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226 strictly temperate in his habits, and was regarded by the Six Nations as their greatest chief since the death of Red Jacket.

According to the customs of the red-men, a runner was despatched to the Six Nations, consisting of the Oneidas, Onondagas, Tuscaroras, Mohawks, Cayugas, and Senecas, with intelligence of the death of their great chief. The runner to the Onondaga Nation on approaching the Council House of that tribe, raised the cry of lament, which they immediately heard, as they were assembled in the House at the time. A messenger was despatched to meet the runner, who was still some distance. Upon meeting the runner, the Onondaga, who understood from the peculiar cry that he was the bearer of bad news, addressed him in the Indian language thus: "Let it come forth, that our minds may also droop down." The news was then communicated to the Onondaga, and the two proceeded to the Council House, where a large number of the nation were assembled, and all the particulars of the sad intelligence communicated to them by the runner. A string of black beads, the token of the death of a great chief, which is always carried by the bearer of the mournful news, was then passed from hand to hand round the Council, and other tokens of mourning were exhibited. The occasion was one of great interest, as the chief whose death they were called to lament, was universally beloved and esteemed by the Six Nations over whom he had exercised authority.

15th. At South Berwick, Me., Hon., aged 67, Judge of Probate for York County in that State. He was born at North Yarmouth, and was left an orphan at an early age. Through his own exertions he acquired an education at Dartmouth College, where he graduated with high honors in 1805. He was admitted to the bar in 1808, and commenced practising at Berwick, where he remained till the time of his death. He was President of the Law Society for upwards of twenty-five years, and Judge of Probate for more than twenty.

Near Nashville, Tennessee, Hon., Chancellor of Middle Tennessee since 1844. The following expression of the sentiments of the Court of which he was an officer, was inserted upon its records:

"Terry H. Cahal, a Chancellor of the State of Tennessee, is no more. He died last night at his residence near Nashville, in the early noon of life, and at a moment when his ripe learning, his high character, and his noble and generous bearing, gave promise of much longer usefulness, and of that increased renown which