mind, some faint image of eternal duration. The deep tones of the organ and the solemn chant of the choiristers seemed to the excited feeling, not to belong to this world, but to be the welcome of good spirits, who had gone before, and now solemnly saluted tomb to the bar of eternal justice, to receive the reward apportioned to a good and faithful servant. Tuesday, brought together a greater crowd than we have ever witnessed on a similar occasion. The great, and the rich, the poor, and the lowly, assembled to pay the last tribute of respect to the memory of this good and illustrious prelate. The chapel which has been so long cherished by his fos-him, who descended through the tering care, was crowded at an early hour, and the multitude who assembled without, seemed rather to indicate that some great public ceremony was to be performed, or some national calamity to be deplored. The corpse of the venerable archbishop, which had laid in state, since the preceding Sunday was now enclosed in the coffin, surmounted by his mitre and pastoral crosier, and surrounded by those emblems which unite the fancy with the heart in solemn devotion. After the celebration of high mass, the procession moved through Saratoga and Franklinstreets, to the chapel of the French seminary, which was designated as the place of interment.-We have never witnessed a funeral procession, where so many of eminent respectability and standing among us followed the train of mourners. -Distinctions of rank, of wealth, of religious opinion were laid aside, in the great testimony of respect to the memory of the man.-Beside the numerous crowd who filled the streets, the windows were thronged with spectators.-The funeral service for the dead was performed at the chapel of the seminary; and the mind already penetrated with regret and deepest sorrow, felt the effect of those religious ceremonies which performed in the same manner, and chaunted in the same language, and tone of voice through succeeding ages, bring together the remotest periods of 1600 years, and present to the According to the particular disposition of every one, have we heard the venerable archbishop praised and lamented. The extent of his knowledge and the enlargement of his mind, fastened upon the man of liberal science. The liberality of his character and his Christian charity endeared him to his protestant brethren, with whom he dwelt in brotherly love. He was a patriot and loved his native land; nor should Americans forget that his exertions and benedictions, as a man and as a Christian prelate, were given to the cause and independence of his country. His manners were mild, impressive and urbane. The various stores of knowledge came from his lips with uncommon classical grace and richness, which he gained from a perfect acquaintance with ancient languages and literature. His charities were only bounded by his means, and they fell around him like the dews of Heaven gentle and unseen. To those who stood not in need of the comforts of life, he administered the consolation of his counsel; and the weight of his character and his reputation for erudition and profound good sense, gave an authority to his advice, which the proudest scarcely dared to disregard. The veil of mourning which hid the tears of the afflicted, covered many a heart not of his own parti- | he gradually sát like the sun in cular flock, which felt that it lost an inestimable friend. mellowed splendour.-Death, as if fearfully, attacked him with slow and cautious approaches. The paralysis, and consequent mortifica. tion of the lower extremities were complete, before his icy touch ventured to chill the heart; and even until the last moment, the noble faculties of the mind retained their pristine vigour. He inquired if a conveyance was prepared to take away his sister and weeping connexions; told them the scene was about to close, and requested them to take rest and nourishment. He gave them his benediction, turned his head aside, and expired. His countenance retained in death the benignant expression of life. His piety grew warmer as life closed, and the glow of religious hope was elevated almost to enthusiasm. The character of Archbishop Carroll seemed indeed to be filled up with wonderful care. Educated at St. Omers, he was early disciplined in the exercises of the mind, and deeply versed in classic lore. Becoming at Liege attached to the society of Jesus, he acquired that spirit of action-that profound knowledge of the human heart-that admirable fitness for the affairs of the world, which for 200 years distinguished that order, and spread its power to the remotest countries. When the glories of the Jesuits were extinguished with the society itself, he travelled over Europe as the friend and instructor of an English nobleman. Then he viewed the manners of different nations-saw" Sir," he said to an eminent prothe courts of kings, and the meetings of philosophers, and added the liberality of a true philosopher and the accomplishment of a gentleman, to the apostolic dignity of his calling.-Temptation drew forth the purity of his virtues, and like Shadrach he walked erect in the flames. He early marked the rise of the baleful meteor of French philosophy, and mourned when he saw the pestilence shook from its horrid hair, invade his native land-But he gathered his spiritual children under his wings, and protected them in security; and he was permitted to live to see a different spirit prevail; to witness a great revival of religion, and in the abundant prosperity of his particular church, to reap the harvest of the toil and labour of his life. When he was called to receive the reward of his many virtues, the excellence of his character shone out with fresher lustre, as testant divine, who observed that his hopes were now fixed on another world: "Sir, my hopes have always been fixed on the cross of Christ." Yet, humility tempered his confidence, and while a numerous circle who surrounded his bed of death, were transported with veneration at the moral sublimity of his last moments, and his joyous expectations of a speedy release, he called to his friend and associate to read for him the "Miserere mei Deus-Have mercy on me, O Lord"-Reversing the wish of Vespasian, he desired, were it practicable, to be placed on the floor, that he might expire in the posture of deepest humility, as a Christian martyr, and an humble supplicant to an interceding Saviour. How do the boasted glories of philosophy fade before the death of such a man-Socrates died with a cheerless and unknown futurity before him-Cato's indignant soul spurned the yoke of imperial Cæsar, and Seneca opened his veins, and calmly discoursed of philosophy as life ebbed with the purple tide but it was not theirs to know the hope of the Christianthat hope which springs from a life of virtue and a pious soul, and which changes the tomb into the triumphal arch, through which the pilgrim passes into joyful eternity. length killed in an adjacent town. Mr. Booth and his family, not considering the circumstance to be alarming, neglected making use of any means to prevent its dreadful effect, and on the 15th Dec. he was attacked with the characteristic symptoms of the hydrophobia. Medical aid was immedi ately resorted to, but to no purpose; the fatal disorder soon became visible to every spectator, by the dread of every liquid; the sight of which would produce the most excruciating spams. He took but very little or no nourishment, although he retained his senses until the last; cautioning his friends and neighbours to keep at a proper distance from him that he might not do them injury. Philadelphia, Nov. 1816. Died, at his seat in Northumberland county, Virginia, Dec. 1816, WALTER JONES, Esq. aged 70 years. He was by profession a physician, and eminent in his profession; but is better known in his public character; having served for many years, with high credit to himself and his constituents, as a representative in the congress of the United States. He was a man of sterling value. As a politician greatly respected, he was still more valued and beloved as a man. His literary acquirements were of the first order; and there are few men of the present age whose writings and conversation possess-Ireland, about twenty years since, ed more of that Attic salt which distinguished the Popes and Addisons of the last century. His death is deeply regretted, no less by his immediate connexions, than by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. Died, at Lempster, N. Hampshire, on the 17th December, 1816, Mr. JOSHUA Воотн, aged about 55. His death was occasioned by the bite of a cat about six weeks previous. The cat attacked him when in bed, and wounded him in his face; he drove her from him, and she immediately left. the house-and, on her route, attacked a number of persons, some of whom she wounded, and was at Died, at his Botanical Garden, called Upsal, two and a half miles from this city, Mr. Bernard M MAHON, well known throughout the continent and among the botanists of the old world. Mr. M'Mahon came to this city, from and from his previous experience and industry, and great enthusiasm in the profession to which he was bred, he has rendered very emiment services to the United States, (more, indeed, than all who had preceded him,) by applying the principles of agricultural science to the varieties of the climates of this continent; pointing out the errors which had retarded improvement, he contributed to the comforts, and the most delightful of human recreations, planting the shrub, and nursing the buds into bloom, and tendril into vigour. His book of Gardening is a precious treasure, and ought to occupy a place in every house in this country; its principles are eternal, and its instruction fruitful of advan- | at the advanced age of 100 years tage. His theory of planting, has removed the difficulties heretofore deemed insurmountable in the production of QUICKSET hedges, from the WHITE THORN; he urged, that he learned it from nature, who scattering stone fruit on the surface of the earth opens the stone by the frost, and the earth to receive the kernal by the thaw-following this observation, he laid his white thorn seed, or the dried haw on the smooth surface of the ground upon which he proposed to plant, preparing the soil only to suit the operations of nature. It was his desire, while living, to be useful; and it is in conformity with his usual mode of thinking, that we think fit to notice, at the same time that we notice his demise, his practice in an invaluable branch of knowledge, which many may see on this occasion, who have not before heard of it. Died, on the 31st Nov. 1816, at Kennet, (10 miles from the borough of Wilmington, Delaware,) CHRISTIANA WEBB, in the 94th year of her age. She was the last of the 17 children, of Daniel and Jane Hoopes. Her father and grand father came from England, with William Penn, in the year 1682. Of those 17 children, eleven -averaged upwards of 80 years. The aggregate ages of the whole was 1036 years. Remarkable as these circumstances are, they are, perhaps, not more than that throughout this long period all of them had their dwellings, died and lie interred within twenty miles of the last residence and burial place of their said ancestors. and 3 months-her remains were removed to Newbury, her native place, and interred with her ancestors, at the bridge lane burying place. The deceased was greatgrand-child to Mary Brown, the first white child born in the ancient town of Newbury. Her living descendants are two children, 6 grandchildren, 15 great-grand-children, and 30 great-great-grand-children. She lived a widow upwards of 66 years, and enjoyed her mental faculties to the last-and her health was continued to her to such a degree that she was able to walk about the room till within a few days of her death, when at length worn out by age, she resigned her protracted life to the hands of Him who gave it, and "was gathered in to her fathers like a shock of corn full, ripe." Died, at the Creek Agency, on the 6th June, 1816, Colonel BenJAMIN HAWKINS, Agent for the Indian affairs. He was one of those revolutionary patriots who had spent in the service of his country, to which no man was more devoted, nearly, his whole life. At an advanced age, and with a constitution greatly exhausted, he continued to discharge with undiminished zeal the important and perplexing duties of agent, as well as commissioner for marking the limits prescribed to the Creek nation by the late treaty. With a philanthropy worthy of all praise, he had relinquished the enjoyments of polished society, in which he shone conspicuously, with the sanguine hope of civilizing our savage neighbours. This was a favourite object, which for years engrossed almost exclusive Died, in Salem, N. H. Decem-ly his attention. Partial was his ber, 1816, Widow SARAH MORSE, success in effecting this purpose, no other man perhaps could have done as much towards it. His death is a national loss. It will be no easy matter to find a successor like him, in every respect qualified for that appointment. As a man of science, he occupied an elevated rank, and may be numbered among the most enlightened of our countrymen. an estate of $400,000.—Such was his attachment to money, that he was never known to lend or credit a single dollar to any man. Upon the best mortgage or other security that could be given, he would not lend a cent. He never invested one dollar in any of the public funds; neither would he keep the notes of any bank longer than till he could get them changed. He deposited his specie in a large iron chest, until it would hold no more-He then provided a strong iron hooped barrel, which he also filled. After death his strong boxes, "from whose bourne no traveller had ever returned," yielded $230,000 in gold and sil ver. Account of Mr. Baird, who died June, 1816. Mr. Baird was of German extraction. His father left him a valuable farm of 500 acres in the vicinity of York, (Penn.) with some farming and household articles. He kept a tavern a number of years, married a wife, and raised four children. He accumulated an immense estate which he preserved so tenaciously, that he afforded not a dollar for the education of his family. He was never known to lay out one dollar in cash for any article he might be in want of; he would do without it, or find some person who would barter with him for something he could not sell for cash. He farmed largely and kept a large distillery, which he supplied entirely with his own grain. He kept a team for the conveyance of his whiskey and flour to Baltimore, which, when he could not sell for money at a price that would suit him, he bar tered for necessaries for his family | HIMSElf. and tavern. In this way he amassed The cause of his death was as remarkable as the course of his life. A gentleman from Virginia offered him 12 dollars per bushel for 100 bushels of clover seed; but he would not sell it for less than 13 dollars, and they did not agree. The seed was afterwards sent to Philadelphia, where it sold for $7 per bushel, and brought in the whole $550 less than the Virginian offered for it.-On receiving an account of this sale, he walked through his farm, went to his distillery, and gave various directions to his people. He then went to his waggon house and HANGED |