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OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. Atwater, Lyman H., 



an American clergyman, born in New Haven, 

 Conn., Feb. 20, 1813 ; died in Princeton, N. J., 

 Feb. 17, 1883. He was graduated at Yale Col- 

 lege in 1831, entered Yale Theological Semina- 

 ry, and was licensed to preach in 1834. He be- 

 came pastor of the Congregational society in 

 Fairfield, Conn., where he served for nearly 

 twenty years, and was known as a contributor 

 to religious periodicals. In 1854 he was ap- 

 pointed Professor of Philosophy in Princeton 

 College, with which institution he continued 

 his connection until his death. He edited the 

 " Princeton Review " for several years. 



Baker, William M., an American novelist, 

 born in Washington, D. C., in 1825 ; died in 

 South Boston, Mass., Aug. 20, 1883. He was 

 graduated at Princeton College, at the age of 

 twenty-one, studied theology there, and then, 

 joining his lather in Texas, was a pastor in 

 Galveston, and subsequently in Austin, from 

 1850 to 1865. After fifteen years of service in 

 Texas, Mr. Baker accepted a charge at Zanes- 

 ville, O., whence he was transferred to New- 

 buryport, Mass. In 1874 he became pastor of 

 a Presbyterian church in South Boston. Al- 

 though earnestly devoted to his duties as a 

 minister, Mr. Baker found time for contribut- 

 ing frequently to periodicals. His most im- 

 portant work was "Inside: A Chronicle of 

 Secession," written secretly during the war, 

 while he lived in Austin, and giving a peculiar- 

 ly vivid picture of Southern life and sentiment 

 at that time. It was published anonymously. 

 His other works include "The Virginians in 

 Texas," " The New Timothy," and " His Maj- 

 esty Myself." His latest work was entitled 

 "The ten Theophanies, or, the Manifestations 

 of Christ before his Birth in Bethlehem." It 

 was completed shortly before his death, and 

 is regarded by those who knew him as in some 

 sort a record of the writer's own religious ex- 

 periences and struggles. 



Barnes, Joseph R., Surgeon-General of the 

 United States Army, born in Philadelphia July 

 21, 1817; died in Washington, D. 0., April 5, 

 1883. He studied in the medical department 

 of the University of Pennsylvania, and was 

 graduated in 1838. For two years he was en- 

 gaged in practice in his native city, and in 

 1840 was appointed an assistant surgeon in 

 the army, and assigned to duty at West Point. 

 At the close of 1840 he was transferred to 

 Florida, where for two years he was connect- 

 ed with Gen. Harney's expedition against the 

 Seminoles. Thence* in 1842, he went to Fort 

 Jessup, Louisiana, where he served four years. 

 When the Mexican War began, Dr. Barnes was 

 appointed chief medical officer of the caval- 

 ry brigade, and he was in active service all 

 through, the war. He was assigned to duty 

 again at West Point in 1854, and remained 



there for several years. At the outbreak of 

 the civil war. Surgeon Barnes, then in Oregon, 

 was among the first summoned to Washington. 

 In 1861 he was assigned to duty in the office 

 of the surgeon-general at Washington, where 

 his experience in field and hospital service was 

 of great value. Two years later he was ap- 

 pointed to a medical inspectorship, with the 

 rank of colonel, and in September, 1863, he was 

 promoted to fill the vacancy in the surgeon- 

 general's department, with the rank of briga- 

 dier-general. He served with honor during 

 the war, and in 1865 was brevetted major- 

 general. He was placed on the retired list the 

 year before his death. 



Beard, George Miller, an American physician, 

 born in Montville, Conn., May 8, 1839 ; died in 

 New York, Jan. 23, 1883. He was graduated 

 at Yale College in 1862. His medical train- 

 ing was obtained partly at Yale, but chiefly at 

 the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New 

 York, where he obtained his degree in 1866. 

 From this time he gave special attention to 

 diseases of the nervous system. He also in- 

 troduced several new methods of electriza- 

 tion, and was the first to point out and exem- 

 plify the tonic effects of electricity. In 1867 

 he published, with Dr. Rockwell, a work on 

 " General Electrization," and in the same year 

 a valuable paper on " The Longevity of Brain- 

 Workers." Dr. Beard, during a comparative- 

 ly short life, made many contributions to the 

 literature of his profession, in part by transla- 

 tion and in conjunction with others. He was 

 a diligent student, and clear and forcible writ- 

 er. In 1871 he published, with Dr. Rockwell, 

 " Medical and Surgical Uses of Electricity," 

 and the same year issued two popular treatises 

 on "Stimulants and Narcotics," and on "Eat- 

 ing and Drinking." In 1874 he entered upon 

 a careful examination of animal magnetism, 

 spiritualism, clairvoyance, and rnind-reading, 

 in their relation to the nervous system. He 

 explained the performances of the somewhat 

 famous Eddy, brothers, and also of Brown the 

 " mind-reader," maintaining that what was 

 called mind-reading was the unconscious ac- 

 tion of mind on body. Dr. Beard also studied 

 carefully the functional nervous disease known 

 as inebriety; and in 1879, when he was a del- 

 egate to the British Medical Association at 

 Cork, he presented a paper on " Inebriety and 

 Allied Nervous Diseases of America." Besides 

 frequently contributing to periodical literature 

 on topics relating to psychology and the nerv- 

 ous system, he delivered popular lectures on 

 psychological and neurological subjects. 



Berrien, John M., an American naval officer, 

 born in, 1802; died in Philadelphia, Nov. 20, 

 1883. On receiving his appointment as mid- 

 shipman, he joined the frigate Constellation; 

 subsequently he was transferred to the sloop 



