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OBITUABIES, UNITED STATES. 



Book Concern, and in 1860 principal agent. 

 To this office he was reflected in 1864, and 

 only his failing health in 1868 prevented his 

 being commissioned again. 



June 29. HOLE-IN-THE-DAY, a distinguished 

 Indian chief, head of the Chippewa tribe, was 

 assassinated by Indians at his residence at 

 Crow Wing, Minnesota, aged 40 years. He 

 was a man of great influence, and one of the 

 wealthiest men. in Minnesota, his property 

 being estimated at about $2,000,000. At the 

 commencement of the late Indian war in Min- 

 nesota, when some of the young Chippewa 

 warriors were disposed to join the murderous 

 Sioux in their assaults upon the whites, Hole- 

 in-the-Day proved himself to be the friend of 

 the white man, and by his eloquence and great 

 influence restrained his people from aiding 

 the Sioux, and persuaded them to espouse the 

 cause of the white man. During one of his 

 visits in .Washington, upon his business as 

 chief, he became interested in an Irish woman, 

 whom he afterward married. 



June 29. MOISE, E. WAEEEN, a prominent 

 politician of Louisiana, died at Jefferson City, 

 aged 57 years. He was a native of Charleston, 

 S. C., whence he emigrated to Woodville, 

 Miss., and for a time engaged in the practice 

 of medicine. Subsequently he removed to 

 New Orleans, La., and took up the practice of 

 law. He served several terms in the Legisla- 

 ture, in the Democratic interest, was repeated- 

 ly Speaker in the House, and was at one time 

 Attorney-General of the State. After the se- 

 cession of the State in 1861, he was Circuit 

 Judge. 



July 2. BAKER, Brigadier-General LAFAY- 

 ETTE 0., chief of the detective force during the 

 late civil war, died in Philadelphia, Pa., aged 

 42 years. He was born at Stafford, Genesee 

 County, N. Y., October, 1826. When twelve 

 years of age he emigrated to Michigan with his 

 father's family, but upon attaining his majority 

 removed to New York City, where he remained 

 till 1850, and then went to Philadelphia. In 

 1853 he migrated to California, and, when the 

 state of society rendered the organization of a 

 Vigilance Committee necessary, he was promi- 

 nent among its members, his efforts contribut- 

 ing much to the final establishment of law and 

 order in the State. In 1861 Colonel Baker 

 returned to New York City, and during the 

 late civil war was placed at the head of the 

 secret detective service, his subsequent success 

 proving him to be eminently qualified for that 

 position. He was the author of a work on the 

 Detective Service. 



July 2. BOYD, JOHN H., died at Whitehall, 

 N. Y. He was a native of New York, and 

 a Representative in Congress from that State 

 from 1851 to 1853. In 1840 he was a mem- 

 ber of the State Assembly, from Washington 

 County. 



July 2. VAN BUBEN, Major LAWEENCE, 

 died in Kinder hook, N. Y., aged 85 years. He 

 war a brother of President Van Buren, and 



was for many years postmaster of Kinder- 

 hook. 



July 6. HULL, A. COOKE, M. D., a distin- 

 guished homoeopathic physician of Brooklyn, 

 N. Y., died at his summer residence in Catskill, 

 aged 50 years. He received his classical edu- 

 cation at Union College, N. Y., and subse- 

 quently graduated at the College of Physicians 

 and Surgeons in New York. About 1848 he 

 removed to Brooklyn, where he soon obtained 

 an extensive practice, and became identified 

 with the welfare and progress of the city. He 

 was an eminent musical connoisseur, and, for 

 many years, a prominent member of the Board 

 of Directors of the Philharmonic Society. He 

 was also a Director of the Academy of Music, 

 Historical Society, and Art Association ; and a 

 member of the Board of Education. He was 

 connected with the Homoeopathic Society of 

 Kings County, and was a regent of the Lunatic 

 Asylum. 



July 7. BENNETT, MILO LYMAN, LL. D., an 

 eminent Vermont jurist, died in Taunton, 

 Mass., aged 78 years. He was a native of 

 Sharon, Connecticut ; studied at Williams Col- 

 lege and also Yale College, where he grad- 

 uated in the class of 1811. He studied law 

 at the Litchfield Law School, and entered upon 

 the practice of his profession in Burlington, 

 Vt., where he continued to reside until his 

 death. Eapidly rising in his profession, he be- 

 came, in 1839, one of the Associate Justices of 

 the Supreme Court of the State, and retained 

 that position for twenty years. As a judge he 

 was careful and patient, prompt in his deci- 

 sions, not very popular with evil-doers, but 

 much respected by his brethren of the bench and 

 bar. He was the author of several legal text- 

 books, the last of which was the " Vermont 

 Justice." Judge Bennett received the degree 

 of LL. D. from Dartmouth College, in 1851. 



July 7. CAGGEB, PETER, a prominent Dem- 

 ocratic politician and political leader of the 

 State of New York, was killed by being 

 thrown from his carriage in the Central Park, 

 New York, aged 53 years. He was born in 

 Albany, N. Y., of Irish parentage, was educated 

 at St. John's (Fordham) and Montreal Colleges, 

 and commenced the study of law at an early age. 

 Entering upon the practice of his profession, 

 he subsequently enlarged his plans for business, 

 the firm becoming "Hill, Cagger, and Porter," 

 afterward known as one of the most success- 

 ful law firms in the State. By his devotion to 

 his profession, Mr. Cagger accumulated a large 

 fortune, and liberally dispensed to the needy 

 and helpless. Though seeking no political 

 office himself, he exerted a powerful influence 

 in politics. 



July 7. COLES, EDWAED, one of the early 

 Governors of Illinois, died at his residence in 

 Philadelphia. He was born in Albemarle 

 County, Virginia, December 15, 1786 ; graduated 

 at William and Mary College, Va., in 1807, 

 and in 1810 was appointed private secretary 

 to President Madison, with whom he remained 



