Aug. 20.-At Poughkeepsie, Robert Wilkinson, Esq., aged 62, eminent for his virtues and religious spirit. Aug. 25. At Cleveland, Ohio, Hon. Austin E. Wing, aged 58. Mr. Wing was a Delegate to Congress from the Territory of Michigan as far back as 1832. Since that time he has filled a number of local offices with credit. Aug. 3. At Lexington, Ky., Hon. Aaron K. Wooley, LL. D., aged 49. He was a native of Newark, N. J., and graduated the first of his class at West Point. Disliking the the service, he studied law, and began to practise in Mississippi. He removed to Kentucky in 1828, and was soon appointed Judge of the 3d District Court. He was State Senator for many years from the Fayette district; and at the time of his decease he had been for ten years Law Professor in Tran. sylvania University. May 7. At San Antonio de Bexar, Texas, Brevet Major-General W. J. Worth. He was born in 1794, received a plain but substantial education, and began life as a trader's clerk in Hudson, N. Y. When the war of 1812 broke out, he entered the army as a private, but did not long remain in the ranks. He obtained a commission as lieutenant in the twenty-third regiment; and the merits of the young subaltern, joined to some good fortune, did the rest for his advancement. At Chippewa he distinguished himself so highly, that he was brevetted a captain; at Lundy's Lane he won the rank of major; and if peace had not been declared immediately afterwards, he would doubtless have advanced still farther. After the peace, Worth was for some time superintendent of the West Point Military Academy. In 1824 he was appointed a lieutenant-colonel; in 1832, a major of ordnance; and in 1838, colonel of the eighth regiment of infantry, the rank he held in the line at the time of his death. In 1821, after the retirement of Gen. Armistead, Worth succeeded to the chief command in Florida, where he had been serving as second in rank for about a year. On the 17th of April, 1842, he overtook a large force of savages at Polaklaklaba, near the St. John's River. A terrible action ensued, but victory finally crowned Worth. In recompense for his gallantry on this occasion, he was brevetted a brigadier-general. He remained in Florida after this for some time, but the Indians could never be induced to try their strength with him again. When a war with Mexico became probable, he was detached to Corpus Christi, to join Taylor, and remained with the General until just before the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma. He then hastened to Washington, intending to resign, but the war altered his decision, and, cancelling his resignation, he hurried back to the army. Gen. Taylor assigned to him, at Monterey, the task of carrying the heights on the Saltillo road, with one division of the army, while with the other the commander-in-chief advanced against the town from the Seralvo road. This was, in fact, giving Worth an independent command, for, after once separating, it was found impossible to keep up the communication between the two divisions of the army. Worth carried, in succession, the various forts commanding the Saltillo road, stormed the Bishop's Palace, which overlooked the town, and, pushing forward through the suburbs, entered the streets, throwing shot and shells, and carrying terror and dismay before him. He was within a short dis tance of the great square when the town capitulated to Taylor, penetrating to the Plaza from the other side. For his exploits at Monterey, Worth was brevetted a major-general. Worth was among the generals withdrawn from Taylor prior to the battle of Buena Vista. His next great exploit was at Molino del Rey, where he carried the almost impregnable works of the enemy, after a tremendous struggle, in which more lives were lost, in proportion to the numbers engaged, than in any action of the war. This terrible battle illustrated the faults as well as merits of Worth. It is now generally conceded that the action was won at too great a The defences of the Mexicans had been imperfectly reconnoitred, and proved far stronger than they were at first supposed. It was also believed that the enemy had an important cannon-foundery there, which was a mistake. The attack ought never to have been ordered; but, once determined on, Worth was the man to lead it. cost. Worth also fought with distinction at Cerro Gordo, at Churubusco, and at the storming of the gates of Mexico. He was, perhaps, after Taylor and Scott, the most efficient, certainly the most popular, of the generals of the war with Mexico. The character of Worth may be sketched in few words. He was brave to a fault, sufficiently good as a tactician, chivalrous, of popular manners, of imposing presence, haughty, — at times overbearing, — impetuous, warm-hearted, and a fast friend. In many respects he resembled Decatur. In battle, especially where daring courage was required, he had no superior. Aug. 16. CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. 1848. - An immense conflagration commences at Constantinople, consuming about 2,500 shops and 500 houses. Aug 16. A serious insurrection takes place against the British authorities in Ceylon, which is subdued by strong measures. Aug. 21. A hurricane devastates Antigua, St. Kitts, Nevis, and St. Thomas. Aug. 26. A battle takes place between the English and the Boers at the Cape of Good Hope. The former are victorious, with a loss of 54 men killed and wounded. The Boers lose 199. - Aug. 26. An armistice is signed between Denmark, Prussia, and Sweden, to continue till March 1, 1849. Aug. 30. Mr. Buchanan, Secretary of State, instructs Samuel H. Hempstead, Esq., United States Attorney of the District of Arkansas, to discover and prosecute all those who are engaged in preparing a military expedition for the invasion of Mexico, and establishing the Republic of the Sierra Madre. Sept. 2-5. The town of Messina is bombarded and taken by the King's troops. An insurrection occurs at Leghorn, and the city is placed by the insurgents in the hands of a provisional government. Sept. 2-5.- Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte is elected member of the French Assembly for the Departments of the Seine, the Moselle, the Yonne, and the Orne. Sept. 5.- The German National Assembly votes to suspend the measures for carrying the Schleswig-Holstein armistice into execution. The ministry re - signs. The British Parliament is prorogued by the Queen. Sept. 9. At 11 o'clock, P. M., a destructive fire breaks out in Brooklyn, New York, and burns until 5 o'clock the next morning. About 200 houses are destroyed, and property to the amount of $750,000 is consumed. The insurance amounts to $350,000. Sept. 16. The German National Assembly, by a vote of 258 to 236, reconsiders its vote of September 5, annulling the armistice of Malmoe. The populace of Frankfort attempt an insurrection, but are quelled. Prince Lichnowsky and Major Von Auerswald are barbarously murdered by insurgents outside of the walls. Sept. 27.-Count Lamberg, the Imperial commissioner appointed to take chief command in Hungary, is slain by the Hungarian populace at Pesth, where he had recently arrived. Oct. 3. -The Emperor of Austria dissolves the Hungarian Diet, proclaims martial law for that province, and appoints the Ban Jellachich to the supreme government. Oct. 4. Mr. Clifford presents his credentials, as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Republic of Mexico, to President Herrera. Oct. 5. Great excitement in Vienna, owing to the Emperor's recent proclamations. Oct. 7.- A violent rain-storm, with much thunder and lightning, visits Washington, D. C., lasting from 8 o'clock, P. M., till near daylight. Oct.- Kossuth is appointed, by the Hungarian Diet, President of the Defence Committee, with dictatorial powers. Oct. 6.The Grenadiers are ordered to join the Imperial troops in Hungary; their departure is opposed by the National Guard and the Academical Legion, and the railway track is torn up. The Grenadiers being ordered to proceed on foot to Gausendorf, the Tabor bridge is barricaded by the insurgents, and the Grenadiers fraternize with their opponents. General Bredy, commander of the Nassau Infantry, is killed in the encounter. The insurgents return to the city, and soon become irresistible. They take the Cathedral of St. Stephens, which was held by a party of loyal National Guards; between 5 and 6 o'clock, P. M., they gain possession of the War Office, and seize Count Latour, the Minister of War, who is brought into the street, murdered, stripped, and gibbeted. At 6 P. M., the loyal troops are besieged in the arsenal, which they defend with spirit; but the fortress is bombarded, and at 6 A. M. of the 7th, surrenders. The populace are then armed. The Diet (assembled on the 6th) elects a Committee of Safety, with executive power, and sends an address to the Emperor, demanding, (1.) a new ministry; (2.) the revocation of the proclamation against Hungary; (3.) the removal of Jellachich from his governorship; (4.) an amnesty for the rioters. The Emperor grants a new ministry; but the Diet deems his answer evasive, and the Committee of Safety is ordered to continue in power. The Emperor with his family leaves Vienna; but sends to the Diet a threatening proclamation, which he could find no minister to countersign. A few troops escort him. Oct. 8. The city is calm. The Diet continues its sittings, and passes a decree assuring the Emperor of the immutable love of his people. Count Auersperg, the Imperial commandant at Vienna, remains with 20,000 men outside of the city in a neutral attitude. The Emperor requests M. Hornbostl, one of the new ministry appointed by the Diet, to join him on the road. Oct. 9. Jellachich arrives at Bruck, on the Leytha. The Hungarian camp is at Wieselberg. Count Auersperg declines the request of the Diet to enter the city; Jellachich refuses to receive orders from the Diet. Oct. 11. The Hungarian army advances to Roth Neusiedl, six miles from Vienna. Their videttes are visible from the steeples of that city. Oct. 11. The troops of Jellachich arrive close to Vienna, and occupy the Wiener Berg; they afterwards retire to Schönbrunn. Oct. 12.- - Auersperg retires to Enzersdorf; the Hungarian army is at Schwacha. Oct. 16.-The Emperor of Austria issues a proclamation against Vienna, and appoints Prince Windischgrätz to command his armies in Austria. Oct. 17.-Vienna is in a state of siege; and the Imperial troops draw closer around the city. Deputations are sent almost daily from the Diet at Vienna to the Emperor at Olmutz. Kossuth withdraws the Hungarian army within their own frontier. Oct. 19. The Mormon temple at Nauvoo is totally destroyed by fire, — the work of an incendiary. Oct. 20. Oct. 20. The state of siege is raised in Paris, by a decree of the Assembly. The Emperor proclaims the removal of the Austrian Diet from Vienna to Kremsier. 1 Oct. 21.- Windischgrätz occupies the island of Lobau, near Vienna. The Emperor refers to him all deputations from the city. Oct. 23. Windischgrätz summons the city to surrender, and offers terms. Oct. 28. Windischgrätz enters the suburbs of Vienna, and commences the attack. On the 29th proposals to surrender are sent him, but he declines to alter his terms of the 23d. The town council then vote that the defence cease; and announcement is made to Windischgrätz. General Bem, and the workmen under his command, encouraged by the approach of the Magyars, refuse to comply with the vote; the Imperial soldiers are fired upon as they enter, and a fierce fight is maintained in the streets. The Imperialists bombard the city, a succession of savage conflicts ensues, and the city is not completely mastered until the morning of November 2d. Oct. 29.-Mazzini issues a proclamation to the Italians in aid of the "Central Junta of Insurrection"; great disorder prevails in Lombardy. Oct. Intelligence comes from Oregon of a battle fought, the 13th of March last, with the Indians, near the Toosha River, and that Governor Abernethey issued a proclamation on the 1st of April, calling for volunteers against the Indians. Nov. 2.A frightful collision takes place upon the Eastern Railroad in Massachusetts. Nov. 4.-The French Assembly adopts the new constitution, by a vote of 739 to 30. Nov. 7.-Lieutenant Edwardes engages a body of Sikh troops, near Moultan, with success; his loss (in allies) being estimated at 200. Nov. 7.- According to the requisitions of the act of Congress of January 23, 1845, all the States of the Union vote for Electors of President and Vice-President. Nov. 9.- Blum, a Leipzig publisher, and one of the Frankfort deputies, is shot at Vienna, by order of Windischgrätz, for his part in the insurrection. Nov. 9.The King of Prussia prorogues the Assembly at Berlin, and appoints Brandenburg as the next place of its meeting. The Assembly resolves to sit in permanence, and remains in the hall until late on the afternoon of the 10th. The military close around the hall, and the members are suffered to withdraw, attended by the Burgher Guard. Nov. 11. A destructive breach takes place in the southeastern side, or end, of the large basin and reservoir of the Northern Liberties and Spring Garden Water-works, at Philadelphia, by which the whole body of water, between five and six millions of gallons, is let out, and from 50 to 100 feet of the walls of the Girard College grounds, on the north and south sides, are carried away. The loss is estimated to be from $25,000 to $30,000. Nov. 12.- The Burgher Guard at Berlin is dissolved by the King's proclamation. They refuse to give up their arms or to disband. General Wrangel proclaims the city in a state of siege. Nov. 13.-The Deputies of the Assembly at Berlin, having reassembled in another place, are peaceably ejected from their hall by the military, and, after various removes from day to day, cease to assemble in a body. Nov. 14. - Jellachich quits Vienna for Hungary. - Messenhauser, the commander of the National Guard at Vienna, suffers military execution. Nov. 16.- Count Rossi, the Prime Minister of Rome, is stabbed in the neck, as he enters the Senate-House, and dies. The mob collect in the Piazza del Popolo, and, marching to the Quirinal Palace, at 1 P. M. present their demands to the Pope, viz. :- 1. Italian nationality; 2. A Constituent Assembly and Federal Pact; 3. A war of independence; 4. Adoption of the Programme Mamiani, of June 5; 5. Their list of ministers. The Pope hesitating to comply, the Palace is besieged. Monsignore Palma, his private secretary, is shot at a window, and after a scattering fire of musketry, and the planting of cannon against the gates, the Pope, at 7 P. M., names a new and popular ministry. Nov. 18. The dam at Hadley Falls, near Springfield, Massachusetts, 1,000 feet long and 30 feet high, is carried away, at a loss of about $50,000. Nov. 22. A great battle is fought near Ramnuggur, on the right bank of the Chenab, between the English forces under Lord Gough, and the Sikhs under Shere Singh ; victory is claimed by the British, but at a great cost. Nov. 24. Pius IX. after continuing more than a week as a prisoner in his palace, leaves Rome in disguise, and proceeds to Mola di Gaeta. Nov. 27.- The Prussian Assembly is convoked at Brandenburg, but a quorum is not present. A quorum afterwards is found, but at once adjourns. Hungary declares itself an independent republic. Windischgrätz occupies Raab. Dec. Dec. 2. Ferdinand I., Emperor of Austria, abdicates the throne; Francis Charles, his brother and heir, renounces the succession; and Francis Joseph, son to the renouncing Archduke, is proclaimed Emperor. Dec. 2.-Señor Luis de la Rosa, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Mexico, is officially introduced to the President of the United States. Dec. 5.-The Senate of Ohio succeeds in electing a Speaker on the 16th ballot, and a Clerk on the 121st ballot. Dec. 6.The Electors in the several States meet at their respective Capitols, and vote for President and Vice-President of the United States. Dec. 6. The King of Prussia dissolves the Assembly and promulgates a new constitution. Dec. 8. The first deposit of gold from California, weighing 1804.59 ounces Troy, is made at the mint of the United States, by Mr. David Carter, who brings it from San Francisco by the Isthmus route. Dec. 9. A second deposit of 22.8 ounces is made by the Secretary of War. The average fineness of both deposits is 894,900 being the standard. The average value per ounce of the bullion before melting is $18.05 ; in bars, after melting, $18.50. Dec. 9.-The extra session of the Legislature of Louisiana, which met at New Orleans, Dec. 4th, to make appropriations for the support of free public schools, provided for by the constitution, adjourns. It is the last session of the Legislature that will be held at New Orleans. Dec. 10, 11.-Louis Napoleon Bonaparte is elected President of the French Republic. The votes are for Louis Napoleon, 5,534,520. Cavaignac, 1,448,302. Ledru Rollin, 371,431. All others, 71,999. Dec. 11. The first meeting in favor of a provisional government in California is held at the Pueblo de San Jose, and recommends that the convention for the formation thereof shall be held January 8th, 1849. Dec. 12. The ship Swanton, with 275 immigrants, chiefly German, arrives at New Orleans, from Havre, having lost 16 passengers on the voyage by a disease resembling the Asiatic cholera. Dec. 13.-Mr. Palfrey of Massachusetts asks leave to introduce a bill into the House of Representatives, of which previous notice has been given, to repeal all acts or parts of acts of Congress establishing or maintaining slavery or the slave-trade in the District of Columbia; and leave is refused, by 69 yeas to 81 nays. Dec. 13. Mr. Root of Ohio, in the House of Representatives, offered a resolution, That the Committee on Territories be instructed to report to this House, with as little delay as practicable, a bill or bills providing a Territorial government for each of the Territories of New Mexico and California, and excluding slavery therefrom, which was agreed to by 107 yeas to 80 nays. Dec. 13. A petition is presented to the Senate of the United States by Mr. Benton of Missouri, from the people of New Mexico, assembled in convention at Sante Fé, Oct. 14, 1848, praying for a Territorial government, - against the dismemberment of their territory in favor of Texas,- and for the protection of Congress against the introduction of domestic slavery within their borders. Upon the motion to print, seconded by Mr. Clayton of Delaware, after a long debate, the question was taken by yeas and nays, as follows: - Yeas. Messrs. Allen, Atchison, Atherton, Badger, Baldwin, Benton, Brad bury, Breese, Butler, Cameron, Clarke, Clayton, Corwin, Dayton, Dickinson, Dix, Dodge, Douglass, Felch, Fitzgerald, Hale, Hamlin, Johnson of Maryland, Johnson of Louisiana, Metcalfe, Miller, Niles, Pearce, Spruance, Sturgeon, Underwood, Upham, and Walker, -33. Nays, Messrs. Berrien, Borland, Calhoun, Davis of Mississippi, Downs, Fitzpatrick, Foote, Houston, Hunter, King, Rusk, Turney, Westcott, and Yulee, 14. Dec. 14.--The bill giving the election of Presidential Electors in South Carolina to the people is lost in the Senate of that State, by a vote of 22 yeas to 23 nays. Dec. 15.-The Postal Convention between Great Britain and the United States is signed at London by Lord Palmerston and Mr. Bancroft. Dec. 16. This evening, a little after 6 o'clock, Park Theatre in New York is burnt to the ground. Dec. 21. The cholera breaks out with great violence in the 8th Infantry, encamped near Port Lavaca, Texas, and within three days one officer and 75 men die. Dec. 21.- The second meeting in favor of a provisional government in California is held at San Francisco, and recommends holding the convention March |