AMERICAN OBITUARY.
January, 1851.
7th. At Hanover, N. H., Stephen Chase, aged 37, Professor of Mathematics in Dartmouth College. Mr. Chase was well known for his attainments as a general scholar, and his contributions to some of the best religious periodicals of our time.
At Catskill, K. Y., Rev. David Porter, D.D., aged 90, a distinguished divine.
11th. At Wilhamsport, Penn., Hon. Joseph B. Anthony, aged 56, presiding judge of the Eighth District Court of Pennsylvania, and late member of Congress.
At Wrentham, Mass., Rev. Elisha Fisk, aged 81, the oldest clergyman in Massachusetts.
12th. At Philadelphia, Lieut. Col. Patrick Galt, of the U. S. Army. Col. Gait was a native of Williamsburgh, Virginia, and entered the army during the last war with Great Britain.
14th. At Biloxi, Louisiana, Hon. Charles Watts, aged 62. Judge Watts was a native of New York, but had resided in Louisiana about thirty years, and held the office of judge of the Commercial Court at the time of the adoption of the new constitution. He had many eccentricities; but his character was above reproach; and in all the relations of life he was unexceptionable. On the announcement of his death, the courts adjourned.
At Philadelphia, in the 72d year of his age, Thomas Birch, a native of England. Mr. Birch was a celebrated painter, and excelled particularly in marine pieces.
15th. In Lexington District, S. C., Rev. James Wallace, D.D., author of a treatise on the Globes and on Practical Astronomy, Dr. Wallace was formerly Professor of Mathematics in Columbia College, N. Y., afterwards in Georgetown College, D. C, and he held a similar situation at the time of his death in South Carolina College.
At Louisville, Ky., Major Pierce Butler, a distinguished
