OBITUARY.

During the year 1874, the Boston Board of Trade has lost by reason of death, several of its most valuable members prominent as merchants and statesmen, and noticeable for their active interest in the commercial welfare and progress of Boston.

The following is a brief record.

HENRY CALLENDER-died January 13th, 1874.

MR. CALLENDER was the senior partner of the firm of HENRY CALLENDER & Co., wholesale grocers, and in the business community was a man of influence. For many years he was an active member of the Board of Trade, by which institution his loss is severely felt. At the request of many of his associates a public meeting of the Board was held on January 15, 1874, at which the following resolutions, offered by MR. JAMES H. DANFORTH, were adopted:

"WHEREAS, In the Providence of Almighty God, there has been removed from our midst, one whom we were pleased to honor while living, and whose sudden death has taken from us a most worthy associate; therefore,

Resolved, That in the death of MR. HENRY CALLENDER, this Board has sustained the loss of one who was ever devoted to its welfare, and who shared zealously in every effort which it has made to advance the commercial prosperity of the City of Boston.

"Resolved, That by his death, this city loses a representative of its mercantile interest, who, by energy, character and honorable dealing, has reflected lasting credit upon its reputation at home and abroad; that with a cheerful and benevolent spirit, in him were blended diligence, integrity, liberality and high sense of honor, which won for him the respect and love of friends and associates, and makes general the sorrow at his decease."

Remarks eulogistic of the deceased were made by MESSRS. N. C. NASH, GEO. B. UPTON, JOHN W. CANDLER, ALPHEUS HARDY, WM. H. BALDWIN, and JOHN A. NOWELL, and after the passage of a vote directing that a copy of the resolutions be sent to the family of the deceased, together with a letter of condolence, the meeting dissolved.

CHARLES SUMNER-died March 11th, 1874.

CHARLES SUMNER, United States Senator from Massachusetts, was born in Boston, January 6, 1811, and took his seat in Congress, December 1, 1851, succeeding DANIEL WEBSTER. He was reelected in 1857, again in 1863 and again in 1869. MR. SUMNER'S early public life was passed in the great struggle with slavery, and in these later days the members of the Board of Trade had learned to look upon him as one upon whom they could depend for justice and right action whenever legislation was required in the interest of commerce and manufactures, and who sought in all he said and did and in every act that he attempted to frame, to unite the business men of the country in the support of the government, by promoting just laws and a righteous administration. His death was sincerely mourned by all classes of people throughout the civilized world.

The Executive Committee of the Board met on Thursday, March 12, 1874, and passed resolutions directing that the Merchants' Exchange be draped for thirty days in his memory, and that it be closed at noon on the day of the funeral. Also, that MESSRS. RICE, ATKINSON and NOURSE, be a Committee to prepare a series of resolutions on the death of the Senator to be presented at the next regular meeting of the Board.

At the regular monthly meeting of the Board, on April 6, 1874, MR. EDWARD ATKINSON, in behalf of the Committee appointed to prepare the resolutions, submitted the following declaration, which was adopted and ordered to be placed on record :—

"The members of the Board of Trade mourn the death of Charles Sumner, who had proved himself to be the true friend of the merchant and the manufacturer by being true to liberty, earnest for justice, and devoted to the higher law of rectitude and honor.

“He had the genius of the statesman in that he knew that progress can only consist in devotion to the right, and that men may be moved to justice not by force of statutes but by an appeal to the higher law, which is above all human law-the law of God speaking directly to each human heart.

"He was the friend of the merchants and the manufacturers even when sometimes mistrusted by them, because he knew that no true commerce can exist, either between men or among nations, that is not founded upon liberty, and based upon mutual service.

"For these reasons we honor him, and, in the simple words of one of the oppressed race for whom he lived and died, we join in saying that, in his loss "Massachusetts has lost her great senator, the nation has lost a statesman, the world has lost a philanthropist, and we have lost a friend."

GEORGE B. UPTON-died July 1st, 1874.

MR. UPTON was one of the most active and honored merchants of Boston, taking great interest in shipping and in railroad enterprises. In personal appearance, he was the embodiment of energy and a man of commanding presence and intellectual force.

Among many other offices of honor and trust, Mr. UPTON was President of the Boston Board of Trade, in 1858-'9; a director in several banks and insurance companies; one of the founders of the Sailors' National Home at Quincy, and a manager of the Sailors' Snug Harbor.

When the rebellion broke out, he brought his great influence to bear in recruiting the army and navy, and contributed liberally to any enterprise for the welfare of our soldiers and seamen.

Perfectly familiar with international maritime law, he fearlessly exposed the sham pretences of the British in fitting out pirates to prey on our commerce, and the letters which he published were subsequently approved by the Geneva Arbitrators.

Mr. UPTON'S Success in life was due in a great measure to a high sense of honor, coupled with great industry and sterling integrity.

A public meeting of the Board of Trade was held at the Merchants' Exchange on Thursday, July 2d, 1874, which was very largely attended by the business men of the city.

Feeling addresses were made by MESSRS. E. S. TOBEY, Wм. B. SPOONER, JOSIAH QUINCY, GEO. C. RICHARDSON, JAMES M. BEEBE and others, after which the following resolutions, prepared by the HON. ALEXANDER H. RICE, were read and adopted :

"WHEREAS, in the Providence of God, our esteemed fellow-citizen, the Hon. GEORGE B. UPTON, having fulfilled his earthly career with usefulness and honor, has been called to enter upon his immortal life;

Resolved, That we his fellow-citizens and merchants of Boston, recall with grateful satisfaction his valuable services, public and private, to this community; and that we mourn and regret the removal of one who adorned the circles of business and friendship with manly fidelity to every trust and with cheerful courtesy in all his relations in life.

Resolved, That as members of the Boston Board of Trade, we look with honest satisfaction upon the energetic and honorable mercantile career of our departed associate, who both as President of this Board and as a merchant of this city, added to the renown of each, and furnished an example of industry, sagacity and uprightness worthy of all imitation.

"Resolved, That we tender our heartfelt sympathy to the family and kindred of our deceased friend in their great sorrow and bereavement, and invoke for

them, those consolations of hope and assurance, which follow those who 'having finished their course in faith, do now rest from their labors.'

Resolved, That as a further mark of respect to the memory of the deceased, the officers and members of this Board will attend his funeral on the day appointed for the same."

GARDNER BREWER-died September 30th, 1874.

Mr. BREWER was for many years at the head of one of the largest of the dry goods commission houses of Boston, controlling the sales of a number of manufacturing establishments.

In this position he displayed great talents for finance and a remarkable general business knowledge. He was heavily interested in real estate, as evinced in enterprises in the burnt district, and at the time of his death was accounted one of the most wealthy men in Massachusetts.

ALFRED MACY-died December 23rd, 1874.

Mr. MACY was a resident and native of Nantucket, and had for many years been identified with that place, where he was held in the highest esteem. He was a Presidential Elector in 1860, and Collector of Customs at Nantucket for about eight years. He served three years in the Governor's Council of which he was one of the most active and useful members, and was re-elected for a fourth term.

The announcement of his death brought sadness to a wide circle of personal and political friends.

ALVAH CROCKER-died December 26th, 1874.

MR. CROCKER was a member of the National House of Representatives, having been elected January 2, 1872, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of WM. B. WASHBURN, and was