Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1820-11-28

4 AZ unity VI LUG foity 3ulOt pOi dtCu a.
cademies, there we're the last year two
thousand two hundred and eighteen stu
dents, of which six hundred and eighty
eight were engaged IN learning Latia and
Greek. The fund appropriated for the
benefit Of these Institutions, is about three
hundred and twenty Thousand dollars
Public Lands An interesting docu-
ment was on the 18th inst. transmitted by
the Secretary Of the Treasury to the Sen
ate, iu pursuance of resolution of that
house at the last Session, containing a
body Of Information on the subject of the
lands Of the y States purchased f.-es: the
Indians; the quantity sold for how much
sold, &c. &C.. The sums which have
been paid, and remain to be paid, under
Treaties made with the Indian tribes, to
indemnify them for cessions Of lands TO
the u. s. is 2,542,0i6 dollars. The
expense of surveying the Public Lands,
from 4th March, 1889, to 3lst Dec. 1919,
has been S4,242,682. The whole quan-
tity of land which has been sold by the
United States, as well before as since the
opening of the Land Offices, up TO the
3olh Sept. 1919, is 2O.l3S,482 acres;
and the amount for which it has been sold
Is S45 088,6 $3.50. OF this amount. S22-
229 1870 has been paid, and 22.000,657
remained to be paid, at the close of Sept.
1919. The quantity Of lande surveyed
in the several Land Office Districts is
70 805.092 acres, whereof 1901. $3.50
acres have been sold, leaving 81, 203 81
acres uusold. The quantity surveyed for
military bounty lands, is l2.3l5,360 acres.
The whole quantity of land purchased
from the Indians by the various Treaties
aud cessions is estimated at 1871 ,978, 536
acres!
Let these sums and quantities be read
aloud, aud the reader viii De startled at
their sonorous magnitude.--JNat. Intel
Synopsis of miscellaneous items from European
Papers, prepared for the New-York Daily
Advertiser.
The London papers advertise new
piece Of music called g Non mi Ricordo,'
a fantasia for the piano forte.
A gentleman in England adyertises as
follows Singularly advantageous Soci-
ETY.. In the genteeI family Of a widower,
retired from his own professional prefer
ment, single lady may be received into
its circle for the acquisition Of her society
only, provided the lady be widow, mid
die aged, agreeable in person and mind,
possessing also some degree of taste Oh
her part for literary conversation, books
and cards.
Az action was lately brought at the
Somerset Assizes TO recover a SUN of
money for young lady's wedding dresses.
To 1919, Miss Tolsou employed a mil |
liner to make her wedding dresses.
with instructions that they should be Of
the richest goods. The Instructions were
followed, and the bill amounted to three
hundred aud fifty-eight pounds. The
Young lady's father refused to pay the |
bill, contendins it was the Milliner's duty
to let him know of the extravaganza OF |
his daughter. The Judge was Of a diff |
ferent opinion, considering the daughter |
mere agent in the case, aud the jury gave
verdict to the full amount of the bill. |
The lady had ordered thirty-five dresses
for her fil-out, aud would have procured
more, but the miIliner checked her. The |
items caused some merriment-they con- |
sisted OF brocade lustrings, mull-mulls,
iacouets, and handkerchiefs at guinea
each.
A steam boat, intended for Lisbon, 10
navigate the Tagus. was launched at
Liverpool, on the Goth OF September last.
A convict who had been sentenced at
the York Assizes to be transported for
life, requested MIR. Justice Parke to or
der him 10 be executed. as he preferred
death to perpetual Punishment. The Judge
laconically, replied, that he was very
sorry that he could not oblige him.
Sir Home Popham, lately deceased, was
the 18th flag officer who has died in the
course Of the present year.
Three persons were lately convicted in
England Of BulLbaiting; in giving SEN
tence against them, Mr.. Justice Best re-
marked that Bull-bailing was not a
true old English sport; it was merely
brutal amusement, in which, while poor
animal suffered the extreme of torture, the
parties who inflicted it, and who could
thus derive brutal satisfaction, felt none
Of the pain; it was practice that ought
to be abolished.
| Jane Lawson, widow, has received
$50 pounds at the Carlisle Assizes. Of
William Faulder, being the amount of a
verdict. for a'breach Of promise Of mar
riage.
John Wright, of Wolverhampton, a
locksmith, has been convicted Of murder,
| in drowning his child, lad Of five years