DIED.
On Monday afternoon, the 13th of March, after a lingering and painful illness, Mrs. Margaret Webb, being in her ninetieth year.
On Monday night, between 6 and 7 o'clock, after a confinement of two months, William Wayne, sen. in the ninetieth year of his age.
In England, 22d Nov. aged 95, John Spooner, who had been for more than thirty years successively the stranger's attendant at Brimham Rocks, in the county of York.
At Perth, Scotland, 1st Feb. widow M'Lean, aged 102 years. Although infirm, she had the complete enjoyment of sight, and never required the use of spectacles.
At Inverfolla, Scotland, 5th of November, Donald M'Intyre, aged 101. He was the last of the followers of Prince Charles, in that district to whose interests he was ardently devoted, so much so, that amidst the infirmities of old age he seemed "strong with the vigour of youth" at the mention of his favourite's name, and the remembrance of his misfortunes.
In Curracoa, A. D. M. Senior, aged 85, the oldest member of the Hebrew community, and one of the oldest inhabitants of the island.
At New Orleans, 4th of Feb. Don Felipe Fatio, Consul of Spain, formerly secretary of the Spanish legation at Washington.
Near New Orleans, Mr. Etienne Borrie, the first person that succeeded in cultivating the sugar cane on the Mississippi.
In the city of Trenton, (N. J.) on the 8th of March, Samuel Leake, Esq. in the 73d year of his age, formerly one of the most distinguished advocates at the New Jersey Bar.
In Vincent township, Chester County, on the 3d of March Mr. James Evans, in the 94th year of his age.
At Boston, on Tuesday, the 22d of Feb. the Rev. James M. Winchell, Pastor of the first Baptist Church of that city.
In January, at Grant's Braes, near Haddington, the venerable mother of the Scottish Bard, Robert Burns, in her 88th year.
In Hesse, Hamburg, Frederick Louis William Christian, Landgrave of Hesse Hamburg, aged 72, leaving a very numerous offspring, one of whom is married to Princess Elizabeth, of England.
In Hesse, Wilhelmina Caroline, wife of the Elector of Hesse Cassel, aged 73. She was a daughter of Frederick V. king of Denmark.
In Germany, Count Stolberg, a celebrated German Poet.
FOR THE RURAL MAGAZINE.
Whether the result of education and early associations, or derived immediately from Nature herself, there is excited in every bosom possessed of sensibility, a sensation of awe and veneration, when approaching the mansions of the dead. Here the storm of passion subsides into peace; and even savage ferocity, when contemplating the house appointed for all living, is moulded into mildness and mercy. Who does not delight to behold the verdant hillock, which designates the spot, where the remains of a dear friend or relative are deposited, decorated with vernal beauty, and alike protected from the withering inroads of neglect, and the rude approach of violence? There is a chord in every feeling heart, which vibrates in unison with the magic touch of memory when delineating in vivid colours, some departed object of our love and affection. The GRAVE-YARD furnishes a scene, in which memory is necessarily a prominent actor.