his duty to return to the pastoral office, and supplied, for several months, a vacant Congregational Church in Lyndon, Vermont. Declining the call which they gave him, he returned to Brooklyn, N. Y., and finding, in the eastern part of that growing city, ground wholly unoccupied, he set himself at work to gather and organize a Church, where others had failed, and at an age when most clergymen would have thought themselves too old to begin a new enterprise. He was installed pastor of the Wallabout Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, March 8, 1813. Here he labored with much success twenty-two years longer, laying down his work only with his life. During this long pastorate, he received to the Church nearly seven hundred (700) members; about three hundred (300) on profession, the remainder by letter. He baptized more than six hundred (600) children; officiated at five hundred (500) funerals, and two hundred and sixty (260) weddings; preached two sermons each Sabbath; holding regular weekly evening services, besides visiting his people at their houses as occasion required.

His

About six weeks before his decease, he had an attack of pneumonia, but rallied from it so as to be out again for a week among his people; administering the communion for the last time, and taking part in the public services of two Sabbaths. He was then seized with the same disease and sank under it, after the confinement of only a single week to his room, and of two days only to his bed. He was eminently a self-inade man, and a man of strong common sense. early advantages were very few. Neither he nor his brother, Professor Greenleaf, ever enjoyed the benefit of a college education. At the mature age of twenty-eight, he forsook the plough, for the ministry of the Gospel, whose responsibilities he assumed after a brief term of preparatory study. Notwithstanding this, he became a man of many and varied attainments; so as to merit the honorary degree of Master of Arts from Bowdoin College, and from Princeton that of Doctor of Divinity. When in his summer vacations he visited his friends in the northern and eastern por-tions of New England, he received many invitations to preach; sometimes so as to be compelled to officiate four times on a Sabbath. To copy from the records of his church, following the notice of his death" Not a popular preacher in the ordinary sense of the term, Mr. Greenleaf's ambition seems to have been to preach a pure, simple Gospel, from the earnest affection of his own heart, and God gave him great success in winning souls to Christ."

By a diligent use of such means of improvement as he enjoyed, he was able to write a terse and vigorous English, and to become very useful with his pen, as well as with his voice. His publications were numerous, and some of them had an extensive circulation. Besides the "Ecclesiastical Sketches," already mentioned, he compiled and published a “ Genealogy of the Greenleaf Family," 1854; a “History of Churches in New York City," 1816; a "Sketch of Wells, Me.," published in the Maine Historical Collections, 1831; "A Sketch of Lyndon, Vt.," 1852; "A Memoir of Rev. Jonathan Parsons," in the Am. Quarterly Register, 1811; several religious tracts, issued by Tract Societies of the Presbyterian and Methodist denomi nations; besides the Sailors' Magazine, already mentioned, and fourteen sermons, published at different times, one of which was reprinted in London in 1837. To the close of life, he wrote more or less for the religious papers, especially for the Portland Christian Mirror, and the New York Observer. He became a corresponding member of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society in 1847.

He was married, Nov. 2, 1814, to Sarah Johnson, of New Gloucester, Me., who died about ten years since. They had six children: 1, Sarah Johnson, b. Sept. 18, 1815; died in infancy. 2, Mary Presbury, b. Feb. 9, 1817; m. Lucius Kimball, of Lyndon, Vt., now a widow, having no children. 3, Jonathan Parsons, b. Nov. 3, 1818; grad. Rutgers College, New Jersey; studied theology at Union Theol. Sem., Virginia; m. Mary L. Terhune, of New Brunswick, N. J.; was a Presbyterian minister; died at sea, returning from the south of France, where he had in vain sought the restoration of his health, Feb. 22, 1843; left no children. 4, Catharine Davenport, b. Dec. 20, 1819; m. John D. McKenzie, of Brooklyn; has had six children. 5, Ann Elizabeth, b. Jan. 23, 1822; m. Edward A. Cahoon, of Lyndon, Vt.; has had no children. 6. Sarah Joanna, b. June 6, 1832, in Lyndon, Vt.; The others were born in Wells, Me. All these daughters, three of whom are widows, now reside in Brooklyn, N. Y. [Communicated by Rev. John A. Vinton, of South Boston.]

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BUSH, Edward, a resident member, who was drowned in Boston harbor, June 21, 1866, aged 36, was descended from some of the earliest of the settlers of New England, his maternal ancestor, William Bond, of Watertown, having emigrated to this country as early as 1630. Mr. Bond was for many years a leading spirit among the

colonists, and held several of the most important offices of his day. Among his descendants are numbered some of our most prominent citizens. Mr. Bush's paternal ancestors originally settled in Westfield, in the western part of the State, during the latter part of the 17th century, several of whom had prominent commands during the Revolutionary war, and the war of 1812. His grandfather, Edward Bush, of Westfield, was, at the breaking out of the war of 1812, doing a thriving business in Ottawa, Canada, but being compelled to swear allegiance to the enemies of his country or leave the province within 48 hours, he chose the latter course, and without an hour's preparation mounted his horse for a ride of 200 miles, alone, through a then almost unbroken wilderness. He at once joined an expedition fitting out against the Indians, and fell, in a skirmish on the western frontier, leaving a widow with three children unprovided for. His son, Francis, the father of our late friend, then under 14 years of age, not wishing to be a burden to his mother, putting all his worldly goods into a small package which he carried in his hand, started on foot for Boston. Arriving here he found employment at the Watertown hat manufactory. In 1823, he moved to Chelmsford, and Oct. 21, 1828, married Jane Bond, daughter of Daniel Bond, of Watertown. Edward, their first son, was born Oct. 23, 1829. From the age of six to twelve, Edward was a constant sufferer from an affection of the eyes, and for months at a time compelled to remain in a darkened room, from which the light was entirely excluded; but a vigorous constitution enabled him, eventually, to throw off the disease, which at one time threatened to make him totally blind. At 16, he entered the employ of Mr. E. A. Staniels, a druggist in Lowell, with whom he remained until he was twenty-one. Soon after he became of age he purchased of his employer his entire interest in the store, and started in business for himself. Being of an energetic disposition, and possessed of many warm friends who took an interest in his behalf, he was successful from the beginning. Close application to business, however, brought upon him a renewal of his former trouble with his eyes, and at the urgent solicitation of his father and brother he closed his business, and in 1859 moved with his family to Boston, where he connected himself with the firm of Bent & Bushremaining a partner in the house until his death. In 1855, he was admitted a member of Pentucket Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, and during the same year was made a member of Mt. Horeb Royal Arch Chapter, and Pilgrim Encampment of Knights Templar, and in the course of a few years took the succeeding degrees in Masonry, as high as the 32d degree. During the late rebellion nothing would have pleased him more than to have been able to take an active part, but his eye-sight and health would not warrant his following out the bent of his inclinations, yet nothing that he could do in furtherance of the cause was left undone. Having at one time three brothers in the service in different parts of the country, he was unwearying in his exertions to see that their every want was supplied; attending to the business which they left at home, and looking after the requirements of their families. One of them, Capt. George Bush, of the 13th Mass. volunteers, being killed at Chancellorsville, April 30, 1863, it was his sad duty to visit the battle-field and bring home to his family and friends all that remained of his gallant brother, little dreaming that he would so soon follow him, and by a death equally sudden and untimely. He leaves a wife and two infant children, George and Edward.

Although our friend was a man to fame unknown, few had, perhaps, a larger and more influential circle of friends. Generous to a fault, his hand was open to assist, whenever assistance was needed; always social, with a kindly greeting for all whom it was his fortune to become acquainted with, he had endeared himself to hundreds of his fellow men, who while life lasts will cherish his memory and his many virtues. He became a member of the Society in 1863.

The following is the descent of Mr. Bush. On the paternal side:---Zachariah Bush, of Westfield, b. in 1719, d. Feb. 10, 1800, m. Mary Loomis; she d. Nov. 29, 1791. Zachariah, son of Zachariah and Mary (Loomis) Bush, b. Oct. 25, 1742, m. Mary Falley, Nov. 29, 1764, d. Nov. 24, 1811; she d. Aug. 4, 1822. Edward, son of Zachariah and Mary (Falley) Bush, b. Nov. 10, 1772, m. Rhoda Dewey; he was killed by Indians in 1813. Francis, son of Edward and Rhoda (Dewey) Bush, b. Aug. 22, 1800, m. Jane Bond, Oct. 21, 1828. Edward (our deceased member), son of Francis and Jane (Bond) Bush, b. Oct. 23, 1829.

On the maternal side he was descended thus:-William Bond, bap. Sept. 3, 1625, m. Feb. 7, 1649, Sarah Briscoe, of Watertown, Mass.; she d. Feb. 15, 1692, he d. Dec. 14, 1695; had 9 children. John, son of William and Sarah (Briscoe) Bond, b. Dec, 1652, m. Aug. 6, 1679, Hannah Coolidge, d. March 1, 1690, had 7 children. Daniel, son of John and Hannah (Coolidge) Bond, b. June 21, 1690, m. April 29, 1714, Hannah Coolidge; had 6 children. Daniel, son of John and Hannah (Cool

idge) Bond, b. Nov. 25, 1723, m. March 1, 1765, Sarah Gray; she d. Oct. 24, 1834, aged 98 years, had 5 children. Daniel, son of Daniel and Sarah (Gray) Bond, b. Sept. 10, 1767, d. Sept. 13, 1842, m. Jan. 1, 1796, Hannah Stone; she d. Nov. 20, 1841, had 12 children. Jane, daughter of Daniel and Hannah (Stone) Bond, b. Jan. 27, 1807, m. Francis Bush, Oct. 21, 1828, d. July 4, 1861, had 6 children. Edward, son of Francis and Jane (Bond) Bush, b. Oct. 23, 1829, m. M. M. Calef, Nov., 1854, and was drowned, as above, June 21, 1866.-[Com.]

PROCEEDINGS.

Boston, Wednesday, September 5, 1866.-A stated meeting was held this afternoon, at the Society's rooms, No. 13 Bromfield street. Winslow Lewis, M.D., was called to the chair.

William B. Trask, the historiographer, read biographical sketches of Hon. Ezekiel Whitman, of East Bridgewater, and Hon. Charles A. Dewey, of Northampton, both honorary members. The former had been chief justice of the Supreme Court of Maine, and the latter at his death was one of the justices of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts. He also read a sketch of the life of Hon. John Reynolds, of Belleville, Ill., a corresponding member, recently deceased.

One honorary and one corresponding member nominated by the directors were elected.

William Reed Deane read a paper by Col. Joseph L. Chester, of London, Eng., author of the recent life of the proto-martyr, John Rogers, upon The Hutchinson Family of England and New England, and its connection with the Marburys and Drydens. This paper is printed in the last number of the Register, vol. xx. pp. 355-67.

David Pulsifer exhibited a manuscript Journal of the House of Peers, beginning 17th May, 1625, and ending 15th June, 1626, a large folio volume in good preservation; a very curious relic of the era immediately preceding Oliver Cromwell. Mr. Pulsifer made some interesting comments upon some passages in the volume and upon the period between 1626 and the Protector. The meeting then adjourned.

Boston, October 3.-A quarterly meeting was held this afternoon, the president, Hon. John A. Andrew, LL.D., in the chair.

Edward S. Rand, Jr., secretary of the Directors, announced that the Board had chosen as the Publishing Committee for the ensuing year, John W. Dean, William B. Trask, Rev. Henry M. Dexter, D.D., William H. Whitmore, William S. Appleton, Rev. Elias Nason and William B. Towne.

John H. Sheppard, the librarian, reported that since the last meeting there had been donated to the Society 44 volumes, 79 pamphlets, and 5 large bundles of manuscript, the latter bequeathed to the Society by the late Miss Charlotte Ewer, deceased.

The report of Rev. Dr. H. M. Dexter, the corresponding secretary, was read by Mr. Sheppard. Letters accepting membership had been received from Hon. Horace Binney, LL.D., of Philadelphia, Pa., as honorary; from Charles H. Hart, of Philadelphia, Pa., and Ledyard Bill, of New York, as corresponding; and from Lt. Col. A. H. Hoyt, Boston, E. C. Leonard, New Bedford, Joshua E. Crane, Bridgewater, Dexter H. Chamberlain, West Roxbury, and William J. Foley, Boston, as resident.

The directors nominated three candidates for resident members, all of whom were chosen.

Rev. Calvin E. Stowe, D.D., of Hartford, Conn., then read an elaborate article on the British Aristocracy, presenting the history of this branch of the English Government in a point of view novel and deeply interesting. It was the result of personal observations in his visits to England in 1836 and 1853. The nobility of Great Britain, their grades, appearance, Parliament, and mode of perpetuating their order, were presented to the audience in the usual lucid style of Professor Stowe. He said:

The British aristocracy is one of the most remarkable institutions of the age.

It has outlived all the circumstances which gave it birth. It is an incongruity in all its relations to modern society. It is essentially onerous and oppressive. Yet while the hereditary aristocracies of all the other parts of Europe, except Russia, have faded and become powerless, this alone stands, fresh, strong, and vigorous, with no symptom of immediate decay, mighty in wealth, in talent, in political efficiency, and even in the affections and pride of the people.

The causes of this are:

First. The right of primogeniture and the law of entail. No power like the power of land.

Second. Constant accessions from the Commons, receiving from them every generation some of the most vigorous and energetic men, and giving every ambitious man

the hope that he may himself some day become a nobleman. Of about 450 or 500 members of the House of Peers in 1853, more than half (260) had received their present titles since 1770. Especially by marrying strong, finely developed women from the untitled ranks, the preservation of the purity of the blood having been the ruin of the other European nobilities.

Third. The wisdom of always yielding, and making a merit of it, where they must. Not more than one-half the titled nobility of Great Britain have seats in the House of Lords. To be entitled to a seat by hereditary right one must be a Peer of England, or a Peer of the United Kingdom of England and Scotland, established in the reign of Queen Anne. All grades of titles, except Dukes, are in the House of Commons by election.

Seldom more than 50 Lords of the 450 or 500 are present at the legislative sessions, no stated number being necessary for a quorum; and in the law sessions often not more than two besides the law Lords.

In 1853 there was one Prince of the Blood, or Royal Duke (in 1836 there were four), and the House was composed of Dukes 20, Marquises 23, Earls 135, Viscounts 28, Barons 218, representative Irish Peers (chosen for life) 28, representative Scotch Peers (chosen from Parliament to Parliament), 16, and Bishops, 30; English Bishops ranking as Barons, 24; the Bishop of the most recent appointment, the Bishop of Sodor and Man, not having a seat; Irish Bishops, who sit by rotation, 4.

The Sovereign can make a nobleman of any rank at any time, but can never unmake one.

The noblemen have no connection necessarily with the places from which they receive their titles; but the Bishops all have this connection, except the Archbishop of Canterbury, who has no special connection with Canterbury.

Professor Stowe mentioned incidentally the origin of the wool-sack. It is represented as having originated in very early times-when the great business of life was in keeping herds and flocks-in producing the simple necessities of life, and manufacturing, in the primitive way, the fleeces of their flocks, which were their principal material at that time for that purpose, into clothing. When any dispute arose, the Judge or Justice in the case, mounted a wool-sack. Hence the introduction of it into the dignity of the legislative or parliamentary proceedings of Great Britain. Professor Stowe said it looked like a large feather bed. The Lord Chancellor is said to have taken his seat upon the wool-sack. He never saw him on it, but sitting beside it. He did not know that the Chancellor did not climb upon it occasionally, but he should think he would be very liable to tumble off.

The wool-sack has for ages been termed the seat of the Lord Chancellor, in the House of Lords. It is a large square bag of wool, without back or arms, covered with red cloth. He also described the mace, which must always be present or the meetings of the House of Commons are not legal. It was this which drew from Cromwell, when he entered the Parliament house, just before dispersing its members, the exclamation" What means this bauble? take it away," after which he locked up the House, and put the keys in his pocket.

The paper of Professor Stowe was full of minute and interesting facts, which are not patent here. The thanks of the Society were presented to him, and a copy requested.

A committee was chosen for nominating candidates for the election in January next, consisting of Rev. Edmund F. Slafter, Thomas Waterman, John M. Bradbury, John K. Wiggin, and John W. Dean.

Gen. Adin B. Underwood read the report of the Committee chosen in April last, upon the date of the Sudbury Fight. This report is printed in full in the last number of the Register, vol. xx. pp. 341-52.

Boston, November 7.-The monthly meeting was held this afternoon. Winslow Lewis, M.D., was called to the chair, and John Ruggles appointed recording secretary pro tem.

The librarian reported donations during the last month of 27 volumes, 218 pamphlets, a file of the Evening Gazette for the year 1828, and four beautiful medallions exemplifying the rewards of merit in the Humane Society. The medallions were presented by Hon. Geo. B. Upton, vice-president of the society.

The historiographer read a biographical sketch of Edward Bush, of Boston, a resident member, who was drowned June 21, 1866, aged 36.

Rev. Dr. Dexter, the corresponding secretary, reported the acceptance of Johnson Gardner, M.D., of Providence, R. I., as a resident member.

The directors nominated one candidate for corresponding membership, who was duly elected.

Rev. James Freeman Clarke, D.D., then read a very able paper on "Method in the study of history, especially in schools."

Dr. Clarke began by describing the old-fashioned histories, read in our childhood, as a task and directly forgotten, and the romantic histories of Shakspeare and Scott, perfectly and always remembered. He asked how history was to be made as real and as interesting as romance? To a child fable is not so interesting as reality, for the child always asks, when you tell him a story-Is it true? Truth is really more interesting than mere fiction. Dr. Clarke suggested that:-1st. There should be more local color in the history taught in schools, more picturesqueness and painting ut n detail, and illustrated his meaning by a reference to Hawthorne's Stories for Children. 2d. That the only thing committed to memory should be the pivotal dates around which history turns-the dates from which others may be inferred, and suggested such a study as Mental Chronology. 3d. That history should be studied in classes, each person studying out of a separate book, and reading by topics so that the recitation should be made more instructive and interesting. Dr. Clarke related a very interesting fact of the present Princes of Prussia. A lady who saw them at the palace some years since when small children, told him that she noticed hung up on the side of their room, well worn, and apparently in constant use, some of Hawthorne's books for children, such as Grandfather's Chair, &c., and, said Dr. Clarke, who knows but an essential element of the training by which they have been able to guide so victoriously the late contest with Austria, was by the inspiration received from the study of these and other works of a kindred character?

The paper of Dr. Clarke was philosophical and practical, touching upon the distinctive objects of the society. The study of history in this new way called out strong expressions of approval from several prominent members. On motion of Mr. Sheppard, the librarian, the thanks of the society were presented to Dr. Clarke for his very instructive paper, and a copy was requested.

Rev. William Tyler, of Newton, gave an interesting account of his visit to the birthplace of Sir David Ochterlony, corner of North Centre and North streets in this city, within a few days, making the locality another historical landmark in the northern part of Boston. Sir David Ochterlony was the son of David Ochterlony, and was born Feb. 12. 1758. By his military services in India, he attained the rank of Major General, and in 1816 was created a baronet. He died 15th July, 1825, and was succeeded by Sir Charles Metcalf Ochterlony, who is now living in England in the enjoyment of that title.

BOOK NOTICES.

History of Durham, Connecticut, from the first grant of land in 1662 to 1866. By WILLIAM CHAUNCEY FOWLER, LL.D. Published by the Town. Hartford: Press of Wiley, Waterman & Eaton. 1866. pp. 444.

We hail with much satisfaction this addition to the local history of Connecticut. Great credit is due to the town of Durham for assuming the expense of its publication. This example is worthy of imitation, and cannot be too highly commended. We wish every town in New England would hold itself ready to do the same thing, viz., to bear the expense of publishing its own history whenever a suitable one should be written. The labor of preparing town histories is generally a "work of love; " but it ought not, in addition to this, to be a work of pecuniary sacrifice. By a special act of the Legislature of Massachusetts, proposed and carried through in 1854, by John H. Sheppard, Esq., Librarian of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, when he was a member of the House, towns are permitted to raise money for this purpose. We believe that any town in the Commonwealth, and we should hope in New England, would be ready to aid in the publication of its own history, if the subject were properly brought forward, after such a history had been prepared. A good example has already been set by town aid given in the publication of the history of Haverhill, of Lynn, of North Bridgewater, and some others.

Of the first half of this history of Durham, we have much to say in commendation. It exhibits a large amount of patient and laborious research, is well arranged, and written in an easy and agreeable style. It cannot but be attractive to all persons who