Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1816-12-14
BY THE MAILS.
Extract ola letter 20 the Editor Of The Scs.
ton Weekly Messenger, dated Concord,
~ n Derenbrr G. 1916.

ali act has been introduced and passed 20
second reading. The principal provisions
Of the act are TO authorize the Gov. to COM
mence operations anew under the act OF last
June, and 10 make seven OF the trustees
quorum for transac,ing business. The
whole board consists OF twenty one mem
bers We shall now probably have q revl-
val Of the list Of Cole ses which made such
a respectable appearance OH paper las. sum
mer. Blu. The proiessorships still remain va
cant As the provisions tor The support OF
those professorships Is not very substantial t
has been proposed 10 fill them with some OF
The most respectable names in the annals oil
science and literature and Sir Isaac Newton,
John Locke and others have been proposed
We have every reason to suppose that the
appointments will Go honor TO the State.
The Senate are In want OF some poison to
give lecture. on Mathematics, and think
Mr.. Holmes is the most promising candi-
date,i the Ovefseer in Massachusetts would
be persuaded TO selieve him from his cuaes
ia Maine and confirm the NOMINATION.
The present amount Of capital OF the SAFE
Banks OF this ommo wealth isy 1855 600
he annual tax on this capital IS i2S $50
dollars. The oommitlee Of the Legislature
in the late report on the petitions otthe
banks for a reduction OF the tax, state, &C.
cotding to the returns Of June last, the sg-
gregate of income was suffeisn, to give the
stockholders six dollars and twenty seven
cents for every hundred dollars, per snnum.
The u. S. schooner Littie Beis, return
ing from the Vermont shore 10 Pittsburgh,
was run down and sunk on the 10Th ult BY
sloop, ia consequence Of having los, her
rudder. There were four men on 5oaid the
Little Belt, one oil whom, Benjamin Warner,
q. soldier, native Of New. Ha,si, Con. was
drowned.
The Editors Of the National In,elligen-
Ger speak Of The repeal oil the Compensa-
,ion Law with apparent regret i. is des
tined" they Say 40 an unsi'nety end. =
There is no doubt, ths, Bill to repeal the
compensation law Of last session will be
passed by the House Of Representatives
but will the Senate consent to the Repeal
We doubt il,
The Spaniih Loyal Gen. Morillo de.
tends his former blockade Of Cauhagena,
&c againit fome complaints Of the Am.
Govt. He iniilts it was legal. and be-
tides, that country has hyperion rights
over place held by resolted subjects.
A Spaniih Officer, in an oHicll def.
patch, recommends the declaring Of the
revolutionary ports in the Gulf Of Mexi.,
Co n a tlate of blockade.
). A colony Of French Emigrants has
been eftabafhed at Rio Janeiro.
Mr.. John R. D. Higgins. face,ious
hair dreAer Of the city Of New Y ork,
lately committed Licideat Albany by
cutting his throat with razor.
CHOCTAW TREATY.
Na|bviAf, Nsv. ,o.--Gcn. John Cof-
fee and the Hon. John Rhea, who Ito.
gether with Col John M'Kce) were ap.
pointed to treat with the Choctaw In
dians, returned home lat week, having
accomplished the Object of their million.
BY this treaty, we underitand. the Chcc-
Jaws have relinqufhed to the United
States all their lands lying eat Of the
Tombigbee river for which they are to
receive the fun Of ,2o,o dollars. paya.
bic ia twenty equal annual initaln,en,s.
Frszina Prs,her, reached home, in Lau.
rsns county ). Z. on the sth OF Oct. with
her lost child, both in good health
The /" hdoentures Of Uncle Sam in Earcb
Of bis loft honor" has been i sue d from the
pvc(s in Connecticut and is full of wit.
iatire and entertainment.
PHILADELPHIA, DEC. 6
RobSery.-Lait evening about 8 o'clock
three fellows went into the Tavern in
Market hreet. above fourth, known by
the name OF the Conottogce Wagon,
and called for mug of beer. The beer
being ditpofed of they handed the land
lord a two dollar note to change. Not
having loofe Charge enough in his pocket
the landlord drew out roll of Bank notes