Wainwright, of the Episcopal church; and upon other incidents and topics proper to a memoir. But at the age of forty-five, and as we trust, only in the midst of his course, it seems premature, and at any rate would not be consistent with our plan, to give a more extended notice. We continually recur to the sentiment, that it is after the "knell of parting day," that the account is most satisfactorily made up.

His children are-1. Mary Engles, born July 9, 1827; admitted to the communion of the church in 1846. 2. William, deceased. 3. Arthur, born February 8, 1832. 4. Annie Dunbar, born February 6, 1835. These four were born in Natchez. 5. George Ewbank, born February 24, 1839. 6. Alexander Dunbar, born June 6, 1843. These two were born in New York.

2. SILAS Engles, second child of Rev. G. C. Potts, graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in arts and in medicine. Married Frances Bohannon, of Kentucky; settled at Natchez; and died there in the early part of 1839, in his 33d year; leaving a widow and two children.

3. JOHN Campbell, was also a graduate of the same University, and admitted to the bar in Philadelphia. Married Sarah Gustin, of Natchez. They are living on a plantation in New River Settlement, Louisiana, 90 miles S. W. of New Orleans.

4. ROBERT Patterson, deceased.

5. Thomas REED, is a physician practising at Galena, Ill.; unmarried.

6, 7, 8. William Latta, Joseph Engles, Benjamin Rush, deceased.

9. SARAH ANN, lives with her mother.

10. MARTHA MARY, married to S. Lisle Smith, attorney at law, formerly of Philadelphia, now settled at Chicago. They have two children, George P. and Græme.

11. ELIZABETH M'Clelland, is with her mother.

12. Emma, died in infancy.

III. ANN, third child of Silas and Ann Engles, after the death of both parents, removed with her sister to Illinois. (See farther on.)

IV. ROBERT, died in infancy.

V. MARTHA, continued at housekeeping with her sister Ann, for some time after their mother's death; and upon her marriage with

Alexander Anthony Niewiardowski, the three went together to the west, and purchased a farm in Marine Settlement, Madison Co. Ill., about 25 miles from St. Louis. Mr. N. was a refugee from Poland, having been engaged in an unsuccessful attempt to rid his country of Russian tyranny. The arrival in Philadelphia of a numerous band of the Polish patriots, strangers and friendless, excited the active sympathies of many of our citizens, especially those who were accustomed, from a Christian principle, to "go about, doing good." This was the origin of the acquaintance in the present case. Mr. N., who was an educated and respectable person, was not only put in the way of gaining a livelihood, but was led to a careful examination of the doctrines of the church (Roman Catholic) in which he had been bred, which resulted in his conversion to Protestantism, and he thereupon made profession of faith in the Presbyterian church. His after life gave sufficient proof of sincerity in this step.

The three had enjoyed their western home eight or nine years, in comfort and competence, when the incident of an hour changed the face of things, and left a painful story to relate. In the effort of yoking one of his cattle, a refractory animal, Mr. N. received some internal hurt, in the chest, the nature of which seems not to have been ascertained. From that time, although able to attend to his affairs, his health was gone; and an apprehension that his death would occur suddenly, and perhaps soon, kept the ladies in a constant uneasiness, and fearful to trust him out of their sight. The apprehension was well founded. On the second of December, 1846, Miss Ann, in going towards the barn, discovered the lifeless body of Mr. N. lying on the ground. His death must have been instantaneous, and the result of the injury already alluded to. Mr. N. had lived long enough to disappoint the apprehensions which any of us may have entertained, upon the introduction of a stranger and foreigner into the connexion: he was an excellent husband, an industrious and skilful manager, and a conscientious man. But otherwise, and looking away from the designs of a Divine Providence, we might be tempted to say, he had not lived long enough; his death has left the two sisters in a labyrinth.

VI. JOSEPH Patterson, born in Philadelphia, January 3, 1793, received a name in baptism which he loves to cherish. He graduated at the University of Pennsylvania, in July, 1811, and

two years after, was appointed co-master of the grammar school in that institution, with Mr. (now Rev. Dr.) How. After the resignation of that gentleman, Rev. J. Wiltbank joined with Mr. Engles in the mastership. In 1817, Rev. Dr. Wylie and Mr. Engles founded an academy under the name of the Classical Institute. The prosperity and reputation of this school gave substantial proof of the skill and fidelity of the teachers. Here Mr. E. spent twenty-eight years; continuing as sole principal, after the appointment of his colleague (1828) as Professor and Viceprovost in the University.

January 25, 1826, he married Harriet P., daughter of Solomon Allen, of Philadelphia. She was born in Hudson, N. Y., the 12th April, 1804.

Mr. Engles made profession of religion, in the Scots' Presbyterian church, at an early age; and while comparatively a young man, was chosen an elder, in the same church. In addition to this duty, he had the superintendence of the Sabbath school for a number of years. He was also active in the support of the American Sunday School Union, and in that truly catholic and useful institution, represented the Presbyterian interest, in the committee of publication, in which he served for many years, and up to the time of his taking the office to be named directly. To this laborious and gratuitous supervision, he seems to have been chosen on the principle that they who have the most to do, have the most time to spare. In February, 1845, he was appointed Publishing Agent of the Presbyterian Board of Publication; and relinquishing his school, therefrom gave his whole time to that business, in which he continues. In the midst of all his engagements, Mr. E. found time (at what recess of the day, or night, we cannot tell) to edit a pocket edition of the Greek Testament, with various readings.

Of ten children, five are living. 1. S. Allen, born January 9, 1827; now a student of medicine. 2. Anna P., born September 5, 1828; died July 27, 1844. 3. S. Weir, born January 5, 1830, died February 9, following. 4. Susan Allen, born January 5, 1831, died February 11, 1832. 5. William, born August 8, 1833, died December 3, 1846, of scarlet fever. "On Tuesday afternoon, he occupied his place at school, and in the play-room. On Thursday night, his spirit forsook its clay tabernacle.

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During most of the time of his illness, he was deprived of reason, and did not even know his parents. During a brief lucid interval, on Thursday morning, in the temporary absence of his father, he asked his mother if she would not pray for him. On being asked, for what she should pray, he answered, that God would make me a good boy, and give me a new heart."" 6. Thomas Allen, born July 29, 1835. 7. Priscilla C. born April 6, 1838. 8. Alexander Macklin, born January 22, 1840; died March 30, 1841. 9. Robert Patterson, born May 2, 1842. 10. Mary Potts, born

VII. WILLIAM M., youngest child of Silas and Anna Engles, and youngest of the many grandchildren of second Robert Patterson, was born in Philadelphia, October 12, 1797. He took his first degree in the University of Pennsylvania, January 10, 1815; and thereupon entered upon the study of divinity, and preparation for the ministry in the Theological Seminary of the Reformed Presbyterian church, under Dr. Wylie, where he passed the next three years. October 21, 1818, being then barely of age, he was licensed by the Presbytery of Philadelphia; and July 6, 1820, was ordained and installed first pastor of the seventh Presbyterian church of that city.* In this charge he continued during fourteen years. On tendering his resignation, (September 4, 1834,) the roll of church members numbered three hundred and twenty-eight names. Mr. E. retired from the pastoral office to give his attention to the editorship of the "Presbyterian" newspaper, to which post he had been invited. It seems superfluous to suggest, that the circulation, influence, and general reputation of this the principal journal of the Presbyterian church (of the old school) in the United States, are in a great measure to be ascribed to the ability and industry with which the editorial functions have, for these thirteen years past, been discharged.

August 8, 1836, he married Charlotte, eldest daughter of James Schott, an eminent citizen of Philadelphia, and for many years President of the Girard Bank,

*The church edifice was generally known as the Tabernacle; and was the usual place of meetings of the General Assembly. It is now taken down, and a new building has been erected on Penn Square.

In May, 1838, he was appointed Editor of the Board of Publication of the Presbyterian church, which office he has fulfilled ever since. The same year he received the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity. At the meeting of the General Assembly, in May, 1840, he was elected Moderator; and at the close of the session, was chosen Stated Clerk to that body.

The position which Dr. Engles occupies, in the church and the community, may be inferred from the foregoing memorials. A partial loss of bodily health, (not betokened, however, in his appearance) has long restrained him from preaching; but we may express the belief, that it has only added to the strength and impressiveness of what he writes.

X. HUGH, the last Patterson whom we have to mention, deserves this monument, and can have no other, since his youthful bones lie buried in the deep. He was born in Ireland about 1760; was an American at fourteen, and at seventeen was in the revolutionary war. He is described as a ruddy, healthy, pock-marked young Irishman, fond of the rougher paths of life, devoted to the American cause, and from his heart a soldier. We could wish that a narrative of his adventures and endurances had been left behind him. The winter of 1779-80 was passed in the famous Jersey prison-ship, in New York harbour. The intolerable and gratuitous rigours to which he and his fellow-captives were subjected, are scarcely exemplified by a specimen like this: it was a common thing to starve the prisoners for two days at a time, and then bring in a caldron of soup, boiling hot, with nothing to take it out; and a mean pleasure was derived from witnessing their efforts to get at it by making spoons of their hands, and scalding themselves. Such traits of British domination (and there were plenty of them) help to reconcile us to its overthrow. In the following spring, upon an exchange of prisoners, Hugh was set at liberty. But a repose of six or nine months gave him a fresh longing for the melée, and he obtained an appointment as lieutenant of marines. One of my best informants, who was then a little girl of three and a half years, remembers a visit which he made at his brother's, in the city, just before starting upon a cruise. It was "killing time," or early in the cold season; a cow, which the late farmer, now professor, had brought with him from Carltown, had been despatched; grandmother was seasoning the blood-pud