At Charleston, (S. C.) on the 8th instant, Mrs. STARR BARRETT, aged one
hundred and twenty years--a Jewess, born in one of the Barbary states
in the year 1699, but since the year 1780 a resident of Charleston.
On the 1st ult. near Annapolis, (Md.) THOMAS LANE, aged 107 years--born
within 5 miles of the place on which he died. Until a few months past
was able to do considerable business on his farm.
At Newport, (R. I.) on the 29th ult. WILLIAM ELLERY, Esq. in the 93d
year of his age. _He was one of the signers of the declaration of
independence._
On Saturday last at his residence, in Chester County, the Rev. DAVID
JONES, A. M. Senior Pastor of the Great Valley Baptist Church, at the
advanced age of 84 years.
At Boston, on Friday last, Don JUAN STAUGHTON, his Catholic Majesty's
Consul in that town for above thirty years, aged 75.
At Chacewater (England) aged 21, ELIZABETH, daughter of Joseph Ralp;
her height was only two feet ten inches; she was not at all deformed,
but rather well proportioned; she was never known to laugh or cry, or
utter any sound whatever, though it was evident she both saw and heard;
her weight never exceeded twenty pounds.
On Saturday, the 29th of January, at their late residence in Wantage,
County of Sussex, New Jersey, GEORGE BACKSTER, Esq. and his wife
JANE, in the 64th year of their ages--were married 42 years. The wife
survived her husband but 15 hours.
At Nazareth, (Penn.) on the 2d ult, in the 76th year of his age, Dr.
JOSEPH OTTO.
At Ringwood, (England,) CHRISTOPHER COBB, aged 102, who lived in the
reigns of three kings.
At Richmond, (Va.) on Tuesday, the 8th inst. ROBERT COWLEY, a man of
colour, aged 125 years. For many years he had been a faithful servant
to the commonwealth of Virginia, by acting as door keeper to the
Capitol, which office was given him by the executive, as a reward
for his revolutionary services, in which situation he gave universal
satisfaction.
* * * * *
The following is a correct list of the number of DEATHS, in the
principal cities of the United States.
PHILADELPHIA--3124, from 1st January, 1819, to 1st January, 1820.--_Of
these, there were_
Males of 20 years and upwards, 795
Do. under 20 years, 824
----1619
Females of 20 years and upwards, 616
Do. under 20 years, 659
----1275
Children, principally under one }
year, whose sex is unknown, } 230
----
Total, 3124
----
NEW YORK--3176, from 1st January, 1819, to 1st January, 1820.--_Of
these, there were_
Men, 895
Boys, 871
----1746 Males.
Women, 703
Girls, 727
----1430 Females
----
Total, 3176
----
REMARKS.--It must be highly gratifying to the benevolent mind, and
to those whose humane labours have been so long directed to mitigate
the ravages of Small Pox, to learn, that there has not been a single
case of death, by that disease, reported in this city within the last
year--a disease which has been, for so many ages, a scourge to every
part of the world; and has, at times, been particularly fatal here.
Whilst Consumption and Fever, generally, occupy a considerable space in
the annual returns, it is consolatory to observe, that the former has
not increased: and that Fever, particularly Typhus, so fatal, so wide
spread, and so unyielding to medical skill in Europe, has been much
less malignant in this city the present, than in former years.
GEORGE CUMING, _City Inspector_.
_City Inspector's Office_, }
_10th Jan. 1820_. }
BALTIMORE, from 1st January, 1819, to 1st January, 1820--2287; of which
number, 571 were coloured persons.--_Of these, there were_
Above 20 years, 849
Below 20 do. 1440
----2287
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