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 sonal appearance, unit. . I to the rarest gontle- 

 ness and polish of the old-school manner, mado 

 iiis presence always noteworthy. 



Feb. ft. CONKLINO, ALFRED, jurist, diploma- 

 tist, and a legal writer; died in Uticn, N. V., 

 aged 86 year-, llo was born in East Ilamp- 

 ton, Suffolk County, N. Y., October 12, 1789; 

 ::iti-l I'n.m Union College, studied law, 

 ;ni:l was admitted to tho bar in 1812 ; was dis- 

 trii-t attorney for Montgomery County three 

 . and was elected a Representative from 

 New York to the Seventeenth Congress, lie 

 then settled in Albany, and in 1825 was ap- 

 pointed by President John Quincy Adams 

 -lud-,'0 of the U. 8. District Court for tho 

 Northern District of New York, which office 

 ho held until 1850, when President Fillmore 

 appointed him minister to Mexico. On his re- 

 turn from that mission he settled at Genesee, 

 N. Y., devoting himself mainly to literary pur- 

 MiiN. While upon the bench, he wrote two 

 law-books, viz., " Conkling's Treatise" and 

 ; ' Conkling's Admiralty." In 1867 he published 

 a work on " The Powers of the Executive De- 

 partment of tho United States." 



Feb. 7. GERARD, JAMES W., a prominent 

 lawyer and public benefactor of New York 

 ( 'it y ; died there, aged 80 years. He was born 

 in New York City, and was of Huguenot de- 

 scent. He graduated at an early age from 

 Columbia College with high honors, and studied 

 law under the late George Griffin ; through- 

 out a long life he maintained a high rank in his 

 profession, taking his place among the ablest 

 members of the New York bar, and being of- 

 fered more than once a position on the bench, 

 lie was one of the founders of the House of 

 Refuge, and one of its most zealous friends 

 through life. He had been for many years 

 deeply interested in the improvement of the 

 police force, and was instrumental in causing 

 their adoption of a uniform. But his most 

 constant and earnest efforts had been directed 

 to the improvement of the public schools of the 

 city. He was for many years school-inspector, 

 and was constantly on the watch to devise 

 measures for the benefit of popular education. 



Feb. 8. PORTER, JOHN, an eminent jurist 

 and political leader, of Auburn, N. Y., a native 

 of Hadley, Mass., and a graduate from Wil- 

 liams College in 1810 ; died at Auburn, aged 

 83 years. After graduation he removed to 

 Auburn, where he studied law in the office of 

 Governor Throop, but afterward entered the 

 office of Bleecker & Sedgwick in Albany. In 

 1815 he became the law-partner of Governor 

 Throop. In 1828 he was appointed Surrogate 

 of Cayuga County, and held the office for eight 

 years. From 1836 to 1843 he was actively en- 

 gaged in his profession. From 1843 to 1847 

 he was a member of the State Senate, which 

 then sat also as a Court of Errors, and mani- 

 fested great abilities as a jurist in the cases 

 which came under review. He was for many 

 years a political leader in his section, and was 

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much esteemed and honored for the purity and 

 integrity of his character. 



:i. MM.J.EK, HE.VRT, M. D., a physician, 

 medical writer, and professor; died in Louis- 

 Mil.-, Ky., aged 78 years, lie had been for 

 many years connected, as a profensor, with 

 medical colleges at Washington, I>. ('., Cincin- 

 nati, ami Louisville, and at the time of his 

 death was president of Louisville Medical Col- 

 lege, lie had also written largely on medi- 

 cine, tho following being his most important 

 medical treatises: "Human Parturition," 8vo 

 (1849); "The Principles and Practice of Ob- 

 stetrics," 8vo (1858); and numerous papers, 

 essays, and memoirs, in the medical journals. 



Feb. 9. WALTERS, Commander Jonx, U. 8. 

 Navy ; died at Baltimore, Md., aged 43 years. 

 Ho was a native of Michigan, and appointed 

 from that State as a midshipman February 12, 

 1846. He was a gallant and brave officer 

 during the late war, and fought his way up to a 

 commander's position in April, 1867. In 1868 

 he was in command of the Cyane (third rate), 

 but in 1870 was assigned to the receiving-ship 

 Potomac. His home had been in Baltimore 

 for several years. 



Feb. 17. WAKEFIBLD, JOHN LUMAN, M. D., 

 an eminent physician ; died at Shakopee, 

 Minn., aged 51 years. He was born in Win- 

 sted, Conn., graduated from Yale College in 

 the class of 1847, studied medicine, and re- 

 turning to his native town practised his pro- 

 fession until 1849, when he went to California. 

 There he continued in practice until 1854, 

 when he was severely attacked with the 

 cholera, and upon partial recovery and a visit 

 home settled in Shakopee, Minnesota, for the 

 sake of his health. In 1861 he was appointed 

 physician to the Upper Agency for the Sioux 

 Indians, and was there at the time of the mas- 

 sacre of August 18, 1862, when he succeeded 

 in escaping, while his wife and children were 

 captured. After their release in October, he 

 settled at St. Paul, being stationed at Fort 

 Snelling, in medical charge of the friendly In- 

 dians. In 1863, after a brief visit to Missouri 

 in the same capacity, he resigned his appoint- 

 ment, and returned to Shakopee, where he 

 was a practising physician until his death. 



Feb. 22. JONES, Rev. ALEXANDER, D. D., an 

 eminent Episcopal clergyman, long settled in 

 Virginia, and afterward in Perth Amboy, N. 

 J. He was born in Charleston, S. C., in 1796 ; 

 and died at Perth Amboy, aged 78 years. 

 Ho graduated from Brown University in 

 1814, was ordained a priest in 1818, was rec- 

 tor of an Episcopal Church in Charlestown, 

 Va., for twenty-seven years, and was called 

 thence to Richmond, Va., where he was rec- 

 tor of St. Paul's for about six years. He then 

 sought a parish farther north and became rec- 

 tor of St. Peter's at Perth Araboy in 1851, 

 where he was highly esteemed and honored. 

 In 1871, after twenty years' service, he resigned 

 in consequence of failing health, but resided at 

 IVrth Amboy till his death. In 1844 he re- 



