American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1826-01-20
From the National Journal.

.naine.-The Legislature of the State Of Maine
has, heretofore, exercised the power of granting
new trials in Irrigated cases, where equity seemed
to require it. The Justices of the Supreme Court
have recently gone into examination of The con-
stiiutlonal right of the Legislature to exercise such
power, and have pronounced their opinion that the
Legislature has not the right
There are now 1895 revolutionary pensioners
on the pay roll, and $500 invalids Maine has
l,l52 revolutionary, and 80 invalid, pensioners.
They receive 8l2o,14l 81.
.Nelo- Hampshire. Portsmouth, the largest town
in the State, Is on the sea cost, near the mouth of
the Piscataqua. The harbor is one of the best on
the continent, having sufficient depth Of WAFER for
vessels OF any size, being easy OF access protected
from every wind, and owing to the rapidly of The
tide, never frozen. II is so we'll fortified by nature.
that only small expense is necessary to render it
perfectly secure from attack. The United States
Navy Yard is ON an island in The Plscataqua, oppo-
site to the town.
There are at present in this State, SO notaries
public, 1908 justices OF the peace, l9S justices OF
the peace and quorum, and S24 attorneys at law
There are seventeen banks-six established az
Portsmouth, two at Dover, two at Concord, one at
Haverhill, one al Exeter, at Keene, one at Am
herst, one at Cbareso~n, one at Meredith, and one
at Plymouth. There are 10 incorporated musical
societies, agricultural societies, and twenty
SIX incorporated academies.
Salaries and fees allowed the several officers and
other persons in the State, by several acts of the e
gislature :-Govcrnor, $1,000; Secre,a,y of State,
800; Treasurer, 6O0 Chief Justice OF the SUPERB.
or Court, 400: Associate Justices, 1900 Atlor-
ney General, 800; Adiutant General 400; Com
missary. General 40; Senators and Representatives
per day, Q.
Dartmouth Coliege--WhoIe number Of students.
277 medical students, lG5 seniors, SIS juniors,
AZ; sophomores, 81; freshmen, 40. Necessary
expenses annually are estimated at Si02.
Massachusetts. -Within few weeks. thirty
seven fishing vessels have arrived at Marbehead all
with valuable cargoes. Two have each FL 600 fish
on board; one $4,000; one with 10 600; six with
$4,000; FIVE with 1900; FIVE with 10000; and the
rest varying from 10 TO $4,000.
Massachusetts and Virginia, however they may
have differed in politics. have many points Of re-
semblance in their history, which should serve to
cherish kind feelings. They are the oldest mem.
bers of the Union They were The first TO raise
The voice of opposition, in the revolutionary strug-
gle. The Bostonans threw the tea overheard, aud
the Virginia volunteers chased Lord Dunmore out
of his capital The first blood was split at Lexing-
ton, and the last important measure of the took
place at Yorktown. Virginia has furnished four Of
the Presidents, and Massachusetts, has the honor of
the other two.
Vermont -SKATISe.--Mr. William Easton
started from the town of Putnam, on Lake Cham
plain, in Vermont ON Monday morning the 18th Of
Dec at II O'Clock, and arrived at Fort Edward, at
half past A the same evening He started from
Fort Edward the next morning at O'Clock, and
reached Waterford the same day at half past Q.
The whole distance is 80 miles, and the time OF
/ 1 hours-all the way on skates. This
is 18 100 miles an hour.
Virrinia.--O OF the 1873 students in the UNIVERSE
sy of Virginia 1903 are from Virginia, 4 from Ma
ryiand, 8 from louisiana Q from Kentucky, from
Georgia, from Pennsylvania, from the District
of Columbia, and l from England. There have
been four expulsions, and death,