New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-30


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| name Of Eraslus l. DE Fvest, class ot 1881, who
iou-ly disappeared il The City Of New-f"ra n
January ia,i, Of whom no tji!s have ever been re-
c,iv.d The cloes. graduate OF Yale is the Hon. John
NJ. Mcclellan OF Woodstock, Conn, Of the class 1t
1855, gg.6 81 years. His is tie frs: name without
st,i in the III. npia catal que more eHtendednoee
Il some III the m,re disns uiehcd men in the above
table win be OF interest
JAMES MURDOCH was the son of Abraham Murdoch
OF We brook, Conn aud Wa hero ~ that town Feo
I6 1776 In November succeeding his graduation Nc
b, cstre the Preceptcr Of the Hopkins Gramnar
81 hool in New. Haven This office he reDquishcd in
Nurcb 1899 and commenced the study OF theology
upcer ,he Rev. DIR. Dwight, In February, 1902. he
was odsiitd pastor "f the church at Princeton,
Mass In 1915 be resigned his pastoral charge on
account If receiving the apps ntent Of Professor Of
the Creek and Latin languages in the University of
V.rn ont. Ia 1919 hr appointed Professor Of 81
CT, Rhetoric and Eecesiastca History in the Theo-
Iogcei Seminary az Andover, Mass, which office he
held Until 1898. lie then removed TO New.Haven,
where he resided for the remainder Of his life engaged
10 Theological aud other studies During this period
he published new translation Of " Mosheims lnsti.
tutes Of Eccle siastical History" Translation Of
| Muensch.r's Dcgmatic Hisirry," Sketches of
Modern Philosophy, especially amongth the Germans,
"1raDsatiCn Il The New Testament from The Syrac
P.stio VERSION, aod In con- Junction with the Rev.
Toward H. Tyi,r, bis soun.law, the "Coogrsea-
| toDa Csteclsm," giving a general survey OF the
orga, zation government and diecipiOe OF Christian
| Chwches. He also published, in Two volumes Oc.
tavo translation Of " Mosheims Historical Commen-
,.to of he Chrisf hpfOr
time Of Constantine the Great" OF which the first
volume translated in FL gland. lie died at Co.
| lun bus, Miss, while on n visit to o son.
Prof. ELISHA MITCHELL was tie son OF Abner
Mitchell Of Washington, Conn., and born in that
town August 10, 1893 He was tutor in Yale College
fiom 1916 to 1875 and was subsequently. appointed
Professor Of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy IN
| the University Of North Carolina. In $50 ne was
transferred to the PrOfe sorship of Chemistry Miner.
alogy and Geology in the same University and held
this Office the lime of his decease. He was the au-
thor of various papers published in Sillinans Journal
He also prepared Tor his cnses manuals Of Chemistry,
Of Geology and Natural History. lie had diligently
explored the lofty mountains OF North Carolina, and
10 long ago as 1885 had determined the elevation of
ole ofthe peaks Of the Black Mountain range to be
geater THAI that of Mount Washington iu NewIIl amp
shine While engaged in June las. in making further
barometrcsl ana tTgcnom Al invt sgatious this
rapge, he lost bis life doubtless by q fan from
pretipce into stream below, and probably on the
27,b day of Jure 1857. After search Of several
da,s, prosecuted with earnest sympathy by the CHI
Ds OF the nelghDcrnoou, dis DVuy was ouho Oh inc
! 9Th day ofJuly.
The Rev. ELI SMITH was born in Northford, Coma,
| Sept. - 1901. After his graduation he pursued a
couise of theological sudy in the Seminary at AndO-
yer. III May. 1896, he embarked as Missionary OF
the American Board and took charge Of their printing
estab bmeDt at Malta Soon after this he passed on
to Syria and became connected with the mission 10
that country. In the Spring Of 1923 the missionaries
compelled, by political dis urbances, to retire for
a Sc ssCn TO Malta. They there visited by of
The Secretaries Of the Board AID Mr. Smith acoompa-
| LIE him On o tour through Greece and the Greek
lsancs. An exploration OF Armenia being deemed
p.dirBt, this extensive journey accomplished by
Mr.. Smith in company with the Rev. Ii. g. o. Dw sht,
in 1880 and 1891 An account of this exploration, pre-.
pared by M Smith, published in two volumes in
1888. In 1888 and again 10 1882 he the cOmpan-
ion and coaduiOr Of Prof Edward Robinson ia his
tesve and thorough exploration Of Palestine and the
adjacent regions, and contributed in important de-
gree to The of that enterprise. His thorough
knowledge Of the Arabic aud his acquaintance with the
wants of those who this language, eminently quail
fed him for the important service which he rendered
IL the production Of new improved form and font of
Arabic type The first font cast at Lipsic under his
supeInendence, and Others have since been cut and
cast in this country He resumed his missionary abors
Syria in 1871 About the year 1916 he commenced the
gIeat Undertaking for which better fttec,
he being by universal consent the best Arabic scholar
in the worldthe work Of preparing new Translation
of the whole Bible into Arabic. This labor he prose-
cued with unremitted zeal and devotion ~ the very
81. &c of fe but not permitted to bring it to
pleton He died at BeyTOut the 18th Of January,
| 1857, in the 56th year of his age.