The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-02-15

ment. He died in the Csinss, Of The p~ssyaiEnG epidemic,
The eAols.s which has psovsa 80 iat.i = many : brother
DAILY was brother Of the Right. Hon. Lord Dunsandis,
and Was through life highly esteemed for the noble aad
equally by his brother officers, who thoroughly sppre.
ciated all his virtues, and = large circle Of relatives and
friends ct home.
DOCTOR %PBILLrHoRB, D. @. L.
The London Chronicle, Of January ~, says:-It 10 our
painful duty to announce the death Of Joseph Phini-
o SSI;, IL. Ea !, i z. Z University i anS T. q 3 o, 7; s'S SS.o. rISis. ss ,s Of
diocese, . deputy lieutenant Of the county Of Oxford,
and one Of the Busby trustees. He expired at his resi-.
instant. DR.. Phinimore was chancellor Of the dioceses
OF Worcester and Bristol, commissary Of the deaneries Of
81. panls and Westminster, Judge Of the Cirque ports,
rally. He was educated at Westminster, became a stu
dent Of Christ Church where his father mad been a gen.
professional distinction. His Latin and English style
was unrivalled for its purity and eloquence. In the dis
presenting Warren Hastings, after the peace presenting
the allied sovereigns, and 1T the Duke Of wellngton's in
~stsllation on presenting the distinguished men who at
tended thai, i~llustrious parsonage, excited universal adj
miration in our own and in foreign countries.
DEATH OF COL. THOMAS STAMFORD, OF THE UNITED
STATES ARMY.
Died, at Cambridge, (Md.) on the Sd inst, after q long
nd painful Illness Of four months, aged sixty six years,
oil. Thomas Stamford, Colonel Of the third regiment OF
Col. stamford was a native OF Vermont, and entered
he army AZ ensign Of the eleventh infantry in October,
S12, and has since that period, over forty years, beenin
bnftNub dCuNo lltdf u y On our iuul1u tfou-
Ter. He served ON the Northern frontier during the7wAr
Of 1872 until its close; and, on the reduction Of the army
in 1915, .hewas retained in the sixth infantry, and accom-
panied that regiment as the'adjutant in 1919, to the Upper
Missouri, where they established the first military post in
tina: then wild and distant region. He there participated
in the sunerings, privationH and disease that so dreadful
ly afflicted that command during the winter OF lsl9-'2c,
and which proved so fatalto both officers and men. Fever
and scuIvy broke out, arising from exposure and insult
from all succor or supplies, death silently decimated the
command, those who survived suffering for years the
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natural health and strength OF constitution enabled him
to pass through those manifold scenes of privation aud
suffering which proved fatal TO 30 many Of his fellow
officers and comrades. In the following year he was
promoted to u captaincy in the sam regiment, from
which he was transferred in 1888 to the Eighth infantry,
and served with the latter regiment in the Florida war.
In 1889 he was promoted TO the majority Of the Fourth
infantry, and accompanied IL from Jefferson Barracks to
the Red river, in 1914, to form a portion OF the army Of
annexation. 1t left the following June, 1s45, with the
Third infantry, under General Taylor, for Corpus Christi,
and landed among the first troops which subsequently,
constituted c.1;on te as IT vas styl. S,. "our ii ,N1Io srmy Of o;es.
transferred to the Fifth infantry, and in March,
1916, marched with his regiment to the Rio Grande.
in the battles OF Palo Alto and Resaca de In Palma
on the 9Th and 9th Of May. In the latter action he GAL
cam cavalry and s rane y that were sa eSaeSvoSios to :ut
the rear. The steady and destructive Are Of the dfth
threw them into confusion and put them TO q total
route. For these services he received the breyetof lieu
tenant colonel. He was promoted TO the lieutenant
in Soi septen Be .S Following loving w .a'- Sreyysts y ' coionsI fo os1 ssu amt
conduct In the battles before Monterey. He proceeded
with his regiment the following winter TO form part Of
the.army Of Gen. Scott to rendezvous ct Lobos Island.
On his voyage thence he received . severe injury, which
compelled him to return to the United States. From
this injury be never entirely recovered, and in all pro-
liability II contributed in some measure TO the fatal re-
suits OF his disease. He, however, was enabled to join
his regiment in Texas after the Mexican war, although
suffering ttill 1t the time from it's effects, and continued
with II up to the time of his promoaOn TO the colonelcy
OF the third infantry in 1862.