Surgical SkM--A daughter of Mir. James Will. jams, of East-Haven, two years and half old. while eating some green ches6ats the 24th ut was cho- ed by small part of chesnut, from which the shell and skin had previously been carefully taken. Every effort to remove i, by the persons present. was un- aVa'i'ng, when Drs. T. Hubbard and J. Knight, of this city, were called, who found it necessary make an 'ncIson into the wind pipe aud introduce probe, by which operation the child's life was preserved-- Without the aid of the well known surgical skill of these gentlemen, the child could have survived but short time.-N. HGUen Reg.

 The President has complimented the Rev. Mir. Colton late editor of he Washington Chronicle with the commission of Chaplain in the Navy. He is to be stationed at Pensacola.