with the daily press. In connection with Messrs. Deans and Howard, however, he established a weekly paper named the Times, which he edited up to the commencement of the illness which terminated in his death.

In addition to the office of Sheriff, Major Noah was at one time the surveyor of the port, and filled several subordinate stations in the Custom-House, to which he was attached at the time of his decease.

Aug. 16. In Middletown, Conn., Rev. Stephen Olin, D. D., LL. D. He was born in Vermont, and graduated at Middlebury College. He entered the itinerant ministry in the Methodist Episcopal Church in the year 1824, uniting himself with the South Carolina conference. His first two years were spent in the city of Charleston. His arduous labors already proved too severe, and in 1826 he became what is technically known in the Methodist Church as a "supernumerary," with permission to travel for the benefit of his health. He continued located for the same reason until 1828, but in 1829 resumed his itinerant labors. In 1832 he was again compelled to relinquish the heavy labors the itinerancy imposed, and was appointed by the Georgia conference a professor in Franklin College. In 1833 he was elected president of Randolph College, Macon, Geo., which position he held until elected president of the Wesleyan University at Middletown, upon the death of President Fisk. In 1837 he travelled in Europe, his health being still feeble. On his return he published his two volumes, known as "Travels in the East." He also published various sermons, lectures, and discourses. He was an eloquent and pious preacher.

April 13. In Bucksport, Me., Hon. Stephen Peabody, aged 77, formerly Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, for Hancock County, and a graduate of Harvard College in the class of 1794.

Feb. 19. In Washington, D. C., Major Richard Pollard, of Albemarle County, Va., formerly Chargé d'Affaires to the Republic of Chili.

March 24. In Geneva, N. Y., Major James Rees, aged 86. Major Rees was one of the pioneers in Western New York, having settled in Geneva prior to 1800. During our revolutionary period he was a clerk in the office of Robert Morris, of Philadelphia, the financial agent of our government; and for many years and at the close of that gentleman's career, was his confidential clerk. He was postmaster under the administration of Gen. Harrison. He was also with De Witt Clinton and his associates when the survey was made for the Erie Canal. Feb. 10. In Baltimore, Hon. George R. Richardson, Attorney-General of the State of Maryland.

Aug. In St. Louis, Mo., of cholera, Hon. William A. Robards, Attorney-, General of the State of Missouri, aged 32.

He

April 30-In Detroit, Mich., Hon. Elijah J. Roberts, aged about 55. Mr. Roberts was a printer, and was for a long period connected with the newspaper press, where he attained the reputation of a polished and vigorous writer. was a native of Western New York, and his first connection with the press was as editor of the Cortland County Courier, published at Homer. He was subsequently connected with the late Major Noah, in the publication of the National Advocate in New York. From there he removed to Rochester, where he established and edited the "Craftsman," a paper devoted to the defence of Masonry, in the days of the anti-Masonic excitement For many years he was a resident of Michigan, where he filled many places of public trust, having been adjutant of the State, a member of the House of Representatives, and at the time of his death a member of the State Senate.

March 30. In New York, N. Y., Dr. J. Smyth Rogers, aged 57. Dr. Rogers was a gentleman of education and accomplishment. He was for many years Professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy in Trinity College, Hartford.

Aug. 11. In Boston, Rev. William M. Rogers, aged 45. He was born September 10th, 1806, in the Island of Alderney. At the age of two years, being an orphan, he was sent to a relation in America. At the age of fifteen he went to the Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, and was fitted for Harvard College, where he graduated in 1827. After leaving college he was settled and preached five years in Townsend, Massachusetts. In 1835, he was installed pastor of the Franklin Street Church. In 1841, the church in Winter Street was opened for public worship, becoming the central church, and Mr. Rogers became its pastor. He took a great interest in the cause of seamen, and on the day of his funeral, as a mark of respect to his memory, the flags of the shipping in the harbor were displayed at half mast.

May 16.- In New York, Edward C. Ross, LL. D., Professor of Mathematics

and Natural Philosophy in the New York Free Academy. Dr. Ross was born in a northern county of Pennsylvania; was graduated from the Military Academy, with high honors, in 1821, and remained in the army until 1839, having during this period been engaged ten years as an assistant professor of Mathematics in the Military Academy, and employed in severe service during the war in Florida, in which he gained distinction by the fidelity with which his duties were discharged. He was appointed, in 1840, Professor of Mathematics in Kenyon College, Ohio, which position he filled creditably for eight years, until he was chosen Professor in the New York Free Academy.

April 17.- In Savannah, Ga, George Schley, Esq., aged 59. He was a native of Maryland, but had spent the greater part of his life in Georgia. In 1825, he was appointed Postmaster of Savannah by President Adams, and had remained in that office continuously up to the time of his death, having seen in these twenty-six years seven Presidents pass out of office. He leaves an honorable reputation, graced by the recollection of the amenities of social life, and of much efficient public service.

March 10. At the Novitiate, Frederick, Md., Rev. Joseph Coolidge Shaw, aged 30. Mr. Shaw was a native of Boston, and graduated at Cambridge in 1840. Immediately upon graduation he went to Germany, and spent some time in study there and in other countries on the continent. Subsequently he travelled in Europe and Africa. While in Rome he became a Catholic, and studied Theology. Returning home, he entered the Law School at Cambridge, and after remaining there nearly a year, he went again to Rome, and became a student of Theology. Upon his return to Boston, he was ordained a priest by Bishop Fitzpatrick, and was, until his death, a preacher of that denomination. He was a man of great strength, purity, and beauty of character.

March 6.-In St. Louis, Mo., Capt. Henry M. Shreve. He was for nearly forty years closely identified with the commerce of the West, either in flatboat or steam navigation. During the administrations of Presidents Adams, Jackson, and Van Buren, he was United States Superintendent of Western river improvements, and by the steam snagboat, of which he was the inventor, contributed largely to the safety of Western commerce. While the British forces were threatening New Orleans in 1814-15, he was employed by Gen. Jackson in several hazardous enterprises, and during the battle of the 8th of January served one of the fieldpieces which destroyed the advancing column led by Gen. Kean. March 21. In Baltimore, Md., John S. Skinner, aged about 70. He was for twenty years the postmaster of Baltimore, being commissioned by President Madison, and removed by Mr. Van Buren. During the administration of Gen. Harrison, he was appointed Second Assistant Postmaster-General, and at the time of his death was the well-known editor of "The Plough, the Loom, and the Anvil."

March 10.- In New Orleans, La., Cornelius Spaulding, aged 79, said to have been the wealthiest man in the city.

Aug. 31.-In Burlington, Iowa, Henry Starr, Esq., aged 65. He was a native of Warren, Conn., and was a son of the Rev. Peter Starr. He graduated at Williams College; read law at the Litchfield Law School, and at Troy, New York, where he was admitted to the bar. He removed to Cincinnati some twenty five years since, and had become extensively and favorably known in the West. As a lawyer he took rank in the first class of the profession, and was among the first in legal attainments.

April 4 At Big Flats, Steuben County, N. Y., Hon William Steele, aged 89. Mr. Steele was born in the city of New York in 1762, and became subject to military duty in 1778, when he took an active part in the Revolutionary struggle. In the spring of 1780 he sailed from Philadelphia on board the Aurora, a twenty gun ship, which was shortly after captured by the British frigate Iris, bearing dispatches of the surrender of Charleston to the British In 1785, he was appointed a clerk in the old board of Treasury, under Lee, Livingston, and Osgood, Commissioners. In 1794, he commanded a troop of New Jersey horse, and aided in suppressing the insurrection in Pennsylvania, near Pittsburg. After the Revolution, he resided principally in New Jersey, until his removal to the town of

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June 1. In Dresden, Me., John B. Swanton, Esq., Collector of the port of Bath under the administration of John Q. Adams, aged 69. He was also a representative to the General Court of Massachusetts, from Bath, in 1816. June 11. In Baltimore, Md., Osmond C. Tiffany, aged 57. Mr. Tiffany was

a native of Attleborough, Massachusetts. He was bred a merchant, and removed to Baltimore in 1815, where, in connection with the late William C. Shaw, he established himself in the domestic trade, and by energy and integrity built up an extensive business in American manufactures. He was one of the most determined and efficient promoters of the redemption of the honor of the State when it was threatened with the blight of repudiation.

March 23 In Eddington, Me., Hon. William Thompson, aged 83, one of the pioneers of Eastern Maine.

April 9.-On board the steamer California, on her passage from Panama to San Francisco, Hon. Samuel R. Thurston, late delegate in the 31st Congress from the Territory of Oregon.

May 27.-In Raleigh, Shelby County, Tenn., Hon. William B. Turley, judge of the Memphis Court of Common Law and Chancery.

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In Washington, D. C., Commodore Alexander S. Wadsworth. In Lexington District, S. C., Rev. James Wallace, D. D., Professor of Mathematics in South Carolina College, and author of a treatise on Globes and Practical Astronomy.

June 16. In Pittsfield, Mass., Hon. Nathan Willis, aged 88. He was a leading and venerable citizen of Berkshire County, and had been, several times, the Democratic candidate for Lieutenant-Governor.

Aug. 27 In Antrim, N. H., Hon. Luke Woodbury, a well-known merchant. He was the son of Mark Woodbury, of Antrim. He graduated at Dartmouth College, and studied for the profession of the law. He frequently represented his native town in the Legislature, and in 1836, was appointed Judge of Probate for Hillsborough County, which office he filled, to the time of his death, with much credit to himself, and to the entire satisfaction of the people of the county. He was a sound lawyer, but being of a retiring disposition, he seldom attempted the duties of an advocate. Of a social and literary turn of mind, he preferred his books and company of friends to the excitement of the bar or the turmoil of politics. At the Democratic State Convention, in June, he was nominated for the office of Governor. His nomination to this responsible office was most unexpected, and only accepted from its being unexpected.

CHRONICLE OF EVENTS.

1850.

Sept. 2-3.A violent storm and freshet occur in the western part of Pennsylvania and New York. Much damage is done to property, and many lives are lost. Sept. 4. Marshal Haynau, the late commander of the Austrian forces in the Hungarian war, visits the brewery of Messrs. Barclay & Perkins, London, and, while there, is attacked by a mob composed of the workmen in the establishment, and the draymen and coalheavers outside. He is severely maltreated and barely escapes with his life. Through the assistance of the police he is conveyed to Somerset-House, amidst the shouts and execrations of the mob.

Sept. 5.-The Texas boundary bill is refused a third reading in the House of Representatives, by a vote of 107 nays to 99 yeas.

Sept. 6. The act establishing the Texas Boundary and Territorial Government for New Mexico passes the House of Representatives by a vote of 107 yeas to 37 nays.

Sept. 7.-The bill admitting California passes the House of Representatives, by 150 yeas to 56 nays.

Sept. 7.-The bill admitting Utah as a territory passes the House of Repre sentatives by 97 yeas to 88 nays. The Wilmot proviso, offered as an amendment, is rejected by 78 nays to 69 yeas.

Sept. 9. An accident occurs to the passenger train from Albany to Springfield, near the Washington summit, by which three passengers are instantly killed, and several others seriously injured.

Sept. 10. — Messrs. Fremont and Ġwinn, senators from California, take their

seats in the Senate of the United States. Mr. Fremont draws the short term, expiring March 3d, 1851, and Mr. Gwinn that which expires in 1855.

Sept. 11. Messrs. Gilbert and Wright, members from California, are admitted to take the usual oath prescribed for members of the House of Representatives, by a vote of 109 yeas and 59 nays.

Sept. 12.-The Fugitive Slave Bill, as it came from the Senate, is read twice in the House of Representatives,-is read a third time by a vote of 105 yeas to 73 nays, and is then passed by a vote of 109 yeas to 75 nays.

Sept. 12 Prince Schwarzenberg addresses a note to Lord Palmerston in reference to the treatment of Gen. Haynau at Messrs. Barclay & Perkins's brewery, demanding that the matter should be legally investigated. A correspondence ensues, which is closed Nov. 27th, by a note from Prince Schwartzenberg, who says, "As the British government cannot decide upon adopting judicial measures on an attack which placed the life of an Austrian subject in danger, we reserve to ourselves the right to consider, in a similar case, whether we should not act reciprocally towards British subjects in Austria."

Sept. 13.-The Advance and Rescue, the American vessels in search of Sir John Franklin, are completely fastened in the ice.

Sept. 16. The bill to suppress the slave trade in the District of Columbia, passes the Senate by a vote of 33 yeas to 19 nays.

Sept. 17. A fire breaks out in San Francisco, California, and 130 buildings are destroyed, at an estimated loss of $300,000.

Sept. 28. The North Star, James Saunders, master commander, arrives at Spithead, on her return from the Arctic region in search of Sir John Franklin's party. She sailed from Greenhithe in May, 1849. She was imprisoned in the ice from Oct 1, 1849, to Aug. 1, 1850.

Oct. 1.-The Prince Albert, commander Forsyth, the latest of the vessels that sailed from England in search of Sir John Franklin, arrives at Aberdeen, Scotland, from Barrow's Straits, after an absence of less than four months. She brings intelligence that traces of Sir John Franklin's party have been found at Cape Reilly and Beechey Island at the entrance to Wellington Channel.

Oct. 1.Tne Advance and Rescue, in their northerly drift, reach the latitude 75° 23'.

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Oct. 7. A disunion meeting is held in Natchez, Mississippi. Gov. Quitman addresses the persons assembled, many of whom are opposed to disunion. similar meeting in Yazoo city, on the same day, the resolutions proposed are voted down.

Oct. 7.-The convention for amending the constitution of Indiana, assembles at Indianapolis. Hon George W. Carr is elected president.

Oct. 8.- A great union meeting is held in Mobile, Alabama.

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at Richmond.

The convention for amending the constitution of Virginia assembles

Cct. 17-A union festival, in compliment to Mr. Clay, is held at the Fair Grounds, near Lexington, Kentucky.

Oct. 22.- -The city council of Chicago pass resolutions nullifying the fugitive slave law, and releasing the police from obedience to it. This causes great excitement, and, Oct. 24, a public meeting is held, over which the mayor presides, and at which senator Douglass makes a speech in favor of enforcing the law. The city government subsequently reconsider their former action.

Oct. 23.

A woman's rights convention is held in Worcester, Massachusetts. Oct. 26. A great union meeting takes place in Dayton, Ohio.

Oct. 29.

The statue of the Hon. John C. Calhoun, which was lost in the wreck of the Elizabeth, near Fire Island, July 29, is recovered in an uninjured state, with the exception of a slight fracture of the right arm.

Oct. 29.-The Portuguese frigate, Donna Maria II., of 32 guns, is accidentally blown up in the harbor of Macao, and completely destroyed, and 188 of the 244 men on board perish in the explosion.

Oct. 30.- An immense union meeting is held in Castle Garden, New York. Oct. 31. Queen Isabella, in person, opens the Cortes, in the new palace on the Plaza de Cervantes.

Nov. 1.-Discriminating duties of tonnage and impost upon the vessels of Chili, and their cargoes are to be suspended from this date, so long as Chili continues to impose no higher duties upon United States vessels and their cargoes, than she imposes upon Chilian ships and their cargoes.

Nov. 1.. The mortal remains of the late President Taylor are deposited in the family cemetery, near Louisville, Kentucky.

Nov. 2.-The Virginia convention adjourns until the first Monday in January. Nov. 3. The Austrian and Prussian armies come in presence of each other near Neuhoff. The Prussian army, however, retires by the military roads, and no serious conflict ensues.

Nov. 4.- The convention to amend the constitution of Maryland meets in Annapolis.

Nov. 6.The convention to amend the constitution of New Hampshire meets at Concord. General Franklin Pierce is elected president.

Nov. 6. The Austrian ultimatum is delivered at Berlin, that Prussia should evacuate Hesse in eight days, &c., dissolve the Erfurt League and recognize the Diet. The same day the Prussian king signs the order calling out the whole of the military force of the monarchy.

Nov. 11. A fire breaks out at Fredericton, New Brunswick, and destroys four entire blocks in the centre of the city. Between 200 and 300 houses, many of the principal stores, with their contents, and also the Wesleyan church, are burned.

Nov. 11.-The Nashville convention meets in Nashville, Tennessee. Gov. McDonald, of Georgia, is elected chairman.

Nov. 11. The Russian ambassador at Vienna announces that the czar "would consider the continuance of the Prussian policy in the electorate as a casus belli."

Nov. 18. The extra session of the Texan legislature meets for the purpose of acting upon the peace bill,

Nov. 18. An extra session of the legislature of Mississippi, called by the governor to consider the recent measures of Congress, assembles at Jackson. Nov. 18. The depot of the Michigan railroad in Detroit is destroyed by fire. Nov. 19. The Nashville convention, after a session of six days, adjourns, having passed resolutions by a vote of six States, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Virginia, to Tennessee in opposition, -recoinmending a congress of slaveholding States. 59 delegates were present, 14 of whom were from Tennessee.

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Nov. 20. A great union meeting is held in Manchester, New Hampshire. Nov. 21. A great union meeting is held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Nov. 27. A terrible hurricane at Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Great injury is done to the shipping and to the town, many of the principal buildings being destroyed.

Dec. 3.-The treaty of Olmutz is announced at Berlin. The pacification of Holstein by Austrian troops will not take place. Schleswig is to remain in its former union with Holstein. The Austrian and Prussian troops are to evacuate Hesse, and Austria and Prussia act on a perfect equality in relation to the question of the German constitution.

Dec. 4.The Insane Hospital in Augusta, Maine, is partially destroyed by fire. Dec. 9.-The Hungarian general, Bem, dies at Aleppo.

Dec. 13.

The steamer Anglo-Norman, while on a pleasure trip for the day at New Orleans, Louisiana, explodes its boilers, and from 75 to 100 persons are killed, wounded, or missing.

Dec. 13. President Fillmore issues his proclamation, declaring that the act of Congress of Sept. 9, 1850, relative to the boundaries of Texas and the payment to her by the United States of $10,000,000, is declared in full force and operation, the conditions therein having been performed by Texas,

Dec. 14. George B. Matthew, the English consul at Charleston, South Carolina, in a note of this date, invites the attention of Governor Means, of South Carolina, "to the existing law of the State, under which a class of her Britannic Majesty's subjects entering, on the guarantee of a national treaty, the ports of South Carolina, in trading vessels, or in 'distress,' are taken from the protection of the British flag and imprisoned in the common jails, until the moment of their ship's departure," and expresses the hope "that the legislature of South Carolina will see fit to abrogate or amend such portion of the law as applies to the subjects of foreign allied powers, and will thus strengthen the existing bonds of commerce, of friendship, and of mutual good faith, with a kindred nation." December 16th, Governor Means replies, that the law alluded to was enacted "from considerations of safety to the institutions of the State, and not with a view of imposing any unnecessary restraint upon the seamen claiming the protection of the flag of any friendly power." December 17th, Mr. Matthew addresses another note to Governor Means, calling his attention to the