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The Cemetery contains about 130 acres. There are already more than 3000 private lots.
The Superintendent may always be found at the Cemetery, except on Saturday mornings, when he is in attendance at the Treasurer's and Secretary's Office. Tickets of admission for carriages may be obtained of the Secretary, at 39 Court Street, Boston, or any of the Trustees.
CAMBRIDGE CEMETERY. Established in 1853.
His Honor the Mayor, ex-officio, Chairman. Zelotes Hos- mer, Anson Hooker, Abraham Edwards, William A. Saun- ders, George Meacham, Silas, B. Buck, Commissioners. Henry H. Eames, Superintendent.
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MIDDLESEX COUNTY OFFICERS, COURTS, ETC.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY OFFICERS, COURTS, & C.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY OFFICERS. - William A. Richardson, Judge of Probate and Insolvency. Joseph H. Tyler, of East Cambridge, Register of Probate and Insolvency. Isaac F. Jones, Assistant Register of Probate and Insolvency. Caleb Hayden, of Cambridge, Register of Deeds, Southern District. Asahel B. Wright, of Lowell, Register of Deeds, Northern District. Isaac S. Morse, of Lowell, District Attorney. Amos Stone, of Charlestown, County Treasurer. Benjamin F. Ham, of East Cambridge, Clerk of the Courts. Marshall Preston, of Lexington, Assistant Clerk.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. - Leonard Huntress, of Tewks- bury, Chairman; Paul H. Sweetser, of South Reading; Edward J. Collins, of Newton.
SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS. - B. K. Haven, Framingham; John L. Fletcher, Acton. Meetings, at Cambridge, on 1st Tuesday in January; Concord, the 1st Tuesday in June; Lowell, the 1st Tuesday in September.
Moses Pritchard, of Lowell, Crier of the Courts.
JAILERS. - Charles J. Adams, of Cambridge; Samuel Staples, of Concord; Charles Kimball, of Lowell.
OVERSEERS OF THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION. - Samuel Chandler, of Lexington; William Parmenter, of Cambridge; James M. Usher, of Medford. Charles J. Adams, Master.
COMMISSIONERS TO QUALIFY CIVIL OFFICERS. - Isaac F. Jones, Bickford Pulsifer, jr.
SHERIFF. - Charles Kimball, of Winchester.
DEPUTY SHERIFFS. - Hosea Jewell, Cambridgeport; Sam- uel W. Richardson, East Cambridge.
SUPERIOR COURT.
Civil Terms. - Lowell, on the 2d Monday in March, and the first Monday in September; Concord, on the 1st Monday in June; Cambridge, on the 2d Monday in December.
Criminal Terms .- Cambridge, on the 2d Monday in February; Concord, on the 4th Monday in June; Lowell, on the 3d Monday in October.
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COURTS.
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT.
Nisi Prius Term. - At Lowell, on the 3d Tuesday in April and October.
MASTER IN CHANCERY. - Joseph H. Tyler, East Cam- bridge.
PROBATE COURT.
JANUARY
Second and Fourth
" Cambridge.
FEBRUARY
Second and Fourth 66
" Cambridge.
MARCH
Second and Fourth
66
" Lowell.
APRIL
Second and Fourth
66
" Cambridge.
First
66
" Concord.
MAY
Second
66
" Cambridge.
Fourth
66
'. Groton.
First
" Lowell.
JUNE
Second
66
" Cambridge.
AUGUST
Second and Fourth
66
" Cambridge ..
First
66
" Lowell.
SEPTEMBER
Second
66
" Cambridge.
Fourth
66
" Groton.
First
66
" Concord.
OCTOBER
Second
66
" Cambridge.
Fourth
66
" Fram'ham.
NOVEMBER
Second and Fourth
" Cambridge.
DECEMBER
First
66
" Lowell.
Second and Fourth
" Cambridge.
COURT OF INSOLVENCY.
Cambridge-On the 2d and 4th Wednesday of each month except July.
Lowell - On the 1st Wednesday of January, March, May, October, November, and on 1st Tuesday of February, April, June, September, and December.
Concord - On the 1st Tuesday of January, March, May, and October.
Special Sessions at other times as the business of the Court requires.
First
Tuesday at Concord.
First
" Lowell.
First
66 " Concord.
" Cambridge.
First
Fourth
66
" Fram'ham.
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RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.
RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES IN CAMBRIDGE.
FIRST PARISH IN CAMBRIDGE - UNITARIAN.
Harvard Square, opposite Harvard College. WILLIAM NEWELL, Pastor. Joseph Brackett, Sexton, resides Brattle street, near Story. Parish Committee - Joseph Cutler, Andrew S. Waitt, William Read, jr. There is a Ministerial Fund belonging to the First Parish, amounting to between $14,000 and $15,000. The Trustees of said fund are : - Charles Beck, William L. Whitney, James Munroe, A. H. Ramsay, Charles R. Metcalf, Andrew S. Waitt, R. M. Hodges. Treasurer, William L. Whitney.
FIRST CHURCH AND SHEPARD CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY TRINITARIAN.
Mount Auburn, corner of Holyoke Street. JOHN A. ALBRO, Pastor. William A. Saunders, Chairman of Pru- dential Committee. Wm. A. Saunders, Treasurer. Ste- phen T. Farwell, Clerk. B. F. Wyeth, Sexton and Under- taker, resides Brattle street, opposite Brattle House.
CHRIST CHURCH - EPISCOPAL.
ยท Garden Street. NICHOLAS HOPPIN, Rertor. Herbert H. Stimpson, Luther Crane, Wardens. James C. Merrill, Clerk and Treasurer. Horace Handford, Sexton, resides Shepard street.
ST. PETER'S CHURCH - CATHOLIC.
Concord Avenue-Observatory Hill. MANASSES P. DOUGH- ERTY, Pastor. Michael Tracy, Sexton, resides Concord Avenue near the church.
OLD CAMBRIDGE BAPTIST SOCIETY.
Head of Kirkland Street. JOHN PRYOR, Pastor. Joshua G. Gooch, Chairman Standing Committee. John B. Dana, Treasurer. Austin J. Coolidge, Clerk. Wm. T. Richard- son, Collector. J. H. Tucker, Sexton, resides Kirkland Street.
ALLEN STREET CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY - UNITARIAN.
Allen street, North Cambridge. JOHN MARSHALL MARS- TERS, Pastor. John B. Cook, Chairman Standing Com- mittee. Thomas Lord, Clerk. Edward G. Lynes, Treasurer. James S. Claflen, Sexton, resides Maple street.
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RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.
NORTH CAMBRIDGE BAPTIST SOCIETY.
North Avenue. Destitute of a pastor. Francis W. Wade, Chairman Standing Committee. Cornelius Dorr, Treasurer. Warren Sanger, Clerk. Nathan Wilson, Sexton, resides Orchard cor Russell.
LEE STREET CHURCH - UNITARIAN.
Lee Street. H. F. HARRINGTON, Pastor. Nathan Fiske, Chairman Standing Committee. William P. Sampson, Treasurer. Eben Snow, Clerk. Andrew B. Harlow, Sex- ton, resides, Pine Street.
CAMBRIDGEPORT PARISHI - UNITARIAN.
Austin Street. J. F. W. WARE, Pastor. John Liver- more, Chairman Parish Committee. Roland Litchfield, jr., Treasurer. W. W. Wellington, Clerk. Roland Litchfield, jr., Sexton and Undertaker, resides Main cor Columbia.
SECOND METHODIST EPISCOPAL SOCIETY.
Harvard opposite Essex street. GILBERT HAVEN, Pastor. Hosea Whiting, Chairman of Trustees. G. W. King, Treasurer. T. G. Whittier, Sexton, resides Gardner street.
SECOND EVANGELICAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - TRINI- TARIAN.
Austin Street. GEORGE E. ALLEN, Pastor. George W. Wyatt, Chairman Standing Committee. J. N. Rugg, Treasurer and Clerk. William Storer, Sexton, resides 80 Prospect Street.
FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL SOCIETY.
Cambridge Street. MOSES A. HOWE, Pastor. A. H. Ste- vens, Chairman Trustees. A. H. Stevens, Treasurer. Ho- ratio N. Hovey, Clerk. Samuel Fillebrown, Sexton, resides Bridge street.
FIRST BAPTIST SOCIETY.
Magazine street, junction of River. SUMNER R. MASON, Pastor. Isaac C. Holmes, Martin L. Smith, Joseph Good- now, Albert Vinal, William G. Tarbell, Josiah W. Cook, Edward Crosby, David D. Leeds, William Cooper, Trustees. Albert Vinal, Treasurer. Isaac C. Holmes, Clerk. Benj. J. Hoyt, Sexton and Undertaker, resides Cottage street near Pearl.
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RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.
FIRST EVANGELICAL CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY - TRINI- TARIAN.
Prospect Street. There is at present no pastor settled over this church. John Sargent, Chairman of Standing Committee. Benjamin Tilton, Treasurer. Samuel N. Ufford, Clerk. George R. Turner, Sexton, resides Essex street Place.
ST. PETER'S CHURCH - EPISCOPAL.
Prospect Street. WILLIAM P. PAGE, Rector. F. Dana, G. M. Dayton, Wardens. E. S. Whitman, Treasurer. William A. Iles, Clerk. James C. Wilder, Sexton and Un- dertuker, resides River.
FIRST UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY.
Main Street, junction of State. CHARLES A. SKINNER, Pastor. Curtis Davis, David Ellis, Jonas C. Wellington, Avery Howe, and Rufus Lamson, Standing Committee. R. Ellis, Clerk and Treasurer. Samuel F. Hunt, Sexton, re- sides Auburn Street.
SECOND BAPTIST SOCIETY.
Cambridge Street, corner Fourth. H. K. PERVEAR, Pas- tor. Henry S. Hills, Chairman Standing Committee. Henry S. Hills, Treasurer. Isaac F. Jones, Clerk. Hiram Welch, Sexton, resides 103 Otis Street.
EVANGELICAL CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY.
South Second Street. There is no pastor settled over this Church. Moses Clarke, Chairman Standing Committee. William Wyman, Treasurer. George W. Fifield, Clerk. Charles Coolidge, Sexton, resides 61 Spring Street.
THIRD CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY -- UNITARIAN.
Third, corner Thorndike Street. FREDERICK KNAPP, Pastor. Anson Hooker, Chairman Standing Committee. Adolph Vogle, Treasurer. Nathan L. Greene, Clerk. Thomas S. Hudson, Sexton, resides 38 Gore Street.
SECOND UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY.
Cambridge Street. HENRY W. RUGG, Pastor. John B. Winslow, Chairman Standing Committee. A. P. Griffing, Treasurer. J. D. Wellington, Clerk. Watson B. Hastings, Sexton, resides Cambridge cor Fifth
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SOCIETIES, ETC.
ST. JOHN'S CHURCHI - CATHOLIC.
South Fourth Street. FRANCIS X. BRANAGAN, Pastor. William Casey, Sexton, Clerk, and Undertaker, resides Fourth Street near Spring.
HOLMES CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY.
North Avenue. WILLIAM CARRUTHERS, Pastor. John B. Atwill, Chairman Standing Committee. Charles J. Russell, Treasurer. L. J. Wing, Clerk. George J. Fox, Sexton, boards at J. K. Farwell's, North Avenue.
SOCIETIES, &c.
DANA LIBRARY. - Located at City Hall; open every Wed- nesday and Saturday from 4 to 8 P. M. Trustees -J. P. Richardson, Marshall T. Bigelow, George Livermore, Anson Hooker, W. W. Wellington. Librarian - Miss Caroline F. Orne.
This is a public library, and is open to every one who resides in Cambridge, and will pay one dollar a year. It contains nineteen hundred and seventy-seven volumes. Large additions are constantly being made.
DOWSE INSTITUTE. - President, Zelotes Hosmer ; Secre- tary, W. W. Wellington; Treasurer, Charles Deane. They, together with the Mayor and the President of the Common Council for the time being, constitute the Board of Trus- tees.
The Executors of the will of Thomas Dowse appropriated $10,000 for the establishment and support of an annual course of Public Lectures in Cambridge, under the name of the Dowse Institute. The first Lecture was delivered by Hon. Edward Everett, Dec. 7, 1858, at the City Hall.
CAMBRIDGE LYCEUM. - President, William L. Whitney; Secretary and Treasurer, A. H. Ramsay; Trustees, James Munroe, Stephen T. Farwell, R. M. Hodges, Nathan Fiske, Ebenezer Francis, Augustus A. Whitney, William L. Whit- ney, A. H. Ramsay.
CAMBRIDGEPORT HORTICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. - Organ- ized October, 1860. - President, C. M. Hovey. Vice- President, Charles H. Allen. Secretary, H. W. Muzzey. Treasurer, J. C. Wellington. Librarian, D. W. Niles.
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SOCIETIES, ETC.
IRVING LITERARY INSTITUTION. - Rooms corner of Main and Norfolk Streets. President, G. A. Smart; Vice-Presi- dent, William II. Dodge; Recording Secretary, James B. Alden; Corresponding Secretary, William H. Whitney ; Treasurer, E. Willis Corey; Directors, William H. Smart, C. A. Damon, William A. Orcutt.
FRANKLIN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. - Incorporated March 16th, 1854. Rooms, Lamson's Block, Main Street. Presi- dent, Hamlin R. Harding; Vice-President, D. A. Buckley, Secretary, G. A. Smart ; Treasurer, J. McDuffie ; Libra- rian, C. B. Cade.
WILLIAM WARREN DRAMATIC ASSOCIATION. - Rooms in Franklin Hall, Lamson's Block, Main Street. Meetings on Wednesday night. President, C. A. Damon; Vice-President, Colin Mackenzie ; Secretary, James Berwick ; Treasurer, James Henry; Stage Manager, George E. Sawyer.
AMICABLE FIRE SOCIETY. - Instituted April 10, 1810. - President, Marshall T. Bigelow; Clerk, William Bates, jr .; Treasurer, Leonard Lyon; Wardens, William Porter, J. P. Wallace, jr., J. P. White, A. J. Jones, Levi Perkins. Au- diting Committee, J. A. Fulton, Henry Lamson.
HOWARD BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. - This Society was form- ed in 1851. Its object is to relieve the sufferings of the poor and unfortunate. Its officers are as follows : -
President, Lewis Colby; Secretary, John C. Thurston; Treasurer, A. C. Webber.
Managers - District No. 1, M. L. Smith ; District No. 2, Charles Woodman; District No. 3, Samuel Palmer; Dis- trict No. 4, A. H. Safford; District No. 5, J. W. Cook; Dis- trict No. 6, J. W. A. Scott ; District No. 7, A. Q. Rowell ; District No. 8, Joseph Whittemore.
Application for aid to be made to any one of the Man- agers.
CAMBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION. - President, Robert Torry; Vice-Preidents, G. A. Smart, F. W. Tilton, Charles A. Cooper, D. T. S. Leland, B. S. Binney, Joseph H. Leonard; Secretary, George E. Chapman; Treasurer, G. A. Smart; Executive Committee, Charles H. Ward, J. P. Rupp, J. H. Bates, Charles H. Spencer, W. S. Buck, Misses Elvira S. Rice, Sarah Mitchell, Sarah J. Davis, A. M. Webb, O. M. Cook; Orator, John D. Sweet; Poet, Charles Carroll ; Chronicler, S. L Cutter, jr.
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MASONIC LODGES.
CAMBRIDGE HUMANE SOCIETY. - President, William L. Whitney; Treasurer, A. II. Ramsay. Trustees - Rev. John . A. Albro, Rev. John Pryor, Rev. Frederic D. Huntington, Prof. T. J. Child, Rev. William Newell. Agent, Rev. Kins- man Atkinson.
ST. JOHN'S MUTUAL RELIEF SOCIETY - connected with St. John's Church. (550 members.) President, Rev. F. X. Branagan ; Vice-President, Patrick Rafferty ; Secretary, Thomas Carrolle; Treasurer, Michael Barrett; Bookkeeper, Thomas McNamara.
Board of Management. - Rev. F. X. Branagan, Patrick Rafferty, Thomas Carrolle, Michael Barrett, Thomas Mc- Namara, John Conlin, John Hegney, John Lennon, James McCann, James Eylword
Visiting Committee. - Walter Welch, Chairman. Dis- trict No. 1, East Cambridge, Thomas Keeffe, Hugh McElroy, Patrick Sexton. District No. 2, Somerville, George McGee, Thomas Corrigan, Edward Flynn. District No. 3, Lower Port, Patrick Doherty, John Dolan, John Corcoran. Dis- trict No. 4, Upper Port, Michael Daily. Boston and Rox- bury, Patrick Riley.
ST. JOHN'S CHARITABLE SOCIETY, for the Relief of the Poor. (500 members.) President, Robert Brine, jr .; Secre- tary, Michael Deehan; Treasurer, Rev. F. X. Branagan.
ST. JOHN'S FEMALE RELIEF SOCIETY, for the relief of In- digent Females. (700 members.) President, Secretary, and Treasurer, Rev. F. X. Branagan. Acting Officers - Amelia McIntyre, Sarah Hughes, Mary Ann McFeeley, and Cathe- rine Donnelly.
MASONIC LODGES.
AMICABLE LODGE : meets on the first Thursday evening in every month, at Friendship Hall, Pearl Street, Cambridge- port.
Ebenezer E. Towle, W. M .; William R Knowles, S. W .; Gilbert D. Nourse, J. D .; Nathan Fiske, Treasurer; Charles Tufts, Secretary.
PUTNAM LODGE : meets at Odd Fellows' Hall, Bridge St., on the third Monday of every month.
Master, P. Stearns Davis; Treasurer, George L. Mitchell; Secretary, Ezra Parmenter.
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INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODDFELLOWS.
NEW ENGLAND LODGE, No. 4, East Cambridge : meets every Friday evening, in Fraternity Hall, on Bridge Street.
FRIENDSHIP LODGE, No. 20, Cambridgeport : meets every Monday evening, at Friendship Hall, Pearl Street.
TEMPERANCE ORGANIZATIONS.
UNITED TEMPLE OF HONOR, No. 7 : meets every second and fourth Tuesday of each month, at Sons of Temperance Hall.
UNION DIVISION, NO. 8, SONS OF TEMPERANCE, East Cambridge : meets every Thursday night at Sons of Tem- perance Hall, over Lechmere Bank.
CHARLES RIVER DIVISION, NO. 38, SONS OF TEMPERANCE : meets every Monday evening at Buckley's Hall, Cambridge- port.
WASHINGTON ELM DIVISION, NO. 130, SONS OT TEMPER- ANCE : meets every Monday night at Lyceum Hall, Old Cambridge.
CRYSTAL FOUNT UNION, NO. 35, DAUGHTERS OF TEMPER- ANCE : meets semi-monthly on Wednesday evenings at Sons of Temperance Hall.
SOCIAL COUNCIL, NO. 1, SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF TEMPER- ANCE : meets semi-monthly on Wednesday evenings at Sons of Temperance Hall.
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF GOOD TEMPLARS - Hawkins Lodge : meetings Friday evening at Williams Hall.
TEMPERANCE REFORM ASSOCIATION : meets on Wednesday nights at Williams Hall.
UNITY DIVISION, No. 150 : meets on Thursday evenings at Williams Hall.
TEMPERANCE AND MUTUAL RELIEF SOCIETY, connected with St. Peter's Catholic Church. Michael Morgan, President. Michael Finnegan, Secretary.
TEMPERANCE SOCIETY OF ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, (150 mem- bers. ) Patrick Rafferty, President.
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STATE AND CITY ELECTION.
STATE ELECTION.
The following abstract of the votes for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, for the year 1861, will be found con- venient for reference.
FOR GOVERNOR.
John A. Andrew, of Boston, 104,527
Erasmus D. Beach, of Springfield, : 35,191
Amos A. Lawrence, of Brookline, 23,816
Benjamin F. Butler, of Lowell, 6,000
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
John Z. Goodrich, of Stockbridge, 104,557
Charles Thompson, of Charlestown, 34,725
George Marston, of Barnstable, . 23,437
David N. Carpenter, of Greenfield, .
6,071
Councillor for Council District No. 2. James M. Shute, of Somerville.
Senator for Middlesex District No. 2. John Schouler, of West Cambridge.
Attorney General, Dwight Foster, of Worcester.
VOTES FOR MAYOR FOR 1861.
IN CAMBRIDGE.
Wards, I. II. III. IV. V.
Total
James D. Green,
320
195 329
177
112
1133
John Sargent,
106
349
238
347 67
1107
THE POPULAR VOTE FOR PRESIDENT IN 1860.
Lincoln,
1,786.480
Douglas,, -
1,354.423
Breckinridge,
784.897
Bell,
605.801
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According to the census returns for 1860, the number of inhabitants in Cambridge is 26.074.
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OFFICERS OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
OFFICERS OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
CORNELIUS C. FELTON, LL.D., President.
JAMES JACKSON, M.D., LL.D., Professor of Theory and Practice of Physic, Emeritus.
JOEL PARKER, LL.D., Royall Professor of Law
CONVERS FRANCIS, D.D., Parkman Professor of Pulpit Elo- quence and the Pastoral Care.
-, Hollis Professor of Divinity.
THEOPHILUS PARSONS, LL.D., Dane Professor of Law.
GEORGE R.NOYES, D.D., Hancock Professor of Hebrew and other Oriental Languages, and Dexter Lecturer on Bib- ilical Literature.
EMORY WASHBURN, LL.D., University Professor of Law.
D. HUMPHREYS STORER, M.D., Professor of Obstetrics and Medical Jurisprudence.
FREDERICK H. HEDGE, D.D., Professor of Ecclesiastical His- tory in the Divinity School.
JOHN B. S. JACKSON, M.D., Shattuck Professor of Morbid Anatomy, and Curator of the Anatomical Museum. JOHN LANGDON SIBLEY, A.M. Librarian.
ANDREW P. PEABODY, D.D., Preacher to the University, and Plummer Professor of Christian Morals.
LOUIS AGASSIZ, LL.D , Professor of Zoology and Geology in the Lawrence Scientific School.
HENRY INGERSOLL BOWDITCH, M.D., Jackson Professor of Clin- ical Medicine.
OLIVER W. HOLMES, M.D., Parkman Professor of Anatomy and Physiology.
BENJAMIN PEIRCE, LL.D., Perkins Professor of Astronomy and Mathematics.
ASA GRAY, M.D., Fisher Professor of Natural History.
GEORGE CHEYNE SHATTUCK, M.D., Hersey Professor of the Theory and Practice of Physic.
FRANCIS BOWEN, A.M., Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity.
GEORGE E. ELLIS, D.D., Professor of Systematic Theology in the Divinity School.
JOSEPH LOVERING, A.M., Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, and Regent.
HENRY W. TORREY, A.M., McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History.
JEFFRIES WYMAN, M.D., Hersey Professor of Anatomy.
JOHN BACON, M.D., University Professor of Chemistry in the Medical School.
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HENRY J. BIGELOW, M.D., Professor of Surgery.
HE: RY L. EUSTIS, A.M., Professor of Engineering, in the Lawrence Scientific School.
EVANGELINUS A. SOPHOCLES, A.M., University Professor of Ancient, Byzantine, and Modern Greek.
EBEN N. HORSFORD, A.M., Rumford Professor and Lecturer on the Application of the Sciences to the Useful Arts.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL, A.M., Smith Professor of the French and Spanish Languages and Literatures, and Professor of Belles-Lettres.
CHARLES MIEL, A.M., Instructor in French.
EZRA ABBOT, A.M., Assistant Librarian.
EDWARD HAMMOND CLARKE, M.D., Professor of Materia Medi- ca.
GEORGE P. BOND, A.M., Director of the Observatory, and Phillips Professor of Astronomy.
FRANCIS J. CHILD, PH.D. Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory.
GEORGE M. LANE, PH.D., University Professor of Latin.
JAMES JENNISON, A.M., Tutor in Elocution.
JOSIAH P. COOKE, A.M., Erving Professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy.
GEORGE ADAM SCHMITT, A.M., Instructor in German.
HENRY JAMES CLARK, S.B., Assistant Professor of Zoology in the Lawrence Scientific School.
WILLIAM W. GOODWIN, PH.D., Eliot Professor of Greek Lit- erature.
EPHRAIM W. GURNEY, A.B., Tutor in Latin.
CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT, A.M., Assistant Professor of Mathe- matics and Chemistry.
EDWARD PEARCE, A.B., Tutor in Mathematics.
JAMES MILLS PEIRCE, A.M., Tutor in Mathematics.
EDWIN HALE ABBOT, A.M., Tutor in Greek, Latin and His- tory.
SOLOMON LINCOLN, A.M., Tutor in Greek, and Registrar.
WILLIAM P. G. BARTLETT, A.B., Proctor.
GEORGE W. C. NOBLE, A.B., Proctor.
WINSLOW WARREN, A.B., Proctor.
LORING W. BAILEY, A.B., Proctor.
ANDREW T. BATES, A.B., Tutor in Latin. CHARLES S. PEIRCE, A.B., Proctor.
LOUIS THIES, Curator of the Gray Collection of Engravings. LEVI PARSONS HOMER, Instructor in Music.
WILLIAM G. STEARNS, A.M., Steward.
JOHN B. DANA, Assistant Steward and Patron, Office, No. 1 Harvard Row.
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EVENTS IN 1860.
SUMMARY OF EVENTS IN 1860.
January 6 .- The steamship Northerner, Capt. Dall, while on her passage from San Francisco to Panama, was lost, and a large number of the passengers perished. Captain Dall and thirty-two of his crew were saved, also seventeen of the passengers.
Jan. 10 .- Awful catastrophe at Lawrence, occasioned by the falling in of the Pemberton Mills, in which were about seven hundred operatives, causing the death of seventy- six individuals, and badly wounding one hundred and forty-eight others.
Jan. 18 .- The Hon. John Nelson died in Baltimore. He held the office of Attorney General during the administra- tion of John Tyler.
Jan. 23-Rev. F. D. Huntington resigned the office of Plummer Professor of Christian Morals in Harvard Uni- versity.
February 1 .- Hon. William Pennington of New Jersey, was elected Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives, on the forty-fifth ballot, and after consuming eight weeks time.
Feb 18 .- The greatest snow storm of the season. Snow fell to the depth of twelve inches.
Feb. 18 .- Manning, Glover & Co's store, Boston, was burnt commencing at 8 o'clock P. M. on which occasion Charles Carter and Charles Duncan lost their lives by the falling in of the walls.
Feb. 20 .- The British steamship, Hungarian, was lost off Cape Sable, while on her passage from Liverpool to Port- land. She had on board 360 individuals, all of whom perished.
March 16 .- Aaron D. Stevens and Albert Hazlett were hung at Charlestown, Virginia, for the crimes of murder, treason, and insurrection.
April 5 .- A. Albert Osborn, and Charles E. Whitney, both of Cambridge, were drowned in Charles River.
May 1 .- James Smith, a resident of Cambridge, and master of the ship Cicero, of Boston, while on the way to New Orleans, was lost with his vessel, by running on to rocks off the Bahamas; also, two passengers and a portion of the crew.
May 10 .- The death of Theodore Parker occurred in Flor- ence.
June 26 .- William Loughrey, policeman, was murdered by James Hurley, in the night time, while in the discharge of his duty.
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EVENTS IN 1860.
June 29 .- Jonathan B. Goodnow, of Brighton, was struck by lightning in his own house, and instantly killed.
June 29 .- The " Great Elm " on Boston Common was nearly destroyed by a gale of wind, accompanied with hail and rain.
July 19 .- Cornelius C. Felton was inauguratel President of Harvard University.
Aug. 21 .- A remarkable rain storm occurred in Cam- bridge, and extended to West Cambridge, Watertown, Wal- tham, and Lexington; the water fell to the depth of six inches in two hours.
Sept. 8 .- The steamer Lady Elgin was lost on Lake Mich- igan, together with from three to four hundred human beings on board.
Oct. 2 .- The American Board of Commissioners for For- eign Missions commenced the celebration of their 50th anni- versary in Boston.
Oct. 3 .- John Hutchinson, a carpenter, fell while at work on a dwelling in Ward One, and was instantly killed.
Oct. 6 .- Serious conflagration at South Boston. Loss over $200,000.
Oct. 6 .- The steamer Connaught, while on her way from Galway to Boston with six hundred passengers on board, was burnt when within one hundred miles of Boston. The passengers and crew were all saved, by being taken on board the Minnie Schiffer, Captain Wilson.
Oct. 17 .- Several shocks of an earthquake occurred in Cambridge about 6 o'clock, A. M., which extended through the New England States and the Canadas.
Oct. 17 .- The Prince of Wales and Suite arrived in Bos- ton, and were publicly received by the authorities of that city.
Oct. 19 .- The Prince of Wales, accompanied by his suite, visited Harvard University, Mt. Auburn, Bunker Hill, and the Public Library.
Oct. 20 .- The Prince of Wales and suite, sailed from Portland for England.
Nov. 13 .- Dedication of the Museum of Comparative Zoology in this city.
Nov. 15 .- The Prince of Wales and suite arrived home from their American tour, after a boisterous passage of twenty-seven days.
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