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lormerly pastor of tlio Fifteenth Street Pres- 

 bvt.Tian Church, N. V.. nml for the hint twen- 

 tv-t)ireo years had held the pastorate of the 

 First Presbyterian Church of Princeton, N. J. 

 Many of Dr. Maodonald's sermons were pub- 

 lished in the National Recorder. He was a 

 contributor to the Princeton Review, and for 

 tlu- Itibliotheca Sacra, for which he wrote bis 

 ma-it crly defense of Gibbon. Two years ago 

 ho delivered a course of lectures on homiletics 

 at the Boston University. His first book, 

 "Credulity, as illustrated by Successful Im- 

 postors in Science, Superstition, and Fanati- 

 cism," appeared in 1843. He also published 

 44 Key to the Book of Revelation " (second edi- 

 tion, 1848), a short u History of the Presby- 

 terian Church of Jamaica, L. I.," where he 

 was once settled as pastor (1847), "The Book 

 of Ecclesiastes explained" (1856), and a vol- 

 ume of sermons entitled " My Father's House, 

 or the Heaven of the Bible." 



MACT, JOSIAH, Jr. ; died in New York, Octo- 

 ber 5th. He was born in that city, July 15, 

 1838, and was the son of William H. Macy, 

 President of the Seamen's Bank for Savings. 

 In 1859 he became a member of the firm of 

 Josiah Macy's Sons, and remained there until 

 1872, when he was elected Vice-President and 

 Treasurer of the Devoe Manufacturing Com- 

 pany, and about a year later became its presi- 

 dent, which position he held at the time of his 

 death. He was also chairman of the Com- 

 mittee on Petroleum of the Produce Exchange, 

 Treasurer of the Hahnemann Homeopathic 

 Hospital, and director in several large insur- 

 ance and banking companies. 



MADDOX, SAMUEL T. ; died in Brooklyn, N". 

 Y., November ICth, at the aga of 47 year*. 

 In 1861 he was elected to the Assembly. He 

 was next appointed to the office of Provost- 

 Marshal of the Eastern District, after which 

 he was a Republican candidate for Congress, 

 but was unsuccessful. He was reflected to 

 the Assembly in 1870, and was nominated for 

 Register of Brooklyn, but was defeated. Soon 

 after, he was appointed Assistant Collector of 

 the Port of New York, and held that office at 

 the time of his death. 



MANX, Dr. GEORGE, of Newfane, Niagara 

 County, N. Y. ; died June 18th, at the age of 

 71. He had been a practising physician for 

 nearly fifty years. 



M \I:VINE, ARCHIBALD ROBERTSON, mineral- 

 ogist ; died in Washington, D. C., in March. 

 Ho was born at Auburn, D. C., September 26, 

 1848. He graduated at Harvard College, 

 where he became a tutor. In 1871 he was 

 selected by the university to accompany, as 

 scientist, Commissioners Wade, White, and 

 Howe, to San Domingo, and made an elaborate 

 report on the minerals of the island. He was 

 subsequently attached to Hayden's exploring 

 expedition in the West. 



MATTHEWS, JULIA ; died at St. Louis, Mo., 

 May litth, aged 30 years. She was born in 

 London, and made her first appearance on the 



stage when very young. She was a popular 

 singer in opera-bouffe. In 1H75 she made her 

 debut in this country at Wallack's Theatre, 

 New York. 



MoELROT, Rev. Dr. JOSEPH ; died in New 

 York, September 16th, in his 84th year. He 

 was born in Northumberland County, Pa. ; 

 graduated at Jefferson College, and for fifty 

 years occupied the pulpit of the Scottish Pres- 

 byterian Church in New York. 



MILLER, J. WARREN, for some years con- 

 nected with the staff of the New York Tribune ; 

 died in England, December 26th. He began 

 the publication in London of a paper called 

 The States, but it was unsuccessful. 



MOXELL, Judge CLAUDIUS L. ; died at Narra- 

 gansett Pier, R. I., August 1st. He was born 

 in Hudson, N. Y., in 1815, and was a son of 

 the Hon. J. W. Monell. He was admitted to 

 the bar; came to New York in 1851, and or- 

 ganized the firm of Monell, Wellard & Ander- 

 son. He was elected to the Superior Court in 

 1861, 1867, and 1873, and became Chief-Justice. 



MOORE, JOSEPH G., United States consul at 

 Trinidad; died July 25th. 



MOORE, THEDWELL; died at Fort Gibson, 

 Indian Territory, May 28th. He graduated at 

 West Point in 1847, and was promoted to be 

 brevet second - lieutenant in the Eighth In- 

 fantry. He served in the war with Mexico, 

 went on a voyage to California, and was on 

 frontier duty until 1851. From 1853 to 1855 

 he was engaged in exploring the Coast Range 

 Mountains'. He served as aide-de-camp to 

 General Wool from 1854 to 1855, and did good 

 service at Fort Ripley, Minn., in 1856. In 

 1859 he was appointed captain and assistant- 

 quartermaster, in 1865 was special inspector 

 in the Quartermaster's Department, in the Mi- 

 litary Division of the Tennessee; in 1866 he 

 was promoted to the rank of major, and a few 

 years later to be Lieutenant and Deputy Quar- 

 termaster-General of the Army. 



MOWETT, JAMES ALEXANDER, editor of the 

 Commonwealth; died at New Haven, Conn., 

 March llth. 



MURPHY, Brevet Brigadier -General Jonx 

 K. ; died in Philadelphia, February 10th, in 

 his 80th year. He began his military career 

 as a private in the War of 1812. At the 

 breaking out of the late war General Murphy 

 raised a regiment, and covered the retreat of 

 Banks's division at the battle of Winchester, 

 when he was taken prisoner. In 1862 he was 

 exchanged, and returned to the command of 

 his regiment. Soon after he was ordered to 

 the Veteran Reserve Corps, in which he served 

 until the close of the war. 



NYE, General JAMES W. ; died at White 

 Plains, N. Y., December 25th. He was born 

 in Madison County, N. Y., in 1815. At one 

 time he was District Attorney, and subsequent- 

 ly County Judge of that county. Ho was an 

 unsuccessful candidate for Congress in 1848, 

 and was the first President of the Metropolitan 

 Police Board of New York City. In 1861 he was 



