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of General Grant for his Hartford publishers, 

 which was very popular. In June, 1869, he 

 went again to California, and wrote for the 

 Tribune his " To and Back from the Pacific," 

 a series of brilliant letters. He subsequently 

 visited Chicago and Kansas for that paper, 

 contributing at the same time to other periodi- 

 cals and magazines. He had formed in 1867 

 the acquaintance of a Mrs. McFarland, the wife 

 of a lawyer in New York City, who, from a 

 variety of causes, desired a separation from her 

 husband, and had for the time made an en- 

 gagement as actress in one of the New York 

 theatres. His attentions to her (they being 

 fellow-boarders) excited the displeasure of 

 McFarland, and he attempted, in March, 1868, 

 to kill Kichardson as he was escorting Mrs. 

 McFarland from the theatre. The wounds re- 

 ceived by Mr. Kichardson were not very seri- 

 ous, and he refused to prosecute. Mrs. McFar- 

 land then determined to obtain a divorce from 

 her husband, and there was an understanding 

 between her and Kichardson that, when the 

 divorce was obtained, she was to become his 

 wife. A divorce was obtained in the autumn 

 of 1869, but Mr. Richardson had not subse- 

 quently seen Mrs. McFarland ; when on the 26th 

 of November McFarland, who had for some time 

 previous threatened to take his life, appeared 

 in the Tribune office, and, as Mr. Richardson 

 came to the counter to inquire for his letters, 

 shot him instantly. He lived for about a week 

 after being wounded, and before his death the 

 marriage ceremony was performed between 

 him and Mrs. McFarland. 



Dec. 3. POTTER, HAZARD ARNOLD, M. D., an 

 eminent surgeon of Western New York ; died at 

 Geneva, aged 58 years. He was born in Potter 

 Township, Ontario (now Yates) County, N. Y. ; 

 graduated M. D. at Bowdoin College in 1835, 

 and began the practice of his profession in 

 Rhode Island, but, after a residence there of a 

 few months, returned to his native town. In 

 1853 he removed to Geneva. In 1854 he per- 

 formed for the first time, successfully, the 

 operation of trephining the spine, and the same 

 year performed the operation of gastrotomy, 

 for the relief of intussusception of the bowels, 

 with success. He was one of the first to re- 

 move ovarian tumors, and introduced a new 

 method of amputation at the hip-joint, dissect- 

 ing out the head of the femur and proceeding 

 otherwise as if for the ordinary flap-operation. 

 During the late war he entered the service as 

 a volunteer surgeon. He was a strong advocate 

 for the cause of temperance, to which he de- 

 voted much time the latter part of his life. 



Dec. 9. SQUIRES, Captain CHARLES "W., As- 

 sistant Superintendent of the Erie Railroad; 

 died of an accidental injury received while in 

 the performance of his duties, aged 32 years. 

 He served through the entire war with great 

 credit. At the battle of Williamsburg, when the 

 Excelsior Brigade, under General Sickles, was 

 forced back, and the enemy was pressing upon 

 the reserve, two guns abandoned by the artil- 



lery were yet in position and loaded. Captain 

 Squires, then second-lieutenant, seized the lan- 

 yard of each gun, waited until the Union troops 

 had passed to the rear, and then fired, tempo- 

 rarily staying the advance, and giving his own 

 forces additional time to retire. Captain Squires 

 served through the Peninsular campaign, and 

 was afterward upon the staff of General Berry, 

 who was killed at Chancellorsville. "While on 

 a train, upon Thanksgiving-Day, he observed a 

 switch out of place, and, after giving the alarm 

 to the engineer, sprang from the engine as it 

 slowed, and replaced the switch, but was him- 

 self thrown down, his feet being crushed be- 

 neath the wheels. Amputation was performed 

 upon one, but he died from the shock. 



Dec. 10. TOMER, a venerable Christian In- 

 dian ; died in Greenville, Me., aged 107 years. 



Dec. 11. HARRIS, GEORGE W. ("Sut Loven- 

 good "j, jurist, and author of humorous works ; 

 died near Knoxville, Tenn., aged 64 years. He 

 was a native of Tennessee, and author of many 

 works written in a witty and humorous style. 



Dec. 11. UPHAM, NATHANIEL GOOKIN, LL. 

 D., formerly Judge of the Supreme Court of 

 New Hampshire; died in Concord, aged 68 

 years. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 

 1820, and early gained a wide reputation as a 

 lawyer. In 1833 he was appointed one of the 

 Justices of the Supreme Court of New Hamp- 

 shire, discharging the duties of that office with 

 honor and fidelity for a period of ten years. 

 In 1843 he became an officer of the Concord 

 Railroad, and was connected with it for more 

 than twenty years. He was for many years 

 one of the strongest pillars of the Democratic 

 party, and during the administration of Presi- 

 dent Pierce, who was a warm personal friend, 

 was appointed a commissioner to London for 

 the adjustment of claims then pending between 

 citizens of the two countries. After the attack 

 upon Fort Sumter, Judge Upham left the Dem- 

 ocratic party and gave an unqualified support 

 to the Government. In 1865 and 1866 he was 

 sent by the Republicans to the State Legislature. 

 He had a decided taste for historical and anti- 

 quarian research. In 1862 he received from 

 Dartmouth College the honorary degree of 

 Doctor of Laws. 



Dec. 13. BREWSTER, Brigadier-General WIL- 

 LIAM R., U. S. Volunteers; died in Brooklyn, 

 L. I. In the late war, after the promotion of 

 General Sickles, he commanded the Excelsior 

 Brigade, and at the time of his death held a 

 position in the United States Internal Revenue 

 Department. 



Dec. 14. WAITE, HENRY MATSON, LL. D., a. 

 Connecticut jurist; died at Lyme, Conn., aged 

 81 years. He graduated at Yale College in 

 1809; studied law, and was for many years 

 Judge of County and Superior Courts. From 

 1851 he was a Justice of the Supreme Court 

 of the State, and from 1854 to 1858 Chief 

 Justice of the Supreme Court. 



Dec. 18. HENRY, HUGH HORACE, U. S. 

 Marshal for the District of Vermont; died in 



