He passed the brief remainder of his life at his country place at New Rochelle, which had been his residence since his marriage. In May 1839 he was appointed by President Van Buren, diplomatic agent to the Republic of Guatemala, but he died while preparing to start for his post, on the 29th of May, 1839. He was a writer of great fluency and persuasive force, and a man who possessed in an eminent degree, the courage of his convictions.

Elise Justine Bayard, daughter of Mr. Robert Bayard, of Glen wood, near Fishkill, was the author of a number of poems, some of which have appeared in the Knickerbocker Magazine and Literary World. She married Mr. Fulton Cutting, and died about 1850.

Hon. William Cauldwell, so well-known as the editor and proprietor of the New York Sunday Mercury and as a legislative representative of Westchester County, was born in the city of New York, October 12, 1824. His father, Andrew Cauldwell, who married Margaret, daughter of William Giften, was a

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native of Kilinaiuock, Scotland, and came to this country about 181 G. Tlie primary education of his son was obtained at the then well-known high school ill Crosby Street, Xew York, but at the early age of eleven he went at the reijuest of his uncle, Adam Giffen, to Louisiana, and lived for a while at St. Martinsville in that State. He afterwards attended school at Opelousas, but his school-life there was somewhat suddenly terminated. His teacher, a Mr. Tinnerman. who Wivs an old soldier of Napoleon, had heard that the noted Colonel David Crockett was to pass through that place on his way to Texas, where he was destined to end his eventful career at the fated Alamo. Resolved to be one of the brave colonel's followers, he announced his intention to his pupils, and instructed them to inform their parents and guardians that the institution would close.