The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-02-01
SUMMARY.

members, officers and estimating the
Sessions for which each member is elected, at
2lS days-are
Senators, 800, 1856
Speaker of the House, at SIG per day, 3,4ss
PAL members. at So per day, 10000
Delegates from the Territories, 5,232
Travelling expenses of the members $4,000
The Secretary of the Senate received $4,000,
and the clerks IN his office $4,000; Chaplain
of the Senate. $500; ditto of the House, $500 !;
Postmaster of the House, $500; Stationary,
&c for the Senate, 100000; incidental ex.
penses Of the House, 10000 the Library of
Congress, including the salaries of its officers
and contingent expenses, $4,000; gross ex-
pense. Sl,O79,270. This includes salaries for
door keepers, assistant ditto, clerk of the House,
seargeants alarms, and all other sub-eficers
connected with the two Houses.
WILLIAMS CoLLKsE.-This respectable In
stitution is about making an application to the
Legislature of Massachusetts for aid. Its
claims are the more urgent in consequence OF
the recent destruction of its most valuable ed
ifice by fire. The present funds of the Instl-
tuition are about 100000; of which $4,000
was given on condition that the income should
be appropriated to pay the tuition of beneficial
ries, leaving only $4,000 applicable to general
purposes. Upon the avails of this $4,000 and
the tuition fees and room rent, a President, SIX
Professors, a Tutor, and Treasurer, depend
for the payment of their salaries,-which are
as follows, viz President, Sl,075; four Pro-
fessors, whose services are occasional, 5000
and 500; Tutor, $500; Treasurer, $780,
The present number of students is 142, and
the Institution, batting the destruction of its
principal edifce,-is decidedly prosperous.--
Jour. Of Com.
DEATH OF JESSE HoLLEY.-Jesse Hawley,
ESQ., an OLD and respectable citizen of Western
New. York. died suddenly by the rupture of
blood vessel at Lockport, on the 10th inst. Mr..
Hawley was among the original projectors of
the Erie Canal. lie wrote series of articles
in the Ontario Messenger, as early as 1905,
urging navigable communication between
the Hudson River and. Lake Eriei He was
, formerly a Member of Assembly, and for sew
eral wears Collector of the Port of tennessee.
Albany Ere. Journal.
| Col. JOHNSON IN THE FIELD.-The Louis
vile Advertiser, the Democratic organ of Ken
lucky, had this formal announcement;
"Col. johnson will be nominated by the
Democratic members of the Legislature, and
others on Saturday next as candidate for
President, and an Address will be presented to
the people of the United States, setting forth
some of his claims"
James Buchanan is nominated for the next
Presidency, by writer in the Trenton Empo-
rum. The Harrisburg Reporter has raised
his flag.
EFFECT OF STATE EMBARRASSMENT UPON
NATIONAL oREDIT.-A great London banker
is said to have written to his Paris banking
correspondent in relation to The loan of July,
lS4l, that after the individual partners had
failed he no idea of trusting the firm.
The BOUNDARY QUESTION: plausible
compromise of the N. E. Boundary Question
is suggested by Mr.. Hamlin, the Land Agent
of the State of Maine. He proposes that the
Legislatures of Maine and Massachusetts, which
States have the chief interest in the subject,
propose to cede certain portions of the dispu-
ted territory to England, that is most impor-
tant to her interests, and of the least consc-
quence 10 us, on condition that we receive an
equivalent in the cession of contiguous terrific
ry, the navigation Of the river st. John and
such other recompense as shall be considered
equitable and Just. Without the right of nav-
igating the st. Johns, the timber lands in
Maine would be of very little use.
HoRRIBLE.--A wretch by the name of r.
]. Purnell, of West Tennessee, on Christmas
day rode up to the house of MIR. Charles Spen-
Ger, and calling him out, shot him and fed
He then barricaded himselfi in his own house,
to prevent being taken, and on the approach
of a party to arrest him, among whom was
William Spencer, brother to the one already
killed, Purnell singled him out and shot him
dead, and then gave himself up.
From Florida VIC have the agreeable inteli-
gence that Indians continue to come in at
Tampa in small parties, and that nearly all the
renegade Creeks are by this time arrived. The
steamer Iris was wholly consumed at Tampa
on the 9Th inst.
Mr.. Trumbul remarking to Mr.. Adams on
New Years day, that The concourse of visitors
to the President was greater than usua, -"Aye,
ave." replied the ex President, "the more YOU
hate him, the more you go to see him."
The Mormon Elders have issued an Epistle
from the city OF Nauvoo, one the Mississippi,
requiring the saints of the Last Days. to con-
tribute one tenth of all their substance, and one
tenth of their earnings, to help forward the
Temple of the Lord Their city now num-
bers 10000 inhabitants.
A compliment to the Ladies.-A minister
short time ago held forth TO his female auditors
in the manner following -" Be not proud
that our blessed Lord paid your sex the dis.
tinguished honor of appearing first to female,
after the resurrection, for it was only done that
the glad tidings might spread The sooner IN.