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in politics. He had previously affiliated with 

 the Whig party, and upon its dissolution con- 

 nected himself with the Democratic. In 1856, 

 against his remonstrance, he was given the 

 Democratic nomination for Congress in a strong 

 Republican district, and was defeated. In 

 1858 he was defeated as candidate for Attor- 

 ney-General. Two years subsequently he was 

 a delegate to the Charleston and Baltimore 

 Conventions, and warmly supported Stephen 

 A. Douglas. At the outbreak of the civil war 

 he enlisted in the national army as a private. 

 He began his military career in West Virginia, 

 under Gen. McClellan, and afterward, becom- 

 ing major of the Seventeenth Ohio Infantry, 

 served for the remainder of the war under 

 Gen. Thomas. At Chickamatigua he was shot 

 through the body, and his left arm was there- 

 by disabled for life. He was then mustered 

 out of the service without his knowledge, but 

 hearing of it, went to Washington, got the or- 

 der revoked, and returned to the field, carrying 

 his arm in a sling during the whole of the At- 

 lanta campaign, and was bre vetted brigadier- 

 general. In November, 1866, he was appoint- 

 ed U. S. District Attorney for the Southern 

 District of Ohio, and served for nearly three 

 years, when he was removed by President 

 Grant. With the exception of a brief service 

 in the State Senate in 1870, he had held no 

 other office. 



Warren, Savanna, an American centenarian, 

 born in St. Augustine, FJa., in 1750 (?) ; died 

 in Sassakawa, Seminole Nation, Indian Terri- 

 tory, Dec. 5, 1886. She was born a slave, and 

 was the property of Spanish masters till 1818, 

 when, with other slaves, she fled from the 

 town of Pensacola at the time of its capture 

 by Gen. Jackson. Residing in the Seminole 

 country till the second treaty of peace with 

 these Indians, she came to be regarded as their 

 property, and was removed with them to the 

 Indian Territory. She left a daughter, living 

 in Austin, Texas, at the age of ninety : six, and 

 many grandchildren, some of them nearly 

 seventy years old, in the Seminole Nation. 



Welsh, John, an American merchant, born in 

 Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 9, 1805; died there, 

 April 10, 1886. He received a collegiate edu- 

 cation, and then entered upon the business of 

 importing sugar with his brothers, being at the 

 time of his death senior partner in the firm, 

 which had been in existence for over fifty 

 years. During his long career he had been 

 President of the North Pennsylvania Railroad, 

 a member of the Select Council, member of 

 the Sinking Fund for twenty years, President 

 of the Board of Trade for fifteen years, Presi- 

 dent of the Merchants 1 Fund the same length 

 of time, Trustee of the University of Pennsyl- 

 vania for twenty years, and a Commissioner 

 of Fairmount Park for sixteen years, being 

 president of the board at the time of his death. 

 He was chairman of the Finance Committee of 

 the Centennial Commission, and, after the ac- 

 counts of the Great Exhibition were closed up, 



the citizens of Philadelphia presented him a 

 commemorative gold medal, and also gave 

 $50,000 to the University of Pennsylvania to 

 endow " The John Welsh Centennial Profess- 

 orship of History and English Literature." 

 He was appointed minister to Great Britain 

 on Oct. 30, 1877, and held the office nearly 

 two years, when he resigned. Both the Uni- 

 versity of Pennsylvania, and Washington and 

 Lee University, of Virginia, conferred the de- 

 gree of LL. D. upon him, and he received a 

 large number of foreign decorations for his 

 courtesies during the Centennial Exhibition. 



Werden, Reed, an American naval officer, born 

 in Pennsylvania, in 1818; died in Newport, 

 R. I., July 12, 1886. He was appointed mid- 

 shipman Jan. 9, 1834, and served on various 

 vessels during the next twelve years. He com- 

 manded a party of seamen on shore at the capt- 

 ure of Tuxpan, Mexico, and was commissioned 

 lieutenant Feb. 27, 1847. From 1847 till 1860 

 he was on duty with the Pacific and Home 

 squadrons, at the Naval Observatory, Wash- 

 ington, D. 0., and off the coast of Africa. In 

 1861 he commanded the steamer " Stars and 

 Stripes," of the North Atlantic blockading 

 squadron, and took part in the capture of 

 Roanoke Island and Newbern. He command- 

 ed the "Conemaugh" in 1862-'63; was com- 

 missioned as commander July 16, Ib62, and 

 ordered to the Navy- Yard at Philadelphia. 

 He was fleet-captain of the Eastern Gulf block- 

 ading squadron in 1864-'65, and he succeeded 

 in blockading the Confederate ram u Stone- 

 wall" at Havana, with the "Powhatan," till 

 she surrendered to the Spanish authorities. 

 He was commissioned as captain, July 25, 1866; 

 and was stationed at the Navy-Yard, Mare 

 Island, Cal., in 1868- 1 69. In 1875 he was com- 

 missioned a rear-admiral and placed in com- 

 mand of the Pacific squadron, and in 1877 re- 

 turned home and was retired. 



Whittlesey, Charles, an American geologist, 

 born in Southington, Conn., Oct. 8, 1808; died 

 in Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 18, 1886. He early 

 removed to Ohio, and began his education in 

 a log school-house in Talmadge Centre, after 

 which he was appointed to the United States 

 Military Academy where he was graduated in 

 1831. He entered the army as lieutenant in 

 the Fifth Infantry, and after serving on front- 

 ier duty at Fort Howard, Wis., and in the 

 Black Hawk War of 1832, he resigned and 

 studied law. After being admitted to the bar, 

 he entered on the practice of his profession in 

 Cleveland, where in 1836-'37 he was connect- 

 ed with the " Herald " in an editorial capacity, 

 During 1837-'38 he was engaged on the Ohio 

 Geological Survey, and did much in develop- 

 ing the coal and iron deposits of that State. 

 From 1847 till 1851 he was employed by the 

 United States Government in mineral surveys 

 of the Lake Superior and upper Mississippi 

 regions. Later, he was engaged as a mining 

 engineer in Michigan. During 1858-'60 he 

 was associated with the Wisconsin Geological 



