nearly at the same hour in different parts of the city at their respective family homes, and were buried at the same hour. William La Grange died, aged 64. John W. Osborn was elected president of the Young Men's Christian Association. Mary Kearsey died, aged 74.

24. Air, h. 35, 1. 16.........Sidney Guest died, aged 60.

25. Air, h. 30, 1. 20.

26. Air, h. 30, 1. 27.........Mrs. Catharine J. Starke, widow of Col. George H. Talcott, died at Utica. De Witt C. Ramsay died, aged 31. 27. Air, h. 30, 1, 23.........Isaac D. Nash died, aged 31. Ruth, widow of Sylvanus Birch, died, aged 85.

28. Air, h. 27, 1. 13.

MARCH 1. Air, h. 19, 1. 0........At the annual meeting of the Albany County Bible Society, the following gentlemen were chosen officers for the ensuing year president, William Gould; first vice-president, C. P. Easton; second vice-president, John E. Page; corresponding secretary, David Dyer; recording secretary, Stephen R. Gray; treasurer, Archibald McClure, Jr.; executive committee, Rev. Dr. Clark, Rev. Dr. Halley, Rev. David Dyer, Archibald McClure, Rev. Mr. Meredith, C. P. Easton.........Ann, widow of Edward James, died, aged 78.

2. Air, h. 20, 1. 0......... The Burgesses Corps left the city for Washington, with a spick and span new uniform, to show themselves to Gen. Grant, and grace his inauguration as president.

3. Air, h. 28, 1. 16........Col. Lionel U. Lennox, died at Gilroy, California, aged 37, Sweton Grant Ford died. Mary E., wife of Benj. F. Smith, died at Detroit, aged 47. John W. Young, died at Minona, Minn., aged 37.

4. Air, h. 31, 1. 22.........Catharine, widow of Benjamin Quackenbush, died. Katharine Van Wie, relict of James Quackenbush, died at the ripe old age of 93 years. She was the last of the old Van Wie family, whose name has become historical in connection with Van Wie's point, a few miles below this city on the Hudson river. There were three sisters and one brother in the family. The brother died years since, having passed his one hundredth year. The three Van Wie girls enjoyed the reputation of being the tallest in the state, their combined height being twenty-one feet. This family were the old original settlers at Van Wie's point, and it was from them that the point derived its name.--Argus.

5. Air, h. 33, 1. 0.........Thermometers in some localities marked 8° below 0... Hannah, widow of Isaac Sealey, died, aged 77. Bernard McCracken died, aged 59.

6. Air, h. 18, 1. 10.........Grand reception of the Burgesses Corps on its return from Washington......... Mrs. Jane Carey died, aged 60. Thomas O'Connor died, aged 30. Mrs. Rachel Ryder died, aged 76. 7. Alice, wife of Williams Powers, died, aged 24.

8. A lump of coal weighing 5 tons was placed in front of the Exchange Building, as a triumphal monument of the success of the Susquehanna rail road.

9. Elizabeth Clarke died, aged 20.

10. The velocipede, a new vehicle to aid locomotion, made its appearance at this time. The good condition of the sidewalks and the genial atmosphere tempted the velocipedists forth yesterday in great numbers." There were machines of all kinds and sorts. Cy, tri, and quadricycles dashing swiftly by the muddled pedestrians, who stood agape and yearned

in envious longing for the capricious little ponies. The riding gave evidence of practice and patience in most cases, yet there were luckless exceptions, however, for several gorgeously decked and complacent beings came to sudden and unexpected grief, in the most trying places and moments. The easiest to master, is of rapidity of motion, much preferable to the other. The bycycle is to be the favorite, however, because less cumbersome, and more difficult to manage, rendering the mastering, a feeling of immense satisfaction and complacency. Knickerbocker..................

Hiram Yates died, aged 57. John Emsing died, aged 71. Abel S. Babcock, formerly of Albany, died at Cooperstown.

11. Mrs. Allison Mitchell died, aged 81.

12. Dennis Madigan died, aged 29. Barbara Gabel died, aged 78. Patrick E. Carmody died, aged 20. Helen Law died at Troy, aged 70. Caroline Bulson, wife of Benjamin Hogan, died, aged 33.

13. Kathinka Driesbach, wife of Prof. George H. Altinger died, aged 35. Catharine Delehanty, wife of John Dady, died, aged 36. Johannes Wilhelm Weimar, some years a resident in Albany, died at the Hague, aged 64.

14. Air, h. 39, 1. 23........St. Mary's Church was dedicated with appropriate ceremonies. This is the third edifice erected upon this site. The society was until within a few years the only Catholic institution in the city...James McGrath died, aged 74. Ida Marietta Bemis died, aged 18. Joseph G. Onkey died, aged 39.

15. Air, h. 41, 1. 25.........John L. Madden died, aged 47.

16. Air, highest 30, lowest 12.

17. Air, h. 30, 1. 7 ........Patrick Whalen died, aged 42. 18. Air, h. 28, 1. 18........James Berns died, aged 35.

19. Air, h. 35, 1. 18.

20. Air, h. 34, 1. 30.........Two indictments were found by the grand jury sitting at Utica against Benjamin Payn, for defrauding the United States revenue, and he was taken into custody.........William Don died, aged 72.

21. Air, h. 37, 1. 14.........James M. Salisbury died, aged 31. Sarah, wife of John McMurdy, died, aged 27. Patrick Sinnot died, aged 62. Maria Groesbeck, widow of J. J. Mitchell, M.D., died, aged 66.

22. Air, h. 28, 1. 7.........Thermometers at some points indicated 4° below 0.........Mrs. Mary Rankin died, aged 80. Hannah W. Moore, wife of I. P. Sutherland, died, aged 36.

23. Air, h. 38, 1. 25.........Great snow storm; winter increasing in intensity. March thus far the coldest month of the season. Snow in Canada said to be from 8 to 10 feet on a level; in Vermont from 4 to 8 feet. Sarah E. Leslie, wife of P. Hayes, died. James Mooney died, aged 71. George F. Youngblood died, aged 53.

24. Air, h. 35, 1. 23..... William G. Brown died, aged 63. Frank Atkinson, wife of M. J. Goodenough, aged 23.

25. Air, h. 36, 1. 20........Bernhardt Smith died, aged 78.

26. Air, h. 34, 1. 29.

27. Air, h. 39, 1. 35.........The Rev. Dr. Wyckoff, so long the pastor of the Middle Dutch church on Beaver street, died at the advanced age of 76. Dr. Wyckoff was born in New Jersey, in the year 1792. He came here from Catskill, Greene county, about the year 1837. He offi

ciated at Catskill some ten or twelve years before he assumed his duties as pastor of the Middle Dutch. He succeeded Rev. I. N. Ferris. From his arrival here until 1867, he filled the pulpit of the above ancient edifice, with faithfulness and fidelity. In 1867 he retired from the pastorship and was succeeded by Rev. Dr. Elmendorf, the present able and esteemed pastor of the church. Dr. Wyckoff was one of the oldest if not the oldest clergyman in the city. It was his age, and nothing else, that caused him to retire from service. He was a model minister, working always for the good of souls. He was able, and eloquent in his day, and no man was more revered by his congregation than Dr. Wyckoff. He had a smile and kind word for every one, and was indefatigable in his exertions in behalf of the poor.-Knickerbocker. The clergyman who for a long series of years has taken the direction of the chaplain service of the legislature has just ended a life which, so far as human judgment may pronounce of any man's career, has been one long existence of kind thought and tender word and loving service to his fellow men, rich and poor, home born or foreign. It is not true of him that he dies and makes no sign. His earnest, truthful eulogy is writing itself in the memories of those to whom he gave voice and labor that he might make their life happier. In many specialties of character, Dr. Wyckoff was a very extraordinary man. With a blending of shrewdness and simplicity which did not mar the outline of his career; with an overflowing appreciation and love for the beautiful wherever, whenever found, and yet a marked deficiency of order in the arrangement of his taste; with a heart that found itself especially near all scenes of grief or joy, but the interpretation of whose words were often far away in precision of expression; with a charity that grasped all men, and a fraternal, paternal manner that recognized no distinction of coat or gown, or cassock or mitre, folding all their wearers to his heart in brotherhood; with unceasing will and wish for the happiness of all humanity, this man lived in every hour Christian life. It is not surprising that as he dies all classes of people stop to notice it, and, forgetting that they may have differed from him in his theology, tell out their belief that one of the really good men of the earth has gone to his rest; that at last he has gathered to himself the exceeding precious promises whose intensity of value he urged to others. Dr. Wyckoff came to Albany in 1836, succeeding the Rev. Dr. Ferris (now chancellor of the New York University) in the ministry of the Reformed Dutch church between Hudson and Beaver streets-a church built to consecrate by its uses an ancient burying ground, and whose construction was regarded by the active men of the time of its building as a great good attained. It was formed of the old stones which had been brought there, material of the very old structure which occupied the lower centre of the present State street. His long ministry in its history belongs to the ecclesiastical annals of that prominent and prosperous church. He came to its charge when as yet some of its aged members were living; those who had endured in the truth till the thoughts and words and actions of the gospel became portion of their inner life. The biographies of the sainted men and women of that Middle Dutch church are, so far as this world's records go, in the quick formed dust of its oblivion. Only a few descendants, a few relatives, recollect even their names; but by all the memories of the highest, worthiest, wisest religious life, of unceasing prayer, of an intelligent religion that anticipated its

glorious destiny of all these there is written in light in Jerusalem the golden. Over such a people and their descendants Dr. Wyckoff labored, and forgot no mourner, overlooked no poor. His language was often almost eccentric, but the tortuous path of words never forgot its way to the celestial city. Especially was he the benefactor of the immigrant Hollander. In 1846, a new movement of emigration stirred Holland. The Netherlands seemed almost to have forgotten their once cherished possessions, and the emigration of 1608 and the years following had become historical; but ecclesiastical difficulties set a weaker party in motion, and, after they had led the way, others followed. These naturally went to such men as Dr. Thomas De Witt (clarum et venerabile nomen) and Dr. Wyckoff. These men were like the clergymen they had left in the old land, and Dr. Wyckoff was busiest, kindest, most persevering, most enduring of men with them. He listened to all their congratulations or complaints; talked with them about their old home and their new one; counselled, expostulated, scolded (for some scolding was a kindness); raised money for them; looked after their luggage; attended the very dray in its burden of their queer, quaint, conglomerated effects; preached for their cause; listened to their preaching; grieved in their woe; apologized for their errors; and entered into all their wants as a guardian. The Hollanders in America may well, when they get prosperous, make enduring monument to this most devoted friend, who devoted his time and talent to make them a solid home in the new world. I do not believe any man in Albany had more universal respect than Dr. Wyckoff possessed, because he had the general confidence. His charity was absolutely delightful. His name of brother would be given, and really intended, as it was said, as well to the clergy whom Archbishop McCloskey governs, as to those with whose faith he had nearer sympathy. This man went on in life looking on the world around him as a necessity of constant sympathy, because a necessity of constant suffering. In talent respectable, in learning sufficient, in theology broad but pure, in labor abundant, his life closes as a volume read by duty to its close. I write thus the more freely because while he lived it was the common thought of his friends that he was eminently a good man. His duties as clergyman had yielded their force to the feebleness of age; but his name does not pass from the record of the living without its being realized in a truth which it is delightful to recognize, that his name might be written among the first as

"One who loves his fellow man,"

and that his love went beyond this to the highest.-Wm. H. Bogart in the New York World.........Mary O'Brien died, aged 63. Catharine, wife of Isaac Burton, died. Sally, widow of Horace Emery, died, aged 72.

28. Easter Sunday was the most beautiful day of the spring. Scarcely a breath of air was stirring, and the sun shone with almost uninterrupted brightness. The attendance at most of the churches was very large. The day was celebrated with unusual pomp by all the Catholic and Episcopal churches in this city. At the Cathedral, the church was decorated with flowers upon the side altars. The sanctuary and altar were brilliantly lighted, while on the pillars were small shades with appropriate inscriptions, such as "Christ is 'risen from the dead and hath appeared to Simon Peter." "This is the day the Lord hath made; let us rejoice

and be glad therein-Hallelujah." The music was of the grandest character. Cherubin's mass for four voices was performed with great brilliancy. The imposing services were conducted by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Conroy, assisted by a large number of the clergy. The building was densely crowded. At St. Joseph's the services were very imposing. The service at St. Peter's church yesterday morning was very largely attended. From the opening to the close, the interest of the large number of worshipers seemed unabated. The musical portion of the service (Mr. Squires, organist) was rendered with great effect. Among the most noticeable features, the Easter Hymn, arranged from Lambillotte, the Te Deum, with solos by Miss Coyle and Messrs. Whitney and Woodbridge, and the Qffertory Anthem, solo by Mrs. J. M. Sayles, with chorus, were most pleasing. Altogether, this was one of the finest services ever given in this ancient church. The floral offerings were elaborate and tastefully arranged about the altar, pulpit, etc. The font was filled with a superb pyramid of pond lilies, etc., and a profusion of flowers surrounded the basin. The pulpit font was covered with flowers. The lector was similarly decorated; and a large cross of white and red flowers, surmounting a mound of flowers, stood upon the altar. Some idea of the magnificence of the display may be gathered from the fact that there were seven hundred camelias, besides other rare and beautiful flowers in proportion, the generous gift of Erastus Corning, Jr, while there was a profusion of equally elegant flowers from the conservatory of Gen. John F. Rathbone. We hear that even New York and Philadelphia were held under contribution for flowers for this church. It was the most beautiful floral exhibition ever seen in this city. At St. Paul's church an eloquent and instructive sermon was delivered by the rector, Rev. J. L. Reese. The church was crowded, and a liberal collection was taken up for domestic missions. The music, under direction of Mr. T. Spencer Lloyd, organist, assisted by Mr. F. J. Lawrence, Mrs. Hoyt and a full choir, was of a very high order. The font was decorated with pond lilies and other rare flowers; a cross of white flowers stood in front of, and another large one, mingled with green, over the pulpit. In the evening the rite of confirmation was administered by Rt. Rev. Bishop Doane, to a number of candidates. The carols were sung by the children. But the Catholic and Episcopal churches were not alone in their observances of the day. The display of flowers at the Fourth Presbyterian church, Rev. Dr. Darling's, was surpassed only by that at St. Peter's. At the Third Presbyterian church the venerable Dr. Halley preached a very eloquent, able and appropriate sermon on the resurrection.........The Rev. William J. Boardman, rector of the Church of the Holy Innocents, resigned the rectorate, and preached his farewell sermon this day......... Egbert Egberts, formerly of Albany, died at Cohoes, aged 78. He was born at Coeymans, in this county, where his father, Anthony Egberts, who was an officer in the revolutionary army, settled at the close of the war. In 1812, he engaged in mercantile business in this city, with his brother, Cornelius, under the firm name of C. & E. Egberts. In 1831, he removed to Cohoes, where he first successfully introduced the power knitting frame, and established an extensive manufactory. In 1852, he retired from active business, with a competency, which he always used in the spirit of Christian liberality. In that year he was the candidate of the whig party for congress. In 1858, he organized the bank of Cohoes,