OBITUARIRa AMERICAN. (TYLKR-VAUX.) 



m the best works In the military division of tho Mb- 

 WM transferred to tho command of tho 

 Ks*l TenncMee, serving there till early in 



CWi35Sitotho4thaM 



of ihe Cumberland, whi.-h he 



'.,-,1 in 



tWrrk till Dec, 1.18M.h 

 f U> Frosdmen* Bun 

 lie en*s*sd M cotton ] 



to hi, |.,rti,, .:.,.-.- ....a l>ccamo 



... 



Dt^JO, lfti II- WM the f : nn.-tt 



ii.uiili r.il- 

 WML and WM founder iiti-l rtr-t president <>t tin- theo- 



lOflkal e*i' " |l>rt . v 



-....- ,/,;-,:. SoUUI 



. :. . ] u :.- ' ...- ton 

 in litrur\ lal><>r at lux home in 

 He P u 



William, author, l->rn in Hocbester, 







umdttatodnt ]; in 1837, 



tadied la - Q 1 phain, 



rw admitted to the bar of Msnnschu- 



.1 few yesrV practice he became inter- 

 ested in the defense of the Bible against what has 

 thci critic 1*111," and passed 



the remainder hi* life in MU him: in the original 

 toagns and publishing works defending th< 

 tares. He received the degree of 1.1. I'. frn 

 Collage in 1868. 11 



<.: an . v i< i.' ." ;iii..n\ m..us 

 (Andover, 1840); u Wise Men: Who they were and 

 . . .1.- .,./.. - Nc York, 1869 ; 

 Tt Star of Our Lord" (1878); "Thoughts on the 

 Holy Gospel* : How they came to be in Man: 

 Form M they are** (1881); "St Matthew'* Witness"; 

 and -The First Words from God." His Debate be- 

 tween Church and Science" WM published in up- 



rLcwi*s"SixDay*' 



Vaa dsr Weyos, Petar H., scientist, born in N;. 

 Holland, In 181 S ; died in New York city March 18, 

 18M. He WM graduated at the Royal Academy in 

 Wsssorof Mathematics and Natural 

 the Government School of Design, 



devoted to mathematics and : 

 1845 received stHd medal from the 

 for the Promotion of Scientific Knowledge 

 for a text- book on natural philosophy. He was also 

 editor of a daily paper, in which he took 



nlnst what he considered abuses in the Gov- 

 In 1849 he removed to New York citv, in 1856 

 WM graduated at New York University Medical < <>1 

 lajt, an J slier practicing for three vears WM appointed 

 riufcami of rtiyslos, OnemitrY, and Higher Msthe- 

 atim at Cooper Institute. He WM also chosen to 

 tfe chair of Cherntrtry in the New York Medical Col- 

 U. la 18*4 the chair of Industrial Science was 

 fiat 1 1 tor Hun by Girsrd College, Philadelphia, and 

 after holding H a few years be returned to New York 

 aa4 became editor of -The Manufacturer and 

 MkUr Prof. Van der Weyde had secured over 

 patent* on inventions mostly electrical, and WM 

 a cnrnpow. and a painter. 

 atttss vaa Alec -.. U.ni in 



Aug-. 1, 1818; : vrouU 



WM graduated at Jefferson 

 I Cotbtft in 18t7. and went to Syria M a mis- 

 F Mder the authority of the Americsn Board. 

 nt in Arabic. WM appointed 

 on Mount Tabor, and i; 

 mathematical ano wi.-ntiflc 

 In \MH he M ordained to the 

 t*r**stkm*l < 1 hurch,and on the 

 * M-nt by the American 

 - to complete the work on the Arabic 

 M. He 



^ _, ... f >.^g the Pen la t - 

 Ifce etyk of UM Koran, and supervised the publics- 



tion by tin- AHUM -KMcty in Now V 





 - JohnVi and St. 



ProfeftMT <>l P:il hl"_ r > ill tlf 



On A |.ri. 



the oomj'l-ti"ii t' lii.s titty vrut> 

 tlu-m. the Syrians hel.i 



i the deirrec ..t' l>. I>. ir-'iii i 



i : -. . \ .. v 



iiiathi-matieiil. rliemi.-al. iistr.>iiuini-al. nii.l l.\ 

 :.ii'l truncation* !' ti 



SUi'l the " Sell. Hi). i .:ilily.'' 



Van Wyck. Charles Henry, lawyer. l>rn in I 

 D. ('.. 



College in 1M".. Mud led lu. 



Sullivan ('" \ ..ik. in l^.'.o '. 



. iitativr i'n < 

 mn'ond term he \\ : . .iic<l col.,nrl ..f t 



clone of tho war, beini: jiromoicd 1>! 



1865. In l".'i and l^'.s he 



gross. II'- r"ii-.vi-d t" Nel.ru>ka in l-'T-t. wa> 



gate to the C'>n>titution:il ( '..n vciiti'.n ii 



State Senator in . ..! \\a.s ,-',. 



States Senator, ax a K-j>ul.li.-an. and took hi* seat 



Mareh 4, 1^1. In the Si-nate he d 



M-lf l'\ .. Ill the attelii|.t 



movai Of aeorecy from it.s e\. 



he was defeated as the Poj.uii.-t candi ; 



ernor of the State. . . n W \ . k \ 



ous in or/ai, ..rmer>' A!!.. 



Nebraska. He was a man of much e.-ei-ntr; 



one time spondintf an entire summer with hi> 



in a vacant ehureh which he owned in the fa 

 able residence j.art of the national eapital. 



Vaux. Oalvert, architect an<l l:n 

 born in London, Knirhmd. Dec. 20, 1824; 

 .and, Nov. 19, I 4 - 



, 



cated at the Merchant Tailors 1 and tho F. 

 nelPs schools in London. At the a_'c < : 

 became an articled pupil of Lewis N. ' 

 a prominent architect, and at tin 

 years* indenture took an educational trip <>n 

 tinent. In 1S")0, heinif then a memln-r 

 Architectural As^M-iation, he met the eminent 

 can landttcape dehiirner, Andrew .1. I> 

 induced him to come t<> thi* <-ountry >^ 

 ami at the dose of 1851 made him arch; 

 partner, their olliee heinjr at Newlmr^. on t! 

 son. After the death of Mr. I ..., 

 Vaux remuimd for live years in N 



;il engagements rapidly growing in 

 and importance, and taking him - extent 



of the seaboard States. An idea of hi* 

 that time may be ffot from 1, 

 and Cotta-e^' % .New York, 1857; 2d eel 

 At tl.. D of .John A. C. Gray, whose 



n A venu.- he hud designed, si 

 mained his stanch friend thn.uirh life. Mr. \ 

 moved to New York to toko charge, a> 

 York, and from that I 

 identified with the best art lii 

 Landscape painting, then at its b< - 

 York, but the lcadin_- 



stage both in architectural adornment a:i<! 

 ditrnity. Most of the territory nov. 

 Park had been secured, hut it was a .-ti v. 

 suburb, with the ruim* of a j;ranl 

 ground was l.ein.- 

 Vaux, am*. 

 landscape tr 



;ind this idea being ad- 



K. L. Olmsted, then MI|.C rint. ; 



labor inclosing in the park, and ii 

 tion in preparing a landscaj 

 after the day's work was over, at Mr. Vaux's i 

 EastEighte'. "f their labor 



the design signed " Greensward " was a- 



