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860 HISTORY OF Judge HotclikisS; died at Harpersfield, on the 28th ult.;, at the advanced age of 84 years. He was one of the earliest settlers of that town^ having removed there^ from Connecticut, the year after the close of the Revolutionary war. During all this time, a period of more than sixty years, he has sustained an important place in the community where he has lived. In the county he has held in succession, the offices of justice of the peace, sheriff and judge of the county courts; he was also a member of the convention which framed the present Constitution of this State. In his early youth Judge Hotch- kiss entered the Kevolutionary army, in which he served several years, and remained till the close of the war. Under the Federal government, soon after its establishment, he received the appointment of post-master, which office he held without interruption till the day of his death. During the greater part of his protracted life, he was an exemplary member of the Presbyterian church. Though by reason of the peculiar infirmities, he has been for ^ome years deprived of the privilege of frequent attendance on the wor- ship of the sanctuary, he did not lose his interest in those ser- vices, nor a disposition to contribute of his substance for their support. Nor did he wholly forget the cause of missions. Judge H.'s ability to use his pen and to transact business, was rather uncommon for a man of his age. Though it was perceptible that his ability for active service was gradually diminishing, yet his removal from amongst his friends leaves a sensible chasm, not only in his own family, where he was highly respected and beloved, but in the community at large.* " * Errata.— In our obituary notice of the death of Judge Hotchkiss, last week, we were in error in saying Judge Hotchkiss was a member of the Convention of 1821. Gen. Koot, and Dr. Robert Clark, then of Stamford, were the members from Delaware, in the convention which framed the present Constitution, Judge Hotchkiss, and Elias Osborn,