The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-05-09
DIED.,


In Leicester, on Friday last, Mr.. John Stone,
aged 25.
In Ashby, on the 18th inst of consumption.
Mrs. Anna Prentice, wife of Josiah S. Prentice.
Esq. aged 49,
In Dartmouth, Hon. Holder Slocum, AIRED
81. lie was, for longer period of years than
any one in our recollection, member of the
Legislature of the State, and was frequently
elected to the Council In, we believe 1887.
he was Senator from Bristol district, and at
his death, a member and father, of the House
of Representatives
.4n0ther Revolutionary =" Soldier no more.
l., Sharon. Mass M-s. Deborah Gonnett aued
67. The Memoirs of this Heroine of The
Revolution, who served as a volunteer, in male
attire, for three years, are we'll known very
large edition of her +" Female Review" having
been sold The last MS. volume.
In Hardwick, on the 4th ult Mr.. Alanson
| Gilbert, aged 81.
In Claremont, ~ H. Mrs Sarah Foxcroft,
relict of the late Dr. Francis F. of Brookfield.
In Sullivan, N. H. on the Sd ult Mrs Mary
Bolster, wife of James Bolster, aged 81 wears.
In Hollis, n H. April 81, Mr.. Benjamin Far
ley, aged 60.
In New York, the Goth ult Hon. Rufus King,
aged 70. His eminent public services are iden-
titled with almost every page of the annals of
the United States, from the termination of the
war of the Revolution, to the passing year
He was a native of Massachusetts, and gradu-
ated at Harvard University in 1777 The ed
itor of the N. Y. Erening Post, who knew the
deceased well, in announcing his death, SAYS,
thus has departed another of our oldest states
men ; the favorite of Washington, one whom
his soul loved one in whom he wholly conhd-
ed one who rendered the most invaluable SER
vices in organizing and sustaining the early
and difficult measures of the government one
who has been rarely equalled for talents equal
ly profound and brilliant and who in his me-
ridian was numbered among the brightest stars
in the galaxy of his country's glory
In New York, April Is, DR.. James Freeman
Dana, late Professor of Chemistry at Dart
mouth College, and at the time of his death
Professor of Chemistry in the College of Ply
scians and Surgeons in the state of New York
DIR. Dana was a native of Amherst, n H. and
received his education at Harvard University
In Philadelphia, the Honorable William
Tilghman, Chief Justice ofthe Supreme Court
of Pennsylvania, in the 7lst year of his age
In Paris, March 5, the Marquis de Laplace,
Grand Commander of the Legion of Honor,
Peer of France, and Member of the Board of
Longitude; the greatest mathematician and
astronomer since the days of Newton. Laplace
was the immortal author of lie Mecanique Ce-
leste," and " Systeme du Monde"
In Paris, March 5, the Marquis de Viomenil,
aged "a.
In England, Mr.. Randall He amassed a
great fortune from being poor youth. He
left 81 100000 The Probate Stamp cost
G15,00O He invited the son of MIR. Bannister,
the actor, to breakfast with him the day before
he was free, when he gave him, beside his cof-
fee, check for 100000. He gave 100000 a
piece to the children of Mr.. Bigge.
Drowned in Swift River, Mrs, Sally Kilburn,
OF Belchertown. In passing bridge in one
horse wagon, the horse became refractory
and precipitated the whole into the river