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OBITUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



Avenue Hotel, in New York, and of the Con- 

 tinental Hotel, in Philadelphia. Before the 

 war he was also the proprietor of the Battle 

 House, in Mobile, Ala. Mr. Stevens was a man 

 of great energy and enterprise, and had just 

 completed one of the finest apartment houses 

 in the world. He was a liberal patron of art, 

 aad a kind and genial gentleman. 



April 28. GEAVELLY, JOSEPH J., Lieutenant- 

 Governor of Missouri and former member of 

 Congress from the Fourth Missouri District ; 

 died at Stockton, Cedar County, Mo., aged 44 

 years. He was born in Henry County, Va., in 

 1828, and after receiving an ordinary educa- 

 tion studied law, and, possessing a ready and 

 captivating style of oratory, he soon distin- 

 guished himself in politics. He was a member 

 of the Virginia Legislature in 1853, and took 

 strong ground against the act proposing the 

 sale of free negroes under certain circum- 

 stances. In 1854 he removed to Cedar County, 

 Mo., and there plunged again into political 

 life. He was elected a member of the State 

 Convention in 1861, and to the State Senate 

 in 1862, as an emancipationist, and was re- 

 elected to the same position in 1864. Al- 

 though favoring the call for a new convention, 

 he opposed the adoption of the work of that 

 convention the "Drake Constitution." In 

 1866 he was elected a member of Congress 

 from the Fourth District. In 1870, falling in 

 with the tide of the Liberal progressive move- 

 ment, he was. elected on the ticket with Gov- 

 ernor B. Gratz Brown as Lieutenant-Governor, 

 a position which he held at the time of his 

 death. As a presiding officer in the Senate, 

 he exhibited unusual tact, and, being perfectly 

 posted in parliamentary law, his rulings were 

 seldom appealed from, nor were his honesty 

 and impartiality questioned even by his polit- 

 ical opponents. In addition to the various 

 responsible positions which he held in civil 

 affairs by the favor of his constituents, he also 

 received promotions in the military service. 

 He entered the Home Guards in 1861, served 

 as second-lieutenant in the Thirteenth Missouri 

 State militia, also as captain, and was appoint- 

 ed colonel in March, 1863. He was subse- 

 quently commissioned lieutenant - colonel of 

 the Fourteenth Veteran Cavalry, and was 

 mustered out in 1865. 



April 29. HAEDENBERGH, JACOB, a Demo- 

 cratic politician and political leader in New 

 York, serving his second term as State Senator, 

 the keenest and most effective debater in the 

 Senate; died in Albany, aged 49 years. He 

 was born in New Paltz, Ulster County, in 

 1823, and educated at the New Paltz Academy 

 and at Kutgers College, New Brunswick, N. 

 J., graduating from the latter in 1844. He 

 immediately commenced the study of the law, 

 teaching meanwhile in the academy in Fonda, 

 Montgomery County, N. Y. He was a very suc- 

 cessful and popular teacher, and distinguished in 

 that, as in every thing else, by his thoroughness 

 in all that he undertook. In 1849 he was admit- 



ted to the bar, and commenced practice at Kings- 

 ton, Ulster County, where he had ever since 

 resided. He almost immediately entered upon 

 a large and lucrative practice, for winch his 

 thorough preparation admirably fitted him. 

 His early affiliations were with the Whigs, but 

 in 1856 he avowed himself a Democrat, ant 

 very soon "became a leader in that party ii 

 Ulster County. He was a member of most 

 the State Democratic Conventions, and 

 several years of the State Central Committee, 

 in which he did much to shape the policy of 

 the party in the State. But, while thus active 

 in his efforts for the promotion of the welfare 

 of his party, he manifested little or no ambi- 

 tion to hold office himself. He was nominated 

 for Judge of the Supreme Court in his district, 

 during the war, but some of the active peace 

 Democrats of his section bolted Ins nomina- 

 tion, and he was defeated. In 1867 he was 

 elected one of the members at large of the 

 State Constitutional Convention and ' there 

 made for himself a State reputation. In that 

 body he was influential in securing the pas- 

 sage of the judiciary article which was sub- 

 sequently adopted by the people, and also 

 active in seeking to secure reform in the man- 

 agement of the canals. Mr. Hardenbergh was 

 elected to the Senate in the fall of 1869 from 

 the Fourteenth Senatorial District, comprising 

 the counties of Greene and Ulster, and ran 

 ahead of the State ticket. He was placed at 

 the head of the Canal Committee by the Lieu- 

 tenant-Governor, the wisdom of which selection 

 has been more than justified. He inaugurated 

 some of the reform measures for the manage- 

 ment of the canals which have made those 

 thoroughfares so efficient. He was instrumen- 

 tal in securing the adoption of the system of 

 low tolls, which has in a measure brought 

 back to the canals a large portion of their 

 trade and commerce. In the fall of 1871 he 

 was reflected to the Senate, and on taking his 

 seat it was soon evident that he was one of 

 the ablest members of that body. But in the 

 fourth week of the session he was attacked 

 by inflammatory rheumatism in so violent a 

 form that he soon succumbed to it. 



April 29. KING, WYLLYS, an old and prom- 

 inent citizen of St. Louis, and State Superin- 

 tendent of Insurance ; died in that city. 



April 30. MAESIIALL, Eev. GEORGE, D. D., 

 a leading clergyman of the Presbyterian Church 

 in Western Pennsylvania ; died at Bethel, near 

 Pittsburg, Pa., aged 66 years. He was a na- 

 tive of Western Pennsylvania, a graduate of 

 Jefferson College, and had entered upon his 

 ministry at Bethel in 1832. His ability as a 

 preacher and writer, and his sound judgment 

 and kindly disposition, had given him a high 

 reputation throughout the region in which he 

 labored. 



April . BAKEE, JEEEMIAH, a centenarian 

 of Northfield, Mass., a soldier of the War of 

 1812; died there, aged 101 years. 



April . HTJNTINGTON, WILLIAM S., a young 



