<>i:nUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



tlnued his labors, however, became an earnest 



aihurati ,,f the enlistment of colored troops, 

 and an a member <>t' the 1'nion Leupio uilc<l in 

 tin- e-tiiMislimiMit of Camp Williiiui Pcnn, and 

 tho recruitment tin-re of eleven regiment 

 November, 1868, the Port Royal Relief Com- 

 mittee was enlarged into the Pennsylvania 

 linen's Relief Association, and Mr. Mo- 

 Kim was made its corresponding secretory. 

 Jn tlii.i capacity ho traveled extensively, and 

 worked laboriously in the effort to establish 

 schools at the South, and organize public sen- 

 timent at tho North for their support. He was 

 cted from 1865 to 1869 with the Ameri- 

 can Freedman's Union Commission, and labored 

 stly to promote general and impartial 

 education at the South. In July, 1869, tho 

 Commission having accomplished all that 

 seemed possible at the time, it decided unani- 

 mously, on Mr. McKim's motion, to disband. 

 Mr. McKira then retired to private life, his 

 health being greatly impaired, and passed the 

 remainder of his days in repose. 



June 18. PARRIS, VIHOIL D., formerly act- 

 ing-Governor of Maine, member of Congress, 

 and connected with the Treasury Department ; 

 died in Kittery, Me. He was born in Maine, ed- 

 ucated for the law, and in 1831 was Assistant 

 Secretary for the State Senate. From 1838 to 

 1839 he was a member of the Legislature of his 

 State ; was a Representative in Congress from 

 1838 to 1841 ; a State Senator in 1842 and 1843 ; 

 U. 8. Marshal for Maine from 1844 to 1848; 

 U. 8. Special Mail Agent from 1853 to 1856 ; 

 and subsequently held the office of Naval 

 Store-keeper at Kittery, Me. When in the 

 State Senate he was president pro temp., and 

 for a short time Acting-Governor of the State. 



June 13. STUDLET, HIRAM, one of the ori- 

 ginal founders of Studley's Baggage Express ; 

 died in New York City, aged 50 years. About 

 1848 a brother, "Warren Studley, started the 

 first Baggage Express of New York, and, tho 

 speculation proving a good one, he induced his 

 brother Hiram to come on from Boston, and 

 together they started Studley's Express in Canal 

 Street, near Broadway. Subsequently they ob- 

 tained the exclusive privilege of conveying the 

 baggage of passengers by the New Haven and 

 Harletn Railroads. After tho death of Warren 

 Studley the business was sold out to Dodd, but 

 was continued under the old name. Subse- 

 quently Hiram opened a livery-stable in tho 

 upper part of the city. He was a man of 

 strict integrity and personal popularity. 



June 14. WALKER, RICHARD WILDE, a 

 prominent political leader in Alabama; died 

 in Huntsville, aged 51 years. In 1855 he was 

 Speaker of the House of Representatives of 

 Alabama, Judge of the Supreme Court from 

 1859 to 1863, and Confederate Senator from 

 his State from 1863 to 1865. He was a man 

 of extensive legal attainments, of wide political 

 knowledge, and of most unblemished character. 



June 15. JACK, Captain CHARLES EDWARD, 

 of the U. S. Navy-yard, Brooklyn; died in 



East New York, aged 43 years. Ho wai a son 

 .1" tho late Colonel E. Jack, a prominent Brook- 

 lyn lawyer. Previous to the war he was the 

 mate of a merchant-vessel plying between 

 i'ool and New York. At the opening of 

 the conflict he enlisted in the navy as ensign, 

 speedily rising to the position of master's mate, 

 lie was attached to Admiral Porter's squadron, 

 and took part in the bombardment of - 

 Jackson and St. Philip, and in the taking of 

 New Orleans. At the close of the war he re- 

 entered the merchant service, in which he re- 

 mained till 1872, when he was appointed Cap- 

 tain of the Watch at the Brooklyn Navy -yard. 



June 16. DICKINSON, EDWABD, LL. D., 

 member of Congress from Massachusetts ; died 

 in Boston, aged 71 years. He was the son of 

 the Hon. Samuel Fowler Dickinson, one of the 

 founders of Amberst College, and was born in 

 that town, January 1, 1803. From Amherst 

 Academy he entered Yale College in his sopho- 

 more year, and graduated in the class of 1823 ; 

 studied law for two years with his father, and 

 after one year in the Law School in North- 

 ampton, opened in 1826 an office in Amherst, 

 where he continued in practice until his death. 

 As early as 1835 he was elected Treasurer of 

 Amherst College, and held that office until a 

 few months previous to his death, when he re- 

 signed, and was succeeded by his eon. In 1838 

 and 1839, and again in 1874, he was chosen a 

 member of the Massachusetts Assembly, and 

 in 1842 and 1843 of the State Senate. In 

 1846 and 1847 he was one of the Governor's 

 Council, and from 1853 to 1855 a Representa- 

 tive in Congress. Having been . elected to the 

 State Legislature in 1873, for the main purpose 

 of securing to the town the advantages of the 

 Massachusetts Central Railroad, he prepared 

 and delivered an able speech in the interests 

 of that railroad in connection with the Hoosac 

 Tunnel, and died on the evening of that day. 



June 16. LEE, Colonel JAMES, a New York 

 merchant ; died in that city, aged V9 years. 

 He was of Scottish birth, and engaged mainly 

 in the Scotch trade. For many years he was 

 connected with the Society Library, and it 

 was mainly through his instrumentality that 

 the Washington Monument, in Union Square, 

 was erected. 



June 17. BUTLER, FRANCIS, an eminent 

 scholar and author, who, from his love for the 

 canine race, had become a dog-trainer and fan- 

 cier ; died in Brooklyn, of hydrophobia, aged 

 64 years. He was a native of England, and 

 his education was of a superior order. He was 

 an accomplished linguist, and had been con- 

 nected with several educational institutions as 

 a Professor of Languages, and was also the au- 

 thor of a work upon French and German lit- 

 erature. Some years since he went into the 

 business of training, and buying and selling 

 dogs of the choicest breeds, his ability in con- 

 trolling and taming them being remarkable; 

 and a work on "Dog-Training," which he pub- 

 lished, is regarded as a standard authority on 



