New-York tribune., 1868-02-17
OBITUARY.

Mrs Mary Nining, a once distinguished actress,
died In London on the 20th ult. Her name will not be
Immediately recognized. perhaps. by those only ac
quainted with modern theatrical history but TO the old
E3in, Who must have beeu 20 at the time of her de-
cease daughter Of the famous Tony JohannOt the
son OF Ascys and the surrey at the beginning of the
present century He g@ned small portion Of his fame
bv the comic song Of The Beadle OF the Parish" which
encores Of an evening Little Miss Johannot was.
years OF age enrolled in the ballet and finally going
Drurylane, attracted marked attention by
pas seul IN the romance OF Illusion The stage mana
ger, Raymond, saw that she had capabilities as an
actress recommended her 10 TrOtter then Manager OF
the Brighton Theaer aud great was her success In the
country. as Helen haegregoT and Madge hndGre that
Mr. Harris Of engaged her for three
az 80 week. and she there made her debut as Henrietta
IN Ihs Farn ot Se,arge Ieergray g aSl shortly be 6e,
Easter pectaces for some years she was the principal
feature In ChsIE ard Far Sar sle PLAYED & 0St,Iy
Of Harrington; and her Peter Htkins, In the romantic
drama Of that name was sgIa c SScsr pspetrn
ing eyes, muscay deep ana Impressive voice ana hne
figure peculiarly qu5ned Tr io g ake nf yo,ih and
manhood When the Opera OF GusidruS The Third was
hTongbt ont at CoyentCiarden In November ls33 Mira
ynng was principal dancer IN the celebrated Ger
Pas introduced ino the great scene OF the Masked
aferward retire from. the stage Her husband who
acted old men at the London Olympic Theater, died
about 20 years ago
Prof. John +. Richardson of the Rochester
University. who died on Monday. was born Ia Oneida
County 1905 After careful early training he entered
the Presbyterian Institute at Chtenango, where he dis
tngushod himself by his fOndness for languages He
was subsequently student at Madison University, and
while there his Christian department. cultivated Classical
schoarship and Ondness for the cause Of education.
made evident that he best adapted To the work Of
a teacher He at first tutor and subsequently Pro
fessOr OF Latin In Madison University and left Hamilton
only 10 assume the chair OF the Latin language and lit
erature In the University OF Rochester when this insu-
tion was first founded. He the author Of work
Latin pronunciation. which has challenged the attention
OF scholars everywhere. He leaves widow and family
OF daughters Two OF his daughters are married TO cer
gymen.
Mr.. William NJ. Swain, founder of The Public
Ledger died Phladephia yesterday, at the age Of 3d.
He was also Of the founders OF The baltimore Sun
a native OF Onondaga County, NewYork one OF the most
thorough masters Of the art OF printing and one Of the
most successful newspaper publishers In this country
He was the first publisher 10 recognize the great
value of the rotary printing machine and the hrst press
OF that kind was used by him In The Ledger office. He
eight years President OF the Magnetic Telegraph Com
pany and many years director Of the American Tele-
graph Company He largely instrumental In organ
zng and improving the telegraph system Of the United
5Jates.