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In resuming his labours for the present year the Editor admits he has been impelled by the power of those feel- ings and considerations which constrain us to submit to the influence of habit -- and, perhaps, interest : as to his future course, time and circumstances must determine whether he shall continue his servitude for the public good and convenience. or select some other occupation.
It was the Editor's intention to have published the Book on or about the 20th instant. He is now content that the progress of printing the work was so impeded, by circumstances which he could not control, as entirely to defeat his calculations : more despatch would have led to the destruction of two-thirds of the edition, which would, in that case, have been in the Bookbinder's esta- blishment which was entirely consumed by the late fire in Gold-street.
In other respects the delay has incommoded the Editor more than the Public ; his operose duties have been aug- mented; his convenience, his ambition, and perhaps his interest are affected : no man could be more gratified than himself if the Book could possibly have been pub- lished earlier, if every copy were now sold, and the pro- ceeds thereof now held by him in an undoubted state of incolumity.
NEW-YORK, JULY 30th, 1836.
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NEW-YORK REGISTER.
CHARTER OFFICERS FOR 1836.
C. W. LAWRENCE, Mayor of the City. RICHARD RIKER, Recorder.
Wards.
Aldermen.
Assistants.
First
Aaron Clark,
Geo. F. Talman Caleb S. Woodhull,
Second
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Edward Taylor,
Third
- Egbert Benson,
Edward Curtis,
Fourth
David Randell,
William Hall,
Fifth -
David Banks,
John B. Schmelzel,
Sixth Thomas S. Brady, Henry Erben, -
Seventh
Samuel Judd, F. A. Tallmadge, Charles De Forest,
Eighth
John V. Greenfield, Jacob Westervelt,
Tenth
Samuel Purdy, N. Waterbury, D. P. Ingraham,
Joel Kelly, Abraham V. Williams Isaac B. Merritt,
Thirteenth
Ira B. Wheeler,
Fourteenth
I. P. Whitehead,
Joseph R. Taylor,
Fifteenth - -
R. R. Ward,
George W. Bruen,
Sixteenth - -
I. L. Varian,
William W. Holly,
Isaac L. Varian, President of the Board of Aldermen. Jacob Morton, Clerk.
Edward Curtis, President of the Board of Assistants. John Newhouse, Clerk.
Superintendant of Streets,
City Inspector,
Abraham Hatfield. John Sickells. Nicholas B. Lyon.
Assistant do.
Corporation Attorney,
John R. Livingston, jr.
Superintendant of Buildings &c. Charles B. Tappan.
Water Purveyor,
Thomas D. Howe.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Hon. Cornelius W. Lawrence, President-354 Broadway. Jacob Morton, Secretary -- 9 State-street.
HEALTH COMMISSIONERS.
Dr. William Rockwell, Health Officer, Quarantine ground. Dr. James R. Manly. Resident Physician. Dr. Smith Cutter, Health Commissioner. James Ward, Agent.
Alfred A. Smith,
Ninth
Lawrence P. Jordan,
Eleventh
Twelfth
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Assessors.
Collectors.
Constables.
Oliver Cobb
5 Josiah Herrick Wm. I. Smith
James A. Pearsall
Edw. T. Backhouse
Abraham King
John Wintringham Cornelius Allison Tobias Boudinot Charles N. Riddell
5 5 Leonard Warner James L. Hedenbergh
6 { Abraham Le Foy . Robert Grimes
Martin Water
Philander Fisk
7 ( Ebenezer Clark ¿ Caleb Fordham
Morris Oakley
8 , Samuel Martin ¿ Sylvanus Gedney
Roht. C. Montgomery
Abraham Miller
10 ; Pine Hopkins W. W. Wetmore
11 ; Pearson Halstead Isaac Shaurman
12 ( Wm. Burnham ¿ Isaac Platt
13 / Wm. Smith Charles Swezey
14 § Timothy Baldwin Wm. H. Mailler
Charles Osborne
Leonard Curtis Sands Lane
15 § Joseph Britton Wm. Mandeville
16 § Edm. T. Carpenter Benjamin Pettit
Elisha Kingsland
George H. Willers James Woodhull T. B. Hubbard
STREET INSPECTORS.
Wards.
Names.
First
James H. Kellum.
Second
John Hill.
Thrd
Richard McCollick.
Fourth
Philip Dovle.
Fifth
Wm. HotÏmire.
Sixth
Daniel McGrath.
Seventh
William Reeves.
Eighth
Stephen Harris.
Ninth
John Traphagan.
Tenth
John Stillwell. Andrew Hutton.
Twelfth
Cornelius W. Hibbard.
Thirteentli
Jonah Randall.
Fourteenth
Thomas Hopper.
Fifteenth
Hiram Becanon.
Sixteenthi
Harman King
John Black
Ebenezer Cook John Beam Arthur McGoff John McGuire
Christopher Meikle Moses Beam Cornelius Annin Clement Robins James W. Allen
9 , Jos. D. Baldwin Thomas Lloyd
Robert Crooker
Benj. D. Wisner Joseph Lockwood John Carpenter Wm. P. Slason Francis Thomas
Con. Van Benschoten
Isaac W. Hadley
John G. Kipp
Jonathan Knap
James Somerindyke Wm. E. Bates John F. Russel
Thomas G. Mantle
John K. Townsend
1 John Simonson Wm. H. Walsh
2 Samuel Gilford, Jr. Elam Williams
3 § Abraham Becker ₹ Isaac Graham 4 § Ralph Hall Henry Raymond
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AMERICAN CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE.
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1828, May 21. A resolution passed the House of Reps., directing one of the small public vessels to be sent on an exploring voyage to the Pacific Ocean, South Seas, &c.
May 22. By a joint resolution of Congress the privilege of print- ing was extended to Charles Carroll of Carrollton, as the last of the survivors of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
May 23. Isaac Van Wart, one of the captors of Major Andre, died at Greensburgh, N. Y. aged 69.
May 24. Wm. H. Harrison of Ohio appointed ambassador to Co- lombia.
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- May 26. Great fire at New-York, in which the Bowery theatre was destroyed.
. May 26. Congress adjourned.
May 29. Violent hurricane in Smith county, Ten., by which many houses were blown down, and the crops of corn and cotton materially injured.
May 29. The Franklin bank at New-York stopped payment.
May 31. Rupture among the Society of Friends, and open con- test for the possession of the burial ground in Philadelphia.
May 31. Jas. Barbour of Virginia appointed ambassador to G. Britain.
May 31. Peter B. Porter of New-York appointed secretary of war.
June . The culture of olives on Cumberland Island, Geo., pointed out as a valuable object of domestic pursuit.
June . The bank of Exeter, M., entered in the night by false keys, and robbed of $3,000 in specic, and between 25 and 30,000 in bills.
June The dengue fever prevailed in the Southern States and West India Islands.
June 2. Great anti-auction meeting at Free Masons Hall, N. Y.
June 4. Violent hail and thunder storm at Baltimore.
June 4. Treaty of peace between Guatamala and St. Salvador concluded.
June 5. The students of South Carolina college united in a reso- lution not to buy, consume, or wear, any article of clothing ma- nufactured westward of the river Potomac, until the reduction or abolition of the tariff.
June 10. Revolt of the German and Irish troops at Rio Janiero, which led to their banishment from the country.
June 12. Great excitement and inflammatory proceedings at Colleton, and subsequently in other parts of S. Carolina and Georgia, produced by the tariff law.
June 13. The civil and ecclesiastical authorities of Colombia in- vested Bolivar with the supreme command of the republic.
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1828, June 28. Awful thunder storm at New-York.
June 28. U. S. sloop, Fairfield, 18, launched at New-York.
U. S. sloop, Vandalia, 18, launched at Philadelphia.
U. S. sloop, St. Louis, 18, launched at Washington.
June 30. The tariff bill, with the effigies of Clay, Webster and others, its most distinguished advocates in Congress, burnt by & mob at Columbia, S. C.
July 1. Riot at Greenwich, New-York, produced by the journey- men weavers claiming a rise of wages.
July . The Hartford bank/ C., defrauded of $40,000 by Hins- dale, one of the clerks.
July . The culture of tobacco, in quantities, in the Michigan territory first noticed.
July 3. Proclamation of Bolivar, announcing the invasion of Co- lombia by the Peruvians.
July 4. The first stone of the Baltimore and Onio rail road laid with great ceremony, by Charles Carroll, of Carrollton.
July 4. The president of the United States, attended by the heads of departments, foreign ministers, '&c. broke the ground for the, opening of a canal from the Chesapeake to the Ohio.
July 7. George Partridge, a patriot of the revolution, died at Dunbury, M. aged 88.
July . Riot in New-York, instigated by the riggers and steve- dores, on account of a reduction of wages.
- July 14. Convention at Charlotteville, V. to consider what mea- sures were necessary to further internal improvements in the state.
July 16. Col. Wm. Few, a soldier and patriot of the revolution, died at Fishkill, N. Y. aged 83.
July 21. Hon. Richard Peters, judge of the U. S. district court, a patriot of the revolution, died at Philadelphia.
July 22. . Hon. Joshua Clark, chancellor of Mississippi, died at Natchez.
July 26. Capt. Benj. W. Booth, U. S. N. died at Gibraltar.
Aug 2. Mary Fisk, a negro, died in Dorchester County, Md. aged 121.
Aug. 2. Insurrection of the students at Yale College, arising from objections to the quality of their fare.
Aug. 3. The Bolivian constitutional congress opened at Chuqui- saca, and General Santa Cruz elected president.
Aug. 9. A meteoric stone, weighing five pounds, fell from a clear sky, between 8 and 9 o'clock, A. M. in Chesterfield Cy., V.
Aug. 11, 12. Riot in the Northern liberties, Philadelphia, insti- gated by the Irish weavers, who attacked the watchmen, killed one of them, and wounded many others.
Aug. 15. The congress of Chili having removed from St. Jago, held its first sittings at Valparaiso.
Aug. 20. The Bowery theatre. N. Y., which had been on the 26th May destroyed by fire, reopened for theatrical exhibitions.
Aug. 20. Col. Josiah Snelling, U. S. A., died at Washington, aged 46.
Aug. 23. The Rev. Enoch George, Bishop, of the methodist epis- copal church, died at Staunton, V., aged 60.
Aug 24. Firo at Paterson, N. J., by which 23 buildings were destroyed.
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1828, Aug. 25 Robert Trimble, A. I. S. C., U. S., died at Frankfort, K. Aug. 25. Articles of agreement between the U. S. and the Potte- watima, Chippewa, and Ottawas.
Aug 25. Charles W. Byrd, Judge of the U. S. District C., died at West-Union, O.
Aug. 27. Preliminary treaty of peace between Brazil and the united provinces, signed at Rio Janeiro.
Aug. 27. Decree of Bolivar, promulgating the provisional consti- tution adopted by him for the government of Colombia.
Ang. 30. John T. Gilman, de Gov. of New Hampshire, died at Exeter.
Sep. . Gen. Santa Anna, accused of unfairness in supporting the election of Guerrero for the presidency of Mexico, and super- ceded in his government by Ignacio de Mora.
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Sep. 10. Don Pablo Obrigon, Mexican ambassador, died by his own hand, in a fit of insanity, at Washington ..
Sep. 17. Col. Moses Shelby, a soldier of the revolution, died at New Madrid.
Sep. 20. Treaty between the U. S. and the Pottawatimas.
Sep. . Severe battle between the Guatemaleans and St. Salva- dorians in Central America.
Sep. 24. U. S. sloop, Concord, IS, launched at Portsmouth, N. H. Scp. 25. An unsuccessful attempt made at Bogota to assassinate Bolivar.
Sep. 26. Preliminary treaty of peace between Buenos Ayres and Brazil, ratified by the convention at Santa Fe.
Oct. . Revolt at Poryan, Colombia, headed by. Obando.
Oct. 5. Hon. Thos. B. Robertson, Judge of the U. S. Dis. C. and ex-Governor of Louisiana, died at the Sulphur Springs, V.
Oct. 6. Captain Robert Henly, U. S. N. died at Sullivan's Island, S. C.
Oct. 11. Trial of Seth Hunt for a libel upon Jonathan Russell, in the U. S. Court for the Dis. of N. Y. and a verdict of guilty found.
Oct. . Eugene Robertson, the aronaut, made an ascension from New-York.
Oct. 20. Eugene Robertson, the æronaut, made a second as cension from New-York, accompanied by a lady.
Nov. 2. General Thomas Pinckney, a soldier and patriot of the revolution, ex-Ambassador, &c died at Charleston, S. C.
Nov. 7. Gen. Francisco de Paula Santander convicted of being concerned in the conspiracy against the life of Bolivar, and con- demned to death and confiscation of property.
Nov. 22. General George Izard, Gov. of the territory of Arkan- zas, died at Little Rock, A.
Nov. 26. Great anti-auction meeting at Baltimore, at which it was resolved that the auction system was a national evil, and a memorial to Congress against it agreed upon.
Nov. 30. Revolt at Mexico, and subsequent actions between the adherents of Guerrero and the government forces, in which the former were victorious, and about 800 persons killed.
Nov. 30. Insurrection at Buenos Ayres, usurpation of the go- vernment by the troops under Gen. Lavalla, and flight of Presi- dent Dorrego.
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1828, Dec. 1. The second session of the twentieth congress met.
Dec. . The legislature of Georgia formed a new county, and called it Randolph, in honour of John Randolph of Roanoke.
Dec. 5. The Federal, a piratical schooner, under the Buenosay- rean flag, cut out of the harbour of Gustavia, St. Bartholomews, by the boats of the U. S. schooner Erie, 18, Cap. Dan. Turner.
Dec. 9. Dorrego, the president of Buenos Ayres, defeated and taken prisoner by Lavalla, and subsequently (on the 13th) shot.
The Walnut-street Philadelphia theatre built up on the site of the circus.
The Arch-street Philadelphia theatre built.
Dec. 12. Treaty between the U. S. and Brazil, concluded at Rio Janeiro, by Win. Tudor and the Marquis Acarty, and M. de Souza.
Dec. 19. The legislature of S. Carolina protested against the tariff and protecting laws as unconstitutional, oppressive, and un- just, and which ought to be resisted.
Dec. 20. An act passed by the legislature of Georgia, extending the laws of the state to the territories occupied by the Cherokee Indians lying within the same.
Dec. 21. The Rappahannoccanal begun.
Dec. 25. Grand canal closed.
Dec. 31. U. S. treasury receipts, 824,763,629-Expenditures, $25,459,479 -- Product of the customs, $23,205,523.
1829, Jan. 1. Amount of public debt, $58,362,135.
Jan. 15. Col. Isaac Roberdeau of the U. S., topographical engi- neer, died at Washington, aged 66.
Jan. 17. Ephraim Bloom, died at Ithaca, N. Y., aged 100.
Jan. 30. Col. Timothy Pickering, a soldier and patriot of the revolution, died at Salem, M. aged 84.
Feb. . Major Alex. Garden, a soldier of the revolution, and au- thor of " Anecdotes of the Revolution, &c." died at Charleston, South Carolina.
Feb. 2. A bust of La Fayette, presented to congress by the cele- brated French sculptor, P. I. David.
Feb. 3. Several murders committed, and other hostile indications shown by the Indians, bordering the S. W. part of Arkansa.
Feb. 4. Resolution introduced in the House of Reps. by Mr. Hayne, authorising an expedition for exploring the Pacific Ocean and South Sea.
Feb. 15. Affair at Port Mahon, between the American and French . sailors, in which Lieut. Mesnard of the French navy was killed.
Feb. 17. Fire at Savannah, Geo., by which 40 buildings were destroved.
Feb. 23. Cap. Thos. Tingey, U. S. N., died at Washington.
Feb. 27. Battle of Tarqui, S. A., in which 8000 Peruvians, under Gen. Obando, were defeated by half the number of Colombians, under Urdaneta.
Feb. 28. Sam. Larned of R. I. appointed Chief des Aff. to Peru.
March 1. The Peruvians and Colombians concluded a peace.
March 4. Andrew Jackson inaugurated President of the U. S. [7 p. 11 term.]
March 7. John McLean of Ohio appointed A. I. S. C. U. S. vice Trimble.
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1829, March . Cap. Daniel T. Patterson, U. S. N., appointed Com- missioner of the Navy.
The Hoboken bank, at Hoboken, N. J. stopped payment.
March . The sulphate of barytes, of the granular species, found in several of the gold mines in North Carolina.
March 9. The cabinet formed by the appointment of Martin Van Buren, of N. 1., Sec. of State, Sam. D. Ingham, of Pen., Sec. of the Treasury, John H. Eaton, of Ten., Sec. at War, John Branch, of N. C. Sec. of the Navy, John McP. Berrien, of Goo., Att. Gen., and Win T. Barry. of K., P. M. Gen.
March 13. Thomas P. Moore of K. appointed Ambassador to Colombia.
March 14. Cap. Abraham R. Woolley, of the sixth regiment U. S. Infantry, cashiered, by sentence of court marshal, for inflicting corporal punishment upon his men.
March 15. Rowland Stephenson, the London banker, brought to New-York, from Savannah, and subsequently discharged from his illegal detention.
March 16. The steam boat, Potomac, on her way down the James river, burst her boiler, by which there was 1 killed, 3 wounded.
March 19. John Tayler, a patriot of the revolution, died at Al- bany, N. Y., aged 78.
March 20. Decree of the Mexican republic, by which all Spani- ards were banished from its territories.'
March 21. Joseph Cook, a painter, died at Stonington, Con. aged 102.
March 28. A fountain of petrolium, (volatile oil) discovered in Cumberland county; Ken.
March 31. Dr. EdwardAugustus Holyoake, of Salem, died, aged 100 years and 7 mo.
April 2. Grand Canal opencd.
April 3. The New-York safety fund act passed.
April 3. Proclamation of Bolivar, announcing the nonfulfilment, on the part of the Peruvians, of the convention of the 1st March at Giron, and the renewal of hostilities.
April 4. Destructive fire at Augusta, Geo., by which upwards of 300 houses, the market, theatre, and other property was destroy- ed valued at $300.000.
April . Tom, a negro slave, died at Edgefield, S. C., aged 130.
April . Edward Salisbury, died at Adams, N. Y. aged 103.
April 7. The boiler of the steamboat, Star, running between Frankfort and Louisville, K. collapsed, by which several of the crew were badly scalded.
April 10. Fire in Laurens-street, N. Y., by which the La Fayette theatre, and other property, was destroyed, estimated at $80.000.
April 10. Fire at Savannah, G., by which about 100 buildings were destroyed.
April 14. Timothy Matlack, a patriot of the revolution, died at Philadelphia, aged 99.
April 18. Louis Mc Lane, of D., appointed Ambassador to Great Britain.
April 18. Wm. C. Rives, of V., appointed Ambassador to France.
April 19. The U. S. mail stopped by the inhabitants of Prince- ton, N. J., for a violation of the Sabbath, and forcibly detained until the succeeding day.
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1829, April 22. Fire in New-York, (William-street,) in which property was destroyed, val icd at $60.000.
April 25. Extraordinary hail storm at Tuscaloosa, Alabama, averaging 4 inches in depth, and destroying the young vegetation. May 1. Guayaquil possessed by the Peruvians.
May 6. In consequence of alleged insults to the French flag and nation, M. Mandeville, the Consul General, left Buenos Ayres, placing his countrymen under the protection of the U. S. flag.
- May 7. Great anti-auction meeting at N. Y., to receive the re- port of the committee appointed in Nov.
May 7. Fire at Cincinnati, Ohio, by which 20 houses were de- stroyed, and property lost, estimated at $50,000.
May . The bank of Columbia, at Hudson, N. Y. stopped pay- nent.
May 8. A meteoric stone fell in Monroe county, Geo., weighing thirty-six pounds.
May.16. John Jay, the first C. J. of the Sup. Ct. of the U. S. an eminent jurist, civilian. and patriot of the revolution, died at Westchester, N. Y. aged 84.
May 21. During a storm at Portland, Me., several eels fell of 12 and IS inches in length.
Bay 31. Grand te deum, &c. at the St. Augustine catholic church at Philadelphia, on account of the emancipation of the ca- thiolics of G. B. and Ireland.
June 1. Decree of the Buenos Avrean government, appointing Luis Vernet, Governor of the Falkland Islands.
June 1. Cornelius P. Van Ness, of Ver., appointed Ambassador to Spain.
June 1. Wm. Pitt Preble, of Me., appointed Ambassador to the Netherlands.
June 4. Steam frigate, Fulton the 1st, lying at the Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N. Y. as a receiving ship, was. from the gunner taking a candle into the magazine, blown up, and Lieut. S. M. Brecken- ridge and 23 men killed, and 21 officers and men wounded.
The Middle District bank at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. stopped pay- ment.
June . The Paterson bank, at Paterson, N. J. stopped pay- ment.
June 6. M. G. Henry Dearborn, a soldier of the revolution, died at Roxbury, M. aged 79.
June 24. Treaty of peace concluded at Canuelac. between La- valla and Rosa, and the civil wars in Buenos Avres terminated.
July 4. The corner stone of the U. S. mint, at Philadelphia, laid.
July 5. The Spanish expedition under Gen. Isidore Barradas and Ad. Laborde, fitted out for the recovery of Mexico, sailed from the Havana.
July . Several inhabitants of Missouri killed in an affray with a band of depredating Joways.
July 13. William Coleman, editor of the N. Y. Evening Post, died at New-York, aged 63.
July 15. Armistice and provisional treaty of peace concluded at Raijo, between the Colombiaus and Peruvians.
July 16. Decrec of Gen. Santacruz, president of Bolivia, declaring the republic in danger.
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1829, July 27. The expedition against Mexico made a landing, and captured Tampico, after a feeble resistance.
July 29. Treaty between the U. S. and the Chippawa, Ottawa, and Pottawatamies, concluded at Prairie du Chien.
July 31. Jose de Arango, Brazilian Charge d'Affaires, presented to the President.
July 31. Trial and conviction of Ann Royall, on an indictment as a common scold, before the circuit court of the U. S., for the dis- trict of Columbia, by whom she was sentenced to pay a fine of $10, and to find surety for her good behaviour for 12 months in $250.
Aug. 1. Treaty between the U. S. and the Winnebagos, con- cluded at Prairie du Chien.
Aug. 2. 'Treaty between the U. S. and the band of Delawares on the Sandusky, concluded at Little Sandusky.
Aug. . The legislature of Delaware abolished the militia training.
Aug. 4. Fire at New-York, by which the Mount Pitt Circus was destroyed.
Aug. 4. The Mexican congress met.
Aug. 5. Riot at St. Bartholomews, W. I. among the negroca, subdued without bloodshed.
Aug. 8. Centenary celebration of the foundation of the city of Baltimore, and commencement of the Baltimore and Susque- hanna railroad.
Aug. 15. Terrific storm of thunder and lightning, extending from Maryland to New Hampshire.
Aug. 18. The Siamese twin boys arrived at Boston.
Aug. 23. Awful hurricane at Sunsbury, Gates County, N. C.
Aug. 23. James B. Davidge, M. D., and an eminent surgeon, died at Balumore.
Aug. . Destructive freshets on the Pee Dee and Rappahanock rivers.
Aug. 27. Treaty between the U. S. and Austria, concluded at Washington.
Sep. . The U. S. ship Hornet, 24. Cap. Otho Norris, supposed · to have foundered in a gale, and all ber crew perished.
Sept. 12. The Spaniards, under Barradas, capitulated to the Mexi- cans, under Santa Anna, after five actions, in all of which they were worsted.
Sep. 15. Slavery abolished in Mexico.
Sep. 24. Great firs at Augusta, Geo., in which 40 buildings were destroyed.
Oct. 2. Jacob F. T. P. d'Azambuga, Charge d'Affaires from Por- tugal, presented to the President.
Oct. 4. The first grand provincial council of the Roman catholic clergy of the United States opened at Baltimore.
Oct. 4. The Virginian convention met at Richmond for the pur- pose of amending the constitution.
Oct. 6. Insurrection at Carthagena. by the troops under Cordova. Oct. 6. Joaquim C. D'e F. E. Morao, Portuguese consul at New-York, returned to the department of state his exequator, in consequence of the reception of M. d'Azambuga, and recognition of Dom Miguel as King of Portugal.
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1829, Oct. 6. Peter Derbigny, Gov. of Louisiana, died at N. Orleans.
Oct. 8. Enoch Lincoln, Gov. of Maine, died at Augusta, Me.
Oet. 15. Wm. A. C. Dade, one of the judges of Prince William County, V., dicd, aged 47.
Oct. 18. Rev. Wm. Harris, D. D. president of Columbia Col- lege, died at New-York, aged 65.
Oet. 20. John Coffin Jones, a patriot of the revolution, died at Boston, aged 80.
Oet. 22. The Tremont House at Boston opened.
- Oet. 22. John V. Henry, a distinguished lawyer, died at Albany.
Oct. . Col. John Chipman, a revolutionary soldier, and first settler of Middlebury, Ver., died there, aged 87.
Oct. . Lazarus Rowe, died at Lymington, M., aged 104.
Oet. 30. M. Barozo Peireira, ex Charge d'Affaires of Portugal, arrested and imprisoned at Philadelphia, at the suit of his suc- cessor, M. Azambuga, for detention of the documents pertaining to his mission.
Nov. 2. Gen. Philip Reed, a soldier of the revolution, and com- mander of the party that defeated the British under Sir Peter Parker, (Aug. 30, 1814,) died in Kent County, Md.
Nov. 2. Emanuel J. West, of Ohio, appointed Charge d'Affaires to Peru.
Nov. 7. Andrew MeFarland, a soldier of the revolution, died in Alleghany County, Pen., aged 91.
1Nov. 9. - Amieable seecssion of Tueatan from the Mexican re- publie, and the formation of the new republic of Central America agreed upon.
1 Nov. 13. Samuel Patch, remarkable for jumping into the water from 100 feet height, and upwards, killed in an attempt at Ro- chester. N. Y.
Nov. 14. Fire at Buffalo, N. Y., by which an entire block of buildings was destroyed.
Nov. 22. Fire at Boston, by which property was destroyed, esti- mated at $30,000.
Nov. 24. Great fire at Camden, S. C., by which buildings and other property were destroyed, estimated at $150,000.
Nov. 25. Venezuela withdrew from the confederation, and estab- lished an independent government, with Paez at its head.
Nov. 25. The Washington monument at Baltimore, by Causiei, completed.
Nov. 26. Bushrod Washington, A. I. S. C., U. S., died at Phi- ladelphia, aged 67.
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