The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-02-07


DrA1H oY Nass r. W. BowyszR.-A sad ailction has
beallen Mr. 3owycr, Of most intelligent, reliable
and active officers in the detective service Of :hc
police. He went 10 ChaIleston, s. c. on duty, leav
rg his wfs behind him in excellent healt, 10 all hraan
appearances On Monday morning last she was taken
suddenly i'll, VIXEN one Of his ncighbors telegfaphed
him. He set on. Immediately for New York, but TOO late
even TO see her alive She died the evening, OF
congestion of Inc brain When he arrived therefore, he
found corpse Great is his bereavement be thus
suddenly deprived Of faithful and amabe vile, with
whom he had lived for twenty seven years on tho most
afectonatc terms. tsisasla
Died. al North Brookseld Massachusetts,, the 2ith
u Mr.. RuFrs DoDoE, aged So years. He was the old
est schoomaster Of Worcester county The Worcester
SPY says-Bs srst school WAS in Old BgookGed, in 1902,
and he continued in the service till 1882 period Of forty
years He taught nearly all the schools the Brooknelis
and The neighborrg towns. Distinguished dcplina
ran, he was sen, for far and wide whenever case Of
difficulty occurred and he failed qucl the most
rebeious school, without any great effort His fame and
peIaonal appearance we're generally sufficient For when
,a, came %nry BOYS generally
part Of his life II afforded him much satisfaction look
around upon those who under his care and watch
Their fortunes ard history and he used speak with
evident complaccncy OF the those had been
his prps He would tell how among his scholars were
such ana such gentlemen, IN New York and Boston,
wealthy and dsrirg shed merchants that such had
been Consul NJ Paris such ana such members Of the
hassaehu cts Senate such an one Secretary Of the Com
mohweath sucn an one large publisher, and a1oher a
great manufacturer &c Mr. Dodge was present at the
bfookfeld gathering the Fourth of July last and
object OF great interest with the multitude there
bled. When last aen sick his family proposed 10 him
to be removed into another and they thought more
convenient room, which they had fitted UP for him, but
he declued "ln this room," said he "my father and
mother both died, here was born here wish 10 die'
and he was permitted to breathe his last where eighty
i've years before he drew his first breath. He passed
gently and quesy away. Agreeably TO his special re-
quest he was carried to his last resting place by CHS
scholars"
Died, at Albany, ou the tth inst TcESis VAN vEcHrxS
! ESD, IN The 18th year Of his age He was nephew Of
Abraham Van Nechten aud succeeded 10 his professional
business and for many years occupied high rank at the
bar Ie had held tue office OF City Attorney, Alderman,
Mayor and was for forty years director Of the Bank Of
| Albany.
Capt j. OHARA DENNY, who scrvsd with distinction In
the Mexican war, died al his residence Pt,sburg on
| the 31st ult h~'ii
Hon. CHRISTOPHER C. SCOTT one Of the Associate Judges
Of the Supreme Court Of Arkansas died Little Rock
| the 10th Mt. f., n \,
Mrs. MARY flocxs died in Troy, on the 21at ut at tho
exceedingly advanced age Of hundred years and five
months She ~as born IA the county Cayan Ireland and
lived there until 1873, whom at the age Of sixty she
came 70 this country, where abe has resided during the
intervening thirty-six years fll t'3I 4
Mrs. HANNAH DAVIS died at Mansfield Warren county
Nj, few days since, aged over lO2 years. She wai
born in Hcpcwc, Mercer county, where she spent the
| carly part OF her life