13. Mariette Fenouelle died, aged 60.... At the annual charter election Eli Perry was elected mayor, by a vote of 4,699; Dr. J. P. Quackenbush received 4,601.

14. Mrs. Mary Woods died, aged 64.

16. John Ogden Dey died....James M. Hunt died at Santa Fe, said to have been a resident of this city.

17. Laura A., wife of Thos. J. Brown, and daughter of Edwin Croswell, died in New York, aged 32.

19. Edward Storey died, aged 21.... Francis P. Dix died, aged 27.... Daniel Sayre died, aged 39.

21. Thomas McGuire died, aged 32........John T. Pruyn died.

23. Cornelius Carroll died, aged 77.

25. The hay scales corner of Plain and Philip streets were burnt.... Augustus J. Tiffany, who kept what was called the City Hotel, died, aged 84.... George W. Palmer died, aged 34....A fire was discovered on the roof of a house in Van Schaick street; damage slight.

27. William McMullen died, aged 38....A formal transfer of the Arsenal property was made by the state to the city in exchange for the lot corner of Eagle and Hudson streets, where it was proposed to erect an arsenal.

28. John Van Zandt died, aged 91. He was a native of Albany, and in his boyhood heard the firing of cannon at Saratoga from the walls of Fort Frederick in State street. He was a trusty clerk in the store of James Caldwell for a number of years. In 1804 he entered the Bank of Albany as a clerk; in 1814 he became cashier, which office he held until 1838, when he resigned with a competency, but continued in the directory of the bank till his death. From newspaper notices we gather the following facts in relation to his personal history: Mr. Van Zandt was born in 1767, and his retentive memory brought down to this day reminiscences of the revolutionary age, and of the troubled times that preceded it, that were full of interest. He was one of the old Holland race-though his father and grandfather were both born. in Albany-whose language and customs prevailed here

long after the revolutionary era, and are only now be coming extinct. His father, John Van Zandt, resided on the east side of Union street-Hudson street park. His mother, Mary Brooks, was of highly respectable English family, well known in this city. In youth, Mr. Van Zandt was for a short time in a banking house in New York, before the first bank was incorporated. While there he often saw Washington and his associates. After this (in the year of Shays's war) James Caldwell put him and another young man, Mr. Mynderse, in charge of a country retail store, at Bennington, Vt. At that time, Troy was searcely a village, and the way to Bennington was mostly through an unbroken forest. While residing at Bennington, he became acquainted with and married Mehetabel Jones, of Williamstown, Mass., a most estimable lady, and again became a resident of Albany, With her he enjoyed domestic happiness and tranquillity, in an eminent degree, till by her death they were separated, when he was about 74 years of age. To these habits of life, and being strictly temperate, he always attributed his good health and contented, happy old age-not conscious of having harmed any man in life. He retained, till a great age, an accurate memory of the events of his early life. He well remembered hearing the signal gun fired from the top of the old Schuyler mansion, when the Indians in the night came in the rear way, through the corn field and garden, entering the back door and surprising General Schuyler and a few friends who were spending the evening with him. The signal gun rallied the people and frightened the Indians, causing them to make their retreat with but little booty. He was walking on the ramparts of Fort Frederick (which reared its defence in State street, just south of St. Peter's church) at the very time of the battle of Saratoga, and heard the noise of the cannonade. He asked a soldier, who was with him, if this could be so, and the soldier confirmed it, as they were at a height where the strong north-east wind, then blowing, could bear the sound uninterrupted. He remembered also the surrender of Burgoyne and the march

ing of the captured Hessians through Albany, and was a witness of the most memorable journey ever made into the old war worn city of Albany. He was a boy, engaged atplay on the wharf which-one of the few that existedwas built out at the foot of the present State street. The boys were told that a company of horsemen were coming down Market street, and that one of them was General Schuyler. He ran up to the street to see the group. There rode a company of gentlemen on horseback, in an easy, familiar, companionable way, one of whom was Philip Schuyler, and another John Burgoyne. He saw the Indians gathered in State street above the old Dutch church, to receive their annuity, and exhibiting their dances, and meeting in a desultory council, to the edification of the Albanians. They were seated for the purpose of enumeration on the sidewalk, and the line extended from the church to the present locality of Pearl street, and it was a policy greatly wondered at by the multitude, that the distribution was made per capita, the little strapped-up papoose receiving as much as the old warchief who, probably, could have entertained the Albanians with curious statistics concerning the scalps of many of their ancestors. He recollected that from the wagons pressed into the service, as they were engaged in transporting ammunition, which had been landed from the sloops at King's wharf, the cannon balls dropped into the wretched roadway, and men engaged under impressment did not pause to gather up their work. He repeatedly saw men executed in Albany, under the decision and direction of the committee of safety, for being tories or cow boys, or highway robbers; and for the lighter offences the whipping post was resorted to. He had the habits of the race. Integrity, resoluteness, economy, aversion to change and to show, and strong local attachment. Tranquil, unambitious, devoid of care, he prolonged his life, without disease, his faculties unclouded, until the few last days of his life.

30. William N. Staats died, aged 78.... William Goodson died, aged 27.

MAY.

1. The steam boat New World brought up from New York 500 tons of freight, the charges on which, with the passage money, &c., was over $2,200. This is believed to have been the largest freight ever brought up at one trip....James Baker died, aged 33....Erastus Perry died, aged 72.

2. James Dey Ermand died, aged 55.

3. Elizabeth Capron died, aged 50....Elizabeth, wife of William Wareing died, aged 56.... The old vegetable market, an unsightly range of sheds, was pulled down, attracting a good deal of observation. (See next page.)

4. Mrs. Catharine McHarg died, aged 78.... Peter Murphy died, aged 33.

5. Archibald McIntyre died, aged 56. He came to this city at an early age from Scotland, and from 1798 to 1802 was a member of Assembly from Montgomery county. In 1806 he was appointed comptroller of the state, an office which he filled with ability and integrity until 1821, when he was removed in consequence of his refusal to pay claims rendered by Gov. Tompkins for services and disbursements during the war, without the proper vouchers. He was soon after elected to the senate for six years. He then became associated with John B. Yates in the management of the state lotteries, in which he continued till the lotteries were abolished. This firm was also largely interested in the Welland canal. At a later period Mr. McIntyre purchased a large tract of land in the northern part of the state, and gave much attention to its improvement.... Harriet G., wife of J. C. Robinson, died at Springfield, Mass., aged 53.

6. Eliza A., wife of Caleb Weaver, died, aged 33.... James Turner died, aged 42.

7. William White died, aged 45.

8. William Lyman died, aged 52....Samuel F. Follett was drowned, aged 28.

9. Elizabeth, wife of Alex. Reid, died, aged 23.

11. William J. Hardy died, aged 54....Isaac Lansing died, aged 71.