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Exiles of Nova Scotia" (1841); and "Annals 

 of the Aristocracy of Rhode Island" (1843-'45). 



Oct. 11. LADD, Rev. DANIEL, a Congrega- 

 tionalist clergyman, and missionary of the 

 American Board, to Turkey ; died at Middle- 

 bury, Vt., aged 68 years. He was born at Uni- 

 ty, N. H., January 22, 1804, but at twelve years 

 of age removed with his father's family to East 

 Burke, Vt. He graduated at Middlebury Col- 

 lege in 1832, and at Andover Theological Sem- 

 inary in 1835. The following year he sailed 

 for Cyprus, under appointment from the Amer- 

 ican Board, but after five years the mission was 

 discontinued, and he was stationed for nine 

 years among the Greeks and Armenians at 

 Broosa; later he spent fifteen years at Smyr- 

 na, and several years at the station at Constan- 

 tinople. After thirty-two years of foreign ser- 

 vice, he returned with his family to the United 

 States, in 1867. For a year he supplied a 

 church in East Burke, Vt., and then resided 

 in Middlebury until his death. 



Oct. 11. POTTER, ASA, a prominent citizen 

 of Kingston, R. I. ; died there, aged about 68 

 years. He was a native of Kingston, and a 

 member of the Potter family so conspicuous in 

 the politics of the State. He graduated at 

 Brown University in 1824. In 1851 he was 

 elected Secretary of State, and reflected the 

 two following years. For some years Mr. Pot- 

 ter resided in New York. 



Oct. 14. KENNEDY, Rev. J. F., a Methodist 

 clergyman, financial agent of the Ohio Wes- 

 leyan University ; committed suicide during a 

 paroxysm of insanity, at his home in Delaware, 

 Ohio. He was recently presiding elder of the 

 North Ohio Conference. 



Oct. 18. CHAPMAN, Rev. GEORGE T., D. D., 

 an Episcopal clergyman ; died at his residence 

 in Newburyport, Mass., aged 84 years. He 

 graduated at Dartmouth in 1804, and, com- 

 mencing the study of theology, entered the 

 Episcopal ministry, and formed a parish at 

 Lexington, Ky., remaining there until 1830. 

 Henry Clay was one of his parishioners, and a 

 close tie of friendship was formed, which con- 

 tinued until Mr. Clay's death. In later years 

 he formed parishes in Bellows Falls, Vt., Wor- 

 cester, Mass., Newark, N. J., Lee, Mass., and 

 several other places. He had resided in New- 

 buryport for fifteen years. 



Oct. 18. O'CONNOR, Right Rev. MICHAEL, 

 Roman Catholic Bishop of Pittsburg ; died at 

 Woodstock College, near Baltimore. He was 

 born in the County of Cork, Ireland, in 1810, 

 and was educated at the Propaganda, Rome, 

 where he was ordained priest. He came to 

 this country, and was attached as missionary 

 to the diocese of Philadelphia, and when Pitts- 

 burg was erected into a diocese, in 1843, he 

 was ordained bishop, which place he held un- 

 til his resignation, in May, 1860. He entered 

 the novitiate of the order of the Jesuits about 

 twelve years ago, in Germany, when his for- 

 mer rank was kept by him unknown. He 

 was admitted into the Order of Jesuits, and 



returned to this country, when he was made 

 associate to the provincial society here. After 

 holding the pastorate of St. Ignatius's Church, 

 in Baltimore, for some years, he retired to 

 Loyola College, until his health compelled him 

 to go to Woodstock. 



Oct. 20. FARWELL, STEPHEN T., an eminent 

 citizen of Cambridge, Mass., for twenty-seven 

 years Treasurer of the American Educational 

 Society ; died in Cambridge. He was for some 

 years a member of the Massachusetts House of 

 Representative's and of the State Senate, and 

 for twenty-four years the general agent of the 

 Massachusetts Bible Society. 



Oct. 21. JOHNSON, Rev. JOHN W., a Baptist 

 missionary in Swatow, China; died there, 

 aged 53 years. He was born in Calais, Me., 

 in 1819; graduated at Amherst College, and 

 at Newton Theological Seminary ; was or- 

 dained at Calais in 1847, and the same year 

 sailed for China. In 1858 he was compelled 

 to return to the United States, in consequence 

 of a sunstroke, received in Hong-Kong. After 

 a year spent in this country, he returned to his 

 work, and in 1860 was the victim of a second 

 sunstroke in Swatow, and again obliged to 

 come home in 1869. In June, 1871, he re- 

 turned for the last time to his post. 



Oct. 24. BIDWELL, MARSHALL S. an emi- 

 nent lawyer and politician, died in New York 

 City, aged 74 years. He was a native of New 

 England, and at an early age migrated to Can- 

 ada, where he practised law, rose rapidly in 

 his profession, and entered political life while 

 still a young man. He was returned several 

 times from Kingston and Toronto to the Ca- 

 nadian Parliament, and during two terms was 

 Speaker of the House. He was leader of the 

 Liberal party previous to and during the re- 

 bellion of 1837, and became so formidable to 

 the Government that he was ordered to leave 

 Canada. He accordingly came to New York 

 city, where he subsequently practised la win the 

 higher courts. Mr. Bid well was considered 

 one of the ablest and best men at the bar. 

 The late Daniel Lord once said that he es- 

 teemed his opinion more highly than that of 

 any other member of the profession on intri- 

 cate points. When the Liberal cause tri- 

 umphed in Canada, he was urged to return 

 and reenter political life, but he only made 

 occasional visits there in connection with 

 property he owned at Kingston. He was also 

 suggested as a suitable Governor for the new 

 Province of Ontario, and Sir John Macdonald, 

 the Premier, stated that he would be the 

 right man had he become a permanent resi- 

 dent in the New Dominion. Mr. Bidwell was 

 at the time of his death president of the old- 

 est savings-bank in New York City, a director 

 in the American Bible Society, and a promi- 

 nent member of the Historical Society, before 

 which he delivered an address a short time 

 before his death. Mr. Bidwell was endowed 

 with a vigorous intellect, severely logical and 

 judicial, while his strict integrity, and purely 



