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Rh great abilities, natural goodness of heart, and an inflexible love for truth and justice, never fail to secure.

"In the sudden and untimely departure of this distinguished citizen, society at large mourns the loss of one of its highest and brightest ornaments; but his companions of the bench and the bar, who participated so long in his public and professional labors, and who knew and admired his great abilities, the quick and searching powers of his mind, and his immovable sense of duty, all feel in this sad dispensation that deeper gloom which a thorough and intimate knowledge of his incorruptible worth was so eminently calculated to inspire. While the whole country will do honor to the private virtues of the man, they unite in lamenting a judge whose official merits always commanded their confidence and veneration.

"In a lively sense of these feelings, the court, seconding the sympathies and the desires of the bar, sanctions a record of this tribute of sorrow and applause, and, in token of grief and regard, it is further ordered that the clerk enter this, memorial on the minutes, that he address a copy to the family of the deceased, and that the court shall stand adjourned until to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock."

At Detroit, Mich., Brevet Major-General, aged 83. He was born in Northumberland Co., Penn., in July, 1768, and entered the army as an Ensign of Infantry in 1792, so that he was the oldest officer on the list. He served under General Wayne in the celebrated Indian campaign after the defeat of St. Clair. He afterwards retired from the army, but re-entered it in 1808, when he received a commission from Mr. Jefferson. He became Colonel of the 22d regiment of Infantry, and distinguished himself at Lundy's Lane and the battle of Chippewah. In the latter action his regiment was almost annihilated, and himself severely wounded.

When the army was reduced, after the war. Colonel Brady was appointed to the command of the 2d regiment of Infantry, which office he held till his death. He was stationed at Detroit since 1825, in command of that military department, and during the late commotions in Canada, he contributed greatly to preserve peace on that frontier.

Gen. Brady received a sword from his native State during the administration of Governor Ritner, as a token of their high sense of his services and general excellence of character. He was remarkably temperate and active in his habits, and preserved a vigorous frame of body to the last.

17th. At Savannah, Georgia,, Esq., aged 59,