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OBIT [J ABIES, AMERICAN. 



from the stage on account of her husband's 

 failing health, and accompanied him to Jamaica, 

 where he died. She then returned to the 

 stage in Philadelphia, playing in light comedy 

 roles and bringing out her daughter, subse- 

 quently Mrs. John Drew, whose first appear- 

 ance was as the Duke of York in the Eichard 

 III of Junius Brutus Booth. She finally retired 

 from the stage in 1825, and had since lived 

 with Mrs. Drew. On her ninety-first birthday 

 Mrs. Drew gave her mother a reception in Phila- 

 delphia, at which four generations of children 

 were present. 



Krzyzanowski, Wladimir, an American soldier, 

 born in Raznova, Polish Prussia, July 8, 1824; 

 died in New York city Jan. 31, 1887. He 

 took an active part in the uprising of the Poles 

 in 184fi, and upon the suppression of the revo- 

 lution fled to the United States, where he was 

 engaged in civil engineering till the outbreak 

 of the civil war, much of his work being in 

 connection with the extension of railroads in 

 the Western States. When the news of the 

 attack on Fort Sumter reached New York, he 

 canceled all his engagements, organized the 

 Turner Rifles, of which he was appointed cap- 

 tain on May 9, 1861, aided the formation of the 

 Fifty-eighth Regiment of New York Volunteers, 

 and in September accompanied the troops to 

 the front as their colonel. He served with dis- 

 tinction through the war, mainly with the 

 Army of the Potomac, and when mustered out 

 held the brevet rank of brigadier-general. For 

 some time after the war he held a Government 

 office in California, and was then appointed 

 Governor of the newly-acquired Territory of 

 Alaska. At the close of the latter service he 

 was transferred to the custom-department, per- 

 forming inspector's duty at various South 

 American ports and on the Isthmus of Panama 

 till 1883, when he was appointed a special 

 agent of the treasury department in the New 

 York Custom-House. He was removed from 

 this office soon after the inauguration of Presi- 

 dent Cleveland, but his eminent military serv- 

 ices led to his speedy reinstatement, and he 

 remained in office till his death. 



Laighton, Albert, an American poet, born in 

 Portsmouth, N. H., Jan. 8, 1829; died there 

 Feb. 6, 1887. He was educated iu a private 

 school, and during the past twenty years was 

 teller of the Rockingham National Bank, 

 Portsmouth. From early manhood he was a 

 frequent contributor to the poetical literature 

 of the country. In 1859 the first edition of his 

 "Poems" was published in Boston. Its chief 

 feature was the poem entitled "Beauty," 

 which he had read before the literary societies 

 of Bowdoin College in August, 1858. An en- 

 larged edition was published in 1879. His 

 best-known poems are: "Beauty," "Found 

 Dead," "The Missing Ships," "Joe," "The 

 Song of the Skaters," and the one in memory 

 of Gen. Grant. President Peabody, of Har- 

 vard University, in an article in "The North 

 American Review," criticising Mr. Laighton's 



poems, pronounced them " choice and polished, 

 yet without conceit or mannerism in diction, 

 rich and glowing in imagery, and lofty, while 

 unexaggerated in sentiment." 



La Motte, Charles ., an American lawyer, 

 born in Lenni Mills, Delaware County, Pa., in 

 1839 ; died in Wilmington, Del., May 24, 1887. 

 He took a preparatory course of study in the 

 Military Academy in Oxford. Md., and was 

 graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 

 1858. He removed to Wilmington, Del., and 

 studied in the office of Judge Bradford till the 

 outbreak of the civil war, when he threw 

 aside his books, raised a company of volunteers 

 and took the field as a captain in the First Regi- 

 ment of Delaware Volunteers. At the expira- 

 tion of the three months' term of this regiment, 

 he was appointed colonel, and was subsequently 

 brevetted brigadier-general, and served on the 

 staff of Gen. Ayres, Second Division, Fifth Army 

 Corps, to the end of the war. After being mus- 

 tered out of the service, he went to Cincinnati, 

 where he practiced his profession till 1882, 

 when a neuralgic affection of the heart, caused 

 by exposures on the field, compelled him to re- 

 tire from active life. He returned to his home 

 in Wilmington, and passed the remainder of 

 his life in severe suffering. 



Lawrence, Albert Gallatin, an American soldier, 

 born in New York city, April 14, 1836; died 

 there Jan. 12, 1887. He was a son of William 

 Beach Lawrence, Governor of Rhode Island. 

 He pursued a preliminary course of instruction 

 in New York city and Vevay, Switzerland, and 

 was graduated at Harvard in 1857 and at the 

 Cambridge Law School in 1858. After his ad- 

 mission to the bar he was appointed Secretary 

 of the United States Legation at Vienna, and 

 served there till the outbreak of the civil war, 

 when he resigned the office, returned home, 

 and entered the volunteer army as second lieu- 

 tenant in the Fifty-fourth Regiment of New 

 York Infantry. He was soon transferred to 

 Gen. Butler's staff, and when that officer de- 

 tached a force under Gen. Ames to assist Gen. 

 Terry in the reduction of Fort Fisher, Capt. 

 Lawrence accompanied the re-enforcements as 

 aide-de-camp to Gen. Ames. In the memora- 

 ble assault upon that stronghold Capt. Law- 

 rence behaved most gallantly, and received 

 three wounds, one of which resulted in the loss 

 of his left arm. For his services on that occa- 

 sion, he received the thanks of Gen. Terry and 

 the Legislature of Rhode Island, and four bre- 

 vets and a pension from the Government. 

 Shortly after the close of the war he returned 

 to diplomatic service, being appointed Minister 

 to Costa Rica by President Johnson. While 

 holding this office, he challenged an attache of 

 the Prussian Legation to a duel for having 

 spoken disrespectfully of the American flag. 

 The Prussian fired and missed, and then Gen. 

 Lawrence fired in the air, after which the prin- 

 cipals declared themselves satisfied. This affair 

 led to considerable official correspondence, 

 which caused Gen. Lawrence to resign his office. 



