Dec. 25.-In St. Mary's Co., Md., Hon. James Thomas, formerly governor of Maryland, aged 61. He was a most excellent and worthy man, and belonged to the old school of Maryland gentlemen. He filled in his life various public trusts under the State, and closed his public career as governor of Maryland in 1835, to which office he had been elected by the legislature of the State. In every relation of life he discharged his duty faithfully and energetically, and, by his many virtues, attached to him a large body of friends throughout the State.

Dec. 26. —At Milton, Saratoga Co., N. Y., Hon. James Thompson, aged 70, for fourteen years first judge of the Saratoga county court, and a man greatly respected. He was born at Stillwater, and was the son of Hon. John Thompson, of that town.

Oct. 9.-In Paris, France, David Bailie Warden, aged 67. He was Secretary of the United States Legation in France, nearly forty years ago, when Gen. Armstrong was Minister, and was subsequently appointed Consul of the United States at Paris, which office he held for several years. He was a member of the French Academy, and a man of letters and of varied learning. He was, it is believed, a native of Ireland.

Sept. 22.-In Richmond, Ky., by suicide, Hon. John White, aged about 40, formerly Speaker of the House of Representatives in Congress. He was, at the time of his death, judge of the 19th Judicial District, to which station he was appointed by Governor Owsley, just before the termination of the last session of Congress. He represented the district in which he resided, for the last ten years, in the Congress of the United States, and presided as Speaker over the 27th Congress. He was a man of good talents and attainments, generous and noble, and was in an eminent degree endeared to a very large circle of acquaintances and friends.

Nov. 9.-In Boston, Mass., William C. Woodbridge, aged 50. He was graduated at Yale College in 1811, and pursued a course of theological study; but ill health prevented his entering on the duties of the gospel ministry. He then began to devote himself to the improvement of education, and was a pioneer in the great improvements which have recently been made in the common school system of the United States. His publications on this subject and on geography are numerous and highly esteemed.

Dec. 15. — In Tallmadge, Summit Co., Ohio, Elizur Wright, aged 83. He was born in Canaan Ct., and graduated at Yale College in 1781. He devoted himself to the pursuits of agriculture on his paternal farm for many years. In 1810, he emigrated to Ohio with his numerous family. He gave much attention to scientific studies, and several of his mathematical papers are printed in the American Journal of Science.

July 30.-Near Allentown, N. J., Samuel G. Wright, aged 58, member elect of the House of Representatives; an active, enterprising man, and highly respected.

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March 27.-In Charlestown, Mass., Mr. Daniel Adams, aged 95 years and 6 months, a revolutionary soldier, and the oldest man in the town.

March 9.-At Newburyport, Mass., Ephraim W. Allen, Esq., aged 66 years. Mr. Allen was the conductor of the Herald for thirty years, interrupted only by one or two brief intervals of absence. He was distinguished for energy and industry, and, in the days of his early career, was the printer, the editor, and the carrier of his paper. In those times the communication with Boston was so slow, that not unfrequently, when important events were pending, Mr. Allen would prepare his paper for press on the day previous to its publication, and then proceed on horseback to Boston, return with what news was to be found there, put it in type, work off the sheets with his own hand, and then distribute them himself to his subscribers.

May 5.-At Perrysburgh, N. Y., Rev. Joseph Badger, aged 87. He was a soldier of the Revolution, and was chaplain under Gen. Harrison at Fort Meigs. He was a very exemplary Christian, and lived strictly in accordance with his profession.

Feb. 8. At Rochester, N. Y., Rev. Ashbel Baldwin, aged 89 years. He was born at Litchfield, Ct., March 7th, 1757; educated at Yale College; served in the Revolutionary war as quarter-master, in 1777-8; and was ordained by Bishop Seabury, in 1785. This was the first Episcopal ordination held in the United States. Mr. Baldwin was an active and efficient man, and for more than twenty years was delegate to the General Convention of the Episcopal Church, and for fifteen years acted as secretary to that body.

March. At Conway, N. H., Mr. Ebenezer Bean, a Revolutionary pensioner, aged 90 years and 6 months. He was in the battle of Bunker Hill, where he had his gun shot off in his hands about eighteen inches from the lock, and many holes made through his clothes. He belonged to Capt. Aaron Kinsman's Company, Col. John Stark's regiment.

Feb. 3. At Fredericksburg, Va., Lawrence W. Berry, a lawyer of high reputation, Attorney for the Commonwealth in several of the State courts, a man highly esteemed by all who knew him, and beloved by his friends. He was a native of the County of King George, was a resident of Fredericksburg, and died in this town at the age of 52 years.

Feb. 26.-In Charleston, S. C., Rev. John Brazer, D. D., pastor of the North Church in Salem, Mass., aged 56. Dr. Brazer was born in Worcester, September 21, 1789, and graduated at Cambridge in 1813, with the highest distinction in his class. In 1815 he was appointed Latin tutor, and in 1817 Latin professor, at the University, which office he held until November 14th, 1820, when he was ordained as pastor of the North Society; being the third pastor of that society. The first pastor, Rev. Dr. Barnard, was ordained January 13, 1773, and died October 1, 1814. He was succeeded by Rev. J. E. Abbot, who was ordained 20th of April, 1815, and died October 7, 1819. In 1829, Mr. Brazer was elected one of the Board of Overseers of Harvard

University. He was a member of the American Academy, and, in 1836, received from the University the honorary degree of Doctor in Divinity. Dr. Brazer was devoted to literature and his profession. He wrote many articles for the North American Review and other periodical publications, but his time was almost exclusively devoted to his profession. Few of our divines have produced such elaborate and finished discourses, many of which have been published. Dr. Brazer was especially distinguished for his devoted care to the poor and unfortunate. His rich and numerous society, conscious of his disposition to relieve the unfortunate, made him the almoner of their charities; and many a disconsolate widow and friendless orphan have found in him a father and a friend.

March 5.-In Cumberland County, Va., Syfax Brown, aged one hundred fifteen years, four months and five days. He was for many years the slave and personal servant of John Randolph, Esq., of Mattoax, father of the late John Randolph, of Roanoke.

June 29. At Albany, Matthias Bruen, aged 80, for many years resident at Perth Amoy, N. J., and formerly a merchant in New York.

July 5.-At Hackensack, N. J., Robert Campbell, aged 82, a man greatly respected.

Jan. 4.-In Washington, D. C., Salvadore M. Catalano, sailing master in the United States navy, aged 70. He was a native of Palermo in Sicily. His admission into the American navy was the reward of services as a volunteer to pilot the gallant Decatur into the harbor of Tripoli, when he set fire to the American frigate Philadelphia, then in possession of the Tripolitans.

Sept.-In New York, N. Y., while on a visit to that city, Gen. Joseph Chandler, of Augusta, Me., aged 75. He was for some years collector of the Portland District of Maine, and had been prominent in the affairs of the state. He was engaged in the late war, a companion in arms of Gen. Dearborn, and others with whom he was on intimate terms. He had long enjoyed the respect of his acquaintances, and his death was much regretted. Feb. 23. In Randolph, Vt., Hon. Dudley Chase, aged 74. He was speaker of the House of Representatives from the year 1808 to 1812, when he was elected a senator in Congress for six years. In 1817 he was made chief jus tice of the Supreme Court. He held that office for four years, and resigned it in 1821. At the session of 1824 he was again elected to the United States Senate, and, having served out his time, he declined a re-election, and retired from public life in 1830.

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July 25.-In Indiana, Gen. Marston G. Clark, aged 74. He was born in Lunenburgh County, Virginia, on the 12th of December, 1771, and was one of a family of twenty-nine brothers and two sisters, by the same father and mother. Before he was 21 years of age, he left his native state, and went to the West, then a wilderness. Gen. Clark shared much of the confidence and esteem of his fellow-citizens, having filled, with honor to himself and profit to his country many stations, both civil and military. He served in the campaigns of Gen. Wayne as a private soldier; and was aid to Gen. Harrison at the sanguinary battle of Tippecanoe. As Indian agent also,

Gen. Clark served with much advantage, and was repeatedly a member of both branches of the legislature of Indiana.

Aug. 12. At Toronto, Canada West, Col. Nathaniel Coffin, aged 80. He was a native of Boston, U. S., a U. E. loyalist, and served during the last war between the United States and Great Britain. He was for a number of years adjutant general of the militia for Upper Canada.

March 18.-In Washington, D. C., Commodore William M. Crane, of the United States navy, Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography, aged 61. He died by his own hand, having shot himself through the head, without any assignable cause for the act. He was the sixth officer in the list of captains; only Barron, Stewart, Jones, Morris, and Warrington, being older in commission than himself. He was born at Elizabethtown, in New Jersey, the 1st of February, 1776, and was the son of General William Crane, who served with distinction as colonel in the Revolutionary army before Quebec, where he received a wound of which he ultimately died. Commodore Crane entered the navy on the 23d May, 1799, and first served as midshipman on board the frigate United States in the following June. He served in this grade on board the Chesapeake, and as master in the General Greene; joined the brig Vixen in 1503 as lieutenant, and remained in her in the Mediterranean as part of the fleet under the command of Commodore Preble, and was present at all the attacks on Tripoli.

His commission as captain is dated the 24th November, 1814. He distinguished himself as a brave and meritorious officer before Tripoli against the Turks, and also during the late war in actions with vessels under the command of Sir James Yeo, on Lake Ontario. When lieut. commander of the United States brig Nautilus, on Lake Ontario, he was taken by H. B. M. frigate Southampton.

His bravery as an officer, his skill as a sailor, and his gentlemanly deportment as a citizen, had endeared him to a numerous circle of friends, and won for him the esteem of the community generally.

June 25.-Near Fort Mitchell, Ala., Col. John Crowell, a man of remarkable energy of character. When the territory of Alabama was established in 1817, he was chosen delegate to Congress, and served until 1819. After the formation of a state constitution in this year, he was elected the first representative to Congress, and served till 1821. Soon afterwards he was appointed agent for the Creek Indians, then inhabiting large portions of Alabama and Georgia, over whom, until their removal west of the Mississippi in 1836, he exercised an extensive and salutary influence.

Jan. 25. In Fairfax County, Va., Hon. Charles Cutts, aged 76. He was formerly a senator in Congress, and subsequently secretary of the senate for fourteen years. He was a graduate at Harvard University in the class of

1789.

Jan. 17.-At New York, Elias B. Dayton, aged 82, a native of Elizabethtown, N. J., and long a respected inhabitant of that place.

Aug. 6. - At Leonardstown, Md., Clement Dorsey, associate judge of the First Judicial District of Maryland. He was in the 69th year of his age. He filled many public stations, and in all discharged the duties devolving upon

him with strict fidelity. He went to the grave much regretted, and leaving behind him the proud title of an honest man and Christian.

May 24.-In Philadelphia, Penn., Hon. William Drayton, formerly a distinguished representative in Congress from the state of South Carolina, but for the last twelve or fourteen years a resident of the city of Philadelphia. As a sterling patriot, a man of unswerving integrity and uprightness, a gentleman of the highest breeding and the nicest sense of honor, he was universally respected and esteemed.

June 11.-In New York, Theodore Dwight, brother of the President Dwight of Yale College, aged 81. He was born in Northampton, in 1765; his mother was a daughter of President Edwards. At the close of the Revolution, he entered the office at Hartford, of his uncle, Judge Pierpont Edwards, as a student of law, and soon rose to a high place in the profession. He directed his pen to political writing, and, in high Federal times, became very prominent. He was a great admirer of the politics of Washington and his principles. Being a ready debater and writer, he came into public life early, and was very popular. For a great number of years he was a senator in the state of Connecticut, and about the year 1809 was elected to Congress. He was a prominent speaker, and often received the commendations of John Randolph for his eloquence. He took a leading part in the debate on the bill for the suppression of the slave trade; and it was one of the most gratifying acts of his life, that he was permitted to vote for the final abolition of this traffic. But his habits permitted him not to be absent from his family, and he resigned his seat. Such was his talent for writing, that before the Evening Post was established, his friends, Alexander Hamilton, Oliver Walcott, and other leading federalists, selected him to preside over the columns of a journal, about to be established; which offer was declined, and William Colman was selected in his place. His pen was not permitted to remain idle, and, under the advice of Timothy Pickering, George Cabot, James Hillhouse, Roger Griswold, and other distinguished men, he was called to conduct a journal at Hartford, the Mirror, which was the leading political journal in that state during the war.

When the celebrated Hartford Convention assembled, Dr. Dwight was selected to be their secretary; which duty he performed with signal fidelity. The selection was most fortunate, in one particular at least, as he afterwards published to the world the history of that celebrated body, which will always be the leading work for the events of those times. We believe that, with the exception of Harrison Gray Otis, and perhaps one other member, he was the last survivor of that body of distinguished men. After the close of the war, 1815, he was induced by the leading federal gentlemen of this state, Stephen Van Rensselaer, Judge W. W. Van Ness, Abm. Van Vechten, Elisha Williams, and others, to commence the Albany Daily Advertiser. After two years' experiment, a favorable opportunity offered for establishing a journal in this city, and in 1817 he began to publish the New York Daily Advertiser, and continued associate editor and proprietor until the great fire of 1836, when he relinquished his interest in the concern, and retired, with his family, to Hartford, where he has lived until the last three years, the latter portion of which he has resided with his son.