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tory. Mr. Singer was materially aided in his 

 early efforts by Edward Clark, a wealthy law- 

 yer, with whom, however, he had some trou- 

 ble after having compromised the suits brought 

 against him by the Howe Sewing - Machine 

 Company for infringement upon patents held 

 by them. The difficulty with his friend was 

 finally settled, each agreeing, while retaining 

 an equal interest in the machine, to place its 

 manufacture in the hands of a company. The 

 profits on his invention soon made Mr. Singer 

 a wealthy man, and, leaving this country, he 

 took up his residence some time ago in Paris. 

 He afterward went to England, where he lived 

 in a curiously constructed house which he built 

 at Torquay. 



July 24. YEATES, JOHN LLOYD, M. D. ; died 

 in Baltimore, aged 73 years. A native of 

 Harford County, Md., born December, 1802, 

 he was graduated M. D. from the University 

 of Maryland in 1822. In early life he was an 

 active politician. He was held in high regard 

 by his professional brethren, and was a promi- 

 nent member of the Masonic fraternity, having 

 been repeatedly elected " Grand High Priest 

 of the Royal Arch Chapter of Maryland and 

 the District of Columbia." 



July 25. MTJMFORD, GEORGE H., vice-presi- 

 dent and secretary of the Western Union Tel- 

 egraph Company ; died at Paris, France. Ho 

 was born in the city of Rochester, N. Y., Sep- 

 tember 22, 1840. He was a graduate of Har- 

 vard University, and in 1863 he was admitted 

 to the Rochester bar, but shortly after became 

 an agent of the Western Union Telegraph 

 Company for the Pacific coast section of the 

 line. After five years of service there, he was 

 called to New York City and elected vice-presi- 

 dent and secretary of the company. He had 

 given particular attention to modern languages, 

 and was a writer of merit, his articles on. the 

 postal telegraph system having been copied 

 into European newspapers. 



July 27. BURLEIGH, Mrs. CELIA, preacher 

 and reformer ; died at Syracuse, at the age of 

 48 years. She was the widow of William 

 H. Burleigh, a strong advocate of antislavery 

 and female suffrage principles, who died in 

 Brooklyn in 1871. Mrs. Burleigh was the first 

 president of the Woman's Club of Brooklyn, 

 and took an active part in the advocacy of 

 woman suffrage and other liberal and reform 

 movements. After the death of her husband, 

 she prepared herself for the ministry, and was 

 pastor of a Unitarian Church in Brooklyn, 

 Conn., until 1873, when her failing health com- 

 pelled her to resign the position, and she went 

 to the water-cure establishment of Dr. Jack- 

 son, in Dansville, Livingston County, N. Y. 

 Mrs. Burleigh had a wide reputation as an able 

 writer and an eloquent speaker. 



July 28. LAMSON, Colonel TRUMAN; died 

 at Bennington, Vt., aged 80 years. He was 

 the inventor of the present method of rifling 

 guns. From forty to fifty years ago he was 

 the most distinguished " shot" in America. 



Aug. 1. McCABE, Rev. Dr. JAMES D., a 

 well-known Episcopal clergyman of Maryland ; 

 died in Baltimore, aged 67. He was born in 

 Richmond, Va., April 15, 1808. He entered 

 the Methodist ministry at twenty-one, but in 

 1845 he passed into the ministry of the Epis- 

 copal Church, and was rector of several par- 

 ishes in Virginia until 1855, when he went to 

 Baltimore as associate rector of St. Paul's 

 Church. He was afterward rector of several 

 other parishes in Maryland. He was held in 

 high regard, and on two occasions he was 

 chosen bishop, but declined, preferring a more 

 retired sphere of duty. He was a man of va- 

 ried attainments and philanthropic sentiments. 

 He ranks as one of the founders of the Order 

 of Odd-Fellows, and was the author of the 

 ritual used in that order. As a Mason he was 

 quite as prominent. He was Past Grand Mas- 

 ter of Odd-Fellows and Past Grand Chief Pa- 

 triarch of the Grand Encampment of Virginia, 

 and was for a number of years Grand Repre- 

 sentative of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, dur- 

 ing which time he was elected Grand Chaplain 

 of the Grand Lodge. He filled the position of 

 Past Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter 

 of Masons of Virginia, and Past Grand Chap- 

 lain of the Grand Lodges of Virginia and 

 Maryland. He was author of several degrees 

 in Odd-Fellowship, was editor at one time of 

 the Olive Branch, and also of the Odd-Fellows' 

 Magazine. 



Aug. 3. LEWIS, WINSLOW, M. D., an emi- 

 nent surgeon of Boston ; died in that city, aged 

 76 years. He was born in Boston, on July 8, 

 1799, graduated at Harvard University in 1819, 

 and received his degree of M. D. in 1822. He 

 continued his medical studies under Dupuytren 

 in Paris, and Abernethy in London, and after 

 his return to this country practised his profes- 

 sion with great success in Boston. For many 

 years he was the consulting physician of the 

 Massachusetts General Hospital; he served 

 several terms in the State Legislature, pre- 

 sided over the New England Historical and 

 Genealogical Society for some time, and was 

 Grand Master of the Masons in Massachusetts 

 in 1855-'56, and again in 1860. Dr. Lewis was 

 also an eminent contributor to the medical lit- 

 erature of the country. 



Aug. 4. DRAKE, Commander ANDREW JACK- 

 SON, U. S. Navy ; died at Newark, N. J. He was 

 born in Morristown, N. J., about 1818, and in 

 1837 he was appointed a midshipman-at-large 

 by President Jackson. When a young man he 

 was noted for courage, skill as a seaman, and 

 devotion to the service. His first exploit was 

 to bring home a sloop-of-war from the coast 

 of Africa, when all the officers were sick with 

 the yellow fever. He rose by promotion to 

 the rank of commander, to which he was ap- 

 pointed in 1862. He served during the war as 

 commander of the sloop-of-war Sagamore and 

 the double-enders Cimmarone and losco. He 

 was engaged chiefly in blockade duty off the 

 coast of Florida and the long siege off Fort 



