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214 studied law with Edward Livingston, who married his sister. He become a famous pleader in criminal cases, and it is said that no client whom he defended was ever hanged. During the last war with Great Britain, he served under Gen. Jackson through the New Orleans campaign. In 1831 he was appointed Chargé d'Affaires to Holland, where he remained in that capacity for some time. In 1841 and 1848 he was a member of the New York Legislature, and, during Mr. Polk's administration, he was again sent as Chargé to Holland, from which country he returned only about a month before his death. Major Davezac had an active and well-stored mind, and excelled both in conversation and in public speaking. His temperament was ardent; but his disposition was remarkably amiable, and many of his political opponents were his warm personal friends.

19th. At Rockaway, N. J.,, aged 90, wife of David Gordon. She was married in 1781, and, with a brief exception, lived in sight of Rockaway Church ever since. The descendants of the marriage have been 9 children, 49 grand-children, 103 great grand-children, and 2 great great grand-children, making a total of 163, of whom 114 still survive.

At Washington, D. C., Major, of Albemarle Co., Va., formerly Chargé d'Affaires to the Republic of Chili.

20th. At Jefferson City, Mo., aged 45, Secretary of the State Senate and Adjutant General. Gen. Minor was a native of Virginia, and emigrated to Missouri in 1840. He was one of the Commissioners to survey the northern boundary line of the State, and for the greater part of the last eleven years, he was editor of the "Jefferson Inquirer" His attainments as a scholar, his powers as a public speaker, and his attractive conversational qualities, rendered him a general favorite.

At Washington, D. C.,, aged 83. Mr. G. was born in Somerset Co., Maryland, in December, 1768. In 1798, he was appointed Chief Clerk to the Navy Accountant, as he was then called, now the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury. He removed to Washington with the Government in 1800, and continued to fill the same office till June, 1850, when the infirmities of age compelled him to resign.

At Montreal, Canada East, Mr. aged 96, the oldest merchant in that city. He was a native of Montrose, in Scotland, and came to Montreal in 1775, When it was a small town containing three or four thousand inhabitants. Mr. Maitland was at first very successful in business; but about 1826,