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OBITUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



During the war, he served principally in the 

 North Atlantic blockading squadron, on board 

 the steam-sloop Sacramento, and at its close 

 had charge of the naval hospital, Port Royal, 

 S. C., after which he was ordered to duty at 

 the rendezvous, and on board the receiving- 

 ship at Boston. In 1869 he was ordered to 

 the iron-clad Dictator, and while attached to 

 her manifested the first symptoms of the dis- 

 ease of which he died. In 1870 he was or- 

 dered as a member of the Naval Medical Ex- 

 amining Board, at Philadelphia, thence to the 

 frigate California, and, upon the arrival of that 

 vessel upon the Pacific station, was transferred 

 to the charge of the naval hospital at Mare 

 Island, Cal., from which duty he was invalided 

 in September, 1871, and returned to his home 

 in Philadelphia, where he subsequently re- 

 sided. During the whole seventeen years of 

 his connection with the service, Dr. Kitch- 

 en was actively and honorably employed, and 

 even served with zeal and fidelity long after 

 he was suffering his mortal illness, induced by 

 long-continued and arduous service. 



May 8. SAXGER, WILLIAM W., M. D.. an 

 American physician and author ; died in New 

 York City, aged 53 years. Dr. Sanger en- 

 joyed a high reputation as a physician, and 

 was for a number of years in charge of the 

 Blackwell's Island Hospital and Almshouses. 

 He had made very careful and thorough inves- 

 tigations into the history, causes, and status of 

 the social evil in New York, and had published 

 the result of his observations in a volume of 

 great professional value, entitled " The History 

 of Prostitution." 



May 9. LIVINGSTON, HERMAN, an old and 

 eminent merchant of New York ; died at his 

 residence in Catskill, in the 79th year of his 

 age. He was one of the pioneers of steam- 

 navigation on the Hudson River, and, after a 

 prosperous business career, retired to his es- 

 tate at Catskill, about 1850. 



MaylS. DALTON, EDWARD BARKY, M. D., a 

 young physician of great promise ; died at San- 

 ta Barbara, Cal., of consumption, aged about 38 

 years. He was educated at Harvard College, 

 whence he graduated in 1855, and, after de- 

 voting some time to the study of physical sci- 

 ence, came to New York, and, attending the 

 medical lectures of the College of Physicians 

 and Surgeons, graduated M. D. in 1858. He 

 was gaining a good practice, when, at the com- 

 mencement of the war, he volunteered as a 

 surgeon, and remained in the service as assist- 

 ant-surgeon, surgeon, and medical director, 

 from April 30, 1861, to May 13, 1865. His 

 health was impaired by his active service in 

 the army, but he returned to New York, and 

 resumed his scientific investigations with great 

 zeal and energy, and found time to prepare for 

 the press some papers and monographs which 

 indicated the possession of rare talents. Soon, 

 however, his health began to fail, and, after 

 trying other resorts for the relief of pulmonary 

 disease, he was at last induced to test the mild 



and genial climate of Southern California. It 

 was too late, however, to arrest the disease, 

 and he sank gradually until his death, in May, 



May 14. HUGER, ALFRED, an old and esti- 

 mable citizen of Charleston, S. C., a native of the 

 city, and postmaster for thirty-five or thirty- 

 six years ; died there, in the 84th year of his 

 age. He was conspicuous for his attachment 

 to the Union, both in the old nullification 

 times of 1832, and in the more recent display 

 of secession sentiments during and before the 

 late war. 



May 17. WOLFE, JOHN DAVID, a wealthy 

 and philanthropic merchant of New York 

 City ; died there, in the 80th year of his age. 

 Mr. Wolfe gave largely of his great wealth to 

 all objects of true benevolence; but he was 

 especially generous in his gifts for the relief 

 of orphans, the aged and infirm, the poor, the 

 unfortunate, and prisoners. 



May 20. O'RORKE, Captain MICHAEL, a 

 brave and gallant officer of Volunteers in the 

 late war, and, subsequently, identified with 

 the Fenian movement; died in New York, 

 aged 33 years. He was born in Roscommon, 

 Ireland, but emigrated to the United States at 

 an early age. He joined the Union army at the 

 outbreak of the civil war, and served with dis- 

 tinction in Corcoran's Irish Legion. When 

 peace was proclaimed, he actively engaged in 

 the Irish revolutionary movement, and assisted 

 in sending aid to his conntryrnen in Ireland. 

 When the time for the contemplated uprising 

 was at hand, he returned to his native land, 

 and, at great personal risk, promoted the arm- 

 ing and organization of his countrymen there 

 and in England. He was in the confidence 

 of the leaders, and never failed, under the 

 most trying circumstances, to act the part of 

 an Irish patriot. When he subsequently re- 

 turned to this country, he took a leading part 

 in movements calculated to advance the politi- 

 cal and social welfare of his people. He as- 

 sisted in organizing the Irish District Reform 

 League, and was elected president. 



May 23. CLARKE, REEDER WRIGHT, a pol 

 tician and political leader in Ohio, member of 

 Congress for two terms, Third Auditor of the 

 Treasury, etc. ; died at Batavia, Clermont 

 County, Ohio, aged 60 years. He was born 

 Bethel. Clermont County, Ohio, May 18, 181! 

 received a good academical education, and, 

 the age of fifteen, commenced learning 

 printer's trade, in which he became an adept. 

 He subsequently studied law, and was admit- 

 ted to the bar in 1836. In 1840 and 1841 he 

 was a member of the Ohio Legislature; was a 

 delegate, in 1844, to the Baltimore Conven- 

 tion ; and a presidential elector at the ensuing 

 election. From 1846 to 1852 he was Clerk of 

 the Supreme and Common Pleas Courts for 

 his native county. He was a delegate 1o the 

 Chicago Convention, in 1860, and, from March, 

 1865, to March, 1869, a Representative in 

 Congress from his district. He was also a 

 delegate to the Philadelphia " Loyalists' Con- 



