Death Of Gen. C. O. Loomis

Gin. C O. Loomis -lied at Washington of general paralysis, on thu morumg oi' the llh iaat. Gen. Loomis was bom at Mora via, N. Y., April llth, 181H. As oiio ot tho pioneera he removed with his t ; 1 1 i i . ■ and lamily to the then Torritory of Michigan in 1838, and located in the hip of Webster, Washtenaw oöunty, where he battfed with the foresta and all Uie hardshlDS and obstaules incident to the early settlement of a new country. Uu attaining his inajority hu cotntnenced the study ot law in Ann Arbor with Judge Miles, an eminent jurist. A year after he removed to Pitteburg, Pa., and complü'o'd his preparatory studies with his únele, Hun. A. W. Loomis. Ho entered apon the practice of his prcfessiou in Pittsburg, au i '■ . iy soon acquired m uxt-n.sive practice in the coutts. In 1840 he was tnarried to Abbiu 13. Potter, daughter of Bon. Daniel Potter, ot' Steubenvillej Ohio. Bhe died in 1857, g an infant son of a yoar, who is now living at Steabenville, a youth of great promise. About tho timo of' his wife's death he left, th practioe of his profession and engagcd in general business. In 1859 be came to thia oit y, which he has considered his homo to the jjivsent time. Since he has resided here his history is well known. At the. uring of tho firat hostile gun he opened a rocruitin office and enlisted tho first volunteer Artillery Oompany in the service, of which he was made Captain. With masterly energy and celerity he guthered his company, provided them withaeplen- did lot of horses (one of which, " Old Saín," still survives), and moved to the front. Tho Loottis Battery has a natioiml reputation and history, and was, during thi war, a terror to the enemy. Kor gallantry, bravery, quick perception, good judgment and indomitable energy he had no superior on the field of battlo. l'or his nini'.v soldi( r-liko virtuos liu rapidly rose frora a private to tho rank of iiriga dier General. Ho was often called into tho oounsela of on ablest Generahv aud enjoy d their coniidence. At t!i! close of th-u war, hnving completed a briliant career, and huving won uunorabln distinctiun, he entered into the civil service in the rerenue department, wliere lie dispiayerl tlio same sagacity and energy thatoharaoterized him in the military seivioe. For the last three or four yearshe lias ! the time in oomparatñ i quietude and rest untll about a yeur agOj wlu-u it tdent th&t he wan declining. He af üis lesa of health to an injury received apon a train that oollided with anotber train, produoing v shock, aoverely in j uring the spiiiü, oausing paftial pin.tly.--is and ad'ecting t.Uo biaill. Hissymptoms became aggravated, terminating in tho loss of Lis reason, and flnally in his death. In the doath of General Loomis the soldiur has lost a true oomrade and an able commander, our country a devoted whoso name is reoorded high in tier roll of honor, and 'nis inany frienda a warm, genial and guiieroas hyurt. - Coldwult r li p ublican.