This estimable gentleman is well-known in connection with the great success which has attended the culture of the grape in Virginia, in which he may be said to have been one of the pioneers, for there was little success of much consequence till after the war for the Union. He settled in Virginia about the time of the breaking out of the struggle, and has, for years past, been residing at Castle Hill, in Nelson County, where he died. He was a native of Bavaria, his father being connected with the wine department of the King's household. Besides his practical knowledge of grape culture, he was a highly-educated gentleman, being well acquainted with most of the modern languages. At the time of his death he was one of the editors of the " Fruit and Grape-grower.