The Late John J. Crittenden

By the telegraph dispatclies roceived Monday morning, the death of the Hon. John Jay Crittenden, of Kentucky, was announced. Mr. Crittenden has long occupied a prominent position in the politics of the country, as a Representative of Kentucky. He was born ia Woodford county, Kentucky, in 1785, acd at the time of his death was seventy-seven years of age. The cause of his death is reported to be simply oíd age, and the exhaustion of his physical powers. He commenced life as a lawyer, at Hopkinsville, removing aftor a short time to Frankfort, where he remaincd. He was chosen United States Senator to fill a vacaney in 1817, and remaincd at Washington for two years. He then returned to Frankfort, where he practiced as a lawyer from 1819 to 1835, when he was again returned to the United States Sonate. In 1841 General Harrison appointed him Attorney General, but he resigned that office on the accesaion of John Tyler. In 1842 he was again chosen United States Senator, which position he occupied till 1848, when he was chosen Governor of Kentucky. After the death of General Taylor, he was again made Attorney General by President Fillmore. In 1854 he was again chosen United States Senator, his term expirintr in 1861, when he was elected a Representative from his d:strict to the lower House of Congress, and had been again selected by his friends for re-election, at the time of his death. Mr. Crittenden was twice married, his second wife being the widow of the late Gen. Ashley, of Kentucky. Mr. Crittenden com menced life as a meniber of the National Republican party, and was a strong friend of Henry Clay. In tbe disintegrations of parties, and tbeir reorganization from 1825 to 1836, Mr. Crittenden became identified with tbe opposition, wbicb finally became known in 1837 as tbe Wbig party. He remained identified with tbat party till it broke up, when he became a meraber of tbe American party, with wbich party he remained connected uutil it became extinct, on the breaking out of the rebellion. Mr. Crittenden was strongly identified, by bis long public career, with tbe conservative interests of the Southern States, and occupied a prominent position in public affairs, until the time of his deadi. -