urbs of New-York, one of which contains two hundred and eighty-eight marble vaults, all of which have been disposed of. The other cemetery is not quite finished, but is much larger. The whole is surrounded by a solid stone wall, sunk ten feet below the surface of the earth, and rising twelve feet above it. The vaults range from east to west, are eight feet by eleven, about eight feet high, and built entirely of marble. STEAMBOATS IN THE WEST. It appears from published documents on the

subject, that, from 1811, when the first Western steamboat was launched, to the spring of 1831, there had been employed on those waters 402 steamboats, of which 220 were in use last year, and 182 not in existence Of these, 66 were worn out, 37 snagged, 16 burnt, 3 run down by other boats, 4 or 5 stove by ice, sand bars, rocks, &c. and 30 destroyed by causes not exactly known. No less than 60 boats, within the writer's knowledge, have been building or contracted for within the present year.

In Mercer, Me. Capt. BENJAMIN BAXTER, aged 74, a revolutionary soldier and pensioner.

In China, Me. Mr. CHARLES JACKSON, aged 91, one of the oldest settlers on the Kennebec ; he fought thirty-three battles in the old French war. Also, Mrs. ELIZABETH, his widow, aged 90. They lived together seventy years.

In Gilford, N. H. Capt. SAMUEL F. GILMAN, aged 81. Mr. JOSEPH RAND, in the 98th year of his age; he was a soldier in the French war under Gen. Wolfe.

In Walpole, N. H. Capt. JOSEPH FAY, aged 69, a soldier of the revolution.

In Montpelier, Hon. CALVIN COLLINS of Middlesex, aged 62. He was a number of years Judge of Probate in Washington county, and had represented the town of Berlin in the General Assembly.

In Boston, Hon. JONATHAN MASON, aged 76. He graduated, at an early age, at Princeton College, with distinguished honor, and immediately commenced the study of law in the office of the late John Adams. He was admitted to the bar in 1777. He was soon called into public life, and represented at an important period the town of Boston in the Legislature of the Commonwealth. He was selected by the municipal authorities, while the revolutionary war was raging, to deliver the Oration commemorative of the fatal events of the evening of the 5th March, 1770. His patrimonial fortune exempted him from the laborious practice of the law, but frequent calls into the service of the public gave full occupation to a mind of more than ordinary industry and vigor. On the 14th of November, 1800, he was chosen by the General Court one of the Senators to represent the state of Massachusetts in the Senate of the United States, and while performing the duties of that arduous office in several sessions of great political excitement and party zeal, he took a prominent part in the discussions and especially in the celebrated debate upon the repeal of the Judiciary Act of the 13th February, 1801. About this period also, he embarked with three other patriotic citizens in the noble enterprise of purchasing, leveling and settling a rude and mountainous part of the town of Boston, where now the fine streets and elegant edifices of Mount Vernon decorate the city. His capital and activity were afterwards devoted to the project of adding to the town the domain

of South-Boston, already so flourishing, and destined by nature and art, at no distant day, to become one of the most beautiful as well as busy sections of the city. Having for some years prior to 1819, retired from public life, but always expressing, in political circles, with manly freedom and characteristic energy, his opinions upon the interesting topics which from time to time agitated and divided the public mind, in that year, by "the shifting breeze of fame," Mr. Mason was wafted into the current of popularity, and without any desire on his part, was elected by the inhabitants of Suffolk district, to represent them in the Sixteenth Congress, which was the last office he sustained.

In private life, the lustre of Mr. Mason's personal character cast a brilliance upon his intercourse with mankind in every period of his age ardent in attachments, and constant in friendship, he was remarkable for the buoyancy of his spirits and his social affections, which qualified him to enjoy, and led him extensively to reciprocate the hospitalities of society; and his gentlemanly deportment, the urbanity and polish of his manners, his untiring gaiety, his playful wit, his knowledge of the world, and the intellectual impulse and vivacity of his conversation, made him a delightful addition to every company. He had seldom been sick, and he was convinced from the commencement of his recent illness, that he should not recover, nor did he seem to wish it.

In Boston, Mr. EDWARD DRAPER, printer, aged 82. Mr. D. was, at the time of his decease, probably, the oldest printer in New-England. During the period of the revolution he published (in connexion with the late Mr. Folsom) "The Independent Ledger," a weekly newspaper-the columns of which were often enriched by the writings of the late Rev. Dr. Cooper, and other eminent patriots of that day. Through a long life he sustained the character of an honest upright man.

In Lenox, Ms. WM. WALKER, aged 80. He was an officer in the American troops at Cambridge, in 1775, and from that period for more than half a century, he was a public man. Of the convention that formed the constitution of Massachusetts he was a member. For a long time he held the office of Judge of the County Court, and still longer that of Judge of Probate. He took a deep interest in the religious and char

itable institutions of the last twenty-five years; and of the Berkshire Bible Society he was President from its organization. He was extensively known in the Commonwealth, and as extensively respected. Of the town of Lenox he was a father, and the inhabitants looked up to him with filial affection. He was also a companionable man. Persons of all ages, the young as well as the old, sought his society, and few enjoyed it without sensible benefit. From his general intelligence they obtained valuable information; from his practical wisdom, they derived useful lessons, applicable to the various concerns of life; and by his bright example, they were stimulated to improvement. If locks whitened by the snows of 80 winters-if great personal dignity, connected with distinguished excellence of character-if the practice of the social virtues, together with a long life of public service-if exemplary morals and genuine piety, give one the title of venerable, he was eminently deserving of that character.

In Salem, Ms. Mr. WILLIAM OLIVER, a revolutionary soldier and pensioner, aged 75. Mr. Oliver, though poor, has furnished an example worthy the imitation of all. His greatest pleasure was to relieve the distressed, sympathize with the afflicted, nurse and watch with the sick. He discharged all the duties of husband, parent, and neighbor, as becomes what he was, an honest man. A medalion, presented by the great Washington, which was all, save his good name and good example, he bequeathed to his family, bears the following inscription:

"William Oliver served under Washington, and was at the capturing of two British Armies, in Oct. 1777, and 1781.

"BADGE OF MERIT."

In Gloucester, Ms. RICHARD HERRICK, aged 87, a revolutionary pensioner.

At Newburyport, on the 7th November, Capt. WILLIAM NOYES, aged 93. He belonged to a race, which, with the exception of a solitary individual or two, is now totally extinct,-that of the ante-revolutionary soldiers. In the war of the American colonies with the French he bore arms among the Massachusetts troops, and served under General Amherst at the capture of Louisbourg in 1758, from which campaign he returned with the loss of a hand occasioned by the bursting of his musket. His subsequent life affords a singular example of what may be effected by courage and perseverance in opposition to the most powerful obstacles, and in the midst of the most perilous conjunctures. With no resource but his left arm and a resolute heart he commenced the hazardous life of a seaman, and for a long series of years encountered the dangers and vicissitudes of that career through storm, shipwreck and capture in all their various forms. An honorable independence crowned his labors, and a long and green old age enabled him to reap the full fruits of an industrious life. No character could be more truly honorable. Strict integrity, candor and generous warmth of heart, with the exercise of every civil and domestic virtue, adorned his name and won him the esteem of all. The life of such a man could not be otherwise than happy, and like the great Franklin, he presented the pleasing spectacle of calm content and cheerfulness carried to the farthest verge of life. His last years continued to flow on with the smooth tranquility of a summer stream, and his death was a slumber and not a struggle. Capt. Noyes was a native of Newburyport and a descendant of one of its first settlers. That town continued to be his home from the beginning to the close of his long career.

In Ludlow, Ms.Capt. ABNER PUTNAM, aged 67. In Worthington, Ms. DAVID WOOD, aged 79, an invalid pensioner, having been wounded in the battle of White Plains.

In Mendon, Ms. Hon. SETH HASTINGS, aged 70; for several years a Representative in Congress from that district, and afterwards successively Senator in the Legislature, and Chief Justice of the Court of Sessions of that County. In Chester Village, Ms. Mr. ITHAMAR GRANGER, a revolutionary pensioner, aged 74. In Newton, Ms. Rev. WILLIAM GREENOUGH, aged 75.

In New-Bedford, Ms. Mr. BENJAMIN LINDSEY, the original proprietor and publisher of the New-Bedford Mercury, in the 54th year of his

age.

In Easton, Ms. Deacon SAMUEL POOL, aged 94 years. In 1758, while in his twenty-first year, he was a private soldier in the French war, and assisted in the capture of Fort Frontinac, which surrendered to the English troops on the 27th of-August, (O. S.) of that year. He engaged also in the revolutionary struggle, and held a commission of Lieutenant in one of the companies from the Old Colony. He died of old age, leaving a widow aged 92, with whom he had lived seventy-six years.

In Goshen, Ct. Capt. CHARLES HOPKINS, an officer of the revolution, aged 78.

In Canaan, Ct. NATHANIEL STEVENS, Esq. aged 78; he belonged to the Commissary Department during the war of our revolution.

In New-York, Col. JAMES A. DUNLAP, U. S. District Attorney for the Middle District of Florida.

In Rhinebeck, Dutchess county, New-York, Col. HENRY BEEKMAM LIVINGSTON, in the 81st year of his age. Col Livingston was with General Montgomery in the brave but unfortunate attack upon Brandywine, while leading his troops to the assault, and distinguished himself in the campaign of Rhode Island. He commanded the fourth New-York regiment, and throughout the war evinced himself a brave man and an able commander.

At Cortlandt, Westchester County, N. Y. Gen. PHILIP VAN CORTLANDT, aged 82 years He served through the revolutionary war, as a Colonel in the New-York line, and was engaged in the battles at Saratoga and Beman's Heights. In 1788 he was a member of the State Convention which adopted the Constitution of the United States, and was a member of Congress from 1793 to 1809; since which time he had been engaged in agriculture.

In Huntingdon, Pa. Mrs. NAOMI TODD, aged 76. It is remarked that she has instructed more than three thousand children of Cumberland county in the rudiments of the English language.

In Philadelphia, Pa. SARAH, widow of Commodore John Barry, aged 77.

The late ZACCHEUS COLLINS, one of the Vice Presidents of the American Philosophical Society, was born in Philadelphia, August 26, 1764. He was a member of the Society of Friends, and married January 30, 1794. He died in Philadelphia, June 12, 1831. Mr. Collins's devotion to the general advancement of science, and especially to those important branches, botany and mineralogy, was a leading cause of the diffusion of that love of natural science, which distinguishes his native city. He had, for this reason, always possessed the sincere and respectful attachment of all those who have cultivated natural history. But as a citizen, his claims to the public affection and confidence rested upon a broader basis: for he took an interest in every thing that affected the welfare of our species, and was an active and a generous philanthropist. As an evidence of the universal estimation in which he was held, and of the honorable tenor of his life, we notice the following, from among the various benevolent and learned societies of which he was a member, and the period when he became their asso

ciate. Pennsylvania Society for promoting the abolition of slavery, October, 1792. Society for the institution and support of First Day or Sunday Schools, March, 1795. A life contributor to the Pennsylvania Hospital, March, 1795. A life contributor to the Philadelphia Dispensary, December, 1802. American Philosophical Society, July, 1804. Humane Society of Philadelphia, July, 1805. Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, May, 1805. Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, May, 1809. Academy of Natural Sciences, (Vice President at his death) March, 1815. Honorary Member of the Lyceum of Natural History, New-York, July, 1817. Honorary Member of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, June, 1829. Chosen President of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, November, 1828.

In Anne Arundel county, Md. Capt. CHARLES CROXALL, aged 67; a veteran officer in the days of our country's struggle, and a worthy citizen.

In Washington City, in the 82d year of her age, Mrs. SMITH, relict of Major Nathaniel Smith, who died in the service of his country in the war of the Revolution, during part of which he commanded for a time what is now Fort McHenry, and was then Whetstone Point. Mrs.

S. was the last surviver of those ladies of Baltimore, who patriotically devoted themselves to making up clothing for the suffering troops under the Marquis Lafayette, when they were encamped at Baltimore, on their way to Virginia, and almost destitute of clothing.

At Susquehanna, St. Mary's county, Maryland, Capt. MICHAEL B. CARROLL, aged about 63 years, late of the United States navy. The deceased entered the naval service early in life, and when, in consequence of the great depredations committed by the Barbary Powers upon the commerce of our country, it became necessary to send a fleet into the Mediterranean, Captain Carroll, then a Midshipman, was ordered to that station, where he aided under DECATUR, in the arduous enterprise to destroy the frigate Philadelphia, at Tripoli. Having retired from the service to domestic life, he was universally esteemed by all who knew him, as a kind and generous friend and neighbor, a warm and affectionate husband and father.

Iu Alexandria, D. C. AMBROSE VASSE, a native of Languedoc, in France, in the 85th year of his age. He came into this country near the close of the revolutionary war, and was a merchant of some note in the city of Philadelphia upwards of twenty years.

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