accounts between Alabama and Mississippi, growing out of their then late territorial relationship. In 1832 or 1833 he was elected Judge of the County Court of Tuscaloosa County, which office he held until April, 1842, when he resigned, having attained the age of seventy years, which the constitution declares a disqualification for the bench.

Nov. 2.In Ballston, N. Y., Hon. Samuel Young, aged 71. He was born in Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, in 1779, but removed at an early age to New York. He was chosen a Representative to the Assembly in 1813. He was reelected the subsequent year, and chosen Speaker. He was chosen to the Senate in 1817 and 1818, and was afterwards a delegate to the Convention of 1821 to amend the Constitution, where he took a commanding position, as the leader of the radical section of the Convention. In 1824 he was the Democratic candidate for Governor of the State, but failed of the election. In 1825 he was again elected to the Assembly; and in the subsequent year was chosen Speaker of that body. He was elected to the Senate in 1834; again in 1836. He was made Secretary of State in 1812, and failed of reëlection in 1845 by one vote. In 1845 he was elected to the Senate with little opposition. He was nominated, without his solicitation or anticipation, by the Democrats of Chemung County, to represent them in the constitutional convention of 1846, but was defeated by a combination of Whigs and Conservatives. He was appointed one of the original Board of Canal Commissioners in 1817, and held that post for many years during the progress and till after the completion of the Erie Canal, and until removed by the opposition party. He was a member of the Board of Regents of the University for many years, resigning in 1835, but resuming his position by virtue of his office while Secretary of State.

This is but the barren record of an official career that was illustrated by the most remarkable integrity, by talents of the highest order, and by a character of the most marked individuality. He was gentle and affable, loving simple amusements, the society of the young, the cultivation of his garden, the study of books, utterly free from political jealousies, and so unmindful of the contests in which he had been defeated, as not to recollect the names of his successful opponents. He retained the vigor and serenity of his mind to the last; and after passing the age of 60, commenced and pursued the study of several of the modern languages. His noble career began from early manhood. He was identified with the war of 1812, the Convention of 1821, and the amended Constitution of 1846; with the construction of our great canals, and with the foundation and extension of our common school system; but above all, he was an honest, fearless, indomitable republican citizen.

1851.

June 11.-In Fort Smith, Ark., Brevet-Brigadier-General Matthew Arbuckle, U. S. A., aged 75. He was born in Greenbrier County, near the Warm Springs, in Virginia, and entered the army as an ensign. He went to the frontier about thirty years ago, and commanded at New Orleans, Fort Gibson, and Fort Smith. In the last war he was engaged in several skirmishes, and wherever he commanded he was a favorite with the officers, soldiers, and citizens. He was thoroughly acquainted with the character of the Indians, and always had the good fortune to possess their confidence. At the time of his death he was in command of the Seventh Military Department of the Army.

Jan. 27. In Minniesland, near New York City, John James Audubon, aged 71. He was born at New Orleans on the 4th of May, 1780, of French parents, and received his education at Paris. He was one of the pioneers of Western civilization. As early as 1810 he sailed down the Ohio with his wife and child in an open boat, in search of a congenial spot in those wilderness regions in which to fix his forest home, and pursue the researches to which he gave all his energies.

From that time his career was one of adventure, romantic incident, and varied fortune. Hardly a region in the United States was left unvisited by his presence, and the most inaccessible haunts of nature were disturbed by this adventurous and indefatigable ornithologist, to whom a new discovery or a fresh experience was only the incentive to greater ardor, and further efforts in his favorite department of science. By those who knew him, he is described as a man of marked and original character, simple in his manners, and in his whole appearance and

habit marked with the characteristics of genius and energy. Of late years, be led a quiet, retired life, mixing little in society, and to the public at large was more an historical character, familiar by name and associations, than an actual member of the community. He leaves behind him a name and a fame which are a rich legacy to American science and art.

May 26. In New Haven, Conn., Hon. Simeon Bacin, aged 89. Judge Baldwin was born at Norwich, on the 14th of December, 1761. He was graduated at Yale College in 1781. In 1783 he was appointed a Tutor in the College, and continued in that situation until 1786, when he was admitted to the bar in New Haven and commenced the practice of the law. In 1790 he was appointed, by Judge Law, Clerk of the District and Circuit Courts of the United States, and continued to perform the duties of that office, in connection with an extensive professional practice in the State Courts, until the fall of 1803, when he was elected a Representative in the 8th Congress of the United States. Having In 1806 he was attended the two sessions of that Congress in the years 1803, 1804, and 1805, he declined a reelection, and resumed his practice at the bar. appointed by the Legislature an Associate Judge of the Superior Court, and of the Supreme Court of Errors, and continued in that office by annual appointment until 1817, after which he returned for a short period to the bar. In 1822 he was appointed by the General Assembly one of the commissioners to locate the Farmington Canal, and was made President of that Board. In 1826 he was chosen by his fellow-citizens Mayor of the city of New Haven. Having seen the canal located and completed to Northampton, in 1830, he resigned his office of commissioner, after which period he sustained no public office.

April 21.-In Norfolk, Va., Commodore James Burron, senior officer in the United States Navy, aged 82. Commodore Barron commenced his naval career when but a youth, under the auspices of his father, who held the rank of "Commodore of all the armed vessels of the Commonwealth" of Virginia, during the war of the Revolution, and until the State Navy was disbanded. Subsequent to this period, he pursued his profession in private service until the formation of our present navy in 1798, in which he received the commission of Lieutenant, and served under Commodore Barry in the brief war with France of that period, with distinguished credit. In 1799 he was promoted to the highest grade in the navy and ordered to the Mediterranean, under the command of his elder brother, Commodore Samuel Barron, where he signalized himself for scientific seamanship and nautical skill, and was esteemed one of the most accomplished and efficient officers, and one of the best disciplinarians in the service. served actively afloat, with few intervals of respite, until 1807, in which year he commanded the American frigate Chesapeake at the time of her unfortunate encounter with the British frigate Leopard, since which time he had not been on sea duty.

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April 9. In Rhinebeck, N. Y., John Brodhead Beck, M.D., aged 57. In 1813 he graduated at Columbia College at the head of his class. He completed his medical studies in 1817, and immediately commenced the practice of medicine in the city of New York, and soon rose to distinction in his profession. In 1836 he was appointed Professor of Materia Medica and Botany in the College of Physicians and Surgeons; but upon the subsequent appointment of Dr Torrey, he exchanged the chair of Botany for that of Medical Jurisprudence, which department, together with that of Materia Medica, he continued to hold until his death.

July 25. In Saratoga, N. Y., Hon Joseph Bell, of Boston, aged 64. He was born in Bedford, New Hampshire; graduated at Dartmouth in 1807, and prac tised law for many years and with eminent success in Haverhill, New Hampshire. He removed to Boston in 1841.

March 29. In Boston, Jeremiah Smith Boies, aged 89. He graduated at Harvard University in 1783, and was the last survivor of his class. He was early connected with the cotton manufacture, then in its infancy, and was part owner and manager of one of the first large cotton mills in the State. Under his prudent and scientific direction, amid difficulties and ignorance that we of the pres ent day can hardly appreciate, this factory soon became eminently successful. April 15.- In Detroit, Mich., Brevet Major-General Hugh Brady, aged 83. General Brady was born in Northumberland County, Pa., in July, 1768. He After this entered the army March 7, 1792, as ensign of infantry, and served under Gen. Wayne in his famous Indian campaign after the defeat of St. Clair. he retired awhile from active service, but returned to it again in 1808, when he

received a commission from Mr. Jefferson. On the 6th of July, 1812, he was appointed Colonel of the 22d Infantry. He distinguished himself at Lundy's Lane, and in the battle of Chippewa he headed his regiment, which was almost annihilated in that hard-fought field, he himself being severely wounded. Upon the reduction of the army, he was made Colonel of the 2d Infantry, which was his lineal rank at the time of his death. Since 1825. he had been stationed at Detroit, and had the command of that military department. He contributed greatly to preserving peace on the frontier during the patriot disturbances in Canada. During the administration of Governor Ritner, his native State presented him with a sword. From his pure life and upright character, he gained from all the reputation of a brave soldier and an honorable man. A life of rigid temperance and systematic activity, had given a hardness to his frame and an elasticity to his step, which continued to the day of his death.

May 27. In Central Village, Conn., Hon. Stephen Branch, formerly a prominent politician of Rhode Island.

May 8-In Baltimore, Md., Nicholas Brice, aged 80. He had been judge for thirty-four years, and at his death was the senior and chief judge of Baltimore City Court.

March 3.- Francis J. Brooke, aged 87, for thirty years judge of the Court of Appeals of Virginia. He was an officer of the Revolution, and an intimate friend of Washington. He was born at Smithfield, near Fredericksburg, on the 27th of August, 1763. In 1780, being sixteen years old, he was appointed a First Lieutenant in Gen. Harrison's Regiment of Artillery; his twin brother, John, obtaining a like commission in the same regiment. Their first campaign was under Lafayette in 1781. He afterwards joined the army of Gen. Greene in the South, and was in Charleston at the close of the war. He was then not quite twenty. On returning to Virginia, for a year he studied medicine with an elder brother, Dr. Lawrence Brooke. By the advice of his brother Robert, he then commenced the study of law, and in 1788 was admitted to the bar. He practised his profession over two years in the counties of Monongahela and Harrison, in the Northwestern part of the State, and was appointed by the Attorney-General, Mr. Innes, Commonwealth's Attorney in the District Court. He returned to Eastern Virginia, and resided at Tappahannock, practising law in Essex County, and in the Northern Neck with Bushrod Washington, afterwards Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States, Alexander Campbell, a distinguished lawyer, and others. In 1794 and 1795 he represented Essex County in the House of Delegates. In 1796 he removed to Fredericksburg; in 1800 was elected to the Senate, and whilst its Speaker in 1804, was elected a Judge of the General Court. In 1811 he was elected Judge of the Court of Appeals, of which he was President eight years. In 1831, under the revised Constitution of the State he was reelected a Judge of the same Court, of which he was a member at the period of his death.

March 9.-In San Antonio, Texas, Brevet Major-General George M. Brooke. Gen. Brooke entered the army, from Virginia, on the 3d of May, 1808, as First Lieutenant in the 5th Infantry. He was promoted to the rank of Captain the 1st of May, 1810; to that of Major of the 4th Infantry in 1814; to that of LieutenantColonel same regiment March 1, 1819; and in July, 1831, to the rank of Colonel in the 5th Infantry. His first brevet was that of Lieutenant-Colonel, August 15, 1814, for "gallant conduct in the defence of Fort Erie"; his second was that of Colonel, September 17th, 1814, for "distinguished and meritorious services in the sortie from Fort Erie." He was made a Brevet Brigadier-General, September 17, 1824,"for ten years' faithful service as Colonel"; and he was breveted a Major-General, May 30th, 1848, "for meritorious conduct, particularly in the performance of his duties in the prosecution of the war with Mexico."

Fort Brooke, at Tampa Bay, was established by him and received his name in 1824, where he was stationed for a number of years. At the time of his death he was in command of the 8th Military Department (Texas), and engaged in planning an expedition against the Indians.

Aug. 15. In Hartford, Conn., Jeremiah Brown, Esq. Mr. Brown was a native of Granville, Mass. He was in early life a merchant, and was for several years engaged in business in Hartford, as a partner in the firm of Brown & Savage. He was elected State Treasurer of Connecticut in 1835, and was annually reelected until 1838, after which time he remained in the office as Clerk, uniformly declining the solicitations of his friends again to become a candidate for Treas

urer.

April 17.-In New Orleans, La., Hon. Henry Adams Bullard, aged 62. He was born in Groton, Mass., of which town his father was the minister, on September 9th, 1788. He was educated at Harvard University, and graduated in 1807, at the age of nineteen. At the time, French was the only modern language But while he pursued his law studies, both in Boston taught in that institution. and Philadelphia, he acquired the Spanish, Italian, and German, all of which he critically understood and appreciated. In Philadelphia, the acquaintances formed through his knowledge of the Spanish, brought him in contact with Gen. Toledo, who was organizing an expedition to revolutionize New Mexico. Judge Bullard, then just admitted to the bar, joined him as an aid and military secretary, and proceeded with him to Nashville, where he passed the winter of 1812. The following spring he accompanied Gen. Toledo and the recruits to Natchitoches, which was the starting point. They entered the Mexican territory, and found the people already in arms, and the royal troops driven out of what now constitutes Texas, except the force in San Antonio; but these retired at the approach of the republicans. Here they remained several weeks, until the Spanish General, having concentrated an overwhelming force, defeated the republicans in a pitched battle, and scattered their forces in every direction. Judge Bullard was mounted, and, with one or two companions, managed to reach Natchitoches, after suffering severe hardships. Here he opened an office, and commenced the practice of his profession.

In 1822 Judge Bullard went upon the District Court Bench, and performed its duties for several years, when he resigned, but, after a year or two, returned. In 1831 he was elected to Congress from the Western District, and was reelected In Congress, the next term. In 1834 he was elevated to the Supreme Bench, taking the place of Judge Porter, who went into the Senate of the United States. Judge Bullard was not among the debaters. He spoke occasionally on great questions, and after careful preparation. His most elaborate speech was on the tariff bill in 1832. He remained on the Supreme Bench from 1834 till 1846, with the exception of a few months in 1839, when he filled the office of Secretary of State, and resumed the practice of his profession. Under the constitution of 1815, a new judiciary was created, and not one of the members of the Supreme Court retained. He returned to practice in New Orleans, and was retained in much of the important litigation of the State.

In 1847 he was appointed Professor of the Civil Law in the Law School of Louisiana, and delivered two courses of lectures. In 1850 he was elected to fill a vacancy in the State Legislature, and a few weeks after was chosen to fill the vacancy in the 2d Congressional District, occasioned by the resignation of Hon. C. M. Conrad. Judge Bullard thus returned to Congress, after an absence of sixteen years. He found but few of his old friends in either house. He did not speak during the short session, though it had been his wish to do so on the California bills. During the session he argued several cases in the Supreme Court, and was treated with marked attention by that talented and learned bench. His health during the winter was remarkably good, and the cold, dry climate braced his constitution. But he imprudently returned home by the Southern route, and the fatigue and exposure of the journey completely prostrated him. He lingered for three weeks and died.

March 25.-In Germantown, Pa., Hon. Thomas Burnside, an associate judge of the Supreme Court of that State, and a representative to Congress from 1815 to 1819.

April 15.-At his residence, near Nashville, Tenn., Hon. Terry H. Cahal, Chancellor of the Middle Division of Tennessee, to which office he was appointed in 1844.

March 15.-In Milford, Conn., Hon. Abijah Carrington, aged 73. He graduated at Yale College in the year 1800. For several years he officiated as a clergyman, from which duty ill health obliged him to desist; but he afterwards became a merchant. He was called to several public stations, as Representative and Senator in the State Legislature, and was Comptroller of the State for two years. March 22. In Walpole, N. H., Abiel Chandler, aged 73. He was a native of Concord, N. H., and was occupied in agricultural labors until over twenty-one years of age. He then fitted for College in Phillips's Exeter Academy, and was graduated at Harvard University in the class of 1806. For many years he was engaged in business in Boston, and was well known as a partner in the house of Chandler, Howard, & Co. During his whole life he sustained an unblemished

character, and discharged with fidelity the duties of a good citizen. Being a widower, and without children, and leaving a handsome estate, the fruit of honorable industry, he disposed of it in a manner indicative of his liberal public spirit and regard for the interests of his native State. He bequeathed $1,600, and also the surplus of his estate, to the New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane, and $50,000 to Dartmouth College for the establishment of a Scientific School connected with that institution. He made provision, that gratuitous instruction should be given to a limited number of indigent and worthy students, to be ap pointed by the Trustees, subject to the approval of the Visitors, and directed that the income of the instructors shall, to some substantial extent, depend upon the number of students in actual attendance.

March 15. In Indianapolis, Ind., George A. Chapman, aged 44. Mr. Chapman was one of the original proprietors of the Indianapolis State Sentinel, and was well known as one of the most popular Democratic editors in the West.

Jan. 7.- In Hanover, N. H., Professor Stephen Chase, aged 37. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1832, and was elected Professor of Mathematics in that institution in 1838.

April 28. — In Dauphin County, Pa., Hon. William Clark. He was for a time prior to 1828 State Treasurer of Pennsylvania. In 1823 he was appointed Treas urer of the United States, and held the office for one year. From 1833 to 1837 he was a member of Congress from his State. He was a man of energy and integrity, and filled all the various distinguished positions with ability and honor.

March 30. In Abingdon, Va., Richard Coke, Jr., Esq. Mr. Coke was the representative in Congress from the Abingdon District from 1829 to 1833, and for many years a prominent member of the bar. He possessed talents of a high order, and an energy seldom equalled.

April 23. In Berkeley County, Va., Hon. Edward Colston, aged 63, a distinguished citizen of Virginia. During his long and honorable life he faithfully performed the duties of many responsible public posts; represented his district in the Congress of the United States from 1817 to 1819; frequently represented his county in the Legislature of this State; and served a long time as one of the magistrates of the county, and a part of the time in the capacity of High Sheriff. Jan. 22. — In Philadelphia, Pa.. Rev. Walter Colton. Mr. Colton was appointed to a chaplaincy in the navy in 1830. He was the author of several literary productions, which were well received by the public. Among them were "Ship and Shore," and "Constantinople and Athens," published some years ago, and, more recently, "Deck and Port," being a journal of his voyage in the ship Congress to California, by way of the Sandwich Islands, and "Three Years in California." Besides these more prominent works, Mr. Colton has contributed largely to the literature of the country as editor and as a poet. On the breaking out of the war with Mexico, Mr. Colton was detached from the Congress by Commodore Stockton, and appointed alcalde of Monterey, in California, to which office he was afterwards repeatedly elected by the people, having discharged its duties with honor and usefulness till some time after the peace. He also officiated at Monterey as judge of admiralty during the war, and won a reputation for his decisions, though out of the range of his own profession.

April 6.- In New Bedford, Mass., Benjamin T. Congdon, Esq. Mr. Congdon was for many years publisher of the New Bedford Courier, a paper devoted to the Anti-Masonic cause. He had held many offices, both under the General and State Governments, and was at the time of his death Register of Deeds for the County of Bristol.

Feb. 3. In Boston, Hon. Benjamin W. Crowninshield, aged 77. Mr. Crowninshield was better known to the last generation than to the present. He filled with general acceptation, nearly forty years ago, the office of Secretary of the Navy, to which he was appointed in December, 1814, by President Madison, and served until his resignation in November, 1818. In 1823 he came into Congress from the Salem District of Massachusetts, and continued to represent it until 1831. Jan. 25. In Richmond, Va., Dr. John Cullen, aged 53, for a long time Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine in the Medical Department of Hampden-Sydney College.

May 20.-In Portsmouth, N. H., Hon. Samuel Cushman, aged 68, judge of the police court in that city. He had held several offices of trust in the State, and was a representative in Congress from 1835 to 1839.

April 12.-In New Haven, Conn., Hon. David Daggett, aged 86, a distinguished citizen and jurist.