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OBITUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



the war, and subsequently wrote a " History 

 of the First Maine Cavalry in the War," which 

 WM published in Portland. 



Stpt. 20. MoWiLLtAM, Rev. JAMBS M., a 

 Presbyterian clergyman and teacher, of Scot- 

 tih birth and education; died in Deekertown, 

 X. J.. aged 55 yean. He was born in Aber- 

 deen, Scotland, July 22, 1818, and educated at 

 King's College, in that city. Ho emigrated to 

 the United States in 1835, and began teaching 

 at Lafayette, N. J., and after a time was per- 

 suaded, by Rev. Dr. Schaffer, to enter the 

 Theological Seminary at Princeton. After 

 t-THilnating thence, he was called to preach at 

 1. X. .'., and ordained there in Decem- 

 ber. 1**2. IK- remained in the pastorate there 

 for eleven years, and then visited Scotland, 

 and on his return settled at Monroetown, Pa., 

 and, with Mr. Samuel F. Colt, founded the 

 Susquehanna Collegiate Institute, at Towando, 

 of which he soon afterward became principal. 

 Except a brief absence, in the pastorate, he 

 remained in charge of this institute till 1866, 

 and maintained a high reputation as a teacher, 

 especially in the classics. Retiring from this 

 in consequence of the impaired health of his 

 wife, he organized a church at the little min- 

 ing town of Barclay, Pa., on the summit of the 

 Alleghanies. where he remained for about 

 three years, when he accepted a call to Deck- 

 ertown, N. J., where he closed bis career. 



Sept. 21. HmTKB, Rev. EDWIX WILSOH, 

 1). I'.. Lutheran clergyman and scholar; 

 died in Philadelphia, aged 60 years. Ho was 

 born in Allcntown, Pa., September 12, 1813. 

 At the early age of seventeen, he was the edi- 

 tor and sole proprietor of two newspapers, one 

 English, and the other German, both pul>- 

 lished in Allentown, Pa., his father, who had 

 the management of them, having died. He 

 wu. for some time, the sole support of his 

 mother and his five brothers and sisters. Dr. 

 H utter subsequently removed to Harrisburg, 

 where he baa charge of another newspaper. 

 He spent a short time in Lancaster, and was 

 for three years private secretary for Mr. Bu- 

 chanan when he was Secretary of State, during 

 the Administration of President Polk. From 

 Washington ho removed to Baltimore, and 

 studied for the ministry under the late re- 

 nowned Dr. Kurtz. He received and accepted 

 a call from St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran 

 Church. Philadelphia, preaching his first ser- 

 mon there on the first Sunday in September, 

 1890. He had been ever since that period the 

 faithful and efficient pastor of that rhnrrh, be- 

 loved liv all the congregation. During his pas- 

 torate eight hundred members were admitted 

 by baptism, confirmation, and certificate. ilc 

 was noted for his adherence to the Govern- 

 ment during the civil war, preaching frequent- 

 ly to the soldiers prior to their leaving for the 

 eat of war. He WM alto deeply interest. -d in 

 the Northern Home for Friendless Children, 

 bring one of the trustee* of that Institution at 

 the time of hb death. 



Stpt. 25. BOURNE, EDWARD EMM 

 LL. D.. a prominent citizen, jurist, and schol- 

 ar, of Kennebunk, Me. j died ihere, aged 76 

 years. He was born in Kennebunk, March 

 19, 1797, fitted for college at South Hcrwick 

 Academy, entered Bowdoin College at the ago 

 of fifteen, and graduated in 181U with distinc- 

 tion. He commenced the study of law imme- 

 diately, and was admitted to the bar in ]*-".>. 

 He first practised his profession in Albion, but 

 afterward returned to Konnebnnk, where, with 

 the exception of a brief residence in York, he 

 continued to the close of his life. He was first 

 selectman of the town for several terms; rep- 

 resented it in the Legislature for a niimhrr of 

 years; was twice County Attorney for York; 

 and was Judge of the Probate Court for the, 

 County of York from 1856 to 1872. He was 

 also for several years President of the Maine 

 Historical Society, which he did much to pro- 

 mote and sustain. He was a Trustee or Fellow 

 of Bowdoin College from 1866 till his death, 

 and recrived from that college the honorary 

 degreo of LL. D. in 1872. In private life 

 Judge Bourne was amiable, gentle, and cour- 

 teous, while he was, in all his relations to his 

 fellow-men, strictly honorable, just, and un- 

 blamable. He had published several occasion- 

 al addresses and orations, mostly historic-til, 

 a "History of the Town of Kennebuuk," :,nd 

 had ready for publication, at his death, a 

 "History of the Town of Wells, Mo., down to 

 1820," in two volumes, prepared at the re- 

 quest of the Maine Historical Society. 



Sept. 26. DK WALDKS, THOMAS BL.UDKS. an 

 English actor and dramatic writer, resident in 

 this country since 1844; died in New York City, 

 aged about 60 years. He commenced life as an 

 actor, and achieved considerable success in his 

 profession, hut after a time turned his atten- 

 tion to writing plays, of which he had com- 

 posed and adapted more than one hundred. 

 tie left the stage in 1*57, and had since been 

 engaged in commercial life, hut without suc- 

 cess. He had continued to write for the stage, 

 and his earlier dramas had considerable merit 

 and popularity, his " Seven Sisters" having had 

 a very long run at Laura Keene's Theatre, in 

 1860. Of late, he had descended to a lower 

 grade of dramas, pleading that thus only could 

 he satisfy an unrefined popular taste. 



Sept. 26. PKTBUS, SAMUEL II., a political 

 leader in Louisiana, member of the Forty-third 

 Congress, from the Fourth (or Shreveport) Dis- 

 tri.-t ; died of yellow fever in Shreveport. 



Sept. 26. WIIEKLWKIOHT, WILLIAM, an en- 

 terprising and philanthropic citizen of New- 

 bnryport, Mass., long engaged in engineering 

 pursuits in South America; died in London, 

 aged 76 years. His life had been one of great 

 and unceasing activity. He built the first rail- 

 way, the first gas-works, the first water-works, 

 and the first iron pier ever established in South 

 America, besides engaging in various other mag- 

 nificent enterprises. He was the founder of 

 the Pacific Mail Company, and had given away 



