The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-02-03

DEATH Os LUrnEE SEVERANCE.
Tho fooEing article published Va the Rural Trseiis-
gcgcsr, Maine paper, written by neighbour ana
friend q Me- csVeranec, whose death VIC have already
chronirled.-
Thirty year, ago We made the aoqlaintanse Of nArss
haired youth who ehae 10 Augusta Me- Just out Of bis
apprenticeship 10 Gales saaton Publishers OF t,s Ma
hondl inislltgsnoer Washington lie q sfvsa-
tnfer 10 The printing business and iaauea proposals Ger
apaper, (there was uone In Augus,A and called II the
kenn"bec Journal He printed ana edited his pa
per, setting the pes al his cass from the thinking aa-
chine Of liza own heal lie proved % b. the abloa. sdit
that Maine ever had In les than I've years the popss
forced him INTO scat Ia our legislature thea holiday
It's temporary sessions in Portland. Afterwards he vas
chosen 70 the state senate again anj again then he
forced into the Congress Of the United sssa Aaa ies
than twenty years the rooT apprsnt boy that ls
Washington In 1925, seeking his fostuue down east"
member OF the national Legislature Ia the aauas city
one Of the most talented efficient and honDrei ,u.
bers OF that body, Meanwhile he conducted BIZ. paper
with az much readiness aud dasty as ever lie never
sought olice-Huprcmely modest II always forced
upon him and thu favor done 70 the public, not by
The public 70 him. vi lie 2tei public trust
the United States and the death VI Gen Taylor made
him President Retiring from Congtss 10 his editorial
post OF the kennebec Journal his health began 10 fse
him and President Taylor offered him appon men
Commissioner Of the United States TO the haniwich
Islands He was there four YEATS, anil returned last
summer, vtha cancer upon his under lip, ~hich has
nov eaten out the whole lower portion Of hs taos aai
into his throat and has destroyed the Of sp.akiag
and mas,ica,ing food and YET, true 70 hi, ruling
paason h. eontriyes write artielss every week isr
his old paper-the krnnebec Journal.
DEATH or wAsnn0roS Rvra's DispRiou
hon HANNAH kAtfEhhnAtktf Niri Gu tae Fbkh a.
his residence In hehaghtooks New York. aged seventy
five years, The death OF his wife occurred Only fog
weeks slnc.. Judge X born Ia Schaghtlcoke where
he resided down o. hH death and sustained In. chaa1
tor Of the bosi living representative Of the elias, Of sturdy
putch bnrahefs-a class nov about crtnct. lie wa.
iumorialiEed by Washington Irving who mads him tbs
original ~ his Dsdrlsh Few better kpswn ts
ths section Of the State. ho held for ume the ocs a
County Judge, and 10 1910 l3 ~praenied this distrios
in Congress.
Died, Al Middletown, Daiswafs county January 10.
EfJAH Ct In the sixty s"cOni year Of his Ag. after
rrotracicd Illness of four months. hf Catch
soldier Of 1872 he enlisted Ia the nineteenth year Of hn
age, Tor dys years under Colonel teveauorth 81 eihi
~" distinguished bimself ~ nambrr o. hard engzys
mentsone the ever memorable battle ~ IundY Ia -,
where b. wounded and taken pisopsr lie rrms,a-
ell ptisGnsr Hopth then With fellow prisoner ~
the name 81 stephens, swan ths Niagara river ant
turned a. their reg nsnt lie under UsuerNis
Scott and Brown through the campaign.
TIE Springfield ReIitl,can say. ha' Httro, Cosas
mtmbcr 81 the Legislature fcam Mddlsheld Hampshire
county MAJ, died Al his home the Ji ult ns hsh
teen home from Boston wfsk and his dSease d.
fever. lie between hfty aad ny Eve years az *.
Tie wlfeo! iou 4 rscK Urited States District Atior
nfy Tor te state 81 Vermont died g. ths cit
ut, 81 consumption She VERY estimahls lady.
anu deeply moafnrl ~ large CF,c u ffsnds Ia sss
ORLEANS this city, anh ctewhete