THOMES, William Henry, author, born in Portland, Maine, 5 May, 1824. He was educated in the public schools of Boston, worked in a printing-office, and was afterward connected with various journals as reporter and editor. He went to California in 1843, and again in 1849, subsequently visiting Honolulu, the East Indies, and Australia, and contributing articles upon his travels to various magazines. Mr. Thomes was the first president of the New England society of California pioneers. He is the author of "The Gold-Hunters of Australia" (Boston, 1869); "Life in the East Indies" (1870) ; "A Whaleman's Adventures" (1871) ; "The Gold-Hunters in Europe" (1872); "'A Slayer's Adventures" (1873); "Running the Blockade" (1874) ; "The Belle of Australia" .(1885); "On Land and Sea" (1886) ; and "Lewey and I" (1887).