church at Liverpool. In Liverpool he, with some of his fellow clerks, took an active part in the movement for the earlier closing of places of business, and their efforts were finally crowned with success. On his departure for America in 1848 a banquet was given in his honor as a mark of appreciation of his services and as a token of the esteem in which he was held by his countrymen. After his arrival in this coutry Mr. Jones again, by his pen and by his personl influence, contributed much to secure a similar result in New York and Brooklyn.. He was for a time President of the society, and may be said to have been the father of the early closing movement in America.

Mr. Jones was happily married to Miss Owen, the daughter of Mr. William Owen, of Brooklyn, who still survives him. They had six children, of whom four are still living. One, Mr. William B. Jones, holds an honorable position in the Century Co. office N. Y.; and one daughter is happily married to Mr. A. B. Aller, Mount Vernon, N. Y. Mr. W. B. Jones was highly respected by all who knew him for his qualities as a gentleman, for his Christian life, and especially for his unselfish patriotism. He heartily loved his nation, his native language

and literature, sacrificed much of his

time and money to promote their welfare through the Eisteddfod,and by encouraging and facilitating emigration

from Wales and fron the east to the west, as well as in aiding every national movement. But it is for his literary labors that he will be chiefly appreciated and remembered for years to come. In various ways he took a prominent and active part in establishing and fostering Welsh American Literature, both in the Welsh and English languages. All our WelshAmerican periodicals owe him a debt of gratitude for his support and encouragement. And THE CAMBRIAN especially acknowledges its obligation to him as one of its strongest supporters from the beginning. His literary productions, which are numerous, varied, and extend over a period of fifty years, reveal a man of genius and culture, and display a high order of mental and literary abilities, and will be for many ages to come a memorial of his life and character.

at Chestnut Hill, near Philadelphia, after suffering severely for three weeks from typhoid fever. He was a thorough Welshman, born in 1821, at Banc-y-Felin, Carmarthenshire. He was a descendant of the princely line of Owen Glyndwr, the family having

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been living for centuries at Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire. The Rev. John Hughes, Liverpool, in his History of Welsh Methodism, (Vol. 2., p 349,) speaks of John Owen, grandfather of the General, as one of the first to assist in establishing the Welsh Calvinistic Church at Machynlleth. He was a man of learning and of superior intelligence, and the author of several books in the Welsh language. The said John Owen moved from Machynlleth

to Carmarthenshire. The date of his removal nor the number of children he had are not known. But one of the children named David settled by marriage there, and built a Woolen Factory at Banc-y-Felin, and had a family of ten children, eight sons and two daughters, bearing the following names: Roger, John, CaRoger, John, Caleb, David, Griffith, Absalom, Elizabeth, Owen, Ann and Joshua who was the youngest. Caleb and Absalom died in their infancy. In the year 1835, the parents and five of the sons left Wales for America, and arrived in Baltimore, where they founded the house of Owen & Co., booksellers and publishers, in which firm Joshua was taught the art of printing.

In 1840 he entered Jefferson College, and under the presidency of Dr. Robert J. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, he graduated in 1845, in a class of fifty-two students. In 1847 his parents removed to Philadelphia. In 1852 he was admitted to the Bar and commenced to practise law; and in the same year he founded the Chest nut Hill Academy, to prepare students for college.

Rev. Roger Owen, D. D., eldest brother of Gen. Owen, has been pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Chestnut Hill for forty years. For some time, by reason of his advanced years, he has not been able to preach the gospel, but in recognition of his long and faithful service, the church

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has conferred on him the honor of being their Pastor Emeritus, and has kindly provided for his comfort in his declining years.

The Rev. Griffith Owen, another brother, while at Philadelphia, was instrumental in organizing and building three Presbyterian Churches, the last having been built in 1849, on Third and Redwood Sts. In 1858 he removed to Baltimore, as Secretary of the Board of Home and Foreign Missions. While there he occasionally preached to the Welsh at Canton, Baltimore. He died in Baltimore about twelve years ago. Rev. John Owen was an Episcopal clergyman, and lived and labored on the eastern coast of Maryland, where he died some years ago. Owen Owen or Owen wywaith, as he was called, died at Chicago about eight years ago. Probably some of the Welsh people in that city remember him. Last of all we record the death of the gallant soldier Gen. Owen.

When President Lincoln issued his proclamation calling for volunteers, after the firing on Fort Sumpter, Gen. Owen enlisted as a private, and shortly after he was elected Colonel of the Twenty-fourth Pennsylvania Volun teers.

Subsequently he organized and took command of the famous Sixtyninth Regiment, which took part in all the battles fought by the Army of the Potomac, from Fair Oaks to Cold Harbor. He was mentioned in all the reports of the Generals under whom he served, for gallant and meritorious conduct, and was promoted to a Brigadier-Generalship.

When the Pennsylvania Sixty-ninth was given the name of Paddy Owen's Regulars, it was not in derision but as a tribute of respect for its steadiness under fire. The men themselves were proud of the title, as well they might be, for no regulars excelled