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ney-General of the State. In 1857 he was ap- 

 pointed minister to China, and negotiated the 

 treaty ratified in 1801. In 1847 he published 

 the "Life and Correspondence" of hit grand- 

 lather, Joseph Reed, of Revolutionary fame. 

 Ho also edited the posthumous works of his 

 brother Henry. He published numerous his- 

 torical addresses and political pamphlets, and 

 a memorial of Thackeray, and was for some 

 time American correspondent of the London 

 Times. 



RICHARDSON, Rev. MARVIN ; died at Pough- 

 keepsie, N. Y., June 15th. He was born in 1788. 

 In early life he joined the ministry of the 

 Methodist Episcopal Church. At the time of 

 his death he was the oldest member of the 

 New York Conference, having joined it in 

 1809. 



RICHARDSON, ex-Governor O. D. ; died at 

 Omaha, Neb., November 29th, at the age of 

 81 years. 



RIDER, JAMES, was born at Jamaica, L. I. ; 

 died there, April 29th, aged 79 years. In 

 1855 he was Representative in the Legislature, 

 and Senator in 1856 and 1857. He was also 

 an active member of the State and County 

 Temperance Societies. 



ROBINSON, WILLIAM S., best known by his 

 nom de plume of " Warrington; " died at Mai- 

 den, Mass., March llth. lie was born at Con- 

 cord, Mass., December 7, 1818. He edited a 

 Whig paper in that town, and, after removing 

 to Lowell, wrote for the Courier and American. 

 Subsequently he became connected with sev- 

 eral of the Boston journals. He acted with the 

 Free-Soil party ; was a member of the Massa- 

 chusetts Legislature in 1852 and 1853, and in 

 the latter year was a secretary of the Consti- 

 tutional Convention. In 1862 he was chosen 

 Clerk of the House of Representatives, holding 

 the position eleven years. During this time 

 he wrote regularly for the Springfield Repub- 

 lican. He was an authority on parliamentary 

 law, and in 1875 published " Warrington's 

 Manual." 



ROGERS, Rev. Dr. FERDINAND, the oldest res- 

 ident presbyter in the diocese of Central New 

 York ; died near Norwich, N. Y., January 18th, 

 at the age of 60 years. He was a native of 

 New York State. He was ordained to the 

 ministry of the Protestant Episcopal Church in 

 1837 ; took charge of his first parish at Browns- 

 ville, where he remained until 1846, when he 

 accepted a rectorship in Greene, N. Y., occu- 

 pying that position until his death. He re- 

 ceived the degree of Doctor of Divinity from 

 Hobart College in 1866, and was a trustee of 

 the General Theological Seminary in New 

 York. 



ROOSEVELT, Mrs. CORNELIA, wife of Judge 

 Roosevelt, of New York ; died in Paris, Febru- 

 ary 14th. Her father, Cornelius P. Van Ness, 

 was, in her youth, Governor of Vermont, 

 United States Senator, and minister to Spain. 

 From the time of her marriage until her death 

 she was known at home and abroad as one of 



the most accomplished of American ladies. 

 During the war she was intensely patriotic, 

 and her house was the centre of social lite for 

 distinguished strangers, foreign diplomat*, and 

 officers, and in more than one instance was the 

 Government indebted to her for information 

 in regard to our foreign relations. She was 

 also active in charitable undertakings, and de- 

 lighted to relievo suffering and distress. 



RUTHERFORD, General GEOROE V. ; died at 

 St. Helena, Cal., August 28th. He was born in 

 Rutland, Vt., in 1830. He was admitted to 

 the bar, and was appointed a superintendent 

 of the construction of telegraph lines in the 

 Southern States. In 1861 he was appointed 

 Assistant Quartermaster-General for the State 

 of Illinois, and he afterward filled a similar 

 position in the Government service. In 1872 

 he removed to Northampton, Mass., where he 

 was engaged in the manufacturing business. 



SAYRE, Dr. DAVID M. ; died in Newton, N. 

 J., August 3d, where for forty years he had 

 been -a prominent physician. 



SEARING, JOHN A. ; died at Mineola, L. L, 

 May 6th. He was born at North Hempstead in 

 1814. In 1848 he was elected Sheriff of Queen's 

 County. In 1853 ho was a Representative in 

 the Legislature, and in 1864 and 1865 was a 

 Democratic Representative in Congress. 



SEARS, EDWARD J., LL. D. ; died in New 

 York, December 7th. He was for many years 

 the editor of the National Quarterly Review. 

 He was also identified with many of the 

 educational movements of the city of New 

 York. 



SEIBERLING, JOHN ; died in January. He 

 was appointed postmaster at Lynnville, Le- 

 high County, Pa., February, 1820, and held 

 that position until his death. 



SELDEN, SAMUEL LEE, LL. D. ; died at Roch- 

 ester, N. Y., September 20th. He was born 

 at Lyme, Conn., October 12, 1800. When 

 about twenty-five years of age he began to 

 practise law in Rochester, N. Y. ; was Chan- 

 cery Clerk and first Judge of Common Pleas in 

 Monroe County for many years, and in 1847 

 he was elected Justice of the Superior Court. 

 In 1856 he was elected Judge of the Court of 

 Appeals, which position he resigned in 1864. 



SEWARD, Major AUGUSTUS H., eldest son of 

 the late Hon. William H. Seward; died in Mon- 

 trose, N. Y., September llth. He graduated 

 at West Point, received a second-lieutenancy 

 in 1847, and passed through the different 

 grades to the rank of major in 1861. He was 

 a paymaster for many years, and received the 

 brevet of colonel in the volunteers in 1865. 



SHANDLET, EDWARD J. ; died in New York, 

 in July. He began his political life in New 

 York City while officiating as Clerk of the Ma- 

 rine Court, and subsequently became an active 

 supporter of William M. Tweed. In 1863 he 

 was elected police-justice by the Democrat-;. 

 He was elected a second term, but served only 

 four years, when he was legislated out of 

 office. In 1871 he was nominated for Register, 



