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OBITUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



MAT 2, 1810. Baring been educated for the 

 law, he commenced the practice of his profes- 

 sion in Detroit, Hay, 1832. His high reputa- 

 tion as a jurist obtained for him the respon- 

 sible position under the Hawaiian Government 

 above mentioned, the duties of which he dis- 

 charged with singular discretion fora period 

 of fourteen years. Returning to his native 

 country, he established himself in San Fnin- 

 oisoo, and three years subsequently received 

 from the Hon. Salmon P. Ohase, then Chief- 

 Justice of the United States Supreme Court, 

 the appointment of Registrar in Bankruptcy 

 for the First Congressional District of Califor- 

 nia, a position which he held until failing 

 health compelled bis resignation in 1872. 



JUM 1. PAINTER, Rev. JOSEPH, D. D., a 

 Presbyterian clergyman ; died in Kittanning, 

 Pa. He was a native of New Jersey, an 

 alumnus of Princeton College, and for many 

 years pastor of the Presbyterian Church in 

 Eittanning. 



June 2. HODGES, JCLIA LEE, better known 

 by her stage-name of " Leo Hudson," an u< 

 of the opera-bouffante school ; died at St. Louis, 

 Mo., aged 80 years. She was born in Leesbnrg, 

 Va., March 22, 1843. While performing her 

 specialty, Jtcueppa, her trained horse, Black 

 Bess, fell, and was so seriously injured, that it 

 was necessary to kill her the next day. The 

 actress attended her night and day, and the 

 extra exertion brought on a fatal attack of 

 brain-fever. 



June 8. PniLBRicK, STEPHBX G., a venera 

 ble citizen of Tamworth, N. H.; died there, 

 aged 102 years. 



June 3. WALWOBTII, MANSFIELD TRACT, an 

 American novelist; was killed by his son in 

 New York City, aged 42 years. He was the 

 son of the late Chancellor Wslworth, and was 

 born in Albany, in 1880. He graduated from 

 Union College in the class of 1849, studied 

 law, and, after his admission to the bar, prac- 

 tised his profession for a short time in Albany, 

 with hi* father. Having a taste for literature, 

 be soon abandoned his profession, and com- 

 menced writing for the Home Journal. Sub- 

 sequently, he turned his pen to the preparation 

 of sensational romances, among which were, 

 " Lulu," ' Hotspur," " Storracliff," " Dela- 

 plaine," u Beverly," and " Warwick." At the 

 time of his death he was writing for the Nev> 

 York Wfetlu a serial story, entitled " Married 

 in Monk." He was possessed of an exceedingly 

 unhappy disposition, which was aggravated by 

 excesses, causing him to become a tyrant in 

 his family, and finally resulting in his tragic 

 death. 



JVM 8. WnrroH, WILBOX, an eminent teach- 

 er of the deaf and dumb; died at Hingham, 

 HAM. He was himself a deaf-mute, un<! 

 for a period of forty-eight years, a successful 

 and enthusiastic teacher at the American Asy- 

 lum, in Hartford, Cong., a longer term than 

 that of any other instructor in this country, 

 save the late Lament Clerc. 



. HrDsox, Judge , United State* 



Attorney for the Memphis District of Tennes- 

 see; died in that city. He was formerly :i 

 lawyer in Chicago, ami removed to Memphis 

 not far from 1865. He was a man of M ri.-t iu- 

 u -urity, fearless and firm in the discharge of 

 his official duties, and honored alike at the bar 

 and in social life. 



June 5. BEEBB, Rev. SAMUEL J. M., a Pres- 

 byterian clergyman and educator; died in Ne- 

 braska City, aged about 60 years. He was a 

 native of New York State, and an alumnus of 

 Union College. In early life he removed to 

 Missouri, where his abilities as an educator 

 and scholar gave him a wide reputation. Early 

 in the late war he removed to Brooklyn, where 

 he established a school in Adelphi Street, and 

 subsequently one on Clinton Avenue, both 

 ranking high in merit. Having been urgently 

 solicited to return to his former residence in 

 Missouri, he went to Brunswick, in that State, 

 and took charge of an institution there, which 

 he resigned but a few months previous to his 

 death. 



June 6. PRENTISB, Hon. JOHN, the oldest 

 printer, newspaper editor, and publisher, in 

 New England; died in Keenc, N. II., in the 

 96th year of his age. Mr. Prentisa was, 85 

 or 40 years since, active in State politics ; 

 was State Senator about 1838, and served also 

 in the Assembly. He was father of the late 

 Commodore G-. A. Prentisa. He continued to 

 enjoy excellent health and strength to the close 

 of life, and his mental vigor was unimpaired. 

 He established the New Hampshire Sentinel in 

 1799, and conducted it for forty -nine years. 



June 7. RUSSELL, Rev. Jons LEWIS, A. A. S., 

 a Congregational (Unitarian) clergyman and 

 scientist ; died in Salem, Mass., aged 65 years. 

 He was horn in Salem in 1808, and graduated 

 at Harvard University in 1828. 



June 8. MAI-RAN, JOSEPH, M. D., nn emi- 

 nent physician and medical writer; died in 

 New York City, aged 76 years. He was born 

 in Barrington, Mass., December 22, 1796, 

 graduated at Brown University in 1816, stud- 

 ied medicine in Providence, and at the Col- 

 luge of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, 

 where he received the degree of A.M. in 1819, 

 and commenced the practice of his profession 

 in partnership with his preceptor. Dr. Pardon 

 Bowen, in Providence. After thirty-s'x years 

 of successful practice, he spent nearly two 

 years traveling with his family in Europe, and 

 on his return resumed it only to a limited ex- 

 tent, withdrawing from it altogether in 1866. 

 During the active portion of his life he held 

 many important positions, and originated vari- 

 ous public measures connected with his pro- 

 fession. Ho was one of the medical attend- 

 ants at the Dexter A-.\lum, and a consulting- 

 physician at the Butler Hospital for the Insane, 

 from the foundation of these institutions to his 

 withdrawal from practice; was twice chosen 

 President of the Rhode Island Medical Socie- 

 ty, was a trustee of the College of Physicians 



