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and Measures, which lie continued alone after 

 his father's death in 1849. In 1834, after a 

 sharp competition, he was selected as one of 

 the two architects to make the plans and su- 

 perintend the construction of the new cathe- 

 dral at Marseilles. He early gave close atten- 

 tion to the architecture of the period of the 

 Eenaissance, and, as a result of his investiga- 

 tions, presented, at the Exposition of 1855, fif- 

 teen designs, or, as he called them, "architect- 

 ural studies of the Renaissance period." These 

 were made by him at Orleans, for the Com- 

 mitte3 on Historical Monuments, and were so 

 arranged as to give a most picturesque view of 

 the appearance of some of the finest streets of 

 that city in the fifteenth century. Many of 

 the buildings had been destroyed in the various 

 sieges of the city, and their reproduction was 

 greatly commended, and procured for him the 

 first gold meial of the Exposition. M. Vau- 

 doyer received numerous commissions and 

 appointments from the Imperial Government. 

 He was elected to the Institute (Academy of 

 Fine Arts), in February, 1868, in the place of 

 his old preceptor Le Bas. He was also an 

 officer of the Legion of Honor since 1855, having 

 been a Chevalier of it since 1849. 



Feb. 25. G-ORDOX, Rev. JAMES D., a clergy- 

 man and missionary of the Canadian Presby- 

 terian Church, in one of the New Hebrides 

 group of islands ; was killed by the natives at 

 Erromanga. He was a native of Prince Ed- 

 ward's Island, British North America, and a 

 brother of the Rev. G. N. Gordon, who, with 

 his wife, was murdered by the natives at the 

 same place in 1861. Mr. James Gordon was 

 a man of singular piety, self-denying in the 

 extreme, and ready for martyrdom, if need be, 

 for the cause of Christianity. He had labored 

 in Erromanga for eight years, and translated 

 portions of the Bible into the language of the 

 people, besides preparing primers and hymns 

 for their use. He also acquired a knowledge 

 of the language of the island of Espiritu Santo, 

 and spent a winter there teaching the people. 

 He prepared a phonetic primer in that lan- 

 guage. Mr. Gordon acted for the first four 

 years as a missionary of the Presbyterian 

 Church of the Lower Provinces of British 

 North America, then for two years as a rep- 

 resentative of the Presbyterian Church of New 

 South Wales. He resigned his connection with 

 the church in the end of 1870. Since that 

 time he had withdrawn from outside support, 

 and had been alone upon the island, trusting 

 himself unreservedly among the natives. 



Feb. . KNIAZHEVITOH, M., a Russian states- 

 man, and Minister of Finance; died in St. 

 Petersburg. 



Feb. . MiLinlN-,NiOHOLA8,aRussian states- 

 man ; died at Moscow. He was the leading 

 spirit of the emancipation, and other reforms of 

 the last fifteen years in Russia, and especially 

 the leader of the Slavophile party, and his house 

 in Moscow was the social and political centre 

 of that party. Though holding no high office, 



and never a minister (it was-his brother, Gen- 

 eral Count Milutin, who had been Minister of 

 War since 1862), yet Nicholas Milutin exercised, 

 perhaps, the greatest influence in Russia on 

 the Government. There was a magnetism in 

 his personal character, which called out sym- 

 pathy and cooperation. For the last three or 

 four years he had suffered from a painful and 

 severe disease, and had passed most of his time 

 abroad. 



Feb. . ROTE, E. J., ex-President of the Li- 

 berian Republic, was drowned in the harbor 

 of Monrovia, while endeavoring to swim to 

 the steamer just before her departure for Liv- 

 erpool. He was of the colored race, and was 

 born in Ohio, in 1815, received a fair educa- 

 tion, and engaged in mercantile pursuits. About 

 thirty years ago he emigrated to Liberia, where 

 he soon became one of the wealthiest citizens. 

 He was elected to the Liberian House of Rep- 

 resentatives, and served as Speaker in 1849, 

 and held the office of Chief-Justice from 1865 

 to 1868. He was elected President in 1869, 

 and entered upon his duties January 3, 1870. 

 During his term of office the people of Liberia 

 voted upon changing the presidential term from 

 two to four years. This measure was defeated, 

 and a presidential election was held last year, 

 resulting in the selection of President Roberts. 

 Mr. Roye, however, refused to recognize this 

 election, and attempted to remain in power. 

 He thus infringed upon the laws, and was con- 

 demned to imprisonment, had escaped, and was 

 endeavoring to leave the country, when he met 

 his death. 



Feb. . SAID PACHA, son-in-law of Mah- 

 moud II., formerly Marshal of the Palace, and 

 governor-general, in turn, of several provinces; 

 died in Constantinople. He fell into disfavor, 

 and was banished from Constantinople, but 

 afterward was allowed to return to that city, 

 where he adopted a life of seclusion, and was 

 known as a very devout dervish. 



Feb. . SMITH, WYNDIIAM (The Assassin), 

 eldest son of Sydney Smith, noted as a sports- 

 man ; died in London. He was educated at 

 Cambridge, but from his earliest youth cared 

 neither for literature, politics, arts, nor 

 sciences. His tastes were for horst-racing, 

 jesting, etc. His nickname, The Assassin, was 

 fastened on him while in college. Some of 

 his fellow-students turned loose a ferocious 

 bull-dog into his rooms at night, and waited 

 below in the quadrangle to watch the deno'A- 

 ment of their practical joke. He entered his 

 rooms a scuffle was heard, and presently a 

 window was thrown up, out of which the dog 

 appeared, held suspended in the air by the left 

 hand of its human antagonist, who proceeded 

 with his right hand to draw a razor across the 

 struggling animal's throat. From that night 

 until his dying hour, the name of "The As- 

 sassin " clung to him. 



March 3. ABHBTTRXHAM, General, the Hon. 

 THOMAS, C. B., of the British army ; died in 

 London, aged 65 years. He was colonel of 



