OBITUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



financial Secretary and Treasurer of the Amer- 

 ican Colonization Society, faithfully performin;: 

 his duties even after he was confined to hia bed 

 by the disease which terminated his life. 



Feb. 15. EMMKT, ROBERT, an eminent law- 

 yer, Justice of tlie Superior Oourt of N. Y. ; 

 died in New Roohelle, N. Y., aged 80 years. 

 He was the son of Thomas Addis Emmet, 

 the distinguished Irish exile, and nephew 

 of the celebrated Robert Emmet. He was 

 born in Ireland about 1792, and came to this 

 country when a boy ; was educated for his 

 father's profession and held high rank among 

 the members of the bar. In 1848, when an 

 insurrection was contemplated in Ireland, he 

 cordially cooperated with his countrymen in 

 New York Oity in demonstrations of sympathy, 

 and was one of the Directory formed for the 

 purpose of sending material aid to the Irish 

 patriots. He attended the great meeting held 

 at the Tabernacle, June 6, 1848, and delivered 

 an eloquent and stirring address, in which he 

 said : ' If Ireland cannot achieve her inde- 

 pendence without bloodshed, let it be with 

 blood. If reason cannot be heard, let the fight 

 succeed. * * * I pray God that Ireland may 

 achieve her independence without the need 

 of such a struggle." 



Feb. 18. BARNES, SAJUJEL 0., an eminent 

 teacher of public schools in Brooklyn, L. I. ; 

 died in that city, aged 60 years. He was a 

 native of Ireland, and came to this country 

 about the year 1830, since which period, until 

 about 1867, ho had held the position of prin- 

 cipal in one of the Brooklyn schools, having 

 resigned to accept the post of secretary of 

 the East Brooklyn Savings-Bank, of which in- 

 stitution he was the originator. He was also 

 the secretary of several other organizations, 

 and had identified himself with uli the inter 

 ests of the city of his adoption. 



Feb. 18. UOPKB, ADBLBERT, M. D., a Ger- 

 man journalist; died in New York. He was 

 formerly one of the editors of the Neva Yorker 

 Journal, and subsequently was connected with 

 the Staatt-Zeltung. 



Feb. 19. FBSNO, A. W., a well-known actor 

 and dramatist; died in New York Oity, aged 

 69 years. His early life was spent with his 

 father's family, near Boston; but, at the age 

 of sixteen, a love of adventure led him to ship 

 on board a merchantman, as a sailor befoVe 

 the mast, on a voyage round the world. Re- 

 turning, after a four years' cruise, he became 

 nraptured with the life of an actor, studied 

 for the profession, and for many years after- 

 ward pursued that vocation, varying it only 

 with sea-voyages, of which he seemed never 

 to tire. His greatest success was achieved in 

 the Old Bowery Theatre, in the character of 

 Rolla, which he acted, it is said, with genu- 

 ine merit. His provincial tours, however, 

 were numerous and extended, and probably 

 no actor of equal merit had so much popular- 

 it v and notoriety outside the metropolis with- 

 ont being rated as a star-actor within it. 



Feb. 20. VAX DKITMKN, WILLIAM, M. D., an 

 eminent physician of New Brunswick. N. J. ; 

 died there, aged 82 years. He was born in 

 New Brunswick, May 1G, 1791, graduated at 

 Rutgers College, in the class of 1809, on 

 which occasion he pronounced the valedic- 

 tory, and, having studied medicine in New 

 York, serving as surgeon and physician in one 

 of the hospitals he entered upon the pr 

 of his profession in Monmouth County, N. .1. 

 Later, he returned to his native city, and estab- 

 lished a reputation for professional skill, which 

 he maintained until his retirement from the 

 active duties of his calling. Dr. Van Deursen 

 was the eldest living trustee of Rutgers Col- 

 lege, having been elected to that office in 1828. 



Feb. 21. GOODWIN, ICIIA.BOD JORDAN, a prom- 

 inent lawyer and political leader in New Hamp- 

 shire and Maine; died in Berwick, Me., aged 

 66 years. He was born in Saco, Me., Octo- 

 ber 6, 1806; graduated at Bowdoin College in 

 1827, studied law, and for a period of forty 

 years was a member of the Straffonl (X. 11.) 

 and York County bar. He was a Democrat 

 in politics, and, his residence being on the bor- 

 der-line of the States of New Hampshire and 

 Maine, he served at different periods in each 

 Legislature. He was a member of the Masonic 

 fraternity, and for a time Grand-Master of the 

 Grand Lodge of New Hampshire. 



Feb. 21. QPINN, Rev. PAUL, senior Bishop 

 of the African Methodist Church for twenty- 

 nine years; died in Indiana. He was the found- 

 er of the African Methodist Church in the West, 

 and also of the Wilberforce University in Ohio. 



Feb. 22. EATON, Lieutenant-Colonel DAN- 

 IEL LEWIS, a lawyer, editor, soldier, and finan- 

 cier ; died at Washington, D. C., aged 47 years. 

 He was born in Calais, Me., February 22, 1826 : 

 graduated at Bowdoin College in 1851, studied 

 law, and entered upon the practice of his pro- 

 fession in Portland, Me., and also in St. Louis, 

 Mo., and subsequently edited a newspaper in 

 Pittsburg, Pa., for some years. Daring the late 

 war he served on the staff of General Heintzel- 

 mon, with the rank of major, washrevetted lieu- 

 tenant-colonel, and later was appointed Actu- 

 ary of the Freedman's Savings-Bank, Wash- 

 ington. Resigning this position, lie was elected 

 cashier of the Second National Bank, Wash- 

 ington. Upon the organization of the Terri- 

 torial government, he was appointed by the 

 President a member of the "Council," or 

 Senate, which office he held at the time of his 

 death. 



Fib. 23. ALLEN, Rev. JOSEPH, S. T. I)., a 

 Unitarian clergyman and author ; died in 

 Northborongh, Mass.. aged 88 years. He was 

 born in Medfield. Mass., Angus! 15, 1790; 

 graduated at Harvard University in 1811, 

 studied theology under Rev. Dr. Ware, at 

 Cambridge, and was ordained pastor of the 

 Congregational Church in Xorthborough, Oc- 

 tober 80, 1816, which relation he sustained 

 until his death. In 1849 ho was a delegate to 

 the Peace Congress at Paris. He was the au- 



