Joseph Howland

      Death of General Howland.
 NEWBURGH, N.Y., April 3.--General
Joseph Howland, whose death at Mentone,
France, is just announced, was the young-
est son of Samuel S. Howland of New York,
of the firm of Howland & Aspinwall. His
mother was the daughter of John Howe,
one of the mayors of New York and the
original incorporator of the Delaware &
Hudson Canal company. General Howland's
wife is a relative of ex-President Woolsey,
of Yale College. Deceased early in the re-
bellion enlisted as adjutant of the Sixteenth
N.Y., regiment and became colonel. He
was brevetted brigadier general for gallan-
try at Gaines Mills where he was severely
wounded. After recovering he re-entered
the military service but his health being
impaired by camp fever in Chickahoming
he resigned. He was state treasurer in Fen-
ton's administration. For many years he
has been prominent in charitable and
public spirited labors at Manhattan where
he resided. He went abroad on account of
his health last July.