ch he maintained himself by his pen. The Life is
by his brother, Derwent Coleridge. The Poems are of decided merit. They
are to be followed by a collection of his prose writings.

OBITUARIES.

ISAAC HILL, formerly Governor of New Hampshire, and Senator in Congress,
died at Washington, March 22d, aged about 63. He was born at
Charlestown, N. H., the son of a farmer, and at an early age learned the
trade of a printer. He established the first Democratic paper at
Concord. To his able conduct is in a great measure to be ascribed the
ascendency which his party acquired in the State, about the year 1828.
Though possessing few of the external qualifications for a popular
leader, being feeble in person, and altogether destitute of oratorical
power, his unrivaled tact and untiring industry gave him an uncontrolled
influence in the State. He was chosen State Senator; and subsequently
United States Senator, which office he held from 1831 to 1836, when he
resigned, in consequence of having been elected Governor of New
Hampshire. He filled the executive chair for two or three terms, and
then retired to private life. In 1840 he was appointed Sub-Treasurer at
Boston; but the repeal of the Sub-Treasury Act the following year
vacated his office. He then returned to New Hampshire; but his star had
waned. He disagreed with his party on the subject of corporations and
other radical questions, lost his political influence, and fell into
comparative insignificance, as a politician, though he always adhered to
his party. For a number of years he edited an agricultural paper of
considerable merit. He suffered much from impaired health during the
last years of his life; and died in moderate pecuniary circumstances.

MORDECAI MANASSEH NOAH, long known as an able editor and active
politician, died in New York, March 28. He was born at Philadelphia,
July 19, 1784, and has thus attained to within three years of three
score and ten. He was apprenticed to a carver and gilder; but early
abandoned that trade and devoted himself to literature and politics. He
removed to Charleston, S. C., in the early part of the present century,
where he took an active and influential part in public affairs. Having
declined the offer of the consulship at Riga, he was appointed, in 1813,
consul at Tunis, and was charged with a mission to Algiers. This latter
he accomplished, after some adventures, and repaired to Tunis. At the
expiration of ten months he was recalle