depressing influences ever destroyed that natural buoyancy, geniality and vivacious bon homme which he possessed in a marked degree. These qualities ever attracted to him the young men, who enjoyed his society and profited by his example and advice, while his extensive reading, long observation of men and manners, his delicate humor and great refinement, threw a charm over his converse with people of all ages. In short, it may truly be said that in his unobtrusive kindness, his humble estimate of himself, his reliance for support on a higher power; in his unselfish regard for the welfare of all, his charity, his acts of forgiveness; in his consistent life and peaceful death he displayed in a marked degree the attributes of the Christian gentlemen. In the immediate circle of his family and relatives his loss has created an aching void which can never be filled, while his friends will ever cherish with mournful pleasure the remembrance of his many virtues.-Argus.

8. Air, h. 13, 1. below 0.........Thermometers in various parts of the city indicated a temperature varying from 10 to 16 deg. below zero Cornelia Chapin, wife of Gen. S. D. Brown, died.

9. Air, h. 22, 1. 2......... The Old Brick Church.-The Rev. Mr. Smart preached for the last time in the Old Brick (Congregational) Church last evening. The pews and other furniture are to be sold on Saturday, and must be removed by the first of March next, when stores are to be erected upon its site by Messrs. Mann & Waldman, the owners of this property. There are associations connected with this old church that will never be forgotten by those who have worshiped within its walls. Here the Rev. Dr. Nott, about the commencement of the present century, then in the dawn of that fame which afterward gave the widest celebrity as a pulpit orator, preached to crowded and delighted audiences. Here he pronounced that remarkable discourse against duelling, called out by the death of Alexander Hamilton at the hands of Aaron Burr in 1804, passages of which are still cited in the school books as among the finest specimens of American oratory. Dr. Nott became pastor of this church towards the close of the last century, and remained in charge until he was called to the presidency of Union College in 1804, a position which he filled with distinguished success for the unexampled period of about sixty years. Other remarkable preachers have filled this pulpit, including the Rev. Dr. Campbell, who remained until the removal of his congregation to the new church, built by his efforts, at the corner of Philip and Hudson streets. Dr. Campbell was one of the most celebrated and able of the many able divines of Albany. His sermons gave evidence of a keen and cultivated intellect; and if all that he delivered within the walls of that church could be gathered and published, they would constitute many volumes of discourses, characterized at once by great intellectual power, and by the most polished diction. Such associations will be cherished by the numerous congregations that have worshiped here, long after its walls have disappeared. The old church gives way to the demands of trade. This has long driven most of its members to other parts of the city, and now the site has become one of the most valuable in the city for commercial purposes. The present congregation will hold service hereafter in Association Hall until the completion of their new edifice on Eagle street. Paper......... The temperature changed from extreme cold to moderate, with snow, and rain, and at night to extreme cold again.............