Murder At Pittsburg
    A German named Henry Zimmerly, on Monday week, stabbed his wife in several places.  She died of the wounds.

The Last Vicksburg Slaughter
    The N. Orleans Republican gives the following particulars of the rencontre at Vicksburg, which resulted in the death of Mr. Jenkins, editor of the Sentinel.
    A a political meeting the previous day, some altercation had taken place between the parties, when Mr. Jenkins gave the lie to Mr. Crabbe, who immediately, in return, slapped his (Mr. Jenkins') face, without the affair proceeding any further at the time....  Mr. Crabbe seizing and holding his arm with one hand, whilst he endeavored to get out his pistol with the other.  Jenkins, however, succeeded in releasing his arm, and again stabbed him, and Mr. Crabbe having succeeded in getting out his pistol, fired, and the ball, it is supposed passed through Jenkin's heart, as he fell and expired immediately.  We understand that Mr. Crabbe died very shortly after the affray, though another report says that he was still alive, though not expected to survive.  Mr. Jenkins has left, as we are informed, a wife and three children...
 

Married

    In Flemington, on the 28th ult., by Rev. J. M. Olmstead, Mr. Henry Cook, of Ewing, Mercer co., to Miss Margaret C. Dilts, of Raritan, this co.

    On the 27th ult., by Rev. C. W. Mulford, Mr. Asa Suydam, of Klinesville to Miss Catharine, daughter of Mr. John Higgins near Flemington.
 

Died

    In West Amwell township, in this county, on Thursday evening last, suddenly, of disease of the heart, Amos Wilson, Esq., aged 79 years.

    Died at Manhatton, Ohio, on Sept. 10th, with fever and affliction of the brain, William S. Myers, formerly of Pittstown, Hunterdon County, N.J., aged 22 years, 10 months.
 
 

October 11, 1848, Vol. XI, No. 8, Whole No. 528

Death of Mrs. Maffit
    Readers will probably remember the marriage of Rev. J. N. Maffit, some two years and a half ago, as the circumstance created some excitement at the time.  The parties soon separated and have since lived apart.  Mr. Maffit, being at present in Arkansas.  Mrs. Maffit, died on Friday night at Brooklyn aged only eighteen years and seven months of bilious fever after about ten days illness.  Her funeral took place from the residence of her step father on Sunday.

Affecting Death of Twins
    The Christian Register, chronicles the death at Roxboro on the 19th and 20th Sept. of Albert and Alfred, twin sons of John W. and Sarah Jane Muilliken.  But a few days before their death they were baptized over the coffin of their dead mother, and they were both buried in one coffin, locked in each other's arms, and bearing in their hands perrennial flowers.  The mortal remains of mother and children repose side by side.

Death of Col. Grant Fitch
    We copy the following obituary notice from the N. Jersey Herald, of the 30th ult.  It will no doubt be read with interest by the numerous friends of the deceased in this county.
    With pain we announce the death of Col. Grant Fitch, Surrogate of Sussex County, who after a lingering illness, expired suddenly at his residence in Newton, at about 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning last, in the 66th year of his age.  His death will be learned with heartfelt regret by all who knew him...
 

Died

    In this village, on the 6th inst., at the residence of her son-in-law, Asa Jones, Esq., Mrs. Catharine McIntyre, in the 70th year of her age.
 
 
 

October 18, 1848, Vol. XI, No. 9, Whole No. 529

Married

    On the 11th inst., by Rev. G. B. Hale, Mr. Schanck Moore, of Delaware, to Miss Elizabeth Hoagland, of Hopewell, Mercer county.
 
 

October 25, 1848, Vol. XI, No. 10, Whole No. 530

Missing
 
 

November 1, 1848, Vol. XI, No. 11, Whole No. 531

News Items and Scraps

    U.S. Senator Dead
        Hon. Dixon H. Lewis, U. S. Senator from ala., died in N.Y. city last week.

    Judge Saunders, of Louisiana who, in behalf of the delegation of that State at the whig Convention, made the statement respecting Gen. Taylor's position as a candidate, died at the Red Sulpher Springs, Va., on th 25th ult.

    Thos. Brennan was executed at Montreal last week for the murder of Mary E. Conner.  When he was thrown off, the fall was so great that his head was severed from his body.
 

Married

    In Frenchtown, on the 25th ult., by Rev. T. T. Campfield, Mr. Lafayette Rounsavell, to Miss Mary Elizabeth Raunyon, all of Frenchtown.

    At Mt. Pleasant, on the 20th ult., by Rev. C. S. Conkling, Mr. John Tomes, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas Sine, of Pattenburgh.
 
 

November 8, 1848, Vol. XI, No. 12, Whole No. 532

Gen. Kearney is Dead
    The death of this brave and accomplished officer will be deeply deplored.  His services to the country have been important, and his achievements brilliant.  He was born in Newark, and was about 55 years of age.  The Philadelphia Ledger pays his memory the following tribute:...

Fatal Accident
    A yound man named John Bohl, aged 17, was killed while quarrying limestone with his father, near Littlestown, Pa., on Monday of last week, by the ground above falling upon him.

    Robert Stewart, Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, died suddenly at Chicago, Oct. 28th.
 

News Items and Scraps

    Boston, Nov. 3  The Lynn and Marblehead trains on the Eastern Railroad came in contact near Salem, by which six persons were killed, and ten or twelve wounded.  Those killed were Samuel Manning, Henry Trifoy, J. Cloon, N. Romidy, J. Cross and a boy.  Nearly all those hurt belong to Marblehead.

    Dreadful Death
        A lad about 7 years old, son of Mr. John Webber, agent of the New England Cordage Company, fell into a large vat of water, heated to boiling temperature, on Saturday afternoon, at the rope walk on Northampton street.  He had missing for some two or three hours, and nothing was known of his dreadful fate, until the body was found in the vat by workmen engaged in emptying it.  -  Boston Journal.

    Suicide
        Mr. Chauncey Cook, a young man employed as principal clerk in the store of Mr. Lathrop at Brockport, committed suicide by suspending himself with a rope from the beam in the room occupied by him over the store.  No cause can be assigned for the act.  He had recently inherited some 4 or $5,000, had no pecuniary embarrassments or private griefs that can be ascertained, and was highly esteemed by all who knew him.  - Rich. Com.

    Accident
        Mr. Hunt Wildrick, near Green's pond, was kicked in the pit of the stomach, by one of his horses on Friday night, and so wounded, that he died on Sunday morning.  Mr. W. was about 27 years old - he has left a family and large circle of friends to mourn their loss.  - Warren Journal.

    Death of Governor McNutt
        Ex-Governor McNutt, of Mississippi, died at Memphis, Tenn., on the 23d ult.
 
 

November 15, 1848, Vol. XI, No. 13, Whole No. 533

Henry Clay's Mother
    We copy from Elliot's memoirs of "the women of the Revolution," the following sketch of Mr. Clay's mother - the mother of Harry of the West:
    Our country offers abundant examples of men who have attained its highest eminence, ascribing all to early maternal training.  For the mother of Henry Clay, the great man - the pride and honor of his country - has ever expressed feelings of profound affection and veneration.  Though her life offered no incident of striking or romantic interest, she was what expresses the perfection of female character - an excellent mother.  She was the youngest of two daughters, who were the only children of George and Elizabeth Hudson.  Her name also was Elizabeth, she was born in the county of Hannover, in Virginia, in 1760.  Her education such as attainable at that period in the colony.  In her 15th year she was married to John Clay, a preacher of the Baptist denomination and became the mother of eight children.  Mr. Clay died during the war of the Revolution.
    Some years afterwards, Mrs. Clay contracted a second marriage with Mr. Henry Watkins, and in course of time eight children more were added to her family....
    Her son Henry was separated from her when only 13 years of age, having before that period been occasionly absent from home for months in going to school.  In 1792, his stepfather removed with his mother and family from Hannover county to Woodford county in Kentucky, leaving him at Richmond in Virginia.  He did not again see his mother till the fall of 1797, when he himself emigrated to Kentucky.  His estimable and beloved parent died in 1827, having survived most of her children, of whom there are now but four remaining - two by the first and two by the last marriage.

Another Soldier Gone
    Maj. Samuel Horn, an old resident of Easton, died on Tuesday morning, the 10th ultimo.  He died from a disease contracted in Mexico, from which he never recovered.  In the war of 1812, he joined the army and fought bravely under Gen. Scott at Lundy's Lane and in other battles.  When the Mexican war broke out, although he was then 62 years of age, he joined the Mauch Chunk company as a drummer and beat his drum at most every battle from Vera Cruz to Mexico.  On his return home he was taken sick and reached home but to lie down and die.  His remains were interred in the old Lutheran burial ground, with military honors.
 

Married

    On Wednesday, Nov. 8, by Rev. C. W. Mulford, Mr. Jacob V. Quick to Miss Sarah C. Biggs, both of Readington.

    By the same, on Saturday 11th inst., Mr. Coonrod Philhower, to Miss Ruth T. Gary, both of Croton.
 
 

November 22, 1848, Vol. XI, No. 14, Whole No. 534

Another Patriot Gone
    The papers notice the death of James Taylor, on the 7th inst., at Newburyport, Kentucky.  He was born in 1759 in Caroline county, Virginia, and emigrated to Kentucky in 1792.  He was Quarter Master General of the North Western Army during the last war with England, in which office he served with distinction...  General Taylor left a very large property, being perhaps the largest landed proprietor in the West.  His estate, which is estimated at four millions, will descend to a son and three daughters.
 

Died

    In East Amwell, near New Market, 17th Oct. last, Jacob Williamson, in the 96th year of his age.
 
 

November 29, 1848, Vol. XI, No. 15, Whole No. 535

News Items and Scraps

    Fatal Accident in Baltimore
        Mr. E. T. Robb, of the firm of John A. Robb & Co., ship builders, Baltimore, was accidently killed in that city on Wednesday by the fall of a piece of timber.
 

About Home

    The wife of the Hon. John Runk, of this county, died on Saturday evening last, after a long and painful illness.
 
 

December 6, 1848, Vol. XI, No. 16, Whole No. 536

Missing
 
 

December 13, 1848, Vol. XI, No. 17, Whole No. 537

New Items and Scraps

    The very last of the Mohicans died in New York on Monday, in the person of Rachel Gredney, one hundred and seven years old, in full possession till the day of her death, of all her faculities.

    Thomas J. Farnham, who wrote the account of a journey to Oregon in 1840, died at San Francisco, California, in September last.
 

Death of Col. Wm. Polk
    Slave Rebellion - The Memphis Appeal, of the 23d ult, states that Col. Wm. Polk, residing at Walnut Bend, Arkansas, died on the previous day, and that his slaves, 300 in number, wer in open rebellion....
 

Died

    On Saturday the 9th inst., near Flemington, of Palsy, Mr. Jesse Higgins - a man much beloved and esteemed wherever known.

    In the township in Alexandria, on the 2d inst., Mrs. Ann Elizabeth, consort of Adam Lennard, aged about 32 years.

    In Frelinghuysen tp., on the 24th ult., Mr. Joseph Newman, aged 85 years.  He fell dead near his own house.
 
 

December 20, 1848, Vol. XI, No. 18, Whole No. 538

Married

    On the 2d inst., by Rev. C. W. Mulford, Mr. Wm. Swallow, Jr., to Miss Elizabeth Case, both of this co.

    On the 6th inst., by the same, Mr. Geo. Huffman, to Miss Rebecca Higgins, both of this co.

    On the 25th ult., at Frenchtown, by Rev. Samuel F. Porter, Mr. Wilson Little, to Miss Jane M. Stull, both of Alexandria.
 

Died

    In this village on Monday afternoon last, after a long and very painful siege of Consumption, Mr. Urbane M. Callis, aged about 20 years and 9 months.
 
 
 

December 27, 1848, Vol. XI, No. 19, Whole No. 539

Found Dead
    We learn from the Telegraph, that Mr. John Larue, a citizen of Delaware township in this county, was found dead between Sergeantsville and Buchanan's Tavern, on Wednesday night last.  The cause of his death is not know.  It is supposed he died in a fit.  He left Mr. Carrell's above Sergeantsville about twenty four hours before.
 

News Items and Scraps

    Charles Polk, cousin of the President, died at San Agustine, Texas, on the 15th of October, aged 89 years.
 

Married

    On the 23d ult. by the Rev. W. Roberston, at the Parsonage in Flemington, Mr. Richard Conover, of Sandbrook, to Miss Caroline Case, of Lambertville, N.J.

    On the 20th inst., at 6 o'clock in the morning by the Rev. T. T. Campfield, Mr. Edmand J. Godown, of Kingwood, to Miss Mary B., daughter of Mr. David Rockafellar, of Alexandria.

    On the 9th inst., by the Rev. Robert W. Landis, Mr. L. Housel Leigh, to Miss Lutitia Chandler, all of Hunterdon.