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years beyond thiee score and ten — and was for many 

 years engaged as a Merchant in New York. It appears 

 but yesterday that I saw his smiling face within these 

 walls, enjoying his taste for plants and flowers. He 

 then appeared, amid the frost of years, as firm in con- 

 stitution as in earlier days, and looked like one that 

 might be with us for years to come ; but Providence 

 in its wisdom has ordained otherwise. He has passed 

 from eiarth, and his spirit has fled to that bright land 

 arrayed in eternal beauty, where the flowers he loved 

 will never fade. To his family, in this afflicting dis- 

 pensation, we tender our deepest sympathy. 



On the memorable 27th day of September last, a 

 steam-ship, in all the majesty of Architectural strength 

 and beauty — the pride of our country, and the admira- 

 tion of the world — was wending her way with more 

 than rapid speed to her destined port. She had 

 swiftly steamed her way over the wide expanse of 

 Ocean; and the observations of the skilled mariner 

 led to the assurance that in three days she would be 

 gliding on the waters of our spacious bay and harbour. 

 On board that ship were many whose hearts were filled 

 with the blissful hope that in the lajjse of a short 

 interval of time, the pangs of absence would be more 

 than repaid by a jdyous meeting with kindred and 

 friends ; but in an hour, when hope and, expectation 

 were the most animated, they were suddenly overta- 

 ken by a most awful and unlocked for calamity, which 

 carried terror and dismay to the hearts of all on board. 



