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OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. Jan. 1. CAM- 

 ERON, Captain JOHN, an officer of the New 

 York City police force, died in New York sud- 

 denly, of heart-disease, aged 65 years. Ho 

 had been for twenty-seven years in the i< 

 and was regarded as one of its most faithful 

 and efficient officers. He had risen from a 

 patrolman, through all the grades, to the posi- 

 tion of captain, and was the oldest officer but 

 one of the police. He served with distinction 

 during the Astor-Place riot and that of 1863. 



Jan. 1. CABLBTON, Brevet Major -General 

 JAMBS IL, U. S. A., a brave and gallant officer 

 in the late war, and in the war with Mexico, 

 died in Texas, at the age of 59 years. He was 

 born in Maine, and during what was known as 

 the Aroostook War, relative to the northeast- 

 ern boundary of the United States, was captain 

 of a company of Maine riflemen. In Febru- 

 ary, 1839, after the conclusion of that contro- 

 versy, ho was commissioned second-lieutenant 

 of the First United States Dragoons. Ho was 

 promoted to a first-lieutenancy in March, 1845, 

 and served on General Wool's staff in Mexico. 

 In February 1847, he became captain, and was 

 brevetted major for gallantry at Buena Vista. 

 In September. 1861, be was commissioned 

 major of the Sixth Cavalry, nnd order. 

 Southern California. In the spring of 1862 ho 

 raised a body of troops known as the " Cali- 

 fornia Column," and marched with thorn across 

 the Yuma and Gila deserts to Mesilla on tho 

 Rio Grande. On April 28th he was commis- 

 sioned brigadier -general of volunteers, and 

 ordered to relieve General Canby as com- 

 mander of the Department of New Mexico. 

 He remained in command there for several 

 years, taking part in three or four battles. 

 On July 81, 1866, he was commissioned lieu- 

 tenant-colonel of the Fourth Cavalry, and 

 brevetted Major-General U. S. Army for his 

 gallant services. In June, 1868, he was pro- 

 moted colonel of the Second U. S. Cavalry, 

 and ordered with his regiment soon after to 

 Texas. General Carleton published, in 1818, 

 a " History of the Battle of Bucna Vista," and 

 bad occasionally contributed to military peri- 

 odicals since that time. 



Jan. 1. KKI.I.KV, Rev. EDWIN DEI.MOXT, n 

 Baptist clergyman and missionary to the Sli.m> 

 in Northern Burmah ; was drowned in Shan- 

 land, at the ago of 27 years. He was born in 

 North Clarendon, Rutland County, Vt,, June 

 18, 1846; graduated from the University of 

 Michigan in 1866, and from Newton Theologi- 

 cal Seminary in Jnne, 1871. In October of 

 that year he sailed for Burmah, and arrived at 

 Toungoo February 20, 1872. Though he had 

 been not quite a year in the licM, lie hod so 

 far mastered the difficult language as to be 

 able to preach in it, and manifested a remark- 



able aptitude for all the details of the mission- 

 ary work. 



Jan. 2. Don, Rev. WILLIAM ARMSTRONG, 

 D. D., an Episcopal clergyman ; died in 1'. 

 ton, N. J. He graduated from Princeton Col- 

 lege in 1838, from 1840 to 1841 held the office 

 of tutor, and from 1855 to 1859 lectured upon 

 the fine arts in the college. In 1858 ho 

 changed his ecclesiastical relations, was reor- 

 dained by the late Bishop Doane, and became 

 a priest in the Protestant Episcopal Church. 

 Subsequently ho became rector of Trinity 

 Church, Princeton, which charge ho continued 

 to hold until ill health compelled him to re- 

 sign a few years previous to his death. Ho 

 received his degree of D. D. from Columbia 

 College, in 1859. 



Jan. 8. BUTCHER, WASHINGTON, an eminent 

 merchant of Philadelphia; died in that city, 

 aged 57 years. Ho was a man of extensive 

 culture, and widely known for his philanthro- 

 py. For many years he was a director of tho 

 Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and, shortly 

 before his death, ho was elected president of 

 the American Steamship Company. 



Jan. 8. POST, SAMUEL ADAMS LYONS LAW, 

 an eminent teacher, and subsequently a jour- 

 nalist ; died in Ellenville, N. Y., aged 44 years. 

 He was born in Meredith, Delaware County, 

 N. Y., June 10, 1829 ; commenced teaching at 

 the age of fourteen, graduated from Yale Col- 

 lege in the class of 1858, and subsequently took 

 charge of a classical school in Derby, Conn. 

 In 1856 ho removed to Ulster County, X. Y., 

 as principal of the Ellenville High School, with 

 which he was connected until 1868, when, 

 having been admitted to the bar, he < i 

 upon the practice of law. Ill health, however, 

 compelled him to relinquish his profession in 

 1871, and soon after he became editor of the 

 American Odd-Fellote, published in New York. 



Jan. 8. WELLES, JAMES HENBT, an eminent 

 railroad builder and financier, for nineteen 

 years resident in New York City; died there 

 in tho 54th year of his age. Ho wits a native 

 of Athens, Pa., a graduate from Amherst Col- 

 lege in 1843, and had received a legal training. 

 He engaged extensively in farming in his na- 

 tive town until 1854, when he removed t 

 New York to take an active interest in the 

 construction of railroads and canals. lie was 

 of tho highest character for integrity and 

 honor, and disbnrsed his largo wealth with 

 great liberality. 



Jan. 9. BRISTOL, ALBERT GALLATIN, M. D., 

 an eminent ji'iysiciari. ami, later in life, a manu- 

 facturer of Rochester, N. Y. ; died there-, aged 

 64 years. Ho was a native of New Haven, 

 Conn., a graduate of Yale College in 1827, ami 

 of the Medical Department of Yale College in 

 1830, and subsequently studied his profession 



