The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1821-12-04

The Darnanert capital l. xf.09i,055 ~, - winch
re 10 lie added dents due. S590se 81 vi tnis sum-
s31 523 81 remains unappropriated IN tne lIeasoiy
TIE net Revenue proceeding from varcus sour. :
amounts 10 s2J2735 20 Of which 75.b1O %. fehiils
uneNpended in the Treasury, leaving iosethei' W
the balance of capital urappruprated an uheApehueu
amount Of SlO6,675 IS -
The principal item in the penn1uent iana' = w
whole L. States debt 10 Virginia for wa services
81 COS 35l SO, which the Legislature q virginia WIZ
liberaity that does them honour, have appropriated
70 the Literary Fund thus reaPlng coune penenl
from their patriotism first receiving for II vsiuaoie
pecuniary compensation, and next appropnatng that
compensation 10 the intellectual improvement q the
present and future generations. bost roN
NEW-JERSEY.
The Legislature OF New-Jersey have passed resoiu-
tons similar 70 those from Maryland respecting me
apprOpratina Of public lands for the purposes 81 ecu
cation
NEW YORK.
1t is stated in the Albany Argus, that OF the 10
members OF the late n. York Convention, 90 were
born in that State, - in Connecticut, ~ Massachu-
sets in New-Jerey, IN Rhode-lsland. Pennsyl-
yania, aud each in Maine, Vermont, Maryland, Nlr-
gna and Wales
VERMONT.
legislature Of er4ont.-The Legislature proposed
20 appropriate money the counties 70 establish AT
nCulturHl Societies. committee Is lnqunn9 INTO lle
the eNpedicncy Of approprating the property OF me
State Bank, to found Asylum III u.dl Hldtt III
the education of the Deaf and Dunlb-A lottery has
been refused the Castlcton Medical Acatcmy--A re-
port has been made against the petition Of the Uniyer
slty of Vermont for pecunlaTy aid but the SUBJECT
has been Tecommittcd. The Governor informed the
Legislature by message, that he could not comply with
a can fol- statement Of the Militia and their equip
mcniS, returns has been made to him.-A new
bill against intcmperance u under consideration. Al
so, bills respecting unlawful intere stand Hawkers
and PCdars-A bill has been passed 33 70 20, 10
tabliSh Bank at marlborough Additional atten-
ton il paying 70 the School Fund. They have also
passed Resolution, similar thai az Maryland,
pressing opinion that each OF the United States
has equal right to participate in the benefit OF the
Public Lands as the common property OF the Union
MASSACHUSETTS.
P"puldiioan Of .NdsSa1huseiv.--The popula-
ton Of Massachusetts is officially es mated at
523 2S7. The number of persons engaged IL
agriculture is 63,4G0; those engaged in com
merce, Is, Sol and those in manufactures, 80,
464.
MISS tcHUsETTs STATE PRIsoN.
The expenses of this establishment, for the
year, ending Sept. 1921, was O. 100 dollars II
cents, and the receipts, during the same term,
IS, les dollars 81 cents. Leaving balance ID
its favour, off, 800 dollars As cents. The prin-
cipal income from the sales Of stone
We learn, that two of the convicts in the State
Prison will be indicted at the next term Of the
Supreme Judicial Court in Suffolk for the
murder Of one of their fellow prisoners, who they
suspected Of having given information of their
late project 10 escape.
NANTrcKET,
Contains about 5000 inhabitants a third part
ofwhom are Quakers. On the Island, are owned
about a hundred vessels, which are mostly en-
gagged in the whale trade, giving employment to
upwards Of 1000 seamen.