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OBITUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



was a graduate of the Virginia Seminary, and 

 spent the early years of his ministry at Vir- 

 ginia City, Nev., where he built up a parish 

 of much power and strength. Failing in 

 health, he became Financial Secretary of the 

 American Church Society, and was on a tour 

 of official duty when he met his death. He 

 was a man of singular sweetness of temper and 

 purity of character. 



Dec. 4. SMITH, Rev. JOSEPH, D. D., a Pres- 

 byterian clergyman and educator, died in 

 Greenburg, Pa. He was born in Westmore- 

 land County, Pa., July 15, 1796, and was de- 

 scended from a family of clergymen. He grad- 

 uated at Jeiferson College, Pa., in 1815 ; en- 

 tered the Princeton Theological Seminary in 

 1817; was licensed to preach in 1819, and was 

 appointed a missionary for Culpepper, Madison, 

 and Orange Counties, Virginia. In 1822 he 

 entered upon pastoral duties and was also pre- 

 vious to 1832 principal of an academy at 

 Staunton. About this period he removed to 

 Frederick City, Md., where he had charge of 

 the Presbyterian Church and a large acade- 

 my. From thence he was called to a church in 

 St. Clairsville, Ohio, which he relinquished 

 that he might accept the presidency of Frank- 

 lin College, at New Athens, Ohio. "When the 

 subject of slavery began to interest the com- 

 munity, his conservative views led him to re- 

 sign his office, and, removing to his former 

 home in Frederick City, Md., he resumed the 

 charge of the church, and was also president of 

 the college just organized there. In 1847 he 

 accepted, under the direction of the Domestic 

 Board of Missions, the office of General Agent 

 for the synods embracing "Western Pennsyl- 

 vania, Northwestern Virginia, and Eastern 

 Ohio, a field involving great labor. Subse- 

 quently he held pastoral charges in Roundhill, 

 Pa., and Greensburg. Pa. Dr. Smith was the 

 author of a volume entitled "Old Redstone," 

 "being Historical Sketches of Western Presby- 

 terianism, its Early Ministers, its Perilous 

 Times, and its First Records," of which he had 

 just completed in manuscript a new edition 

 previous to his death. 



Dec. 6. GouLD r GEOEGE, an eminent jurist, 

 formerly Judge of the Supreme Court of the 

 State of New York, died at Troy, N. Y., aged 

 about 59 years. He graduated at Yale College, 

 and soon after went to Troy, and entered upon 

 the study of law. Having thoroughly quali- 

 fied himself he entered upon the practice of 

 his profession in that city with marked success. 

 In 1852 he was chosen Mayor of Troy, and in 

 1855 was elected Judge of the Supreme Court. 

 Upon the conclusion of his term in 1863, he 

 resumed the practice of the law. As a lawyer, 

 he was thoroughly master of his profession, 

 and as a judge, dignified, prompt in decision, 

 candid, and impartial. 



Dec. 7. CAMPBELL, THOMPSON, a prominent 

 politician of Illinois and California ; died there. 

 He was a native of Pennsylvania, and was ed- 

 ucated for the law. In 1843, having previously 



become a citizen of Illinois, he was elected 

 Secretary of State by the Democratic party, 

 and served until 1846. In 1850 he was elected 

 a representative in Congress from the Galena 

 district, and served one term, from 1851 to 1853 ; 

 subsequently he was appointed by President 

 Pierce as Land Commissioner to California, 

 for the purpose of adjusting titles under the 

 treaty with Mexico, in accordance with grants 

 made by the Mexican Government. He served 

 in the California Legislature, and was a sup- 

 porter of the Government during the late war. 



Dec. 12. FLINT, HENBY M., a newspaper 

 correspondent of the New York World, over the 

 signature of "Druid," died at Camde'n, N. J. 

 He was the author of a " Life of Stephen A. 

 Douglas," a work entitled "Mexico under 

 Maximilian," and " The History and Statistics 

 of the Railroads of the United States," lately 

 published. 



Dec. 12. SHEPAED, Rev. GEOEGE C., D. D., 

 a Congregational clergyman and author, died in 

 Amherst, Mass., aged 66 years. 



Dec. 13. HUMPHBEY, Mrs. SOPHIA, widow 

 of the late Heman Humphrey, D. D., died at 

 Pittsfield, Mass., aged 83 years. She was a 

 sister of Rev. Noah Porter, D. D., of Farming- 

 ton, Conn. Four of her sons were graduates 

 of Amherst College, of which institution her 

 husband was president for twenty-two years. 



Dec. 14. ENOS, DEWITT C., M. D., a prom- 

 inent physician and medical professor, of 

 Brooklyn, N. Y., died suddenly in that city, of 

 heart-disease. He had been visiting-surgeon 

 of the City Hospital for some years, and until 

 a short time previous to his death was Profes- 

 sor of Anatomy of the Long Island College 

 Hospital. 



2)ec. 14. PATTEBSON, Rev. A. 0., D. D., a 

 Presbyterian clergyman and home missionary, 

 died at Oxford, Ohio. He was born in Fayette 

 County, Pa., July 1, 1794; graduated at Wash- 

 ington College, Pa., and at Princeton Theolo- 

 gical Seminary, and was licensed to preach in 

 1820. His labors were varied and his pastor- 

 ates numerous. First as a missionary, he jour- 

 neyed from Pittsburg, through Steubenville, 

 Wheeling, Marietta, Oxford, Hamilton, Zanes 

 ville, Cleveland, and intermediate points, 

 preaching the Gospel. * For the next fourteen 

 years he was pastor at Mount Pleasant and 

 Sewickly, Pa., when, after much persuasion, he 

 engaged in home missionary work, only to re- 

 turn to the pastorate, laboring successively at 

 Beavertown, Pa,, New Lisbon and Bethel, 

 Ohio, West Newton, Pa., and since 1864 in 

 Oxford, Ohio. The record of his labors in all. 

 these places, and also in connection with the 

 Board of Missions, gives full proof of his emi- 

 nent usefulness and efficiency. 



Dec. 16. CUMMINGS, ISAAC, M.D., an emi- 

 nent physician of New York City, died from 

 the effect of an overdose of morphine, aged 36 

 years. He had been resident physician of the 

 Demilt Dispensary for several years, and was 

 for six months the surgeon of the Panama 



