Death ef Capt. Eliada osborn.
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Capt Osborn, wh"se death is isannounced un- der our usual obituary head. was born in thus t.~n in 176l, and was one of our oldest and

 most respectable citizens. He vast :. ldier in

 sevolU ioaary army, under his father. the late

 Capt John Osborn and was in the servire on the Hudson river for considerable time. Dur

 ing the war. Ltchfield Mill was a depot lor Provisions and other Continental Stores. and prisoners of war were confined in our jail. among whom were Mr. Matthews. the British Mayor of New York, and Gsv. Franklin of New Jersey. Ca son of the famous Benjamin Frank lin J consequently . strong gnard was kept here. Mr. Osborn was st taiieHed here g one of this guard and when Gen Washington pass ed through Li'chfiald on his way from Cam. bridge 'o New York. he was one ofthe soldiers who met and escorted His Excsllency into the village. Capt. Osborn was an unostentations hut useful citizen-a kind neighbor at parent benevolent [" the poor-.a gncd specimen nf Gods nobl-st work-an honest man"- Full of years. and ready to derait, he has heen gathered to his fathers; but his good ieetis will live after him. and form bright halo around his memory.