and served two terms, becoming chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs. Bergmann, CarL, musician, born at Ebersbach, Saxony, in 1821; died in New York, August 10th. When the rebellion of 1848 broke out, he came to New York, and in 1850 became the conductor of the Germania Society, which position he held for two years. He organized and conducted the great German Musical Festival, held in the Winter-Garden Theatre, in 1855, and in 1856 he introduced German opera at Niblo's Garden. He was afterward the conductor of German and of Italian opera in New York, and was for a time the leader of the Arion (Singing) Society. Mr. Bergmann excelled as a player of the violoncello and the piano, and composed a number of orchestral pieces. For several years preceding his death he was conductor of the concerts of the Philharmonic Society in New York.

BINGHAM, SAMUEL, the oldest printer in the United States, was born at Hanover, N. H., in 1789; died in New York, May 7th. At the age of eleven years he was bound to the trade of a printer. He came to New York over fifty years ago, and worked at a hand-press for the Bible and Tract Houses, and Harper & Brothers. He worked the first steam cylinder-press introduced in this country.

BISHOP, VICTOR, was born in Paris, France, in 1819; died in New York, March 10th. When about seventeen years of age he came to New York, where for forty years he was an importer and wholesale dealer in diamonds and precious stones.

BIXBY, JOHN MUNSON, born in Fairfield, Conn., 1800; died in New York, November 22d. After nearly thirty years' practice of the law in New York, he retired in 1849 and married Miss Poe, a cousin of Edgar Allan Poe, the poet. He was the author of two novels, "Standish, the Puritan," and "Overing, or the Heir of Wycherly."

BLOSS, GEORGE, M. D., was born in Derby, Vt., in 1826, and was killed, May 28th, by a locomotive, while walking near his home at 1 Branch-Hill Station, near Cincinnati, Ohio. He was for many years one of the editors of the Cincinnati Inquirer, and was remarkable for his wonderful memory of political facts and statistics. He was an earnest Democrat, wrote a biography of George H. Pendleton, and two years ago was an unsuccessful candidate for Congress.

BLUMENBURG, Major LEOPOLD; died in Baltimore, Md., August 12th, aged 49 years. During the war he was major of the Fifth Regiment Maryland Volunteers, and was severely wounded at the battle of Antietam. From 1883 to 1865 he was Provost-Marshal of Baltimore.

BOOTH, JAMES W., State Senator of New York, born in New York City, 1822; died at Nyack, N. Y., September 14th. He began life as an apprentice to a dyer, and retired from that business several years ago with a consid

erable fortune. From 1853 to 1870 he was a common-school trustee in New York City. He was elected as a Republican State Senator in 1873, and reëlected in 1875. He was chairman of the Committees on Literature and Public Health, and a member of the Committee on Affairs of Cities. In 1873 he was elected one of the regents of the State University.

BOOTH, WILLIAM CHATFIELD; died in Brooklyn, N. Y., at the age of 75. He was born at Southold, L. I., of one of the oldest families in the State. He spent many years in Suffolk County, where he held numerous public offices. During a large part of his life he was a teacher and organized one of the first public schools in Brooklyn. For twelve years he was a custom-house officer. His daughter, Miss Mary L. Booth, is the well-known author, and the editor of Harper's Bazar.

BOWLER, Mrs. ANNIE KEMP; died in Philadelphia, August 21st, of injuries received from a fall while rehearsing at the National Theatre. She was the wife of Brookhouse Bowler, was a well-known singer, and formerly a member of the Richings English Opera Company.

BOYCE, Rev. JAMES, pastor of St. Teresa's Roman Catholic Church, New York; died in that city, July 9th, aged 50 years. He was born in Ardagh, County Longford, Ireland, and came to this country at an early age. Having completed his ecclesiastical studies at St. Joseph's Seminary, Fordham, N. Y., he was ordained priest in 1854, and for nearly ten years was pastor of St. Mary's Church. In 1863 he was installed as pastor over St. Teresa's parish, and by his zeal made it one of the best in the city. He founded a parochial school for boys in Rutgers Street, and established a convent for girls, under the direction of the Ursuline Nuns, in Henry Street.

BRAGDON, CHARLES D., formerly editor of Moore's Rural New-Yorker; died at Port Ontario, N. Y., November 30th.

BRIGGS, Mrs. HARRIET HALL, wife of the late Governor of Massachusetts, and mother of General Henry S. Briggs, of Boston; died at Pittsfield, Mass., aged 82 years.

BRIGGS, Captain JEREMIAH; died at Richmond Hill, L. I., May 28th, in his 84th year. From early life he was connected with the navy, and served in the War of 1812. After the war he founded a transportation line of sailing-vessels between New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, but it ceased operations about two years ago.

BROOKS, ELISHA, born in Rye, Westchester County, N. Y., June 15, 1815; died in October. He was a member of the firm of Brooks Brothers, who carried on in New York City the extensive clothing business founded in 1818 by his father, Henry S. Brooks. Elisha became a partner in 1833. Soon after his father died, and the business was continued by his five sons, of whom only Daniel and John now

survive. Their sons, as well as the sons of the deceased brothers, are in the firm.

BROWN, HORATIO STOCKTON, the President of the Board of Port Wardens of the Harbor of New York; died June 23d. He was born at Windsor, N. Y., in 1822.

BRUENINGHAUSEN, Dr. CHARLES; died in New York, August 20th, at the age of 68. During 1867 and 1868 he was one of the governors of the almshouse, and was at one time very prominent in politics.

BURR, DAVID J.; died in Richmond, Va., in his 57th year. He was for many years President of the Richmond Chamber of Commerce, and the first President of the Virginia Home Insurance Company.

BURROUGHS, WILLIAM, founder of the DryGoods Reporter and United States Economist; died in San Francisco, December 4th, aged 62. BUTLER, Mrs. BENJAMIN F.; died in Boston, Mass., April 8th, in her 55th year. She was a daughter of Dr. Israel Hildreth, of Lowell. She made her debut on the stage August 10, 1837, at the Park Theatre, New York, as Mariana in "The Wife." During 1842 she performed a star engagement in Louisville, Ky., appearing as Ion. She soon after retired from the stage, and was married to General Butler.

CAIRNS, ROBERT, was born in Ireland; died at Fort Abercrombie, Dakota, August 4th. He served as second-lieutenant in a Kentucky regiment from 1862 to 1864. At the time of his death he was a first-lieutenant in the Seventh Cavalry of the United States Army.

CALHOUN, Rev. SIMEON HOWARD, was born in Boston, Mass.; died December 14th, in Buffalo, N. Y., aged 72 years. He graduated from Williams College in 1829, was a laborer in the Holy Land for nearly forty years, was thoroughly versed in the Arabic and Turkish languages, and assisted Dr. Goodell in making the first translation of the Bible into the Turkish language.

CHATTERTON, STEPHEN S., was born in Troy, N. Y.; died in New York City, February 26th. He was editor of the Ithaca Republican, and was active in politics during the Henry Clay campaign.

CHENEY, WARD, president of the Silk Company doing business under the name of Cheney Brothers, and of the Silk Association of America; died in South Manchester, Conn., March 22d, at the age of 63. He was actively engaged in the culture of raw silk at Burlington, N. J., and in 1836, in company with his brothers, he began the manufacture of

silk from the raw material at South Manchester, Conn. The business was soon abandoned, but was resumed in 1841, since which time it has gradually extended, until about 2,500 operatives are now employed.

CLEVELAND, JOHN FITCH, was born in Chatauqua County, N. Y., February 4, 1819; died in New York, October 9th. For more than thirty years he was a member of the editorial staff of the New York Tribune, and in recent

years had compiled the "Tribune Almanac." From 1862 till 1871 he was Assessor of Internal Revenue in New York. In July, 1846, be was married to Esther Greeley, a sister of Horace Greeley. From 1849 till his death he was a stockholder in the Tribune.

CONNOLLY, MICHAEL, was born in the county of Cavan, Ireland, in September, 1811; died in New York, July 15th. He came to New York when seventeen years of age. For many years he was identified with the Democratic party, and in 1851 was elected police justice, which office he held for eighteen suc cessive years. In 1868 he was elected Register, and served a term of three years. In 1872 he was nominated for Congress, but was defeated.

COOPER, General SAMUEL, ex-Confederate Adjutant and Inspector-General; died in November, at Cameron, Va., aged 78.

Cox, HANNAH, was born at Longwood, near Philadelphia; died there, April 15th, at nearly 80 years of age. She was one of the original abolitionists, and joined the first movement in favor of emancipation, being a co-laborer with Benjamin Lundy, Garrison, Lucretia Mott, and Whittier. For years she and her husband, who now survives her in his ninety-first year, received and protected fugitive slaves. Their golden wedding was celebrated in 1873, when poems were sent by Whittier and Bayard Taylor.

COZZENS, WILLIAM COLE; died in Newport, R. I., December 17th. He was born in that city August 26, 1811. Since 1842 he has been at the head of the dry-goods firm of William C. Cozzens & Co., and for nearly twenty years he was President of the Rhode Island Union Bank. In 1854 he was Mayor of Newport. Subsequently he was elected a Representative to the General Assembly, and in 1861 a Senator. In March, 1862, the Governor and Lieutenant-Governor having resigned, Mr. Cozzens, who had been chosen President of the Senate, became Governor of the State, and performed the duties of that office for about three months.

CRAWFORD, DAVID, was born in Putney, Vt., December 14, 1832; died in New York, December 24th. He was a well-known member of a banking firm in New York, and was a director of several railroads.

CRESSON, Dr. JOHN C., civil-engineer, was born in Philadelphia, March 16, 1806; died there, January 27th. For more than thirty years he was chief-engineer of the Philadelphia Gas-Works, and held other responsible posi

tions.

CROSBY, JOHN P., a prominent lawyer of New York, was born in that city; was drowned September 19th while bathing at Fire Island. He was graduated from Columbia College, in 1827, and soon after began the practice of law.

CROSS, General OSBORN, was born in Maryland; died in New York, July 16th. He entered the United States Army as second-lieutenant in 1825. In 1863 he was promoted to

lieutenant-colonel, in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general, and in 1866 he was placed on the retired list.

CUTTING, JONAS; died at Bangor, Me., August 19th. He was Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Maine for twenty-one years.

CUYLER, THEODORE, was born at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., September 14, 1819; died in Philadelphia, April 4th. He graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1838, was admitted to the bar in 1841, and became one of the leading lawyers of Philadelphia. He was a prominent Democrat, and in 1872 was elected a delegate to the State Constitutional Convention, where he served as a member of the Judiciary Comwittee.

DANBY, AUGUSTINE G.; died in Utica, N. Y., November 27th. He was born in Mansfield, Mass., December 17, 1795. In 1810 he went to Utica to learn the printer's trade, and in 1816 established the first printing-office and newspaper in Rochester, N. Y. He returned to Utica in 1822, and in 1824 became proprietor of the Observer, but relinquished the ownership in 1834, though he still continued his editorial connection with that paper. He was an ardent Democrat, and as a political writer supported Monroe in 1816 and 1820. For twenty years he was Postmaster of Utica. DANFORTH, CHARLES, originator and for some years president of the Danforth Locomotive and Machine Company; died in Paterson, N. J., March 22d, in his 79th year. A native of New England, he came to Paterson in 1830, and began the manufacture of machines. He invented the Danforth spinning-frame, which was sold extensively in this country and in Europe, and in 1852 began the manufacture of locomotives. His fortune was estimated at nearly $3,000,000.

DAVIDSON, Rev. ROBERT, D. D.; died in Philadelphia, Pa., April 6th. He was born in Carlisle, Pa., February 23, 1808. He graduated at Dickinson College in 1828, and at the Princeton Theological Seminary in 1831. He was pastor of a Presbyterian church in Lexington, Ky., from 1832 to 1840, when he became President of Transylvania University, which position he resigned in 1842. He was a pastor in New Brunswick, N. J., from 1843 to 1860; from 1860 to 1864 in New York, and from 1864 to 1868 in Huntingdon, Long Island. Dr. Davidson served as permanent clerk of the General Assembly from 1845 to 1850. For a quarter of a century he had been a member of the Board of Foreign Commissions, and since 1867 a director of Princeton Theological Seminary. In 1869 he was a delegate to the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland, in Edinburgh.

DAVIS, Mrs. PAULINA WRIGHT, wife of the Hon. Thomas Davis; died in Providence, R. I., August 24th, at the age of 63. For thirty-five years she labored zealously to promote the rights of women, published the first woman

suffrage paper, and acted in concert with Lucretia Mott, Ernestine R. Rose, Frances D. Gage, Sarah Tyndale, and other early advocates of the cause.

DE LONG, CHARLES E.; died in Virginia City, Nev., October 26th. In 1869 he was appointed minister-resident to Japan, and the following year was made minister plenipotentiary. He remained in Japan until 1873, when he was succeeded by Mr. Bingham.

DE PUY, HENRY WALTER; died February 2d. He was born at Pompey Hill, Onondaga Coun ty, N. Y., in 1820. He was admitted to the bar, and for several years edited a paper in Indianapolis, Ind., in support of the Liberty party. From 1853 to 1854 he was private secretary to Governor Seymour, afterward served as consul to Carlsruhe, and was appointed secretary of legation at Berlin, where he remained until 1860. He was appointed Secretary of Nebraska by President Lincoln, organized that Territory, and served as the first Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature. He was also Indian agent to the Pawnees, and devoted much time and ability in efforts to reform the Indian service. He was the author of several biographical and historical works, among them "Kossuth and his Generals," "Louis Napoleon and his Times, with a Memoir of the Bonaparte Family," and "Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Heroes of '76, with the Early History of Vermont." He also wrote several popular poems.

DIXON, ARCHIBALD; died in Henderson, Ky., April 23d. He was born in North Carolina in 1802, removed to Kentucky in 1805, and served several terms in the Legislature between 1830 and 1841. In 1843 he was elected LieutenantGovernor. He succeeded Henry Clay in the United States Senate, where he served from 1852 to 1855.

DODWORTH, THOMAS, the originator of Dodworth's band; died in New York, April 26th. He was born in Sheffield, England, in 1790; came to New York in 1826, and soon afterward organized the first military band of music in New York.

Dove, Dr. JOHN, a native of Richmond, Va.; died there, November 16th, at the age of 84. He was a Freemason sixty-three years; was the oldest Grand Secretary in the world, having held the office over fifty years; and was Grand Recorder of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templars for thirty years.

DOWELL, JAMES R., superintendent of the First District, Southern Division, of the Western Union Telegraph Company; died in Richmond, Va., February 25th, aged 53 years. He held various high positions of trust in the telegraph service, and was well known throughout the South as an eminent Freemason.

DOWING, BENJAMIN, a veteran sea-captain, and the oldest Odd-fellow in the world; died in New York, January 7th, aged 92.

DOWLING, JOSEPH; died in New York, May 13th. He was born in the county of Kilkenny,

Ireland, in 1828. At about eight years of age he came with his father to New York, and settled in the Sixth Ward, notorious for crime, where he continued to reside till his death. He first became a fireman, and then a policeman, being rapidly promoted till he was made captain. In 1857 he was legislated out of the department, but was reappointed two months after, and was soon appointed by Governor Seymour to fill an unexpired term of one year as policejustice. At the expiration of this term he was elected for the full term of six years, and made President of the board. He was reelected for another term of six years, which he served out. As a police-justice Judge Dowling was celebrated for his extensive knowledge of the criminal classes, remarkable memory, and his arbitrary and brusque manner on the bench. DREW, ROXANA MEAD, wife of Daniel Drew; died in New York, January 27th, aged 77. She was born in Putnam County, N. Y., and was married to Mr. Drew in 1820.

DUDLEY, THOMAS U.; died at Richmond, Va., April 1st, in his 68th year. He held various high masonic and official positions, and was the father of Bishop Thomas U. Dudley, of Kentucky.

EDWARDS, WILLIAM W., the founder of the Dime Savings-Bank of Brooklyn, N. Y.; died there, March 10th. He was born in Northampton, Mass., in 1796. In 1817 he went to Greene County, N. Y., engaged in business of tanning, and from about 1851 till 1859 was connected with the insurance business in New York. Jonathan Edwards was his great-grandfather. ELDRIDGE, Dr. EDWIN; died in Elmira, N.Y., December 16th, at the age of 65. He was an extensive iron-manufacturer, owning a large interest in several founderies in the State of New York. He was identified with the Erie Railway, and at the time of his death was President of the Elmira Iron and Steel Company. He was noted for his liberality and public spirit, having presented to the city of Elmira a magnificent park, covering many

acres.

ESTE, DAVID K., a well-known lawyer of Cincinnati, and one of the early settlers of that city, was born in Morristown, N. J., in 1785; died in Cincinnati, April 1st. He graduated at Princeton College in 1803, was admitted to the bar in 1808, went to Ohio in 1809, and settled in Cincinnati in 1814. He became one of the prominent lawyers of the bar, presiding judge of the First Judicial Circuit, and later judge of the Superior Court. On the expiration of his judicial term he retired from professional life, having reached the age of 62. His estate was estimated at nearly $10,000,000. FALLS, M. N., an old citizen of Baltimore; died on April 7th, aged 71. He was an acting member of the firm of Stockman, Falls & Co., who ran stage-lines from Baltimore to Washington and the West. For many years he was president of the Bay Line steamers.

FAWSITT, MISS AMY; died in New York, De

cember 26th. She was born in London in 1836. Her début on the stage was made at Edinburgh, in 1865, and in 1869 she made her first appearance in London, acting Flora Granger in the "Mistress of the Mill." Afterward, in the same city, she appeared in "The Two Roses" four hundred times; and on September 27, 1876, she appeared for the first time in this country, at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York.

FAY, FRANCIS B.; died at Chelsea, Mass., October 6th, aged 83 years. He was born in Massachusetts, and was a member of the State Senate in 1842 and 1845, Mayor of Chelsea in 1857, and Representative in Congress in 1852'53. He took a prominent part in Massachusetts politics.

FERRIER, Captain JOHN M.; died in New York, February 15th, at the age of 85 years. He was born in that city; was for many years a sea-captain; was President of the Marine Society, and one of the trustees of the Sailors' Snug Harbor, on Staten Island.

FIELD, Mrs. DAVID DUDLEY; died in Baltimore, April 19th.

FORD, MARY A. ("Una"), the Catholic poetess; died in Brooklyn, in April, aged 35. FREEMAN, Mrs. ELLEN, born near Peekskill, N. Y.; died at Highland Falls, January 10th, at the age of 101 years.

FRENCH, Rev. MANSFIELD, popularly known as Chaplain French;" died at Pearsall's, Long Island, March 15th. He was born at Manchester, Vt., February 21, 1810. In his youth he studied at the Bennington Seminary; and at twenty began his theological studies at Kenyon College, divinity school, Gambier, Ohio, and at the same time was principal cf the preparatory department of the college. He founded Marietta College, in Ohio, and the Granville Female Seminary, and was for a time Principal of the Circleville Female Seminary. In 1845 he joined the Methodist Epis copal Church, and entered the itinerant ministry in the North Ohio Conference. He was a successful pastor for several years; was, also, President of the Xenia (Ohio) Female College, agent for the Ohio Wesleyan University, and then for Wilberforce University, the latter being the first college opened for the colored race in America. In 1845 he became proprietor of a religious monthly, The Beauty of Holiness, which he removed from Ohio to New York City in 1858. He was a strong antislavery agitator, and, at the urgent solicitation of Lewis Tappan and others, laid before Presi dent Lincoln his views of the nation's duties toward "contraband" slaves. In 1862 he visited Port Royal, for the purpose of inspecting the condition of the blacks; returned to New York, and through his efforts the "National Freedmen's Relief Association" was organized. He was made the general agent of this association; and in March, 1862, again sailed for Port Royal, with a large corps of teachers for the blacks, and superintendents for the plan

tations. In 1832 Mr. French was married to Miss Winchell, a cousin of Dr. Winchell, the geologist. She became an active and influential co-laborer with her husband.

FRUITS, GEORGE; died near Crawfordville, Ind., August 6th. He was supposed to have been born near Baltimore, Md., in 1763. He did some service near the close of the Revolution; went to Virginia in 1787; was afterward with Daniel Boone in Kentucky; served in the Indian War between 1791 and 1796, and in the War of 1812. His wife survives him at the age of eighty-nine.

GALLATIN, JAMES, son of Albert Gallatin; died in Paris, May 29th, in his 80th year. He was President of the Gallatin National Bank of New York for thirty years, but retired in 1868, when he went to Europe.

Gansevoort, Judge PETER, son of General Gansevoort of Revolutionary fame; died in Albany, N. Y., January 4th.

GARBARD, Sergeant JAMES H.; died of yellow fever, at Savannah, Ga., October 12th. He was one of the most efficient members of the Signal-Service Corps, and remained at his post, notwithstanding the epidemic, forwarding much valuable information regarding its development and progress.

GARDNER, Dr. AUGUSTUS KINSLEY; died in New York, April 7th. He was born in Roxbury, Mass., in 1821. He graduated at Harvard College in 1842, and obtained his medical degree in 1844, when he visited Europe, and became a pupil of Dubois. Returning home, he published "Old Wine in New Bottles; or, Spare Hours of a Medical Student in Paris,' in which he gave a vivid picture of French habits and customs. He edited "Tyler Smith's Lectures," and translated Scanzoni's "Diseases of Females." As Professor of Midwifery in the New York Medical College, the doctor became eminent for the originality and boldness of his views. He was the first to give chloroform in labor, and subsequently had a rupture with the Academy because he met an homoeopathic physician in practice; but in this he had the sympathy of distinguished practitioners.

GARNER, WILLIAM T., Vice-Commodore of the New York Yacht Club; was drowned off Stapleton, S. I., July 20th, aged 36.

GAYLORD, GEORGE R., a leading officer in the Hudson River Freighters' Association; died at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., June 8th. He was one of the oldest freighters on the Hudson River. GERKEN, JOHN, Treasurer of Hamilton County, Ohio; died April 10th.

GESCHEIDT, LOUIS ANTHONY, M. D.; died at Hastings, N. Y., August 20th. He was born in Dresden, April 8, 1808. Being designed for the Church, he was educated at the KreuzSchule; but displaying an extraordinary aptitude for scientific investigation, he entered the Dresden University, where his progress in the natural sciences was so rapid that he became the scientific associate of the Crown-Prince of

Saxony, afterward Frederick August II. At nineteen he entered the university at Leipsic, and after returning to Dresden became associated with Dr. A. Carus, the great physiologist, and Dr. F. A. von Ammon, the most eminent oculist in Europe. He was the assistant of Dieffenbach during the prevalence of cholera in Berlin, and, upon his return to Dresden, published a valuable work upon certain diseases of the eye then imperfectly known. He emigrated to the United States in 1835, settled in New York, where his worth and ability were soon recognized, and retired, in 1870, with an ample fortune.

GILPIN, EDWARD W., Chief-Justice of Delaware; died at Dover, Del., April 29th, aged 73 years.

GLENN, WILLIAM WILKINS; died in Baltimore, June 24th, at the age of 52. Soon after the election of President Lincoln, Mr. Glenn became a part owner of the Baltimore Exchange, and, in consequence of the political sentiments expressed in that journal, he was imprisoned in Fort McHenry for about three months. After his release he resumed publication of the paper under the name of the Baltimore Gazette, with which he continued his connection until 1872. He subsequently engaged extensively in silver-mining in Colorado.

GOFF, GEORGE W.; died in New York, March 2d. He was born at Bloomingdale, N. Y., in 1806. He was connected with the iron-business in the northern part of that State, and was sent to the State Legislature from Essex County for two successive terms. He was also Collector of Customs at Plattsburg, for four years.

GOLDSBOROUGH, WILLIAM T.; died in Baltimore, January 26th, aged 68 years. He was born in Cambridge, Md. He was several times elected State Senator, and in 1847 was the unsuccessful Whig candidate for Governor. In 1850 he was again elected State Senator by the Whigs, but became an Independent Democrat in 1857, and in 1861 was appointed a member of the Peace Conference held at Washington.

GOODWIN, WILLIAM H., D. D., L.L. D.; died in Dryden, Tompkins County, N. Y., February 17th, at the age of 64. He was born in Ulysses, N. Y., and was for forty years a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church-his last appointment being at Dryden, in 1874. In 1854 he was elected State Senator from the Ontario district, N. Y., and in 1865 was elected a member of the State Board of Regents.

GORMAN, General WILLIS ARNOLD; died in St. Paul, Minn., May 20th. He was born January 12, 1816, near Flemingsburg, Ky. In 1835 he began the practice of law in Bloomington, Ind., was several times elected to the State Legislature, and served in the Mexican War as major and as colonel. In 1849 he was elected to Congress, where he continued for two terms. In 1853 he was appointed by President Pierce Governor of the Territory of