thing which might give offence. In the private relations of life, all who knew him loved and admired his character. He was a truly good man. United to a cultivated and refined mind, and a genial disposition, he possessed the Christian graces in an eminent degree. We knew him well, and having been formerly for many years associated with him in business, the writer of this feels that he indeed lost a valued and venerable friend. BAILY, Joab, Whitley township, Greene Co., Pa., April 16, æ. 75 yrs. 8 mos. He was loved and esteemed as an honest man by all who knew him, as is shown by the fact that he held the office of justice of the peace for upwards of thirty years, as well as the office of county commissioner for three years. The deceased was one of the oldest citizens of the county, having been brought by his father from Chester Co. when he was only 10 years old. BAIN, Alexander, Hampshire Co., Va., æ. 79. known "improvement in steam boiler furnaces." Near 1848, he went to Cincinnati, became clerk in a bank, and in 1853 and 1854, published, in two parts, a work on "Banks and Banking in the United States," and contributed frequently to the Banker's Magazine. His name was Henry Felt; he added Baker, the name of his step-father. BAKER, Jacob, Logan township, O., July 12, æ. 54, was one of the first settlers in the locality in which he lived. Up to the time of the commencement of his illness, he was ever a useful and highly respected citizen, holding respectively the various offices of the township, and, at one time, a county office. BAKER, John, at Walnut Hills, O., ∞.-. 1816. BAKER, Margaret, June 6, æ. 80. BAKER, Martin, Monroe Co., O., April 27, æ. 75. BALDWIN, Dr. A. S., Jacksonville, Fa., Oct. 5, æ. 43. BALDWIN, Col. Henry E., Washington, D. C., Feb. 12, æ. 41, for the past few years a resident of that city, holding the position of assistant secretary to the president, to sign land patents. BALDWIN, Jediah J., Newark, N. J., March 24, æ. 70. BAINBRIDGE, Mrs. Maria, New York, June 9, æ. 75, widow of the late Henry Bainbridge, of Huntingdon Co., N. J. BAINBRIDGE, Susan, Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 28, æ. 81, widow of the late Commodore Bainbridge, of the U. S. navy, who died at Philadelphia in his 60th year, July 27, 1833. The death BALDWIN, Joshua, Columbia, O., — of his widow should awaken in Amer-, æ. 53. He was born in Loudon Co., ican bosoms a proud recollection of Va., Jan. 16, 1804. His father reCommodore B. His capture of the moved to Champaign Co., O., about British frigate Java, his generosity to 1813. In 1820, Joshua entered the prisoners, and his urbanity and officer- store of Messrs. Gwynne, at Urbana, as like bearing at the various naval sta- a clerk. In 1826, or about that time, tions where he was placed, will ever he came to Columbus, and was a clerk honor his name and profession. in the store of Messrs. Gwynne & Baldwin, in which his elder brother, William, was a partner. About the year 1828, he became a partner in the firm, and continued business in Columbus until about 1838, when he went to New York, and became a member of the firm of Wilson, Butler & Baldwin, a house in the dry goods trade, extensively and favorably known among the merchants of Ohio, and of several western states. He remained in New York until about 1846, when he returned to Columbus, where he resided until his death. He began poor, and before he retired from active business in New York, had acquired an adequate fortune. He was twice married. His BAKER, Eugene, Esq., Bradford, Vt., July 5, æ. 65. Mr. B. had for many years lived at Piermont Bridge, and was well known and widely respected. BAKER, Dr. George, Kingston, Oct. 29, æ. -. He had been a resident of Kingston for many years, but was an American -a native of New England. He was much respected by his fellowcitizens, and was a practitioner of skill and eminence. BAKER, Col. Henry F., Portsmouth, O., Feb. 20, æ. 59. He was born in Salem, Mass., in 1797, and graduated at Harvard College in 1815. He became a merchant, and tried trade in several places. In 1846, he patented the well first wife was a Miss Culver, of Champaign Co.; his second, Miss Jane Northrup, daughter of Moylan Northrup, Esq., of Columbus, both deceased. He left surviving one child, a daughter, issue of his second marriage, in her eighteenth year at the time of his death, whose protection and companionship were the cherished themes of his mind; and in these seemed to lie his principal care, and his chief plans for happiness. He died at the age of 53, falling from his chair into the arms of a friend, by a stroke of apoplexy so sudden, that he appeared to pass at once from cheerful conversation and apparent health, without conscious pain, and without a word or struggle, into the other world. He was one of seven brothers, only two of whom survive him. Mr. Baldwin's character was, in some respects, marked and decisive. His abhorrence of any thing deemed by him to be mean or dishonorable, was adamantine, obdurate. His opinions of men, when unfavorable, were for the most part without utterance, but unyielding. His attachments, on the other hand, to such as he deemed worthy of his regard, were uncommonly full and generous. Once a friend with him, no ordinary event could shake or dislodge his confidence. As a citizen, he was generally respected; as a man of wealth, he was free from parsimony, and ready to answer to calls properly made upon his position, without importunity and without grudging. He is, however, most worthy to be remembered and revered for beautiful traits of private character, likely to be unknown except to those who knew him well. BALDWIN, Julia, Milford, Ct., æ. 20. BALDWIN, Mrs. Mehitable, Bradford, Vt., Jan. 13, æ. 82, widow of the late Benj. P. Baldwin. BALDWIN, Col. Palmer, Nelson, N. Y., Jan. 6, æ. 57. For more than 30 years, Col. Baldwin had resided in the community which so deeply mourns his loss. During that time, he had taken a conspicuous part in the busy scenes of active life, and by his strict integrity, his straightforward and honorable dealing, had not only secured the entire confidence and respect of his fellow-citizens, but had also, by his in dustry and economy, secured a competence for himself and for such as were dependent upon him. BALDWIN, Sarah, West Cammington, K. T., Oct., æ. about 60. BALFOUR, Wm. L., M. D., Natchez, Miss., æ.-, " president of the board of trustees of the Mississippi College at Clinton, and vice-president of the national convention which nominated Mr. Buchanan for the presidency, in Cincinnati. BALL, Mrs. Anna, Watertown, N. Y., Feb. 10, æ. 73, wife of Elihu Ball. BALL, Danforth E., Columbus, O., April 15, æ. 47. BALL, Mason, Granville, Vt., Feb. 6, æ. 46. BALL, Col. Robert J., Glenville, Gilmer Co., Va., Jan. 23, æ. —. BALTZELL, Ald. William, Wheeling, Va., Aug. 20, œ. —. BANCROFT, Thomas, Walworth, in Wayne Co., N. Y., Nov. 18, æ. 80. The deceased was born in Mass., Jan. 28, 1778. He removed to Western New York when it was a vast, unbroken wilderness. For more than half a century, he lived in the vicinity where he closed his earthly toils. In early life, he professed hope in Christ, and lived an exemplary Christian. Va., BANCROFT, Daniel, Almont, Mich., Dec. 20, æ. 68, formerly of Westfield. BANE, Alexander, near Sheetz's Mills, -, æ. 80. Mr. B. was a worthy man, a most estimable citizen, having been a kind and most affectionate husband, a tender and indulgent parent, a peaceable and obliging neighbor, and a strictly honest man. BANKS, N. P., Waltham, April 24, æ. 74, father of His Excellency N. P. Banks, governor of Mass. BANKS, Theodore, N. Y., May 20, æ. 48. BARBER, Thomas, Hampton, Vt., May 24, æ. 66. No man of his race held a higher place in the esteem of the community in which he lived. His character was ever marked by the strictest decorum. As a man, he was universally esteemed; as a Christian, his name will long be cherished by his brethren. BARNES, Silas, Fitchburg, July 27, æ. 97. BARNES, Dr. H., Amsterdam, N. Y., Aug. 26, æ. 33. BARNES, Mrs. Sarah, Colebrook, N. H., July 16, æ. 67, widow of Dea. Harvey Barnes, one of the first settlers in that town, who went there as a pioneer, and with untiring industry, honest integrity, and a firm reliance on the merits of a crucified Redeemer. They lived and died an honor and an ornament to their profession. BARNEY, Hon. John, of Baltimore, Md., Jan. 25, æ. 72, at his lodgings, in Washington City, of pneumonia, after a week's illness. Mr. Barney formerly represented Baltimore in Congress, at the time the celebrated John Randolph was a member of that body, and was the colleague of the late Peter Little, of that city. Through his long life he has been the familiar friend and associate of many of the most distinguished men of the political and diplomatic world. The deceased was a son of the late Com. Barney, of that city, a gentleman whose bravery and skill as a seaman has become a part of the history of the country. In all the positions which he occupied during his life, Mr. Barney acquitted himself with honor, and whether at home or abroad, his countrymen always had cause to feel proud of him. He enjoyed a high reputation for affability of manner, and from long association with the most distinguished men of this country and of Europe, having an active, inquiring mind, liberal education, and excellent talents, possessed a fund of information both interesting and valuable, which he purposed embodying in a book of reminiscences, already promised, and upon which he was engaged in writing at the time of his death. BARNEY, Caleb, Rehoboth, Ms., June 11, æ. 82. BARNEY, Lydia, New York city, Sept. 19, æ. 90, widow of the late Daniel Barney. BARNITZ, Gen. Jacob, York, Pa., Aug. 18, æ. 64. The son and inheritor of the entire name of a patriot soldier who had fought and suffered for his country's cause in the war of our national independence. Jacob Barnitz had just attained his majority when the news of the capture of the federal city, and the threatened assault on Baltimore, by the British, reached this town, and Aug. 29, 1814, he marched as first lieutenant of the company of "York Volunteers" to the defence of our neighbor city. How gallantly that company bore themselves on the ensuing 12th of September, in the battle of North Point, is too well known to need a recital here; it forms one of the proudest incidents in our municipal annals. But though occasionally called by his fellow-citizens to the discharge of public duties, and never refusing to do his part in all social transactions, the tastes and feelings of Mr. Barnitz were averse from all occasions of display, and from the strife of ambition. His dearest delight, his most precious joys were found in the serene pursuits of private life. The diligent prosecution of his ordinary occupation satisfied his unobtrusive disposition. BARKER, Elizabeth A., Tuckahoo, N. Y., March 23, æ. 31. BARKLY, Iddings, Bloomingbury, Pa., Oct. 27, æ. 79, was for many years a justice of the peace in his town, and served one term as county commissioner. Both in public and private life he was respected by his fellow-citizens. BARR, Wm. B., æ., principal of "Barr's Commercial College in Cincinnati. He died after several weeks' illness. Mr. Barr was a son of Col. Barr, one of the old citizens of Cincinnati. He was an estimable man and a useful member of the community. 99 BARR, Robert, Claysville, Washington Co., Pa., æ. 100. Mr. Barr was born in Ireland in 1757, and emigrated to this country in 1772. He served his adopted country faithfully during the revolutionary war, and enlisted at Pittsburg for the war of 1812. He remained in the army until peace was declared, and was honorably discharged. BARR, Laura Sandford, Morristown, N.J., July 14, æ.-, wife of Wm. S. Barr, of Richmond, Va., and daughter of the late Hon. Lewis H. Sandford, of N. Y. BARR, Mrs. Rebecca, Abingdon, Va., Aug. 16, æ. 72, wife of Dr. Wm. Barr. BARRY, Surgeon Robert J., Washington, D. C., Aug. 14, æ. of the U. S. N., a native of Pa. BARRETT, A. M., Pettis Co., Mo., Sept. 18, æ. 52. He was born May 11, 1804, in Greene Co., Ky., and when a young man he was appointed circuit and county clerk of Edmondson Co., in the same state. Both these offices he filled until the year 1850, and during his long term of office, he discharged his duties in such a manner as to gain for himself, with the members of all the judicial tribunals of the county, as well as the citizens thereof, the reputation of an honest, impartial, faithful, and efficient officer. In 1852 he removed to Pettis Co., Mo., and though he had lived there but a short time when he died, he had secured to himself a large circle of devoted friends, who most sincerely join his family in lamenting his death. In the year 1830, Mr. Barrett joined the Baptist church in Booneville, Ky., and was one of its most prominent and exemplary members, until his removal to Missouri, where he joined the Georgetown Baptist church, of which he was an elder when he died. BARRITT, Ezra L., North-East, Dutchess Co., N. Y., æ. 83. BARRITT, Mrs. A. D., Gainsville, Ala., , æ., daughter of Col. Benjamin Temple, a distinguished revolutionary officer. BARRITT, Joseph, Lapton's Mills, Hampshire Co., Va., Feb. 10, æ. 83. BARRINGER, Jacob P., Troy, N. Y., March 30, æ. 70. ants, settled immediately previous to the revolutionary war. His father removed from the place of his nativity while he was yet in early childhood, and settled in Chenango Co., N. Y. At the age of sixteen- to use his own words he "was left without health, without money, and without patronage." By dint of stern resolve, self-reliance, and persevering effort, he succeeded in acquiring a good business education, and then turned his attention to the profession of law as the vocation of his life. He pursued his professional studies under the instruction of the late Hon. Victory Birdseye, then a prominent member of the bar of Onondaga Co. In the autumn of 1814, having finished his preparatory legal studies, he came to Trumansburgh, and commenced that lifelong professional career which has been rewarded with wealth and distinction. His mind was distinguished by a marked individuality. He was himself, and instinctively rejected all overtures to take to himself, either by imitation or assimilation, the idiosyncrasies of others. This feature in the structure of his mind was the secret of his success, where most would have yielded to the force of opposing obstacles. Thoughts and opinions, elaborated in such a mind as his, impressed with so strong an individuality, would be boldly expressed and adhered to with the pertinacious fidelity of a martyr. Such was the distinguishing feature of his mind, underlying his success, the secret of his wide-spread influence, and that strong original force which made him a leader of public sentiment, rather than an obsequious retailer of the opinions of others. Opinions formed by such a mind are not easily relinquished. Hence he was eminently conservative in his character. In those days when he pursued his profession, the legal talent in his county was distinguished by unusual ability. Johnson, Woodcock, Bruyn, Humphrey, and others, constiIn Trumansburgh, Tompkins Co., N. tuted an array of talent far above meY., Feb. 22, 1857, Hon. HENRY D. diocrity. It was among such men that BARTO, aged 67 years, 6 months, and 12 he moved. In point of exact legal days. He was born in Rupert, Ben- knowledge, sound judgment, and pracnington Co., Vt., Aug. 10, 1789, where tical good sense, he was their acknowla branch of the family of Gen. Barteau, edged equal. He gained the entire a Huguenot, who fled from his native confidence of his professional brethren, land on the revocation of the edict of and by their suggestion and recommenNantes, granting toleration to Protest-dation, was elevated to the first place BARRON, Joseph, Logansport, Ind., March 25, æ. 44, the oldest resident settler of the vicinity at the time of his death, he having removed from Fort Wayne with his father's family to a spot on the "Barron Reserve," in the fall of 1827. He was known for a mildness of disposition and honesty of purpose which endeared him to all who knew him. BARROWS, Reuel, M. D., Fryeburg, Me., July 18, æ. 66, was a native of Hebron, and a resident of Fryeburg for nearly 40 years. He had long been known throughout the state as a skilful and successful practitioner, and as an active and useful citizen.' HON. HENRY DISBRO BARTO. on the bench of the county courts, a position which he honored by ability and integrity. He took high views of his profession. He regarded the law as a minister of justice, to protect men in their rights, not to vex and oppress the innocent. Nor did he regard his profession simply as the means of a livelihood. Where his counsel and services as a lawyer were sought, his first effort was to restore peace between the contending parties, and he often volunteered his services to go to the opposing party and effect if possible a reconciliation. In this way friendship was often restored and litigations were prevented, while he received nothing but the reward of the peacemaker. Though he was frequently elevated by the suffrages of his fellow-citizens to places of honor and trust, yet he was never anxious for that kind of preferment. Judge Barto was emphatically one of the people; he sprung from their bosom, and with them he ever remained in the stronger sympathies of his nature. Though for many years possessed of large wealth, yet in all the appointments of his home and its surroundings, he retained a most rigid republican simplicity. In this respect his example has been greatly useful in his neighborhood. The humblest of his neighbors were as kindly and courteously received by him as those upon whom fortune had conferred wealth and honors. In papers of advice to his children, written at various times through his life, are found sentiments which illustrate this noble feature of his character. "The experiences of my life," says he, "have taught me not to despise poverty. Nothing will serve you in life, nothing will serve you in death, nothing will serve you in eternity, but virtue; pursue her then, for the wise man says, her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.' In a paper of later date, he says, "it is the opinion of the writer of this that the virtuous poor man is by far more happy than the man with any thing beyond a competency, and especially with overgrown wealth." Six years since he made a profession of religion, going back over a period of twenty years as the beginning of those experiences which were his support in life and in death. At a meeting of the members of the bar, held at the office of Caleb B. Drake, Esq., in Ithaca, Feb. 25, 1857, Caleb B. Drake was called to the chair, and S. P. Wisner appointed secretary. The following resolutions were adopted: - "Resolved, That we have heard with regret of the death of Henry D. Barto, of Trumansburgh, the 22d instant. As a citizen, he was patriotic, watchful of the people's rights, and ready to resist what he deemed wrong. As a man, eminently honest, frank, and virtuous, and, while his health and strength lasted, industrious and devoted to his business. Possessed of strong feelings, and decided in his opinions, he was yet extremely social in his character. One of the pioneers of our country, by his labor, frugality, and prudence, he had secured a competence for his old age, and never were the means thus acquired employed to the injury of any one. a lawyer, he was prudent, cautious, and always desirous of avoiding litigations, but firm in the maintenance of principle, at whatever expense; yielding implicit obedience to valid laws, but uncompromising in his hostility to those laws he believed unconstitutional, when the people's rights were affected. As a judge, kind, courteous, and indulgent, only anxious to hold the scales of justice true. 66 As Resolved, That in his character as a citizen, a man, a lawyer, and a judge, there is much worthy our admiration, remembrance, and imitation. |