were everywhere paid to his memory. As the funeral cortége that escorted his remains to their last resting place, in the beloved State of his adoption, passed through the different cities, heartfelt honors were paid to his memory, and he was mourned as a public benefactor and friend.

His eminence as a lawyer was only eclipsed by the splendor of his political fame. In juridical learning he did not excel, nor could it have been expected, considering the standard of professional attainments in his day, but he was well grounded in the principles of the law, and these carried him safely through his manifold labors. As a jury lawyer and a criminal advocate, he has rarely, if ever, been excelled. His most eloquent speeches in public life are said to have been surpassed by some of his addresses to Kentucky juries before he had passed his twenty-fifth year. To many of the moral movements of the day, he gave the weight and influence of his eloquence and his sympathy. Especially was he interested in the success of the Colonization Society, and was for a long time one of its most efficient officers, and also its president.

Mrs. Clay, his wife, still survives; and, of their twelve children, three sons only are now living.

Jan. 20.

Susan Augusta, relict of the late J. Fenimore Cooper, aged 59. April 21.-In Westmoreland, Pa., Judge Richard Coulter, of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 31. In Belfast, Maine, Hon. William Crosby, the oldest lawyer and judge in the State, aged 82. He was born at Billerica, Mass., in 1770. In 1794 he was graduated at Harvard College, holding a high rank in his class. In January, 1802, more than half a century since, he went to Belfast, and settled as a practising lawyer. He was first appointed County Attorney, which office he held till his election to the Legislature. In 1808 he was elected Senator to the Massachusetts Legislature, and subsequently was chosen an Elector of President and Vice-President.

In 1812 he was appointed, by the Executive of Massachusetts, Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, which office he held about ten years. On the separation of Maine from Massachusetts, and the consequent reorganization of the judiciary of the new State, Judge Crosby retired from the bench, and again resumed the practice of his profession, which he continued with signal success until the year 1831, when he withdrew wholly from active life.

March. In Clinton, N. Y., Rev. Henry Davis, D. D. He was born at East Hampton, N. Y., and was graduated at Yale College in 1796. He was Tutor in Williams College for two years, and in Yale College five years. He was Professor of Greek at Union College, Schenectady, N. Y, from 1805 to 1810, and was then elected President of Middlebury College, Vt. In 1817 he was chosen President of Hamilton College, N. Y., and continued in this office until 1833.

Jan. 29.-In Pittsburg, Pa., Hon. Harmar Denny, aged 58. He graduated at Dickinson College, was a member of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, a Representative in Congress from 1829 to 1837, and was a member of the Convention which formed the present constitution of Pennsylvania. In the councils of his native city, and other offices of trust and honor, he maintained a respectable standing by his sound judgment, firmness, tact, and practical abilities.

May 15. In Washington, D. C., William S. Derrick, Chief Clerk in the Department of State, aged 50. Mr. Derrick was born in Westchester, Pa., and was appointed a clerk in the Department of State in 1827. He was well acquainted with the French and Spanish languages and with English literature.

March 2. In Cincinnati, Ohio, Hon. Alexander Duncan, from 1837 to 1841 and from 1843 to 1845 member of Congress from Ohio.

Aug. 9. In Worcester, Mass., Han. Alfred Dwight Foster, aged 52, an upright, honorable, and benevolent man.

June 24.In Charleston, S. C., Rev. Christopher Edwards Gadsden, aged 68. He was born at Charleston, S. C., and was graduated at Yale College in 1804. He was ordained Deacon of the Episcopal Church in July, 1807, by Bishop Moore of New York; and Priest in April, 1810, by Bishop Madison of Virginia. In January, 1808, he was chosen Rector of Biggin Church in the Parish of St. Johns, Berkeley, S. C., and resigned in February, 1810, to enter on the duties of assistant minister in St. Philip's Church, Charleston, S. C. In July, 1814, he was chosen Rector of St. Philip's, as successor of Rev. James Dewar Simons, and continued to officiate there to the time of his death. In 1840 he was elected

Bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina, and was consecrated thereto in Boston, June, 1840.

March 10. In Amherst, Mass., Dr. T. J. Gridley, aged 65, a gentleman of eminence in his profession. He was a graduate of Yale College, of the class of 1808. He had been a member of the Executive Council of Massachusetts.

March 28. In Washington, D. C., John Haviland, an eminent architect. He was born in England in 1792, studied with Elmes, and commenced his career in Russia. Preferring liberty to royal patronage, he came to this country warmly recommended by John Quincy Adams, then Minister at St. Petersburg. He constructed, from his own designs, many public works in this country. He paid especial attention to the construction of jails and prisons, especially those on the separate system.

July 13. In Barbadoes, William R. Hayes, Esq., American Consul at that place.

Feb. 21.- - In Baltimore, Md., Hon. Upton S. Heath, Judge of the United States District Court for Maryland, after a lingering illness. He had been for sixteen years Judge of the District Court, having been appointed by General Jackson upon the retirement of the Hon. Elias Glenn. In the discharge of the duties of the bench, he exhibited probity, impartiality, and firmness; and in private life, he was distinguished for honor, courtesy, and the most expansive benevolence. July 20. In Frederick, Md., Right Reverend John Prentiss Kewley Henshaw, D. D., Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island. He was consecrated bishop in Providence on the 11th of August, 1843.

June 15. — In Washington, D. C., Brevet Major-General Roger Jones, Adjutant-General of the army. He commenced his military career, January 26, 1809, as a Lieutenant of Marines, which commission he held at the outbreak of the war of 1812 with Great Britain, when he was appointed a Captain of Artillery in the Army. His zeal and activity in the arduous campaigns of 1813 and 1814 on the Niagara frontier, and his distinguished gallantry as a Major of the Staff in the memorable conflicts of Chippewa, Lundy's Lane, and the sortie of Fort Erie, won for him the universal respect and admiration of his brother officers, and the marked approbation of the government. He was raised in 1825 to the confidential post of Adjutant-General, which he held at his decease.

June 17. In Bath, Maine, Hon. William King, the first Governor of Maine, and one who has figured most conspicuously in the political relations of the State, aged 84. Governor King was born in Scarborough in 1768, and was a brother of Hon. Rufus King. He removed to Bath about the commencement of the present century. His name is identified most intimately with all that relates to the separation from Massachusetts, and the adoption of the State constitution. As the first Governor of a flourishing and important State, he administered the duties of his office with ability and fidelity. Among the stations which he has since held may be enumerated those of Commissioner on the Spanish Claims, of Commissioner for the Erection of the State-House at Augusta, and of Collector of the Port of Bath.

Aug. 31. In New Haven, Conn., Professor James L. Kingsley, aged 75. He was born in Windham, Conn., August 28, 1778. He was graduated at Yale College in 1799. He returned to the College as Tutor in 1801, and for half a century has been one of the prominent instructors in that institution. In 1805 he was chosen Professor of Languages and Ecclesiastical History. In 1831 he relinquished instruction in Greek, on the appointment of Professor Woolsey; and he ceased to teach Hebrew about the year 1836. Since that period, his department has been limited to the Latin language and literature. He was also the Librarian of the College from 1805 to 1824. In 1851 he resigned his official connection with the College, but consented to retain title as Professor Emeritus. He was a scholar of extensive, varied, and exact learning, and as a writer distinguished for accuracy, terseness, and force. Many important papers on subjects of literary and classical criticism were published by him in the reviews and other periodical works of his time. In the history of this country, and especially of New England, he was uncommonly well versed, and the few contributions which he made to our historical literature are of such value as to cause us to regret he did not publish more.

June 25

In Ripley, N. Y., Hon. Dudley Marvin, aged 65. He was a native of Lyme, Conn., from which place he removed to Canandaigua in the year 1807,

where he commenced and prosecuted the study of the law in the office of Howell & Greig. He was admitted to the bar, and commenced the practice of law about the year 1811. He soon attained an eminence in his profession, especially as an advocate, which made him known in all parts of the State. He was almost constantly employed in important causes in the western circuits, so that his name was familiar in all the western counties. He was a member of Congress from 1823 to 1829, having been elected for three consecutive terms. In 1844 he removed to Ripley, Chautauque County, with a view of spending the remainder of his days in retirement, but in 1846, his services were again demanded by the spontaneous voice of the people of that district, and he was again elected to Congress, and served another term.

Jan. 29. In Washington, Pa., Rev. David McConaughy, D. D., aged 73, for many years President of Washington College, Pa.

July 19.In Louisville, Ky., Hon. John Mc Kinley, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was a native of the State of Virginia, was appointed from the State of Alabama, but his residence was at Louisville, Kentucky.

July. In Columbus, Ohio, George McMillen, Esq., Superintendent of the Ohio Institution for the Blind.

June 21. In Baltimore, Md., John McTavish, Esq., aged 64; for the last seventeen years British Consul for Maryland.

Aug. 22.In New Haven, Conn., Doctor Æneas Monson, aged 89. He was born in New Haven, and was graduated at Yale College in 1780, and since the death of his classmate, Dr. Nott, he has been the oldest surviving graduate of the College. After his graduation he joined the American Army, and served as Assistant Surgeon till the close of the war. A few years later he was engaged in mercantile pursuits, and subsequently for a long period as President successively of different banks in New Haven.

March 22. In Ohio, Hon. Jeremiah Morrow, aged 82. He was a native of the State of Pennsylvania, but removed to the Northwest Territory, now the State of Ohio, in the spring of 1795; was called by the voice of the people to the public councils as a member of the Territorial Legislature in 1800; and was a member of the Convention to form a State Constitution for Ohio in 1802. He was the first member of Congress from that State, serving in that capacity for five successive terms, from 1803 to 1813, and immediately after served in the Senate of the United States one full term, from 1813 to 1819. He was Governor from 1822 to 1826; Canal Commissioner subsequently; in Congress from 1841 to 1843; and President of the Little Miami Railroad Company till 1847. While in Congress he was Chairman of the Committee on Public Lands. In all the public trusts committed to him he was distinguished for strict integrity and strong good sense.

April 14.- In Washington, D. C., Thomas Munroe, aged 80. He was one of the earliest Commissioners of that city during the administration of President Washington; and after the removal of the seat of government thither in 1800, he was appointed Postmaster of that city, which office he filled until the year 1829. May 26. In Franklin, Conn., Rev. Samuel Nott, D. D., aged 98. He was born at Essex, Conn., in January, 1754, and was graduated at Yale College in 1780. In 1782 he was chosen pastor of the church in Franklin, Conn., and in that office he spent the remainder of his long-protracted life. He was also engaged in the business of instruction, and was a maker of public men. Until within a few years past, he discharged the duties of the pastoral office, and has long been regarded as the patriarch of the clergy of New England. In May, 1852, he was injured by a burn, and died of the effects of the accident.

March 2.-In Cambridge, Mass., Rev. John Snelling Popkin, D. D. He was born in Boston, June 19, 1771; ordained Pastor of the Federal Street Church in Boston, July 10, 1799; dismissed, November 28, 1802; installed Pastor of the First Church in Newbury, September 19, 1804; dismissed, October 5, 1815, having accepted the appointment of Professor of the Greek Language in Harvard College. This office he held till 1826, when he was appointed Eliot Professor of Greek Literature. He resigned his Professorship in 1833, but continued to reside ín Cambridge during the remainder of his life. He was a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and of the American Academy.

July 5. Near New Orleans, Hon. Isaac T. Preston, aged near 59. He was

born in Virginia, and was graduated at Yale College in 1812. He began his law studies at Litchfield, Conn., but suspended them in order to serve as captain of a company in the war with England, then in progress. He completed his professional studies with Mr. William Wirt. He removed to New Orleans, and rose to high distinction in the legal profession, and was elected Judge of the Supreme Court of Louisiana, which office he sustained at the time of his death. He was killed by the explosion of the boiler of the St. James, on Lake Pontchartrain, near New Orleans.

Aug. 7.-In Washington, D. C., Hon. Robert Rantoul, Jr., member of Congress from the second district in Massachusetts, aged 47. Mr. Rantoul was born in Beverly, Mass., August 13, 1805; graduated at Harvard University in 1826; studied law in Salem with Hon. John Pickering, afterwards with the Hon. Leverett Saltonstall, and commenced practice in Gloucester, in his native county, in 1829. He was elected Representative to the General Court from Gloucester in 1834. In 1837 he was appointed a member of the Board of Education. In 1843 he was made Collector of the Port of Boston; and in 1845, by President Polk, he was appointed District Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. In 1851 he was elected Senator in Congress during the remainder of the term made vacant by Mr. Webster's resignation, and in the same year was elected to Congress from the second district by the combined votes of the Democrats and Free-Soilers.

June 15. In Philadelphia, Pa., Dr. James B. Rogers, Professor of Chemistry in the University of Pennsylvania.

June 20. In Elizabeth City, N. C., Hon. William Biddle Shepard, aged 51. He was born in the town of Newbern in the year 1799, of a family distinguished for talents, himself the most distinguished. He was distinguished both as a lawyer and politician, but was most known to the public in the latter capacity, having been from 1827 to 1837 a member of Congress from the Edenton District. April 28. In Cumberland, Md., David Shriver, aged 84. He was a native of Frederick (now Carroll) County, and early devoted himself to engineering, which he selected as his profession. He located, superintended the construction of, and disbursed the money for, the great national road from Cumberland to Wheeling, and, on its completion, was appointed one of the Commissioners of Public Works of the General Government. He planned and constructed other public and private works.

Aug. 1. In St. Louis, Mo, Henry Shurlds, Esq. He emigrated from Gloucester County, Va., and was a student of William Wirt. He successively filled the posts of Auditor of Public Accounts, Secretary of State, Judge of the Circuit Court, and Cashier of the State Bank.

June 3. In Connecticut, Hon. Perry Smith, United States Senator from Connecticut from 1837 to 1843.

May 14. In St. Louis, Mo., Josiah Spaulding, Esq. He was a native of Connecticut. He graduated at Yale College, and afterwards became a Tutor in Columbia College, N. Y. In 1820 he emigrated to Missouri, where he commenced the practice of the law, and for a time edited the St. Louis Republican. Afterwards he devoted his whole attention to his profession, and rose to the highest rank at the bar, and at one time occupied a seat on the bench.

Jan. 4. In Andover, Mass., Rev. Moses Stuart, D. D., aged 71. He was born at Wilton, Ct., March 26, 1780, and was graduated at Yale College in 1799. He was admitted to the bar in Danbury, Ct., November, 1802. About the same time he became Tutor in Yale College, and continued in office about two years. Soon after entering on the Tutorship, he determined to leave the legal profession, and engaged with great zeal in the study of theology. In March, 1806, he was ordained Pastor of the First Church in New Haven, and here continued about four years. In February, 1810, he was inaugurated Professor of Sacred Literature in the Theological Seminary at Andover, Mass., which station he filled with distinguished usefulness and success during most of the remainder of his life. He also published numerous commentaries and theological treatises, which have had a wide circulation at home and abroad. He was a man of uncommon ardor, industry, and enterprise.

June 17.- In Harrison County, Ky., Hon. John Trimble, aged 69. He was born in Clarke County, Ky., in 1783; studied law with his brother, Robert Trimble, late Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States; was a Circuit Judge, and also a Judge of the new Court of Appeals of Kentucky; he was an able lawyer and an upright man.

Jan. 28. In Staunton, Va., Rev. Joseph Dennie Tyler, aged 48. He was born in Brattleboro', Vt., and was graduated at Yale College in 1829. He was a clergyman of the Episcopal Church, but for about fifteen years past he had been Principal of the State Institution for the Deaf and Dumb at Staunton, Virginia. Aug. 24. At his residence, near Alabama, Ohio, Hon. Joseph Vance. He was an old resident of the State, had served in the Legislature, was a Representative in Congress from 1821 to 1835, and was Governor in 1836.

April 23. In Albany, N. Y., of apoplexy, General Solomon Van Rensselaer, aged 78.

Feb. 19. In Cambridge, Mass., Rev. William Ware, aged 54. He was a son of Rev. Henry Ware, D. D., and was born in Hingham, August 3d, 1797. He was ordained Pastor of the Unitarian Church in New York City, December 18, 1821, where he continued till 1836. He was, in December, 1843, settled at West Cambridge, where he continued for two years. During the remainder of his life, as his health permitted, he devoted himself to literary pursuits. He was the author, among other works, of Probus and Letters from Palmyra, which made him eminent as a pure, easy, graceful, and vigorous writer. He also wrote and delivered many interesting lectures on topics connected with literature and art. Feb. He In Natchez, Miss., Hon. George Winchester, aged about 59. was born at Salem, Mass., and was graduated at Yale College in 1816. He resided many years at Natchez, Miss., in the practice of the law, and was chosen Judge of the Supreme Court of that State.

July 17.

State of Maine.

-In Portland, Maine, Greenleaf White, Adjutant-General of the June 26.- In Utica, N. Y., Rear-Admiral Ralph Wormley, of the British Navy, for some time resident of Boston, being retired from active service on the half-pay list.

May 8.In Memphis, Tenn., Robert J. Yancey, Esq., aged 46. He was for many years connected with the press of Tennessee, having published a paper at Lagrange as early as 1835-36. He afterwards edited and published the Reporter at Somerville for a number of years. From Somerville, he removed to Memphis, in the spring of 1848, and assumed the editorship of the Eagle and Enquirer, in which position he remained until the autumn of 1850, when he established the Southerner. After the suspension of that journal, he became again connected with the Eagle and Enquirer, as associate editor. Failing health, however, early last autumn, compelled him to give up his active occupation.

April 23. In New York, N. Y., Hon. John Young, Assistant Treasurer of the United States at New York, aged 49. He was member of Congress from 1841 to 1843, and was Governor of the State from 1847 to 1849.

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CHRONICLE

OF EVENTS.

1851.

Aug. 29. A convention of twenty-five delegates assembles in Lewis County, Oregon, and appoints a committee to prepare a memorial to Congress to procure a division of the Territory and the organization of a separate Territorial govern

ment.

Aug. 30.-The United States war-steamer Mississippi arrives at Constantinople.

Sept. 1.-The inauguration of the railway between St. Petersburg and Moscow takes place.

Sept. 3.-J. M. Canales, and other citizens of Guerrero, in the State of Tamaulipas, Mexico, issue a pronunciamiento against the general government of Mexico.

Sept. 7.-The Mississippi sails for the Dardanelles. 10th, she receives Kossuth and his suite on board, he having arrived at the Dardanelles from Gemilk in a Turkish steam-frigate. 11th, the Mississippi sails for Smyrna. 21st, she