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and died at Hartford, Conn., November 3d, 

 aged 42 years. In 1862 he graduated at Wes- 

 leyan University, and soon after began the 

 practice of law in Hartford. He was elected 

 to the Connecticut Senate in 1863 ; was re- 

 elected in 1871, when he became, by seniority, 

 one of the Fellows of Yale College. In 1864 

 he served as one of the commissioners to col- 

 lect the votes of the Connecticut soldiers in 

 camp, and from 1866 to 1867 was a member of 

 the Republican State Central Committee. In 

 1867 he became one of the proprietors of the 

 Hartford Evening Post, and three years ago he 

 was admitted to the bar of the United States 

 Supreme Court. 



HALSTEAD, OLIVER S., was born at Elizabeth, 

 N. J., and died at Lyons Farms, N. J., August 

 29th, aged 85 years. He graduated at Prince- 

 ton College in 1810, and was admitted to the 

 bar in 1814, afterward practising law in New- 

 ark, N. J., where, at one time, he was mayor, 

 first recorder, and once city counsel. From 

 1845 to 1852 he served as First Chancellor of 

 New Jersey. He translated the book of Job, 

 and published "The Theology of the Bible," 

 both books evincing profound research. 



HARRIS, Colonel S. D., died at Hudson, Ohio, 

 April 26th. He was for many years editor of 

 the Ohio Farmer. 



HAEVET, PETER, died in Boston, June 27th. 

 He was well known as the intimate friend of 

 Daniel Webster. His "Reminiscences" of 

 Webster was published after the death of the 

 author in 1877. 



HAWES, RICHARD, died in Bourbon County, 

 Ky., May 25th. He was born in Caroline 

 County, Va., February 6, 1797. He emigrated 

 to Kentucky in 1810 ; was educated at Transyl- 

 vania University; became a lawyer; was a 

 member of the Legislature in 1828, 1829, and 

 1834, and of Congress from 1837 to 1841. 

 In early life he was a Whig, but afterward 

 became an ardent Democrat. When the civil 

 war began, he advocated the Southern cause, 

 and favored Kentucky joining the Southern 

 States. In 1861 he left Kentucky with Breck- 

 enridge and others, and, upon the death of 

 George W. Johnson at Shiloh, he was elected 

 to succeed him as provisional Govern or of Ken- 

 tucky. When Bragg entered the State, he came 

 with him to Frankfort, and on October 4, 1862, 

 he was installed as Governor of the State, but 

 he was compelled to retire immediately in con- 

 sequence of the advance of a division of Buell's 

 army. At the close of the war he returned to 

 Paris, and in 1866 he was elected county judge, 

 which office he held until his death. 



HAYDEX, JOSIAH, died in September. He 

 was born in New York State in 1802. In 1827 

 he began the business of making looms and 

 weaving broadcloth with his brother, Joel Hay- 

 den, at Haydenville, Mass. Four years later, 

 they began making japanned buttons and but- 

 ton moulds, and in 1839 Josinh began the manu- 

 facture of steel pens, and, in 1845, of gold ones. 

 He subsequently was in the business of making 



horn buttons, and in the hardware trade, and 

 from 1838 to 1846 was in partnership with his 

 brother at Haydenville. 



HEATON, , died in Chicago, 111., Decem- 

 ber 26th. He was Chief Justice of the recently 

 organized Appellate Court of that city. 



HEDSTHOM, Rev. O. G., was born near Col- 

 mar, Sweden, May 11, 1803, and died in New 

 York City, May 5th. In 1827 he obtained the 

 position of petty officer on a Swedish man-of- 

 war, and arrived in New York, where he 

 subsequently became an itinerant Methodist 

 preacher, and was for thirty years connected 

 with the Scandinavian Floating Bethel. He 

 established many branch missions, and also 

 helped to build the Swedish Church in Brook- 

 lyn. 



HENNINGSEN, General CHARLES FREDERICK, 

 died in Washington, June 14th, aged 62. He 

 was born in England, of Swedish parent*, and 

 when 19 years of age joined the Carlist army 

 in Spain, where he rose to the rank of lieu- 

 tenant-colonel. After the peace convention 

 he returned to England, but when the war 

 again broke out he went back to Spain, re- 

 entered the revolutionary army, and was made 

 colonel. He afterward joined Kossuth in the 

 Hungarian revolution, and subsequently carno 

 to the United States and joined the Nicaragua 

 expedition under General Walker. He was 

 made major-general, and distinguished himself 

 in the defense of Granada and the victory of 

 Quaresma. On the breaking out of the civil 

 war, he entered the Confederate army. Ho 

 was the author of "Twelve Months in Spain," 

 " The White Slave," " Eastern Europe," " Rev- 

 elations of Russia," and other works. 



HEROX, MATILDA, actress, was born in Lon- 

 donderry, Ireland, December 1, 1830, and died 

 in New York City, March 7th. On February 

 17, 1851, she made her first appearance on the 

 stage at the Walnut Street Theatre, Philadel- 

 phia, as Bianco, in "Fazio," and in 1858 she 

 played at the American Theatre in San Fran- 

 cisco, Cal. After a starring tour through the 

 country, in 1857 she appeared at Wallace's old 

 theatre, New York, in the title role of CamilU, 

 which she adapted from the French of Dumas, 

 with Mr. Sothern as Armand. Her success 

 was phenomenal, and she is said to have re- 

 ceived not less than $190,000 for her appear- 

 ances in that character. She married Robert 

 Stoepel during her engagement at Wallack's, 

 he being the leader of the orchestra. In 1861 

 she went to London, where she impersonated 

 Rosalie Let in " New Year's Eve," at the Ly- 

 ceum Theatre. On her return to this country 

 she renewed her triumphs as CamiUe, and wns 

 also successful as Medea, which she adapted 

 from the Greek of Euripides. In ^1 874-'75 she 

 played her last engagement in New York, at 

 Booth's Theatre, where .he appeared as Lady 

 Macbeth. Her last public appearance was in 

 April, 1876, on the occasion of the benefit of 

 her daughter. Byou Heron. 



HEWITT, EDOAB A., died in New York City, 



