664 OBITUAEIES, UNITED STATES. 



OHIO. 



whipped." At the capture of Fort Donelson 

 Colonel Smith led his regiment in a gallant 

 charge, and was made a brigadier-general. 

 His brother, Giles A. Smith, commanded a 

 brigade at the same time. In front of Vicks- 

 burg, at the battle of Shiloh, before Chatta- 

 nooga, and in most of the battles in the South- 

 west, General Smith served with distinguished 

 gallantry under General Grant, who repeated- 

 ly recognized his valor and bravery. When 

 General Grant was called to Washington, Gen- 

 eral Smith reported to General Sherman, un- 

 der whom he marched with his command to 

 the sea. On that march he distinguished him- 

 self, and was made a major-general, and given 

 the command of a division. After the move- 

 ment in front of Atlanta, which compelled the 

 surrender of that place, General Sherman, in 

 referring to General Smith, used the following 

 words; "He is one of the bravest men in ac- 

 tion I ever knew." Daring one of his battles 

 General Smith was struck with a Minie-ball 

 in the back, just above the hip-bone. The 

 ball penetrated to the bone, a piece of which 

 was removed before the bullet could be ex- 

 tracted. Although he was terribly wounded, 

 after a few months he presented himself for 

 duty again, but was denied the command of 

 his division, as it was evident that he was too 

 enfeebled to perform the duties. General 

 Sherman offered him the command of any post 

 he might name, and he chose Memphis, Tenn. 

 He was provided with an order to take com- 

 mand of that post, but when he arrived there 

 he found his friend General Cadwallader G. 

 Washburn in command, and forbore showing 

 him the order for his deposition. General 

 Smith passed on to Vicksburg, and took com- 

 mand there. While at Vicksburg he ordered 

 a court-martial on thirteen negroes charged 

 with murdering a family of white people. The 

 negroes were convicted and executed by his 

 order. This put an end to similar outrages in 

 that region. After the close of the war Gen- 

 eral Smith was appointed United States con- 

 sul at Honolulu. He subsequently declined 

 the Governorship of Colorado, and acted as 

 counsel for the collection of claims. At the 

 time of his death he was connected with the 

 Clephane Brick Company, of Washington, and 

 supervised the erection of buildings by the 

 company. 



Dec. 31. VABIHTM:, JOSEPH B., a prominent 

 and influential citizen of New York City, 

 several times a member of the State Legisla- 

 ture, and always identified with its best inter- 

 ests.; died in Astoria, L. L, in the 57th year of 

 his age. He was born in Washington, Conn., 

 in 1818, of Eevolutionary stock, graduated from 

 Yale College in 1838, studied law but did not 

 seek admission to the bar until 1849. He was 

 a member of the Legislature in 1845, 1849, 

 1851, and 1857, and in one of these terms he 

 was Speaker of the House. . He was at one 

 time a candidate for Congress from his district, 

 but failed of ap. election. He was a member 



of the Common Council and of the Committee 

 of Seventy, and an influential member of the 

 Union League Club, and connected with most 

 of the movements in New York City leading 

 to the advancement of literature and art. 



OHIO. The Sixty-first General Assembly 

 organized January 5th, and adjourned April 

 20th until December. It had a strong Demo- 

 cratic majority in each branch. In his inau- 

 gural address, Governor Allen urged the re- 

 duction of taxes and appropriations. During 

 the first session the General Assembly passed 

 one hundred and twenty -five general laws, the 

 most notable of which were a number of laws 

 changing the control of the several benevolent, 

 reformatory, and punitive institutions of the 

 State. On the 1st of December the General 

 Assembly reassembled, and continued in ses- 

 sion until the holidays. In his address at the 

 opening of the adjourned session, Governor 

 Allen made a brief review of the affairs of the 

 State during the year, and renewed the recom- 

 mendations of his inaugural address that ex- 

 penses should be cut down to the lowest 

 practicable limit. Full reports from all the 

 departments of the State government, showing 

 the exact condition of affairs, were afterward 

 submitted to the General Assembly. 



The following is a brief summary of the 

 present financial condition of the State : 



On the 15th day of November, 1873, the 

 public funded debt of the State was $8,211,062 10 



The redemptions during the year 



Loan of 1870 $128,980 00 



Loan of 1875 92,700 00 



Loan of 1881 1,176 80 



Total . 



222,856 80 



Outstanding November 15, 1874 $7,988,205 30 



. Of this amount $22,365 had ceased to draw 

 interest, having been called in for redemption ; 

 so that the interest-bearing funded debt is 

 $7,965,840.30. 



The local indebtedness of the State on the 

 1st day of September, 1874, was as follows : 



Debts of counties $3,482,575 62 



Debts of townships, including debts cre- 

 ated by boards of education other than 



for separate school districts 329.339 08 



Debts of cities (first and second class) 15,899,112 83 



Debts of incorporated villages 884,355 18 



Debts of school districts (special) -. . . 1,290,624 65 



Total $21,886,007 36 



Meigs County not reported. 

 The amount of reimbursable debt, therefore, 

 is 



State $7,988.205 30 



Local 21,886,007 38 



Total ; $29,874,21266 



Irreducible debt 4,122,991 86 



Aggregate debts in Ohio (State, local, 

 and trust funds) $33,997,204 52 



The local indebtedness in this statement is 

 reckoned to September 1, 1874, and the State 

 debt to November 15, 1874. 



