John Jay, he was unanimously elected its President. He always maintained, through life, a distinguished character for the strictest integrity in all his intercourse with men, and for unaffected piety among Christians. He left a widow, with whom he lived in the enjoyment of domestic happiness for nearly half a century; but had no children.

GEN. WILLIAM BARTON. October 22, 1831. — In Providence, R. Island, William Barton, aged 84. General Barton was a native of Rhode Island, and early in the struggle for independence, he embarked in the cause with an enthusiastic ardor highly honorable to his character as a patriot; and during the long period of his service as an officer, he exhibited the valuable qualities of prudence, decision and valor. The capture of General Prescott, at his quarters on Rhode Island, which was planned and executed by General Barton (then a Colonel in the American army) aided by a small detachment of trusty men, was one of the most hazardous achievements of those times. The services of General Barton were highly appreciated and duly honored by Congress in presenting him a sword, and also by a grant of land in Vermont, in the transfer of which, however, he unfortunately became entangled in the toils of the law, was subjected to numerous and heavy expenses, which eventuated in his imprisonment there, most unjustly, as was thought by himself and friends. He was deprived of his liberty for many years, away from his family, with scarce a hope for enlargement, until Lafayette visited

this country, who learning the situation of his brave fellow soldier, paid the debt and opened the prison doors.

STEPHEN GIRARD. December 26th, 1831. — In Philadelphia, Penn. Stephen Girard, aged 84. He was born at Bordeaux, in 1746, which place he left at about twelve years of age, in the capacity of cabin boy, in a vessel bound for the West Indies. He arrived in New-York about the year 1775, and settled in Philadelphia in 1779. He was then a very poor man, dealing in old iron and rigging, in the city, and trading on the Delaware as a pedlar, supplying the inhabitants with groceries, ready made clothing, &c. The foundation of his fortune is to be found in his great industry and frugality, but the particular transaction by which he first realized great wealth, and was enabled to engage in mercantile operations, cannot now be known. He became distinguished for his active philanthropic exertions during the ravages of the yellow fever, which nearly depopulated the city, in 1793. In 1812, he established his private bank, into which he put about two millions of dollars. Since that time his wealth has increased with unheard of expedition. During the last war he took the government loan of five millions, at a period of general despondency, and when the credit of the government was almost entirely exhausted. At the time of his death his property was estimated to be worth ten millions of dollars, and he was the most wealthy man in the new world. He was buried with public honors. By his will he distrib.

uted his immense wealth in the most liberal manner. He left to the Corporation of Pennsylvania Hospital, $30,000. To the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, $20,000. To the Orphan Asylum of Philadelphia, $10,000. To the city of Philadelphia, to be invested, and the proceeds to be expended during the summer in the purchase of fuel, which is to be distributed among poor house-keepers during the month of January forever, $10,000. To the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, $20,000. To the Township Passyunk, for the establishment of a School for poor white children, $6,000. To certain relatives who are named, his real estate in the city of Bordeaux, and $140,000 in money. To each Sea-Captain in his employ, $1500. To every person bound to him as an apprentice or servant, $500, at the end of his service. In bequests and annuities, $49,000. A portion of real estate, consisting of two hundred and eight thousand arpens of land, situated near Washita, Louisiana, after twenty years if the present occupant, Judge Henry Bree, shall live so long, otherwise immediately after his death, to the city of New-Orleans. To the city of New-Orleans one third of the residue of the same estate, and to the city of Philadelphia the other two thirds. And all the residue and remainder of his real and personal estate is given to the city of Philadelphia, in trust for certain purposes specified. Among these is the sum of $2,000,000, for the erection of a permanent college in Penn Township, for the accommodation of at least three hundred poor white male Orphans, above the age of six years. He prescribes the

shape and dimensions of this building, the materials of which it shall be composed, and the form in which each part shall be constructed He evidently intended to erect a building which should defy the ravages of the elements, and, as far as possible, those of time. Perhaps his knowledge of mankind instructed him that the greatest benefits are forgotten unless the tangible monuments are constantly before men's eyes. The number of students is to be increased according to the increase of the income. The scholars are to be considered children of the city of Philadelphia, their relations relinquishing all interference with them. If the number of applications for admission shall exceed its means of accommodating them, priority is to be given to orphans born in Philadelphia, next, to those of Pennsylvania, then to those born in the city of New York, that being the first port in the country in which Mr Girard arrived, and lastly, to those born in New Orleans, that being the first port in which he traded as a seaman. Proper regard is to be paid to the apparel, health and lodging of the scholars, and they are to be

taught facts and things, rather than words or signs,' and instructed in all the various branches of a sound education, according to their various capacities; and between the ages of fourteen and eighteen, they are to be bound out, under the direction of the city authorities, to suitable occupations. Should the income of any year exceed the demands upon it, it is to be invested immediately, and added to the capital; no part of which is ever to be disposed of, or pledged to meet the wants of the institution. It is also en

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joined that no ecclesiastic, missionary, or minister of any sect whatsoever, shall ever hold or exercise any station or duty whatever in said college; nor shall any such person ever be admitted for any purpose, or as a visiter, within the premises appropriated to the purposes of the said college.' This restriction is said to have been made from no want of respect for the clergy, but to keep the minds of the scholars free from the excitement of the clashing doctrines of sectariOut of the residue, $500,000 is appropriated to certain local improvements. The State is to have $300,000 for purposes of Internal Improvement by canal navigation. The Corporation of the City of Philadelphia is required to publish annually in the month of January, an account of the state of all the bequests and devises, and the condition of the College, which he designates as his primary object.' A similar annual report is also to be made to the Legislature of the State. If the city violates any of the conditions upon which it becomes residuary legatee, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania receives the greater part for purposes of internal navigation, and, the Commonwealth failing in the conditions, the remainder is bequeathed to the United States for the purpose of internal navigation, and no other.'

COL. ROBERT TROUP. January, 1832. At N. York, Col. Robert Troup, in the 75th year of his age. Col. T. was born in Morris county, N. Jersey, August 19, 1756, being the son of Robert Troup and Eleanor Bissett; and at the commence

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ment of the American Revolution he was engaged in the study of the law in the office of John Jay, afterwards Chief Justice of the United States. He quitted his studies and solicited and obtained the appointment of Lieutenant; and with that rank joined the continental army, then stationed upon Long Island, under the command of Gen. Sullivan, early in the year 1776. was shortly afterwards appointed aid-de-camp to Brig. General Woodhull, and was with the latter at the encampment near Brooklyn, when the Americans were attacked and defeated, on the 27th August, by the British forces under the command of Generals Sir Henry Clinton, Percy, and Cornwallis. In that action several generals and Col. Troup were made prisoners. Col. Troup was confined for some time in the Jersey Prison Ship at the Wallabout, and subsequently transferred to the Provost prison in N. York, where he remained until the spring of 1777, when he was exchanged, and joined the army in New-Jersey. Gen. Gates having been, in the same spring, appointed by Congress to the command of the northern army, selected and appointed Col. Troup one of his aids-de-camp, and he joined that army, in that capacity, at Saratoga in August of the same year was present at the action at Stillwater, and at the surrender of the British army, commanded by Gen. Burgoyne, on the 17th October.

In February 1778, Col. Troup was appointed by Congress, Secretary of the Board of War, appointed to sit at the seat of government, of which Gen. Gates was President, and continued to act as such Secretary until the

board was dissolved in the following year, after which Col. Troup went to New-Jersey and completed his law studies with the late Judge Patterson, of the Supreme Court. Some years after the peace, Col. Troup was appointed Judge of the District Court of the United States for the District of New-York, held that office for several years, and then retired to private life.

COL. ROBERT CAMPBELL.

January, 1832. - Near Knoxville, Ten. Col. Robert Campbell, aged 77. Col. Campbell was one of the most active leaders of the whig party in North Carolina, during the revolution, and was always distinguished for enterpris ing courage. In a battle with the Cherokees, in 1775, when only nineteen years of age, he was, at one time, so far in advance of his comrades, as to be mistaken for an Indian, and accordingly fired at. Here two bold and reckless warriors, almost simultaneously, rushed upon him; the first having shot at him, was in the act of elevating the tomahawk, when he received a mortal wound from another direction. The second also discharged his piece without effect, although they were not more than twenty paces apart, and while Col. C. was in the act of taking aim, the savage hero folded his arms, and met his fate with a dignity and firmness, worthy of the brightest days of chivalry. At this critical period, almost within the enemy's line, discovering that they were about to surround the white men, he gave the alarm in time to counteract it; and throughout the whole engagement, his youth and daring attracted the attention of his fellow

soldiers. He was one of the volunteers, under the command of Colonel Christie, who invaded the Cherokee country in October, 1776. In 1780, he distinguished himself on the memorable 7th of October, at the battle of King's Mountain. In December, 1780, he was in a third expedition against the Cherokees; and was despatched, at his own request, with sixty men, to destroy Chilhowee. Having accomplished their object, they immediately commenced a retrograde movement; and after proceeding several miles, came to a narrow defile, three hundred yards in extent, and guarded by a line of two or three hundred Indians. Without a pause, and with that cool and deliberate spirit that had shone so brightly at King's Mountain, Col. onel Campbell, at the head of his detachment, ordered them to sit erect, and charge through in single file; and thus, effecting this perilous passage in the midst of a volley of fire, reached the encampment at Hiwassee, without losing a man. He served the county of Washington, in Virginia, for nearly forty years, as a magistrate ; a respectable and highly responsible office. In 1825, he emigrated to the vicinity of Knoxville.

REV. GEORGE CRABBE. February 8th, 1832. At Trowbridge, Wilts, England, aged 77, the Rev. George Crabbe.

Mr Crabbe was born in 1754, at Aldborough, in Suffolk, where his father and grandfather were officers of the customs. At an early age he was placed by his father in a school, probably with no other view than that of acquiring a knowledge of arithmetic; but