OBITUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



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Maptisin," and the next year "A Further Ap- 

 peal,' 1 which went through livo or six editions. 

 While chaplain of tho Senate tho first time, ho 

 and published in 1838 a notable din- 



cour>e against, dueling, occasioned by tho duel 

 Ion-lit mar Washington hot ween Mr. (J raves, 

 ofKontucky, and Mr. Cillcy, of Maine, in which 

 tho latter was killed. Dr. Slicer's argument 

 wan read extensively, and aided powerfully tho 

 passage of tbo act making duels illegal. He 

 received tho degree of D. D. from Dickinson 

 _-o, Carlisle, Pa., in 1860. 



April 25. WALKER, S. L., one of the earliest 

 experimenters in photography in this country, 

 and for many years successful; died in Pough- 

 keepsio, at the age of about 80 years. 



Afru 80. STRONG, OLIVER SMITH, a well- 

 known philanthropist of Now York City; 

 died at tho residence of his son-in-law, in 

 Yonkers, N. Y., aged 68 years. From early 

 youth ho had been active in all philanthropic 

 measures. Ho was a director of the Society 

 for the Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents 

 while yet a young man, and for many years its 

 lent, and thus the general manager of all 

 matters pertaining to the House of Refuge. 

 The present prosperous condition of that vast 

 charity is largely the result of Mr. Strong's 

 untiring industry and energy. He was also 

 one of the most active and efficient directors 

 of the New York Institution for tho Deaf and 

 Dumb. He had made himself thoroughly fa- 

 miliar with the whole subject of deaf-mute 

 education, and, by his earnest efforts before 

 the Legislature, succeeded in procuring for 

 them such aid as to secure their moral and 

 mental elevation. In other departments of 

 philanthropy he was also active and laborious. 



May 1. HEARTT, JONAS C., former Mayor 

 of Troy, N. Y. ; died there, aged 81 years. 

 In 1851 he was Speaker of the Assembly. 



May 2. DEMAREST, Rev. WILLIAM, a cler- 

 gyman of the "True Reformed Dutch Church ;" 

 died in New York City, aged 74 years. He 

 was a man of very pronounced and positive 

 opinions, and, when, some years ago, he found, 

 as he believed, that tho Reformed (Dutch) 

 Church had departed from some doctrines 

 which he considered essential, ho withdrew, 

 and formed with three or four others " The True 

 Reformed Dutch Church." The new denomi- 

 nation did not increase in numbers ; but the 

 pure and blameless life of its chief apostle se- 

 cured for him the respect and esteem of those 

 who did not wholly agree with his views. 



May 3. HALL, Brigadier-General WILLIAM, 

 " New York National Guard ;" died in New 

 York City, aged 78 years. He was born in 

 Sparta, N. Y., May 13, 1796. He served in the 

 War of 1812. In his youthful days he com- 

 manded the Eighth Regiment of the National 

 Guards, and afterward was elected brigadier- 

 general of the Third Brigade, serving for sev- 

 eral years. In 1821 he entered the music-pub- 

 lishing business, which he continued until his 

 death. On the occasion of the " Astor Place 



Riots, 1 ' ho commanded tho brigade of militia or- 

 dcivd out by the Governor for their suppression, 

 and hy his coolness and courage savea the lives 

 of many innocent spectators, while he speedily 

 dispensed tho mob. About tho year 180^ hi: 

 d from tho active command of the bri- 

 gade. During the terms of Governors Fish 

 and King, General Hall was a State Senator. 



May 4. GREEN, Rev. BERIAII, an active and 

 zealous reformer; died at Whitestown, N. Y., 

 aged 80 years. Ho was a native of New York 

 State ; graduated from Middlebury College, 

 Yt., in iHl'.t, and studied for the ministry, with 

 the intention of joining tho Presbyterians ; 

 but early in life he formulated a creed of his 

 own, differing in many particulars from those 

 of tho religious denominations around him. In 

 1824 he commenced preaching in Brandon, 

 Yt., in 1829 removed to Kcnnebunk, Me., and 

 in the following year to Hudson, O., accepting 

 the professorship of Sacred Lite niture in the 

 Western Reserve College. His uncompromis- 

 ing attitude of opposition to slavery, however, 

 rendered his stay there short, and three years 

 later he became president of Oneida Insti- 

 tute. From this time until his death he was a 

 fast friend and zealous coworker with Gerrit 

 Smith, who survived him but a few months. 

 In 1834 he took part in the formation of the 

 American Antislavery Society in Philadelphia, 

 having been chosen president of tho conven- 

 tion. His closing address on that occasion was 

 bno of great eloquence and fervor. As a speak- 

 er and public teacher, whether in the pulpit 

 or on the platform, he possessed marked and 

 rare ability. His language was direct, sinewy, 

 and forcible, his words fitly chosen, and every 

 sentence pervaded with earnestness. He was 

 also an earnest temperance advocate and a 

 zealous promoter of public education. He 

 founded a Manual-Labor School, which was 

 afterward merged into the Whitestown Semi- 

 nary. At the time of his death he was ad- 

 dressing the Board of Excise in the Town Hall 

 in deprecation of the granting of licenses for 

 the sale of intoxicating drinks, and, after 

 speaking a few moments, died almost instantly. 

 Mr. Green wrote but little for the press ; aside 

 from some essays, anniversary addresses, etc., 

 he had only published two volumes, u Miscel- 

 lanies " and " Sermons and Discourses." 



May 4. MORRIS, EDWARD, a New Jersey 

 journalist and author; died in Burlington, 

 N. J. He was a native of Massachusetts, but 

 long resided in New Jersey, where he had an 

 excellent and profitable market and fruit gar- 

 den. He was for many years editor and pub- 

 lisher of the Trenton Gazette, Trenton, K J., 

 and was the author of a brilliant and popular 

 little work entitled " Ten Acres Enough," and 

 a larger but not so successful volume, " How 

 to get a Farn.." 



May 7. HECKER, JOHN, a wealthy and be- 

 nevolent citizen of New York; died in that city, 

 aged 62 years. He was of German ancestry, 

 and born in New York, in 1812. In 1835 he 



