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OBITUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



died iu that city, aged 80 years. He was born 

 near Belfast, Ireland, of Scottish ancestors. 

 His father, John Dalzell, was a leader in the 

 Irish rebellion of 1798, in consequence of 

 which the old family mansion was burned, and 

 he was forced to put to sea in on open boai. 

 Providentially ho was picked up, und landed 

 in New York, whither his family soon fol- 

 lowed. They settled in Vernon, Oneida County, 

 where Robert continued to reside till 1826, 

 when he removed to Rochester, where he ever 

 after made his home. He was a millwright, 

 unusually skillful and ingenious, and all the 

 flour-mills in that city were built under his 

 supervision. He also invented and introduced 

 the " elevator system " in handling and stow- 

 ing grain, now in general use. 



Jan. 22. MACKWOOD, Rev. , a former 



bishop of the United Brethren of Christ (Ger- 

 man Methodists) ; died at Luray, Page Coun- 

 ty, Va. 



Jan. 23. DEXIS. HEN-JIT RAPHAEL, an emi- 

 nent lawyer of New Orleans; died in that city, 

 aged 86 years. He was one of the oldest 

 members of the bar, and the Supreme Court 

 adjourned out of respect to his memory. 



Jan. 23. SHAFTKB, OSCAR C., formerly 

 Judge of the Supreme Court of California; 

 died in Florence, Italy. He was elected one 

 of the justices of the Supreme Court in Sep- 

 tember, 1863. and entered upon his duties in 

 January, 1864, his term of service expiring by 

 Allotment in 1872. From 1870 to 1872 he held 

 the position of Chief-Justice. 



Jan. 24. SEWABD, Rev. JOHN, an eminent 

 Presbyter! an clergy man and one of the piom-. rs 

 in home missionary work; died at Tallin 

 Ohio, aged 89 years. He was born in Grau- 

 ville, Mass., January 24, 1783; prepared for 

 college under the tuition of the Rev. Dr. Coo- 

 ley; graduated from Williams College in the 

 class of 1810, studied theology with Dr. Porter, 

 of Washington, Conn., and received a license 

 to preach from the Congregational Association 

 at New Preston, Conn., June 5, 1811. Re- 

 ceiving a commission to labor as a missionary 

 on the Western Reserve, he was ordained an 

 evangelist by the Hartford North Connecticut 

 Association in September, 1811, and the same 

 month started for Ohio on horseback. Ho 

 was first installed pastor of a church in Aurora, 

 Portage County, where he was successfully 

 employed till 1844, though his labors extended 

 to all parts of the Western Reserve. In the 

 spring of 1844 he was dismissed at his own 

 request, and at once entered upon a clmr::<- at 

 Solon, Cuyahoga County, where he lab<.r. d 

 fifteen years, and subsequently made his home 

 in Tallmadge. He wa the last of the signers 

 of the constitution of the flrrt Foreign Mi-- 

 sionary Society. 



Jan. 25. DPNCAW, DAVID, an eminent New 

 York banker, of the firm of Duncan, Sherman, 

 A Co. ; died at Cannes, France. He was a na- 

 tive of Rhode Island, and a large contributor 

 to the benevolent institutions of that State. 



Jan. 25. TBACT, WILLIAM H., Judge of the 

 Marine Court of New York ; died in that city. 

 aged 34 years. He was a native of New York, 

 and in 1850 entered the office of Luke K. 

 zens, a lawyer, was admitted to the bur in 

 1858, and soon after was elected a member ot' 

 the Assembly, representing the Thirteenth and 

 parts of the Tenth and Seventeenth Wards 

 of the city. When the act relative to the 

 Marine Court was passed, making three new 

 judges, he was elected as one, and his decisions 

 have been reversed less frequently than those 

 of any judge of the Marine Court. 



Jan. 26. NOBLE, Lixx.F.rs P., an eminent 

 antislavery leader and reformer; died in 

 Fayetteville, N. Y., aged 71 years. Early in 

 life he espoused the antislavery cause, and was 

 identified with the labors of (icrrit Smith, 

 James G. Birney, Beriah Green, and other 

 earnest workers in that cause. He was the 

 first publisher and one of the founders of the 

 National Era, an antislavery journal pub- 

 lished at Washington, D. C. He was also en- 

 gaged in the temperance reform, and every 

 reform of a civil, moral, or social character, 

 found in him a cordial supporter. 



Jan. 27. CBANSTOX, ROBEBTB., an eminent 

 and philanthropic citizen of Newport. II. I. ; 

 died there, aged 81 years. He was a native 

 of Rhode Island, and was a Representative in 

 Congress from 1837 to 1843, and again from 

 1847 to 1849. In 1864 he was a presidential 

 elector. In his will he left $75,000 to the poor 

 of Newport ' who are too honest to steal and 

 too proud to beg." 



Jan. 27. WARDEN. FBAN-CIS, for thirty years 

 a partner of A. T. Stewart in the European 

 department of his business; died in Paris, 

 aged 62 years. There were few American 

 merchants on the Continent when he went to 

 Paris in 1845, but as trade increased In- 

 made general manager, with a corps of special 

 buyers under his orders. For ninny years ho 

 selected the silks, laces, carpets, and shawls 

 which the tirin imported, and displayed rare 

 t-i-te ami discrimination in choosing goods. 

 The partnership was dissolved at his request 

 about eight months previous to his death, but 

 he continued to manage the business until 

 disabled by his last illness. He left a fortune 

 of $10,000,000. 



J'in. 20. BROPIE, JOHN- W., a journalist ; 

 died in New York City, aged 32 years. Ho 

 was a native of Kdiiilnirtrh, but most of his lifo 

 was spent in London. He served during the 

 Russian War, being stationed for n time at the 

 hospital at Scutari. Early in 1869 he came to 

 this country and became city editor of the 

 Neie York Ditfintrh. He also contributed 

 largely to the columns of the Spirit of the 

 Time*. 



Jan. 81. BrsirsKLL, NEHEMIAIT, a lawyer 

 and politician of Illinois; died at Springfield, 

 aged 60 years. Ho was born in Wo?tl>rook, 

 Conn., October 9, 1813, graduated from Yale 

 College in the class of 1835, studied law in 



