OBITUARY.

Alexander Bliss of the class of 1847 died at his home in Washington, Thursday, in his sixty-ninth year. He was a stepson of the late George Bancroft, the historian, and his secretary of legation while Mr. Bancroft was minister to Germany. Colonel Bliss was born in Boston. His father, Alexander Bliss of Spring field, was at one time a partnes of Daniel Webster. Colonel Bliss was graduated from Harvard College in the class of 1847, with Charles A. Dana and George William Curtis.