New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-08-10
RECENT DEATHS.

Nr,ru oy HEsRY p. CoBURy, Ese-On last Saturday
night CObu E one a. ne 81. pssdsnes nS on
Defaware-st of cholera Mr. Coourn had JUST returned
rom visit to bis eldest Lake Superior lie was
we uudegs and with the premouitory symptoms
Of the disease before he started home but checked with
sueh preparations he had and hurried home where ne
arrived ON Friday night and died on Saturday night Ire
DAILY Journal pays the following merited tribute 20 the
He las lived among since the city was founded,
and during that long period has lost the respect and
REGARD Of any that knew him. He was In all respects
n man upright frank and fair. No was Justly his
enemy and no lived that less occasion for
calunny or enmty. He Clerk OF the supreme Court
OF this State nearly since s organization TIL the eiec-
ton of Mr. Beach and recently was one OF the rus
tees of the City Free Schools. He WAS graduate OF mar
ward University and collegemse with Ed ward and Alex
nnder H. Everett He of the most efficient TACT
for long time the only efficient Trustee Of our Coun
Library ard did than any man 10 make tha' instt-
on ay sabe and valuable. Hsfe was full OF unpretend-
ing uposena usefulness and though nc mas h0e less
nnbic displey than almost any man. he has done more
r the moral and educational interests of the city than
anv man in it. He is truly one of those TO whom the
Indianapolis Democrat, 9th ul'
Another WAsHISGroS DEsD-Dr. Bailey Washing
ton died al Washington August 4. Dr. Washington was
horn in Wesmoreland County Vrginia, on the I'm OF
Ma I-s7 and connected by blood and brthrght with
the lustrious man whose he bore. AZ the time OF
his death he was of the senior surgeons in the United
States Navy having entered 4 IN tslU ana ses'Su W'n
srrrassed Nc Yves the surgeon Of the Enterprise
when she captured the Boxer during the last war and
afterward served with efficiency on Lake Ontario under
Com Chauncey and selected by that nigh oihcer IS
his feet surgeon, though junior. lie was successfully
feet surgeon under Commodoros Rodgers Elliott, end
Patterson in the Mediterranean, and closed hs seve sea
service during the Mexican At the time o. his death
he wns consulting and visiting surgeon OF the Nsvyfard
ana Marine Barracks in Washington.
DEATH OF HESRy BlBB.-Henry Bib, editor Of TIE
Voiee Of The FBgtUe, published at Windsor, Gambia
West died of congestion of the brain. Tuesday tue
st inst after al illness of sixteen weeks aged 80 years
Mr. Bib was born n slave in Kentucky IN ISIS, and
lived under the whitening influence of Slavery unit, he was
.5 wears of age when his noble spirit could endure the op'
preston Of the taskmaster longer and he resolved 20
berate himself from the grasp Of the manser or per
jsh in the attempt With bis eye the North Star he
set out for land of freedom and by the aid of ocomoon
and an inventive genius he soon beyond the reach OF
human kdnappers. Since he resaned his liberty he has
been connected with TIE Anti.Sayery movement a. lee.
turr author and editor and has been universally esteemed
wherever he was known. Milwaukee News.
DEATH OF CAPTAIN VAS BvREY-The gallant Office
and worthy soldier, Capt. Van Buren, of the Mounted
Rifles of whose fierce combat with the Indians published
detailed statement n week ago, has since died OF his
wound although he survived the passage Of TIE arrow
through his body for days. He an officer OF prom
e He was native of Maryland, but received ms ap-
pontm1ut from Michigan. Few encounters Win Indians
were more determined and gallant than the one IN which
the hoc Van Buren, and his eleven comrades took part
Honor 10 the derarted soldier. New Orleans Delta 3D.