tenant-Governor of Ohio, died in "Washington, 

 D. C. He was born in Rockingham County, Va., 

 August 23, 1814, and when quite young removed 

 with his family to the town of Mansfield, Ohio. 

 Upon attaining his majority, he engaged in the 

 practice of law, and also took an active part in 

 the politics of his adopted State, connecting 

 himself with the old Whig party. In 1855 he 

 was elected Lieutenant-Governor of the State, 

 which position he filled with honor to himself 

 and his constituency. In 1863 he removed to 

 Washington, and, by his eloquence and legal 

 attainments, soon entered the front rank of his 

 profession. He was a faithful and earnest 

 worker in the temperance reform, and had a 

 strong hold upon the respect and love of the 

 community. 



Feb. . ASBOTH, Brevet Major-General (U. 

 S. Vols.) ALEXANDEE SANDOE, died at Buenos 

 Ayres, S. A. He was born in the county of 

 Zala, Hungary, December 18, 1811 ; studied at 

 Oedenburg, served for a time in an Austrian 

 regiment, and subsequently passed through a 

 course of legal studies at Presburg, and, having 

 a taste for engineering, was employed upon 

 various impoitant hydraulic works in the 

 Banat. He took part in the Hungarian war, 

 and accompanied Kossuth to Turkey, sharing 

 his confinement at Kutaieh, and, upon their 

 release in 1851, accompanied that general to 

 the United States, of which he became a citi- 

 zen. At the commencement of the late war 

 he was appointed chief of staff to General Fre- 

 mont, under whom he subsequently served as 

 commander of a division. Upon the removal 

 of General Fremont from the West, Colonel As- 

 both was made a brigadier-general of volunteers, 

 and assigned to the command of a division of 

 General Ourtis's army, with which he partici- 

 pated in the battle of Pea Ridge. In February, 

 1863, he was in command at Columbus, Ky., and 

 in August, of the same year, he was assigned to 

 the command of the District of West Florida, 

 with headquarters at Fort Pickens. He was 

 badly wounded in the Marianna fight in Florida, 

 his left cheek-bone being broken, and his left 

 arm fractured in two places. He was appoint- 

 ed a major-general by brevet, for his services 

 in Florida, and in August, 1865, he resigned. 

 In March, 1866, he was appointed minister to 

 the Argentine Republic, going thither by way 

 of France, in order to consult some* French 

 surgeons. The wound in his face was exceed- 

 ingly painful, and the surgeons did not venture 

 to attempt to remove the ball, which was 

 lodged in his neck. This wound caused him 

 continual suffering, and finally produced his 

 death. 



