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York. Of late she had acted very successfully 

 in California and other parts of the West, where 

 her popularity was undiminished. 



2)ec. 5. DUANE, Rev. RICHARD B., D. D. ; 

 died in Bergen, N. J., at the age of 53 years. 

 In early life he engaged in business; in 1847 

 he became a candidate for holy orders ; in 1850 

 he was ordained deacon, and in 1851 ordained 

 to the priesthood. He was successively rector 

 of Grace Church, Honesdale, Pa., St. Michael's 

 Church, Trenton, N. J., and of St. John's, 

 Providence, R. I. At the time of his death he 

 held the office of secretary and agent of the 

 Foreign Committee of the (Episcopal) Board 

 of Missions. 



j) ec , 7._ DICKINSON, Rev. BAXTER, D. D. ; 

 died in Brooklyn, N. Y., aged 81 years. He 

 was graduated at Yale College in 181T, and at 

 Andover in 1821. He was ordained at Long 

 Meadow, Mass., in 1823, where he was settled 

 six years. From 1829 to 1833 he was pastor 

 of the Third Presbyterian Church, Newark, 

 N. J., whence he went to Lane Theological 

 Seminary and taught there as Professor of Sa- 

 cred Rhetoric and Pastoral Care four years, 

 until 1839. Then he removed to Auburn Theo- 

 logical Seminary, and taught until 1847. Sub- 

 sequently he was engaged in the service of the 

 American and Foreign Christian Union, and of 

 the American Board of Foreign Missions. 



Dec. 7. PAYNE, Rev. SMITH, D. D. ; died 

 in New York City. He was a native of Ire- 

 land, but was educated at Eton, England. He 

 came to this country when a young man, stud- 

 ied for the ministry, and was pastor at Eliza- 

 beth, N. Y., Middletown, Conn., Yonkers, and 

 Calvary Church in New York. In 1844 he be- 

 came rector of St. John's Church in Washing- 

 ton, and remained there twenty years. Since 

 1865 he had resided quietly in New York City. 



Dec. 10. CHANLER, Mrs. JOHN WINTHROP ; 

 died in New York City. She was the daugh- 

 ter of Samuel Ward and Emily Astor, the 

 daughter of William B. Astor, by the death of 

 whom (November 24th) she came into the pos- 

 session of a large fortune. By his will Mr. 

 Astor gave Mrs. Chanler a life-estate in a house 

 on Madison Avenue, in his country-seat in 

 Dutch ess County, in a large amount of real 

 estate out of John Jacob Astor's residuary 

 estate, and $375,000. She also received abso- 

 lutely a large quantity of real estate. She was 

 in the 38th year of her age. 



Dec. 12. JONES, Mrs. MELINDA, once a pop- 

 ular actress; died in Boston, aged 60 years. 

 Her maiden name was Topping. She made 

 her first appearance on the stage at the Bow- 

 ery Theatre, New York, in February, 1837. 

 She was then the wife of Mr. George Jones, 

 from whom she was afterward divorced, and 

 who still survives as the " Count Johannes." 

 She dropped the name of Mrs. George Jones 

 about twenty years ago. At one period in her 

 professional career she was associated with 

 the late Edwin Forrest. In her last days she 

 was poor and afflicted. Her debut was made 



on an occasion when her husband took a 

 benefit. 



Dec. 18. MORGAN, Brigadier-General CHAS. 

 II. ; died in Alcatraz Island, Cal. He was 

 major of the Fourth Artillery, U. S. A. He 

 was born in the State of New York ; was a 

 graduate of West Point, and in 1857 was as- 

 signed the Third Regiment of Artillery. In 

 1863 he joined the Volunteers, with the rank 

 of major, and at the close of the war received 

 the brevet of brigadier-general. 



Dec. 19. EDDY, EDWARD, American trage- 

 dian ; died at Kingston, Jamaica, aged 54 years. 

 He was born in Troy, N. Y., and commenced 

 his theatrical career in Albany. About 1843 

 he went to New York City, where he played 

 in several theatres, and afterward in other cijties 

 of the United States. During his lifetime he 

 managed almost all the theatres in New York 

 City. 



Dec. 20. SENGER, WILLIAM U., an eminent 

 geologist; died at Port Jervis, N. Y., aged 83 

 years. He was born in Austria, and was a ge- 

 ologist in the employment of that Government 

 for thirty-eight years, having charge of the 

 survey of the Tyrol, and for a time was super- 

 intendent of the Government salt-works at 

 Hall in the Tyrol. He removed to this coun- 

 try in 1840. 



Dec. 22. BOSE, WILLIAM, a journalist; died 

 in Baltimore, Md., aged 79 years. At the age 1 

 of nineteen, having achieved collegiate honors, 

 he became one of the editors and proprietors 

 of the Baltimore American, and held these re- 

 lations for nearly forty years. 



Dec. 22. IVES, Rev. DWIGHT, D. D. ; died 

 at Conway, Mass., aged 70 years. He was 

 born in West Springfield (now a part of Hoi- 

 yoke), Mass., September 21, 1805. He was 

 graduated in Brown University in 1835. After 

 completing his studies he settled first at Spring- 

 field, Mass., and next at Alton, 111. After re- 

 maining three years at the West, he returned 

 and settled as pastor of the First Baptist 

 Church in Suffield, Conn., where he continued 

 for thirty-four years. For many years he took 

 a leading part in the Baptist councils and con- 

 ventions of Connecticut, and especially in ad- 

 vancing the prosperity of Baptist educational 

 institutions. 



Dec. 25. ADAMS, Rev. GEORGE E., D. D. ; 

 died at Orange, N. J., aged 74 years. He was a 

 native of Bangor, Me., and for forty years was 

 pastor of the chapel of Bowdoin College at 

 New Brunswick, Me. He then moved to Or- 

 ange, N. J., and preached as his enfeebled 

 health would permit, until Trinity Congrega- 

 tional Church in Orange was formed, when he 

 accepted the pastorate, limiting his term to 

 five years. This period expired in 1874. By 

 many he was highly esteemed as pastor, ora- 

 tor, writer, and friend. During many years 

 he wrote much for the press. 



Dec. 27. RICHARDSON, WILLIAM A. ; died at 

 Quincy, 111. He was born in Kentucky in 

 1811, became a lawyer and settled in Illinois. 



