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an Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, aged 

 81 years. He was born in Helmstadt, Germany, 

 but came to the United States when yet a 

 youth, studied theology, and in 1820 supplied 

 the pulpits of St. Michael's and Zion's German 

 Lutheran Churches in Philadelphia. His early 

 ministry, however, was chiefly spent in organ- 

 izing churches in Western Pennsylvania, and 

 subsequently he entered the foreign missionary 

 field in India, and founded the Lutheran mis- 

 sion among the Teloogoos under the direction 

 of the General Synod. The chief labors of 

 his life were devoted to foreign missions, and 

 he visited the East Indies three times during 

 the prosecution of his work, and returned 

 from there in 1872. Since that time he had 

 been chaplain of the Theological Seminary in 

 Philadelphia, and was in remarkably good 

 health, for a man of his advanced age and ardu- 

 ous labors, until within a few days of his death. 



Dee. 4. JONES, SYBIL, a popular preacher 

 of the Society of Friends, died at China, Me. 

 She was the wife of Eli Jones, also a minister ot 

 that denomination, and was a woman of great 

 eloquence and culture, having traveled exten- 

 sively in Europe, Asia, and Africa. 



Dee. 7. ADAMS, SETH, a manufacturer, and 

 one of the inventors of the Adams printing- 

 press, died in Newton, Mass. He had been 

 for several years associated with his brother 

 Isaac in the manufacture of printing-presses, 

 and left a very large fortune. His will pro- 

 vides for the establishment of a home or hos- 

 pital for hypochondriacs, to be built within 

 fifteen miles of Boston. 



Dee. 7. UNDERWOOD, JOHN C., Judge of the 

 United States District Court of Virginia; died 

 in Washington, D. 0. He was born at Litch- 

 field, Herkimcr County, N. Y., in 1808. For 

 some years he was a resident of Clarke Coun- 

 ty, Vn., where he was engaged in farming, and 

 in 1856 was a delegate to the convention 

 which nominated John C. Fremont for Presi- 

 dent. Being thenceforth proscribed for his 

 political sentiments, and especially for his op- 

 position to slavery, he removed to New York, 

 acting as secretary to a company formed for 

 the purpose of dealing in Southern lands. In 

 1861 President Lincoln nominated him as 

 consul at Callao, Peru, but he accepted, in- 

 stead, the office of Fifth Auditor in the Treas- 

 ury Department, and while there was appointed 

 Judge of the District Court of Virginia. In 

 that position he zealously favored the Union 

 interests by a just interpretation of the law, 

 nnd braved the hostility of the Confederates 

 by decisions which enlarged the war powers of 

 the Government. He affirmed, early in the war, 

 the right of the Government to confiscate the 

 enemy's property, and also maintained the civic 

 rights of colored citizens. It was in his dis- 

 trict that Jefferson Davis was indicted, and it 

 was he who refused, in June, 1866, to admit 

 the prisoner to bail, on the ground that he was 

 in custody of the military authorities. He 

 still presided in May, 1867, when the Confed- 



erate leader was released. Judge Underwood 

 was very bitterly assailed because of his zeal 

 in enforcing the Federal laws, nnd was latterly 

 forced into litigation because of a decree 

 sanctioning confiscation. He was, however, 

 greatly misunderstood by his opponents; for 

 he entertained kindly feelings toward them, 

 and sought, as well as he could, to promote 

 harmony in the South, and to advance her ma- 

 terial interests. 



Dee. 11. KIXND, PHILIP J., a German 

 scholar, Principal of the Hoboken Academy, 

 died in that city, aged 62 years. He was ex- 

 patriated on account of his political opinions. 

 For several years he was professor in the 

 Farmers' College, Cincinnati. 



Dec. 11. VAN BCBEN, THOMAS H., M. D., 

 an eminent physician and surgeon of New 

 York city ; died there. 



Dec. 15. DENT, Colonel FBEDEEICK F., father- 

 in-law of President Grant, died at Washing- 

 ton, D. C., aged 87 years. He was born in 

 Cumberland, Md., in 1786, entered into busi- 

 ness as a merchant in Pittsburg, and subse- 

 quently in St. Louis, where he accumulated 

 considerable wealth. He purchased a large 

 farm a few miles from the city limits as a 

 country residence, and was widely known for 

 his hospitality. He was a rigid Democrat, 

 and never, even in his later years, had any 

 sympathy with the Republican party. 



Dee. 15. LOINEB, JONAS P., M. D., an emi- 

 ment physician of New York ; died at Mount 

 Vernon, Westchester County, N. Y. He was 

 vaccine physician to the Eastern Dispensary, 

 and also to the New York Quarantine Station, 

 for several years. At the latter he vaccinated 

 upward of 860,000 immigrants, and ho also 

 furnished vaccine virus from the anus of 40,- 

 000 children. The success attending his special- 

 ty entitled him to be named the Jenner of 

 America. 



Dec. 16. PABKER, JOHN MASON, an Ameri- 

 can jurist; died at Owego, N. Y., aged 68 

 years. He was born at Granville, Washington 

 County, N. Y., in 1805 ; graduated from Mid- 

 dlebury College, Vt., in 1825; studied law, and 

 was a Representative in Congress from 1855 to 



1859, serving on the Committees on Public 

 Expenditures and Revolutionary Pensions. In 

 1859 he was elected Judge of the Supreme 

 Court of New York, for the Sixth District, 

 and was renominated, his term of office not 

 expiring until 1875. 



Dec. 18. EDWARDS, WELDON N., a politician 

 and political leader of North Carolina ; died in 

 Warren County, N. 0., nged 85 years. He was 

 born in Northampton County, N. C., in 1788, 

 educated at Warrenton Academy, studied law, 

 and was admitted to the bar in 1810. He was 

 a member of Congress from that State from 

 1816 to 1827; a member of the North Carolina 

 State Constitutional Convention in 1835; was 

 in the North Carolina Assembly from 1883 to 

 1844; President of the State Assembly in 



1860, and of the Secession Convention in 1861. 



