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six years. In 1817 ho was sent to Kussia by- 

 Mr. Madison, on a diplomatic mission, as 

 auxiliary to the resident minister, to adjust 

 certain difficulties that had arisen, either 

 while James A. Bayard or William E. King 

 was ambassador to that country. Eeturning 

 in the following year, he soon after removed 

 to Illinois, taking with him his slaves, whom 

 he liberated. In 1822 he was elected Gov- 

 ernor of Illinois, and served until 1826. Since 

 1833 he had resided in Philadelphia. 



July 7. FEEEMAET, EDMUND B., an eminent 

 jurist of North Carolina, died at Ealeigh, aged 

 73 years. He was for thirty-five years Clerk 

 of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, and 

 no man in that State was more familiar with 

 the statutes and decisions of its courts than 

 himself. . 



July 9. DISOSWAT, GABEIEL P., an author 

 and antiquarian, died at " The Clove," Staten 

 Island, N. Y. He was of Huguenot origin, and 

 was born in New York, December 6, 1799. 

 He graduated at Columbia College. Having 

 married in Virginia, he resided several years 

 in Petersburg, but subsequently returned to 

 New York and engaged in mercantile busi- 

 ness. He was a man of fine literary attain- 

 ments, and a frequent contributor to the news- 

 paper and periodical press. He was one of the 

 founders of Eandolph Macon College, Va., was 

 a prominent member of the New York Histori- 

 cal Society, and an efficient manager of the 

 American Bible Society. 



July 11. MILLEE, Commodore JAMES F., 

 U. S. Navy, died of African fever, at Charles- 

 town, Mass. He was a son of General Miller, 

 who distinguished himself at Lundy's Lane, 

 and was born in New Hampshire, but became 

 a citizen of Massachusetts, from which State 

 he was' appointed to the Navy in 1826. He 

 cruised with Commodore Hull's squadron in 

 the Mediterranean four years, and afterward 

 went to the Western Coast of Africa, where 

 he was prostrated by the African fever, from 

 which he never fully recovered. He served 

 in the Mexican War of 1848, and was afterward 

 stationed off the coast of Brazil. In 1853 he 

 was incapacitated from active service, and in 

 1855 was placed on the retired list. In 1861 

 he was made commodore. 



July 12. HOWAED, Colonel JOSHUA, U. S. 

 A., a gallant soldier and formerly U. S. Mar- 

 shal of Michigan ; died at Detroit, Mich. He 

 was born at Easton, Mass., April 17, 1793, and 

 before the completion of his twentieth year 

 was appointed third lieutenant in the 9th 

 U. S. Infantry. In December, 1816, he was ap- 

 pointed second lieutenant of O'rdnance, and 

 ordered to the arsenal at Pittsburg, Pa. He 

 afterward served at various posts, aided in the 

 construction of two arsenals, and in 1834 re- 

 ceived the commission of captain, resigning 

 in 1835. In 1838 Captain Howard was elected 

 a member of the Michigan Legislature, and was 

 reflected in 1839. In 1841 he was appointed 

 United States Marshal for the District of Mich- 



igan, and served in that capacity until 1844, 

 when he was removed by President Tyler. 

 The Mexican War breaking out, ho was ap- 

 pointed lieutenant-colonel of the 15th U. S. 

 Infantry in 1847, and reached Vera Cruz with 

 his regiment in June of that year. At the bat- 

 tle of Churubusco, Colonel Morgan, command- 

 ing the regiment, was disabled, and the com- 

 mand devolved upon Lieutenant-Colonel How- 

 ard. For gallant and meritorious service at the 

 battle of Chapultepec he was made colonel by 

 brevet, and served thereafter until the disband- 

 ing of his regiment in 1848. Colonel Howard 

 was elected Sheriff of Wayne County in 1855, 

 for a term of two years, and served as paymas- 

 ter in the United States Army from June 1, 

 1861, to July 31, 1865. 



July 14. HOWAED, Eev. HOSEA, a Baptist 

 clergyman and formerly missionary to Bur- 

 mah, died in Bloomington, 111. He was born 

 in West Springfield, Mass., October 30, 1799, 

 studied for the ministry in Hamilton, N. Y., and 

 was ordained in April, 1834, sailing for Bur- 

 mah in July of the same year. After laboring 

 three years in Eangoon and thirteen years in 

 Maulmain, ill-health compelled his return to 

 this country in 1850. He resided in New 

 York, Pittsfield, Mass., and a short time in 

 Missouri, but in 1858 removed to Bloomington, 

 111., where he remained until his death. 



July 14. MATHEE, HIE AM FOOT, died in 

 Chicago, 111. He was born in Colchester, Conn., 

 February 13, 1796, graduated at Yale Col- 

 lege in 1813, studied theology at the Andover 

 Seminary two years, but, afterward turning 

 his attention to the law, studied at Auburn, and 

 commenced the practice of his profession at 

 Elbridge, N. Y. From 1828 to 1832 he was a 

 member of the State Senate, during the time 

 when it constituted the Supreme Court of Er- 

 rors, and from this circumstance obtained his 

 title of Judge. In 1844 he removed to Niles, 

 Michigan, and in 1853 to Chicago, continuing 

 in the practice of law until his death. 



July 15. GANSEVOOET, Commodore GUEET 

 C., U. S. N., died at Schenectady, N. Y. He 

 was born in New York State in 1812, became 

 a cadet in 1823, and was assigned active duty 

 as a midshipman. He was a lieutenant on the 

 brig Somers at the time when Commander 

 Slidell Mackenzie arrested and executed young 

 Spencer for mutiny, and was one of the council 

 of officers who sustained and approved the course 

 of the commanding officer. He rose to prom- 

 inence during the Mexican War, in which he 

 was actively engaged, and while in command of 

 the John Adams distinguished himself. During 

 the Indian war of 1856 he also made his mark, 

 particularly at the battle of Sitka on the Pacific 

 coast. For some time after the outbreak of 

 the recent civil war he was chief of the Ord- 

 nance Department at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, 

 and was subsequently in command of the iron- 

 clad Eoanoke. His last cruise expired in Sep- 

 tember, 1864, and on the 28th of September, 

 1866, he was commissioned a commodore, and 



