OBITUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



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journalist; died in New York, aged 51 years. 

 He was born at Lisconduff, County Mona- 

 ghan, Ireland ; received a liberal education, 

 and early manifested a taste for journalism. 

 In 1854 he came to this country, and subse- 

 quently was identified with several journals, 

 was associated with Thomas Francis Meagher 

 in the conduct of the Irish News, and later 

 was engaged upon the Sun. In 1861 he went 

 to his native country for the benefit of his 

 family, and, while in Ireland, published the 

 Galway American, in which he strongly advo- 

 cated the Union cause, suffering some persecu- 

 tion in consequence. He was an earnest pa- 

 triot, and quick in his sympathies for the 

 wronged and oppressed. 



July 5. BEANCH, Colonel JAMES R., a Con- 

 federate officer and Southern politician; was 

 killed by an accident at Richmond, aged 40 

 years. He was born in Petersburg, where he 

 resided most of his life ; graduated at Randolph- 

 Macon College in 1847, and shared in the high- 

 est honors of his class. When the war broke 

 out, he raised a company of artillery, known 

 as Branch's Battery, and with it entered the" 

 Confederate service. He was severely wounded 

 at Plymouth, and was finally forced to relin- 

 quish his command. The latter part of his 

 life was devoted to politics. 



July 6. DAT, Rev. OLE* B., D. D., a Con- 

 gregationalist clergyman ; died at Hollis, N. H., 

 aged 63 years. He was a native of West 

 Springfield, Mass. ; graduated at Amherst Col- 

 lege in 1834, and at Andover Theological Sem- 

 inary in 1837. He was settled at Derry Vil- 

 lage, N. H., till 1852, when he became pastor 

 of the Congregational Church in Hollis. Subse- 

 quent to 1863 he was a member of the Board 

 of Trustees of Dartmouth College. 



July 14. GRUBE, HEINEIOH, a German jour- 

 nalist and humorous writer; died suddenly 

 after alighting from the cars at Mantua, N. J., 

 returning from Baltimore to New York, aged 

 49 years. He was a native of Hanover, Ger- 

 many, and a graduate of the University of 

 Gottingen. In 1848 he played an important 

 part in the revolutionary movement in Ger- 

 many, and was a member of the German Par- 

 liament. In 1850 he came to this country, and 

 first established himself a's a school-teacher, 

 but subsequently engaged as a writer. At the 

 time of his death he was connected with the 

 New - Yorker Democrat. 



July 14. HALLOCK, Rev. B. B., a Universal- 

 ist clergyman, author, and editor, of New York 

 City; was killed by an accident on the Erie 

 Railway, near Mast Hope, aged 65 years. He 

 was born at Blrookhaven, L. I. He commenced 

 preaching in 1838, and was settled over the old 

 Fifth Society of the Universalist Church, New 

 York City, and was also principal of the Me- 

 chanics' Institute School. About twelve years 

 ago he retired from the pulpit. He was a 

 prominent Mason and Odd-Fellow, and had 

 written a book on Odd-Fellowship. He was 

 also publisher of the Ambassador, now Leader, 



and for several years editor of an Odd-Fellow 

 periodical. 



July 18. BUCKNEE, Commander WILLIAM 

 P., U. S. N. ; died in Brooklyn, N. Y., aged 60 

 years. He was born in Kentucky, and belonged 

 to the well-known family of Buckners in that 

 State. In 1821 he was appointed to the Navy 

 from Arkansas, and, after passing through 

 the various grades, was commissioned a com- 

 mander in 1862, and placed on the retired list. 

 He resided for some time in Maryland. 



July 18. CLEEO, LATJEENT, A. M., an emi- 

 nent deaf-mute and instructor of deaf-mutes ; 

 died in Hartford, Conn., aged 83 years. He 

 was born in La Balme, department of Isere, 

 France ; educated by the Abbe Sicardin Paris, 

 and, after eight years' study, became a teacher 

 of the highest classes. In 1815 Dr. Thomas 

 H. Gallaudet, founder of the Deaf and Dumb 

 Asylum at Hartford, met Mr. Clerc in Paris, 

 and persuaded him to come with him to the 

 United States, which he accordingly did the 

 folio wing year. In 1817 the asylum was opened, 

 Messrs. Gallaudet and Clerc being the teachers, 

 the latter devoting his whole life thenceforth 

 to the interests of the asylum, though after 

 1858 he had retired from the most arduous 

 duties of his profession. His ability, zeal, and 

 graces of character^ won for him the respect 

 and love not only of his pupils, but of all 

 with whom he was brought into contact. 



July 18. VEXABLE, GEOBGE H., editor^; died 

 in Petersburg, Va. He was a native of Vir- 

 ginia, and, though possessed of a fine literary 

 taste, made but few contributions to literature 

 until in 1867 he became connected with the 

 Petersburg Index. 



July 20. WHITELEY, Colonel L. A., an enter- 

 prising journalist; died in Washington, D. C. 

 He was associate editor of the Louisville 

 Journal, during the rise, triumphs, and fall of 

 the Know-Nothing party of Kentucky, and for 

 many years controlled the Baltimore Clipper. 

 Subsequently he had charge of the Washington 

 Bureau of the New York Herald, and during 

 the past few years has filled a prominent po- 

 sition on the National Intelligencer of that 

 city. 



July 22. ALBEETI, GEORGE F., a noted 

 slave-catcher; died in Philadelphia, aged 79 

 years. He was for many years a sheriff, and, 

 by his cruelty and violence, a terror to all who 

 were in any way amenable to the law. When 

 the Fugitive-slave law was passed, he became 

 its special champion, and carried out its pro- 

 visions vigorously. His energy, however, got 

 him into trouble in 1850. He returned the 

 child of a fugitive-slave woman, born in New 

 Jersey, with its mother to Maryland. He was 

 sentenced to ten years' imprisonment, and a 

 fine of $1,000, but was pardoned before the ex- 

 piration of his term. Of late years he lived 

 a retired life. 



July 22. DOUGLASS, Rev. JOHN L., a Baptist 

 clergyman and missionary in Burmah ; died 

 at Bassein, of fever. He was a native of Rut- 



