The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-11-12
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OBITUARY.
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander H. Bow
man, u. .. A.
Lieutenant Colonel A. II. Bowman, Of the cosrs =
Engineers United states Army, died at his residence
wilkcsbarre Pa on the morning OF the 11th inst he
bad grown old and rusy but not useless in the SERVICE
and for the past years has not been ON active duty
having relieved field service and constituted Pres
dent OF tho Board of Engineers, charged with remodel
ing the Notifications He has forty years 81
various service in the corps to which he was attached
He was born in Pennsylvania about the year 1909 and
entered West Point Academy in 1921 He graduated No
3 in the class OF ls25-that class in which Alexander
Bache, for many years at the head Of the corps
of Typographical Engineers, was No ] Ben
jamin Huger No. s. Robert Anderson, OF Fort
Sumter fame, No 10, and Charles +. Smith
No. 49, There other distinguished member Of
the class Charles !. smith, who was, without doubt,
the abest of the class died at Savannah Tennessee,
while the battle of Shiloh raging within his hearing
Professor Bache IS still living at ripe old age, and still
in harness superintendent of the United States Coast
Surveys Huger rebel, and Robert Anderson, now
retired may be seen occasionally IN Fulton market with
his basket his arm s strong and hale though gray
and little bent Broadway with step that has not
lost its martial tread
Colonel Bowman's career was less adventurous than
TINT Of either Of his mentioned classmates, unless be
highest branch of the his graduation he was
the same day promoted TO the full rank and appointed
He ' was ' iseVed in the following year The only
official record which exists says nothing or HE
employment from tina, time ,on. until 1888
He made first lieutenant January 81 1885, and cap
tain July L 1888 He saw service in the Mexican war
In 1853 he detached from the Engineer Corps and
ordered to the IT, s. Treasury Department. the Secretary
Of which appointed him Superintendent OF the Bureau
the Purchase Sites and Erection OF Custom Houses
! He engaged on this daty until his promotion to
major OF engineers January 1857 soon after which he
/ was ordered to superintend the completion of For,
sumter He lett this work but short time before the
investment or by Beauregard and the fatal and foolish
ne made Superintendent and Commandant Of the
| Military Academy at Yves, Point The chapges IN Abe
spril, 1864, vsry materially Affected coonol Bowman
and resulted IN his retirement from the
chic Engineer, and Iientenan, Colonel Bowman al
vanced one in the line OF promotion HIS sonios euen
colonel Thomas j. Dram, was appointed an Additional
| aid decomp Barnard was made major general, ana
George W Culem the next lieutenant colonel was given
retired wilkcshare in July 1854, where he was
engaged up 10 the time Of his death IN supervising tho
plans propositions of his subordinate engineers for
| the Improvement OF coast defeDccs.
Dr. Richsrsson, tho English I.s1sro-
! graph-r.
Tho latest Epgsb papers announce the death of
nr Richardson the photographer at the " ninety
| years Making dictionaries appears TO be n healthy
business only few days ago that announced
|
cigbty-oue Walker, TOO, lived To good old age
Or johnson seventy i've when he died. and the late
Noshlw died NJ esghty Though men az many
words they OF few deeds, and lived free from
| those excitements which hasten DEATH
| W. presume, although IL Is not stated, tina, Tho
! deceased photographer was Charles Richardson.
other peculiarly Of photographers appears 10 BE- that
their identity In positively established Dr. John.
snn the lcxcographer and DR. Johnson the poet,
4 .l...xgu No..
wells rough aud uncouth patron and 6clsemitb-
| tender aud loving friend enjoys double existence
I Noah and Daniel Webster werr often mistaken for
and the person, and many are the curious ane'
dotes related Of tho mistake made BY persons on meet
ing with Daniel Webster All will remember that Of t.
backwoods school teacher who had heard much Of NJ
Webster Congress- and through his spelling hooks and
| "big dictionary and who could not conceal ms
disgust on discovering that they were altogether
| different percentages Some years since Daniel wses.r
washington, and ssked they had the second volume Of
"a. much missI :. to he identity Of Noah ana Dssir
! replied eyes. Mr. Webster, Ne have, and, what wilt
nosy sSo1ss s viii ss The
statesman II don't want IL; what want is kacaulass
History s5rs ~ me neossr, wss NO. YER. ~.
known. except among scholars, IN this country; and
ms s enabled " Benton 70 put 10, ssod
| OF Sor,h Carolina NJ. Benton had In his speech
applied Mr. Badger the slang term Of 'baaboozer,
| n
| and MIR Badger called him for explanation of
the vulgar term asserting that IL was NOS an English
Here Here my bow beckonins one o. tho pages "snnr
me from the library some English dctonariesR chard
ser : and all the others you have" The page d,ap
peared, aud speedily returned with his arms full of
hooks and laid them upon the Senator's desk Now,
SIR resumed Mr. Benton, 1--WE will see " we can md
bamboozle and bambooxler Here we have H. sir, IN
websier;-' Bamboozlc,o coniound to deceive 70 play
low tricks upon: Bamboozlera cheat; one who plays
low tricks And here Ia Rchardson--" ~ hope
in,erpofed Mr. Badger, the Senator will dcsst am
satisfied that we cannot bamboozle him.
These stories form very inappropriate introduction 70
sketch Of DR.. Richardson; but, though misspped
! they are not exactly out Of place
| Dir Charles Richardson LID, ctymolosst and Ell
cographer born in July, 1775, and bred 70 tho hu
hut II early FOR the attractive calling OF b
oraire His nrst literary production 'Illustratons
| OF English Phlologyn 0s05h critical examination oi
| Dr Johpsons Dictionary and remarks Mr. d. stew
arts essay on The Tendency Of some Pathological
| speculatont, In which he showed himself 70 be siren
nous advocate OF Horne Iooses "rrncplcs 0, Ian
asked 10 undertake the lexiccsraPhlca, porson OF the
Encyclopedias hetropolsna = The nrst part OF this
work was published IN January 1873 but IN consequence
OF the failure OF publishers " was suspended after
the publication OF the fourth part for upwards Of three
| wears subsequently the copyright and the stock
sold Or Richardson again assumed the work under the
| auspices OF Or Mawman and his co.proprIetors The
w. p,eserps commenced IN January, 1885 and was
completed in the spring Of 1897 An abrdgmen Of the
wort in svo published NJ the latter end Of 1905
10th works wore also reprinted in New York The IN
happy failure OF his respected publisher, Mr. Pckcrug
who held moiety OF the copyright must OF course have
brought much trouble and anxiety the author which
we understand finally terminated by an arrange
men, under which MT whittingham, OF tho famed chr
wick press and Mr George Bell became purchasers ~
the entire copyright; and editions OF both in quaro and
octave, have since been issued. DR. Richardson
published little volume the study Of Language
II processes 70 he exposition Of the principles hcul
Gated In the "Dvcrsions OF Purley," BY which the an
thor declares himself TO have been guided IN me compo
ston Of his dictionary. Besides these SUBSTANTIVE
works. DR. Richardson has contributed several papers 10
the Gentisma~'s Naoasins, IAN Historical hsssy on
Enelsh Grammar and English Grammarans, and an
other on Fancy and Imagination IN which no contrs
consideyus NJ oute unphlosophcai 70 suppose them