nent and respectable merchant, and a Vice-President of the American Bible Society.

Feb. 19. At Burlington, Vt., John Pomeroy, M. D., aged 78. When quite young, he served in the revolutionary army, and afterwards studied medicine. He established himself in Burlington, in 1792, and was the most distinguished physician and surgeon in that part of the State for more than 40 years.

Jan. 13. In Attakapas, La., Hon. Alexander Porter, Senator of the United States, aged 58. He was born in Ireland, and his father having fallen a victim there to the political disturbances of 1798, he emigrated to this country, and settled in Nashville, Tenn. He at first engaged in commerce, but afterwards studied law, and removed to Louisiana about 1809, where he soon acquired distinction. He assisted in forming the constitution of the State, and became a Judge of the Supreme Court, and afterwards a Senator in Congress. Endowed with great natural abilities, thoroughly acquainted with the science of law, having a cultivated taste and popular manners, he was for a long time one of the most eminent and highly respected public men of the State.

March 20. At Niagara Falls, N. Y., Gen. Peter B. Porter, aged 71. He was born in Salisbury, Ct., and graduated at Yale College in 1791. His name is connected with most of the important events in the history of western New York; and as an officer in the army during the last war with Great Britain, he rendered important services to his country. He was for some time Secretary of War of the United States.

April 11. At sea, on a voyage to the Azores, Rev. Edward G. Prescott, rector of the Episcopal church in Salem, N. J., aged 38.

Feb. 9. In Jefferson City, Mo., Thomas Reynolds, Governor of Missouri, aged 51. He was a native of Kentucky, and emigrated to Illinois, where his abilities soon promoted him to the office of Judge of the Supreme Court of that State. Thence he emigrated to Missouri, in 1828, and filled with distinguished honor the several offices of Legislator, Judge, and Governor. He died by his own hand, assigning as a reason the violence of his political enemies.

Jan. 20. At Nashville, Tenn., Maj. Henry M. Rutledge, only son of Edward Rutledge, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and afterwards Governor of South Carolina, aged 68. He was born in 1775, was made Secretary to Gen. C. C. Pinckney, Ambassador to France, in 1797; commissioned Major in the U. S. army in 1799; served several years in the Legislature of his native State, and removed in 1816 to Tennessee, where he has held many responsible stations. He was greatly esteemed as a gentleman of integrity and benevolence..

April 5. At Philadelphia, Pa., Professor John Sanderson, of the Philadelphia High School, aged 57. He wrote the "Biography of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence," a work in several volumes, and of

considerable repute, and several volumes of a book entitled "The American in Paris."

March 1.- In Roxbury, Ms., Hon. Ebenezer Seaver, aged 81. He was a Representative in Congress forty years ago, and continued a member of that body for ten years.

March 12. At sea, on board the U. S. frigate Columbia, which he commanded, Capt. Edward R. Shubrick, aged about 50. He entered the naval service in 1809, and served during the whole of the late war with England under Commodore Rodgers. He obtained the rank of Captain in February, 1837. He was appointed to the command of the Columbia, to act with the squadron on the coast of Brazil, in May, 1842. The climate of Brazil proved unfavorable to a complaint of the liver, under which he had long suffered, and the exposure incident to the service, united with the disease, at last caused his death. He was thus taken away, in the midst of his career, from a profession which he was well calculated to adorn, and for which he always professed an enthusiastic attachment. He was brave and faithful in the performance of his duties, and diligent, upright, and honorable in every transaction of life.

June 4. In Salem, Ms., Capt. Jesse Smith, aged 88. He was present in the battle of Bunker Hill, and was afterwards drafted into Washington's Guards, among whom he served in the battles of Brandywine, Trenton, Germantown, and Monmouth.

June 20.

- In Boston, Ms., Mr. Samuel Sprague, aged 90, a soldier of the Revolution, father of the poet, Mr. Charles Sprague.

June 26. At Annapolis, Md., Hon. John Stephen, for twenty years one of the Judges of the Court of Appeals of Maryland. He was formerly a member of the Executive Council, and was often chosen to the Legisla ture, till 1824, when he was appointed Judge. He was a learned and able jurist. In private life he was greatly respected, and he obtained a high reputation as a judge.

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April 10. At Watertown, N. Y., Hon. Micah Sterling, aged 63. He was born at Lyme, Ct., and graduated at Yale College, in 1804. He had been for some years a member of the Senate in the State Legislature, and was for a time Representative to Congress.

Aug. 15. At Saratoga Springs, N. Y., William L. Stone, Esq., fortwenty-four years editor of the New York Commercial Advertiser, aged 52. He was highly respected in private life, and was temperate, judicious, and candid in his conduct of a public press. Besides his labors as an editor, he published several historical works of considerable merit. Among these was a memoir of Brant, the celebrated Indian chief, a life of Red Jacket, the well-known Indian orator, and a volume on the history of Wyoming. For some years he had been superintendent of common schools in the city of New York, and his services in the cause of education entitled him to the gratitude of the community.

March. In Kaskaskia, Ill., John Stufflebean, a revolutionary soldier,

aged 109. He was one of the first settlers of Bourbon county, Ky. His faculties remained unimpaired to the last.

March 30.- In Norwalk, Ohio, Hon. Lewis Burr Sturges, aged 82. He was a native of Fairfield, Ct., and graduated at Yale College in 1782. From 1805 to 1817, he was a Representative in Congress from Connecticut.

March 28. At New Brunswick, N. J., Capt. Abraham S. Ten Eyck, of the United States Navy, aged 58.

Jan. 2. In Somerset county, N. J., Sarah Ten Eyck, aged 101 years and 9 days.

June 14.- In New Haven, Ct., Hon. Nathaniel Terry, aged 76. He was a native of Enfield, Ct., and graduated at Yale College, in 1786. He was a Representative from Connecticut in the 15th Congress, and held various offices in his native State. His residence was in Hartford, but he died in New Haven, while on a visit to his son.

May 24. In Plymouth, Ms., Dr. James Thacher, a surgeon in the revolutionary army, aged 90. He was present at many of the principal battles of the Revolution, and terminated his services at Yorktown. He was the author of several approved medical works, but his publications most known were the "Military Journal," and the "History of Plymouth." He was a zealous antiquarian, and a warm friend of the Pilgrim Society of Plymouth. The excellence of his private character secured for him the respect and esteem of a wide circle of friends, and as a citizen he was public spirited and disinterested."

Aug. 10. In Natchez, Miss., James Tooley, Jr., aged 28, a miniature painter of much promise, and greatly beloved by his friends.

June 13.- In New Haven, Ct., Ithiel Town, aged 60. He was a native of Thompson, Ct., and was extensively known as an architect.

Feb. 28. In Charlotte, Vt., Stephen Turrill, aged 101. He served under Gen. Abercrombie in the campaign of 1758, and during nearly the whole period of the revolutionary war.

Feb. 28. — By the accident on board the U. S. steamer Princeton, Hon. Abel Parker Upshur, Secretary of State of the United States, aged 53. He was the son of Littleton Upshur, and was born in Northampton county, Va., on the 17th of June, 1790. He received his classical education at Yale and Princeton Colleges, and studied law under the instruction of his friend, the late Hon. William Wirt, at Richmond, where he practised his profession from the year 1810 till 1824, when he removed to Vancluse, his patrimonial residence, in Northampton county, Va. In the courts of that county, and of Accomac, he continued the practice of his profession until the 15th of December, 1826, when he was appointed by the Legislature to fill the vacancy on the bench of the General Court, caused by the death of his maternal uncle, the late Judge George Parker. He had previously represented his native county in the State Legislature. On the 5th of October, 1829, he was elected a member of the General Convention

of Virginia. He published a pamphlet containing a review of Judge Story's work on the Constitution of the United States, and contributed many articles to the newspapers on the topics of the day. On the reorganization of the judicial system of Virginia, under the new Constitution, he was reappointed, April 18, 1831, to a seat on the bench of the General Court, and was assigned to the third judicial circuit. This office he continued to fill until the 13th of September, 1841, when he was appointed by President Tyler, Secretary of the Navy. On the 24th of July, 1843, he was transferred, under the same administration, to the office of Secretary of State, which station he held at the time of his death.

April 23. At Vicksburg, Miss., Maj. B. Vick, aged 83, a native of Virginia, who removed to Mississippi in 1807.

June 8. At Geneseo, N. Y., Hon. James Wadsworth, aged 76, a distinguished and wealthy citizen of the western part of New York. He was a native of Durham, Ct., and graduated at Yale College, in 1787. In company with his brother, he purchased a large tract of land on the Genesee River, about the close of the last century. The rise in value of this property made him very rich, and he made a generous use of his large fortune in promoting the diffusion of knowledge and encouraging science. He established and endowed the first Normal school in the State, and assisted in perfecting the system of common school libraries. He was in every respect the architect of his own fortune and fame, and the reputation and influence which he enjoyed were fairly earned, and wisely and generously used.

Jan. 22. In Boston, Ms., William Whitaker, Esq., aged 56, a member of the Massachusetts Senate from the Franklin district, a man of high character and honorable feelings.

July 10. At Elizabethtown, N. J., Hon. Isaac H. Williamson, aged 67. He was Governor and Chancellor of the State from 1817 to 1829. After 1829, he retired from public life, except in 1844, when he was called to preside over the convention that revised the constitution of New Jersey. He was an able jurist, an excellent public officer, and as a citizen, highly respected and beloved.

July 22.

In Washington, D. C., Tully R. Wise, Esq., first Auditor of the Treasury, aged 47.

May 11. In Miami, Ohio, Dr. Stephen Wood, aged 82. He was the last survivor of the band of pioneers who were associated with John Cleves Symmes in the settlement of North Bend, in 1789, and at the period of his death had resided longer in the State, probably, than any individual living.

CHRONICLE OF EVENTS.

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July 31.- The Sandwich Islands, a surrender of which to the British crown had been effected a few months before by the violent proceedings of Lord G. Paulet, were ceded back to their native Prince by Rear Admiral Thomas.

Aug. 26.The U. S. steam frigate Missouri, Captain John T. Newton, while lying at anchor in the Bay of Gibraltar, took fire, and was entirely destroyed, the officers and crew being saved.

Sept. 15. A revolution took place in Greece, the troops at Athens revolting, and, under the command of Col. Calergis, assisted by the people, compelling King Otho to dismiss his ministers, and accept a constitutional form of government.

Sept. 15. — A hurricane did great injury to the towns of Port Leon and St. Marks in Florida, nearly every building in them being prostrated, and, in the former, 14 lives were lost.

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Sept. 19. A dreadful accident occurred on board the steamboat Clipper, at Bayou Sara, Louisiana, from the bursting of her boiler, by which about 20 persons were killed, and many others seriously wounded.

Oct. 14. — A check was put on the progress of “Irish Agitation” by the arrest of Mr. Daniel O'Connell and his son, on a charge of "conspirracy and other misdemeanors." They were held to bail in the sum of £2,000:

Oct. 24. A very destructive fire occurred at Canton, China, by which more than 1,400 houses were burnt, including the Danish Factory, Turner's Factory, and part of the French Factory.

Nov. 9. A French squadron, under the command of Admiral Du Petit Thouars, took possession by force of the Society Islands, deposing the native sovereign, Queen Pomare. The transaction was afterwards disavowed by the French government, and the sovereignty restored to the native princess.

Dec. 24.— A fearful crime was committed on Staten Island, N. Y., the house of Capt. Houseman being broken open and pillaged, his wife and infant child murdered, and the house set on fire.

Dec. 31. Amasa Sprague, Esq., a very respectable merchant of Crans