ton, R. I., was murdered on his own farm, in the day time, by some persons unknown.

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Jan. 4. The steamboat Shepherdess, in ascending the Mississippi, a little below St. Louis, struck a snag and was lost, twenty or thirty of the passengers being drowned.

Jan. 14. A convention was ratified between the authorities of Yucatan and Mexico, by which peace was declared, and the former country again annexed to the latter.

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Jan. 25. A disgraceful affray took place in the hall of the House of Representatives, at Washington. Mr. Weller, a member from Ohio, attacked Mr. Shriver, a correspondent of one of the newspapers, and gave him a severe beating.

Feb. 3. Continued cold weather, throughout the northern part of the United States, closed up most of the harbors with ice, and obstructed the passage of the mails for more than a week. Long Island Sound was frozen over a few miles above New York, and at Boston, a canal, seven miles long, was cut through the ice, to allow the English steamer to go

out to sea.

Feb. 12. — After a protracted trial at Dublin, Daniel O'Connell, and the other persons indicted for conspiracy with him, were found guilty. Feb. 16. A duel was fought near Washington, D. C., between Mr. Julian May and Mr. Joseph Cochrane, with rifles, and at the first fire, the latter was shot though the head, and survived but a few hours.

Feb. 21. The poor-house at Nantucket took fire in the night, and ten of the inmates perished in the flames.

Feb. 28. A terrible accident occurred on board the U. S. steamer Princeton, Capt. Stockton, during an excursion on the Potomac, a large party of distinguished persons being on board. One of the very large guns, made of wrought iron, under the superintendence of Capt. Stockton, on being fired the third time, burst, and the explosion instantly killed Mr. Upshur, Secretary of State, Mr. Gilmer, Secretary of the Navy, Com. Kennon, chief of one of one of the naval bureaus, Virgil Maxcy, Esq., recently Chargé d'Affaires to the Hague, Hon. David Gardiner, of New York, and two or three domestics, besides wounding ten or twelve of the crew. The President of the United States, the other members of the Cabinet, and many ladies were on board, all of whom fortunately escaped without injury.

March 1.-The steamers De Soto and Buckeye ran against each other on the Mississippi river, and the latter almost immediately sunk, by which accident more than 60 persons were drowned.

March 3. A destructive fire occurred at Manchester, England, by

which a large block of warehouses was destroyed, and a loss incurred of over £100,000.

March 30. The General Assembly of Rhode Island made a formal protest against the right of Congress to interfere with the domestic affairs of that State, by inquiring into the manner in which the present government of it was established.

March 31. - A frightful accident occurred at Felantix, in the Balearic Islands. A crowd of people were assembled in an old cemetery to hear a sermon, when an old wall adjoining the place of assembly, suddenly fell down, and killed nearly four hundred persons.

April 12. A treaty of annexation between the United States and Texas was signed by President Tyler, and it was announced that it would soon be sent for confirmation to the Senate of the United States.

April 23.- A personal encounter took place in the House of Representatives of the United States, between two of the members, Mr. White, of Kentucky, and Mr. Rathbun, of New York; rough words passed, which were followed with blows. Another person, named Moore, not a member, attempting to interfere, and being repulsed, fired a pistol at the member who thrust him back, and the ball seriously wounded one of the officers of the House.

April 29.-The tax bill, which had passed in both branches of the Pennsylvania legislature, received the signature of the Governor, and became a law. Its effect is to raise money enough to pay the interest on the public debt, and restore the credit of the State.

May 1.- A convention of the Whig party assembled at Baltimore, and nominated Henry Clay for President, and Theodore Frelinghuysen for Vice President of the United States. It was supposed that 50,000 persons were present on the occasion.

May 4.— A serious accident occurred on the Philadelphia and Baltimore Railroad, near Havre de Grace. Two trains proceeding in opposite directions came in contact, and three or four persons were killed, and about a dozen wounded.

May 6-8. Fearful riots took place in Philadelphia, and continued for three days, growing out of a quarrel between the Native American party and the Irish residents of the city. Thirty dwelling houses, a seminary, and three churches were burned, fire-arms were used, and fourteen per sons were killed, and about forty wounded. The disturbances were at last put down by the military.

May 17. A schooner was upset in Chesapeake Bay, and two men and five women were drowned, only the master, Wm. Flowers, and his brother, escaping with their lives.

May 18.Great freshets took place on the Arkansas and Red rivers, by which some lives were lost, and much property destroyed.

May 18. A great fire took place in New Orleans, La., by which about

200 buildings were burnt, and property to the amount of a quarter of a million of dollars destroyed.

May 27-29.- A convention of the Democratic party was held at Baltimore, Md., when James K. Polk of Tennessee, was nominated for President of the United States, and George M. Dallas of Pennsylvania, for Vice President.

May 30. Daniel O'Connell was sentenced at Dublin to 12 months imprisonment, a fine of £2,000, and to give security in the sum of £5,000 for his good behavior for seven years. The persons convicted with him were sentenced to 9 months imprisonment, and a fine of £50 each.

June 8. The treaty for the annexation of Texas to the United States was rejected by the U. S. Senate, by a vote of 35 to 16.

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June 11. The Eastern Harbor Bill, which had been passed by both Houses of Congress, was returned with President Tyler's objections, and being sustained only by a vote of 103 to 84, not two thirds, was lost.

June 17.- Congress adjourned, after a session of six months and a half, having passed 66 public laws, 102 private acts, and 20 joint resolutions. June 18. Great floods about this time in the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, making them overflow their banks and do great damage.

June 25. A destructive fire broke out in Groton street, Boston, by which about 20 buildings were burned, and property to the amount of $100,000 destroyed.

June 27. Joe Smith, the Mormon prophet, and his brother Hiram, who had been arrested by Gov. Ford, and were in jail at Carthage, Ill., were murdered by a mob of a hundred persons in disguise, who broke into the prison.

July 7. - A renewal of the disgraceful riots at Philadelphia, attended with great excitement and loss of life. A battle was fought between the mob and the military, musketry and artillery being used on both sides, and forty or fifty persons were killed or wounded, Amilitary force of 5,000 men was assembled under the orders of the Governor, and the disturbances were at last quelled.

July 25. Mehemet Ali abdicated the sovereign power of Egypt, in favor of his son, Prince Ibrahim, and left the country on a pilgrimage to Mecca. He changed his mind, however, and returned to Cairo and to the government, after an absence of only four days.

July 26. - An attempt was made to assassinate the King of Prussia by a man named Tscheck, supposed to be insane, who fired two pistol shots into the royal carriage, neither of which took effect.

July 27. — A destructive fire at Brooklyn, N. Y., by which twenty-six houses were burned, and property to the amount of $100,000 destroyed.

Aug. 6. Another Prince was born to the royal family of England, being the second son and the fourth child of the present Queen, and her consort Prince Albert.

Aug. 6 - Tangier, in Morocco, was bombarded by a French squadron, under the command of the Prince de Joinville, and the fortifications of the town completely destroyed.

Aug. 15.. Mogadore, a town on the seacoast of Morocco, was bombarded by the French squadron under the Prince de Joinville, the fortifications ruined, and the town itself set on fire. A few days before, a battle was fought at Oued Islay, between the Moors and the French under Gen Bugeaud, in which the former were entirely defeated, with the loss of 800 men.

Aug. 24.- Great outrages committed in Rensselaer county, New York, by a body of the tenantry, who refused to pay their rents, and maltreated the officers of justice who were sent to compel them.

Sept. 4. The decision of the House of Lords was given on the case of O'Connell and his associates, reversing the judgment of the Court, and setting the prisoners at liberty.

Sept. 10.

- Peace was concluded between France and Morocco, in which all the demands of the former power were granted.

Sept. 19.

A great mass convention of the Whig party was held at Boston, Daniel Webster presiding, when it was estimated that about 25,000 persons from other towns were present.

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CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS.

Page 92. William Collins, of Portsmouth, Va., is appointed First Auditor of the Treasury.

Page 94.- Royal R. Hinman is appointed Collector of New Haven, in place of James Donaghe.

Page 95. Benjamin F. Browne is appointed Postmaster of Salem, Ms., in place of C. Foote.

Page 102. William L. Yancey is elected a Representative to Congress to fill the vacancy in the 3d district of Alabama.

Page 106. Thomas D. Moseley is appointed Attorney of the United States for the Middle District of Tennessee in the place of John M. Lea. Page 107. Robert C. Ewing is appointed Marshal of the United States for the District of Missouri in place of William C. Anderson; John R. Hayes, in place of C. W. Cutter, Clerk of the Court at Portsmouth, N. H. Page 108.-- Places and times of holding the District Court of the United States for Delaware: Newcastle-3d Tuesday in June, and 2d Tuesday in December; - Dover - the Tuesday next following the 3d Monday of March, and the Tuesday next following the 4th Monday of September.

Page 110.- John A. Bryan, of Ohio, is appointed Chargé d'Affaires to Peru in place of James C. Pickett; Andrew J. Donelson, Chargé d'Affaires to Texas, in place of Tilghman A. Howard.

Pages 110-113.-The following persons have been appointed U. S. Consuls: Robert L. McIntosh, for Lufowchou, in China; Alexander Tod, for Alexandria, in Egypt; Joel W. White, in place of James Hagarty, for Liverpool, in England; John B. Williams, for the Auckland Islands in the Pacific Ocean, in lieu of his appointment for the Bay of Islands, in New Zealand; Isidore Guillet, commercial agent for the island of St. Thomas; Robert Walsh, for the city of Paris, in place of Lorenzo Draper; Gabriel G. Fleurot, for the island of Martinique; Eneas Mc Faul, Jr., for Laguna de Terminos, in Mexico, in place of Leonard R. Almy; Franklin Lippincott, for Cien Fuegos, in Cuba; Isaac Stone, for San Juan de los Remedios, in Cuba; Duff Green, for Galveston, in Texas, in place of A. M. Green.

Page 115. Clement Smith is vice-consul of Brazil for the District of Columbia, in place of Christopher Neale.

Page 116.-C. H. F. Moring is consul of Hamburg for the port of Boston; Albert Schumacher, of Baltimore, consul of Hamburg for the United States.

Page 117.-Don Pablo Chacon, formerly consul-general of Spain at Philadelphia, is deceased.

Page 239.-Thomas G. Pratt is chosen Governor of Maryland for three years from January, 1845.