4. Bernard Riley died, aged 65. Joseph Shafer killed by a locomotive, aged 24. Robert H. Harrison died, aged 29.

5. James O'Sullivan died, aged 36. Winnifred, wife of John McGuire, died, aged 40. Dennis McMahon died, aged 50.

6. Eliza, wife of Thomas Gorman, died, aged 52. John Johnson died, aged 61.

7. There was an effort made by speculators to get possession of the Susquehanna rail road, and injunctions and counter injunctions were issued by the judges of the courts.

8. Barnard V. Winne died, aged 30.

9. Mrs. Maria Van Ness died, aged 100 years, 7 months and 24 days. She died at the Home of the Friendless, where she had resided for some years at her own option, and at the expense of her relatives. She was born and has always resided in this city. She was the widow of John Van Ness, who died many years since. Her son, John Van Ness, Jr., who died about twenty years ago, was well known as an active business and public man. He was for some terms alderman of the old Fifth ward. Mrs. Van Ness has always been esteemed for the kind and generous characteristics of her nature, and though most of her associates in life have passed away, she was known and appreciated by a small circle of friends who have been left to solace her declining years. Her funeral took place from No. 15 Park street, the Home of the Friendless.— Journal.........Theodore H. Vandenburgh died, aged 33. Mrs. Mary Devlin died, aged 80. Elizabeth Thorne, wife of Charles Swarts, died, aged 54. 10. Henry B. Haswell died, aged 67. Mr. Haswell was born in the town of Bethlehem, in the year 1803, and came to this city to live in the year 1837, and, with the exception of a few years' residence in the city of Washington, has ever since resided here. He was twice elected county clerk, and served in that capacity from 1837 to 1844. He was also, for several years, a member of the board of aldermen. In the year 1862 Mr. Haswell went to Washington, where he accepted an important position in the state department, which he held for four years, when he relinquished it and returned to this city. At no time during his public or private life, was his integrity ever called in question.-Journal. 11. John Kennedy, senior, died, aged 80.

12. Barney Duffy, aged 38, was killed by the falling of a pile of lumber upon him. Catharine, wife of Patrick Neville, burst a blood vessel in her ancle, and bled to death, aged 48. Julia Holton died, aged 72.

13. James Rush died at the Almshouse, aged 84. He had been admitted there in 1835, and was employed to supply fuel to the steam apparatus of the concern.

15. Cadet engineer James Steele died at sea.

16. Catharine Flynn died, aged 50. John Winne died, aged 21. 19. Silas B. Howe, died in New York, aged 64. His remains were brought here and deposited in the cemetery. He came when a young man to this city, and was engaged in active business as a merchant tailor, from about 1825 to 1853. Mr. Howe and George N. Geary entered into partnership in 1831, and commenced business in J. L. Staats's building, corner of State and South Pearl streets. After five years the firm was dissolved, Mr. H. continuing the business there until the spring of 1840, when he moved to the Exchange Building, where he remained for five years. He then formed a copartnership with Robert Freeman, and

removed to No. 12 Broadway, and thence the next year to Nos. 481 and 483, Stanwix Building, Broadway. This firm remained together several years, and after its dissolution Mr. Howe continued in business until 1853, when he sold his stock to Messrs. Duncan & Brother, and removed to New York, where he remained until his death. In early life he became a member of the First M. E. church, then Division, now Hudson street. He was a member and officer of the Sunday school of the church many years, and superintendent of the same for 12 years, between 1825 and 1848, Silas B. Howe will long be remembered for his genial and catholic spirit, and friendly disposition. His ear and heart were always open to the needy, and of his means, those who knew him best, were well aware that he bestowed with liberality, even, perhaps, to a fault.-Journal. John McCann died, aged 62.

22. Thirza Bartlett, wife of Edward Bigelow, died, aged 79. Francis Walsh died in New York. Ellen, wife of James Cain died, aged 36.

23. Mary Sheridan died, aged 32 (Shiredan - Argus). James McGovern died, aged 25.

24. Patrick Gleason died, aged 25.

25. Ellen Platt died, aged 65.

26. James Flood died, aged 33. Albert Van Voast, formerly of the firm of Boardman and Van Voast, builders, died, at Schenectady, aged 73. Sarah M. Greer, wife of Simon Tice, died, aged 28.

27. Kitty Tracy died, aged 19. Sarah A. Weeks died, aged 46.

28. George W. Hobbs died, aged 54.

29. Margaret Ann, widow of Peter Monaghan, died, aged 62.

SEPTEMBER 1. Dr. James V. C. Teller died, aged 67. Samuel Brown died, aged 58.

2. James Keilty died, aged 35. Elizabeth, wife of James Atkins died, aged 40.

3. Phoebe Ann Smith, wife of Richard H. Hendee, died, aged 40. 4. Francis Bigelow died, aged 38.

5. The Jewish new year began this evening. It was a season of great joy, and an occasion on which neighbors indulge in gift offerings among each other and a general renewal of old friendships. It was also attended with certain religious ceremonies at the different synagogues. The New Year is honored by the Jews as a great festival, and many closed their places of business and kept them closed until the allotted time of festivity was over.........The fortieth anniversary of Rev. Dr. Sprague's connection with the Second Presbyterian church was made the occasion of an eloquent commemorative sermon by that venerable divine yesterday morning. The church was very much crowded, and in addition to a full attendance of the congregation, there were gathered many members of other congregations, and prominent citizens of Albany. The pulpit was beautifully decorated with flowers: on each side of the Bible cushion there was a large bouquet of rare flowers, and within the panel upon the front of the pulpit there was a large bed of beautiful white flowers, surrounded by a border of green, upon which were the emblematic figures 1829, composed of small red roses. In addition to these floral adornments there were festoons of flowers, suspended from each of the upper corners of the pulpit and gathered in a loop beneath the figures. The reverend gentleman selected for his text Deuteronomy, 2d chapter, and part of the 7th verse: "These forty years, the Lord, thy God, hath been with thee." From this

singularly appropriate text, Dr. Sprague preached a touching discourse, in which he alluded to the great changes that had occurred since he assumed the duties of the ministry in this city. In his own congregation, there is scarcely a person now living of those to whom he ministered in 1829. The changes in the city at large, the great increase of population, the growth of the churches of the various denominations, especially the churches which were the offspring of the Second Presbyterian, and the progress of Christianity throughout the world, were referred to, and the favoring providence of God during all that long period was acknowledged in language of great beauty and force. He also stated the remarkable fact that during his forty years of ministration here, there had invariably been the utmost harmony in all the counsels of his church. At times, during his admirable discourse, the venerable and venerated preacher was visibly affected by the reminiscences that crowded upon his memory, and the vast congregation listened to his eloquent words with deep emotion. At the afternoon service, Dr. Sprague repeated the first sermon which he preached in Albany, forty years ago. Previous to that time he had preached fourteen years, and he has therefore been connected with the sacred ministry for the long period of fifty years. May he long be spared to the congregation for whom in his vigorous old age he still performs his pastoral duties with such entire acceptance, and to the church, of which he is such a distinguished ornament.-Journal.........Sarah A., wife of John Fensham, died, aged 36. Eliza Dooner died, aged 20.

7. Susquehannah rail road election; intense excitement in the city....... William Headlam died, aged 65. George Hewson died, aged 27. Johanna Nelligan, wife of Terrence Reilly, died, aged 36.

8. Fall term of Medical College began. Lecture of Dr. Armsby on the death of Dr. March, late president and founder of the institution...... Bernard Shields died, aged 62. Margaret Edinger, wife of Marcus A. Andrews, died, aged 43. Bridget Elizabeth White died, aged 20. Wm. H. Gregory, died at Cobleskill, aged 26.

9. James Henry Cafferty, died in New York, aged 50. He was a native of Albany, born June 17, 1819, and educated at the academy then presided over by the distinguished scholar, Dr. T. R. Beck. Mr. C. left this city at an early age, and resided in the city of New York nearly or quite a quarter of a century. When he left here he gave promise of becoming well known as among the best portrait painters in this country. Perhaps no more versatile and accomplished painter than the subject of our present brief sketch has existed, at all events, in America. His pencil had a facility and truth which enabled him not only at times to dazzle, but to defy criticism. Unfortunately the needs of existence compelled him to labor, which in many cases was barely profitable, while it could not conduce to his artistic reputation. Nevertheless he left behind him hundreds of portraits which are only excelled by those of his friend, the late Charles Elliott, and two of which, those of his father and mother, are works that the friends of any painter, dead or living, might be proud to claim. He was "stone of the old stone," for he was elected into the National Academy in 1853, and is not to be counted with the members chosen in obedience to a necessity forced upon it of late years. Many of our readers will remember his admirable painting of the harvest, exhibited some years since; his gem-like bits of landscape, as well as the dead fish and game, which testify to the universality of his ability. The disease under which