r of numerous scientific articles in the
Southern Quarterly Review. He possessed one of the choicest and most
extensive scientific libraries in the United States, which was almost
entirely destroyed by the great conflagration of 1837: the remnant of
it, with his scientific apparatus, was bequeathed to the Catholic
Theological Seminary of Charleston. He was a resident of South Carolina
during the last thirty-eight years.

JOSHUA MILNE, the author of the celebrated treatise on "Annuities and
Assurances," we see by the English papers died recently near London at
the advanced age of seventy-eight. He is said to have left behind him
the most complete collection extant on subjects connected with the
statistics of vitality, of which a portion at least will probably be
given to the public.

The Hungarian General BEM, expired with the half-century. Born at
Tarnon, a Pole, he died at Aleppo, a Turk. In early youth he served in
the Russian army against Napoleon in his disastrous campaign. He was the
friend, companion, and favorite of the Grand Duke Constantine, until
certain indignities to himself and cruelties to his countrymen made him
the implacable foe of Russia. He joined the Polish insurrection of 1831,
and performed prodigies of valor at the battle of Ostrolenka. Like many
others, he became a fugitive and a wanderer. Unsuccessful patriotism
reduced the companion of royalty to be a pensioner on the charity of the
friends of Poland in London. 1848 gave Bern once more a career. He went
to Vienna, and when the people were in the ascendant, in October, he
held a command. But the Viennese could not trust the Pole. Incompetent
men were placed over him. Vienna fell before the artillery of
Windischgratz and Jellachich in November. Slaughter, terror, violation
reigned. Never will the Viennese forget the red cloaks of the Croats.
The educated youth of Vienna were shot in clusters. Robert Blum was led
out to perish. The Odeon, although used as an hospital, was laid in
ashes, with the wounded in it. Great rewards were offered for the
apprehension of the popular leaders and generals still alive. The search
for Bem was vigilant. He doffed the costume of a hackney coachman,
filled his vehicle with a Hungarian family of nurses and children,
mounted the box under the eyes of spies and soldiers, laughed at
inspection, and drove off to Hungary. For ten mouths he was victorious
there over the Austrians. "Bem beat the Ban." Splinters from a