  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 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
NEW YORK—3176, from 1st January, 1819, to 1st January, 1820.—Of these, there were
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, } BALTIMORE, from 1st January, 1819, to 1st January, 1820—2287; of which number, 571 were coloured persons.—Of these, there were
BOSTON, from 1st January, 1819, to 1st January, 1820. Total, 1070 CHARLESTON—1092, from 1st October, 1818, to 1st October, 1819.—Of these, there were
It is a singular fact, and perhaps worthy the attention of medical gentlemen, that more deaths were occasioned by Tetanus or Locked Jaw, in the city of Charleston, during the last three years, than occurred in the cities of Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore, and Boston, during the same period, as is shown by the following abstract:—
Christenings and burials in London last year—Christened 12,574 males, and 11,726 females—total 24,300. Buried 9,671 males and 9,557 females—total 19,228. Being a decrease of 477 burials from the preceding year. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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