West's Painting.—The Earl of Egremont has purchased the celebrated easel study of "Death upon the Pale Horse;" painted by Mr. West; one of the most sublime productions of modern art.
MARRIED,
In Hebron, Connecticut, the celebrated Lorenzo Dow, to Miss Lucy Doalbear, of Montville.
At Harrisburg, Dr. Phineas Jenks, a member of the House of Representatives, from Bucks County, to Miss Amelia, only daughter of the late governor Snyder.
Deaf and Dumb Marriage.—Nov. 20, 1819, a singular marriage was solemnized at Kirkheaton, near Huddersfield, between Joshua Barker and Mary Moorehouse. The man being deaf and dumb, could not repeat the necessary forms of the marriage ceremony; but this difficulty was obviated in an ingenious manner; as he was able to read, the book was presented to him, and he traced the words over with his finger.
DIED,
On the 4th instant, in Tewksbury, near New Germantown, (N. J.) Frederick Pickle, aged 100 years. When he was 94 years of age, he cut with a cradle 500 sheaves of rye in a day. At 97 he went into the woods and split 100 chesnut rails in less than a day. He was regular and temperate in his habits, and enjoyed good health until within about a year before his death. His widow is 90, and they have lived in the marriage state 70 years.