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Death of a singular character.

--David Caledona, an eccentric Scotchman, 76 years old, whose manners showed good breeding, and who lived with no other companions than some thirty dogs at New Orleans, was found dead on Monday week, surrounded by his mute pets, which were licking his face and hands.

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