OBITUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



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born in Vermont, in 1814, graduated at Am- 

 herst College, Mass., and, after teaching for a 

 time in that vicinity, accepted the position of 

 tutor in the family of a planter on Amelia 

 Island near Fernandina, Fla. Subsequently ho 

 studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 

 Oamden County, Ga., practised his profession 

 in Nassau County and Lake City, and in 1849 

 removed to Jacksonville, where he resided 

 until his death. In 1848 he was appointed 

 solicitor of the Eastern Circuit, then presided 

 over by Judge Thomas Douglas, which he held 

 until 1852. He was elected to the Legislature 

 from Nassau County, and in 1848 was elected 

 Senator from Columbia County. In 1852 he 

 was a presidential elector on the General 

 Scott ticket. On the breaking out of the re- 

 bellion in 1861, Colonel Sanderson was elected 

 a delegate from the Sixteenth District to the 

 convention, and there became identified with 

 the ultra-secession element. He was elected 

 to draught the ordinance which declared the 

 separation of Florida from the Union, and he 

 not only performed this service, but offered it, 

 and gave to this incipient measure his strenu- 

 ous support. In 1862 he was elected to the 

 Provisional Congress at Richmond. Colonel 

 Sanderson was early identified with the rail- 

 road interests of his adopted State, serving 

 for many years as president and vice-presi- 

 dent. 



June 28. IVETCHUM, Colonel and Brevet Ma- 

 jor-General WILLIAM S., U. S. A., on the re- 

 tired list, an army officer of some distinction; 

 died in Baltimore, Md., not without suspicion 

 of poison, aged 58 years. He graduated from 

 the Military Academy in 1834, and was em- 

 ployed mainly in frontier service till 1861, 

 taking part in the Florida, but not in the 

 Mexican War. During the late civil war, he 

 was employed mainly in inspecting, organiz- 

 ing, and mustering out the volunteer troops, 

 and on special duties by the War and Treas- 

 ury Departments. He held the rank of briga- 

 dier-general of volunteers from February 9, 

 1862, and was promoted to the rank of colonel 

 of the Eleventh Infantry in 1864. He received 

 three brevets of colonel in 1863, and of briga- 

 dier-general and major-general U. S. Army in 

 1865. He was put upon the retired list, with 

 full pay of his actual rank, in 1869. 



June 29. LITERS, Et. Rev. JOHN H., Roman 

 Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Northern 

 Indiana; died in Cleveland, Ohio. He had 

 been for some years bishop of the diocese, 

 and had been very active in building churches 

 and establishing schools within its bounds. 

 He was greatly beloved by his people. 



June 30. EUSTIS, FREDERICK A. ; died at 

 Beaufort, S. 0. He graduated at Harvard, 

 with distinction, in 1835; studied for the min- 

 istry, and was a popular Unitarian preacher. 

 He subsequently retired from the profession, 

 to follow agricultural pursuits. He married 

 the only daughter of the late William Ellery 

 Channing, D. D. During the last few years he 

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was engaged in cultivating the Sea-Island 

 plantations which he inherited. 



June . LAURIE, JOHN, a well-known 

 philanthropist; died in Scotland. His prop- 

 erty was large, and by his will he divided 

 $40,000 between twenty-seven benevolent in- 

 stitutions in New York City, where he for- 

 merly lived. Among these bequests the 

 Presbyterian Hospital received $5,000 for the 

 endowment of a bed for the benefit of St. An- 

 drew's Society (Scotch) ; St. Luke's Hospital, 

 $5,000 ; the Presbyterian Home for Aged 

 Women, $1,000 ; New York Dispensary, 

 $3,000; New York Eye and Ear Infimary, 

 $2,500 ; Shepherd's Fold, $2,500. The remain- 

 ing bequests were each of $1,000, the last in- 

 cluding the Colored Home for the Aged and 

 Indigent, the Colored Orphan Asylum, tho 

 Midnight Mission, Home for the Friendless, 

 Home for Incurables, and other institutions of 

 a similar character. 



June . LIVINGSTON, Dr. J. W., formerly 

 U. S. consul in Central America; died at 

 Cherry Valley, Otsego County, N. Y. He 

 was long a resident of Central America, and 

 as United States consul was faithful and ener- 

 getic in the discharge of his duties, and per- 

 sonally popular. 



June . MITCHELL, Commander WILLIAM, 

 U. S. N. ; died at Washington, D. C. He was 

 born in the District of Columbia, and was 

 appointed thence to the service September 

 24, 1841. From that period until 1844 he 

 was attached to the frigate Delaware, of the 

 Brazil Squadron ; from 1844 to 1847 he was 

 with the Pacific Squadron, on board the frigate 

 Congress; and from 1847 to 1849 he was with 

 the same vessel on the East-India Squadron. 

 He was promoted to passed midshipman, Au- 

 gust 10, 1847 ; from 1849 to 1852 he served on 

 the mail-steamer Ohio, and was off the coast 

 of Brazil in the brig Bainbridge from 1853 to 

 1855. He was commissioned as lieutenant,. 

 September 14, 1855, and from that time to- 

 1858 was on special duty at Washington. 

 From 1858 to the beginning of the war he- 

 was on the Home Squadron with the steam- 

 sloop Brooklyn. His commission as lieuten- 

 ant-commander was received July 16, 1862, 

 and he was then put upon ordnance duty at 

 the Washington Navy-Yard until 1864. On- 

 March 3, 1865, he was commissioned com- 

 mander, and was the same year asssigned to the 

 West-Gulf blockading squadron. He was af- 

 terward an inspector at the Navy-Yard, Wash- 

 ington, until January 11, 1867, when he left 

 the active service, after which time he was- 

 placed upon the retired list. 



June . PORTER, PETER B., died at Ni- 

 agara Falls. In 1839 he was elected a mem- 

 ber of the Assembly at Albany, and subse- 

 quently was chosen Speaker. He was a 

 prominent member of the Whig party in 

 1838-'40, but the latter portion of his life was 

 spent in comparative retirement, because of 

 the enfeebled state of his health.. He was a 



