Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-01-08

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LIST. The number and dimensions OF their
buildings of every description, including
the number and size of the apartments IN
each building, also the materials OF wh'cn
they are built and rooted.
I'd, The quantity Of land attached TO
the college. !.
Sd, What from the commencement OF
the Institution to the present time has been
the outlay for the buildingsl what for the
land!
4th, What has been the amount rece'v-
ed by the Institution since Its commences
ment from private sources either by way
OF subscription or by direct donation.
5th, What has been the outlay up to the
present day for the increase of the library
of the college! What for its philosophical
apparatusl
9Th. What is the number of volumes in
the Library? and in what does It's philo-
sophicsI apparatus consist?
7th. In what manner have the state ap-
propri atoms hs yebeeuspplied during the last
dive years? dow much has been applied
to the building department! How much
% the formstion and Increase OF the Libra
nv! How mvch to the payment OF Tutors
asd Professors and other officers and how
much TO any professor not mentioned
above2
oh. State the number of the Professors
Tutors ssd other officers now paid by the
colleges and ia, ir salaries respectively!
and what has been tho average of SAID
Professors, Tutors & officers for the last
five yeaIs! and what the average OF sal
aries allowed them
9TH, What is the present number OF stu
dents and pupils in the col|escl and what
has been the average number during the
last five years exclusive of lndigent
scholars.
10th, Furnish a list of the pupils, their
ages and the residence of their parents.
18th, What has been the average
number during the last FIVE years OF md
gent scholars boarded and educated by the
college! State tho number now in the col
lege, and the Parishes from which they re-
spectiveIy come.
18th, What is the price demanded for
board and tuition? including his washing
and fuel.
18th What does the board of each pu-
pill cost the college! including washing
d fuel.
I4th, Is the college at this moment in
debted! if Eyes, what is the amount OF such
Indebtedness.
18th, Is any part of the college proper
tv ensured! if Eyes, what property Is so en-
sured! and TO what amount!
The MIssrssIrP1.-The river at this
place has risen rapidly within a few days.
| We suppose there must have been a gene
raj swell in the waters of the upper coun-
try. The Bayou at Plaqacmine is AREA
ey navigable.
RoBBEay IN WAsHINGToN.-Thc Pa
tent office was recently robbed Of all the
principal valuables presented by foreign
monarchs, grandecs, etc. TO the Pres'-
dents of the United States. One thousand
dollars reward is offered for the npprchen-
sion OF the ROBBERS.
DIsTgrcT CouRr.-The session of the
| District Court, which was to have opcnd
in this city last Monday, has been deferred
in consequence of the fire. If there was
one embarrassed person, injured by that
awful calamity, whose cmbarrassments
would have been aggravated by the edlcts
of the court, the ~postponement is not only
excusable, but laudabIe. Judge Johnson
did not attend on Monday.
THE AGRICULTURAL u MECHANICS
AssoCIATIoN.-We have received a letter
from SAMUEL PAckwooD Esq, the gen.
tIeman elected vice-presidcnt of the Asso-
cation for the district of st. Bernard, de-
Ginning the appointment ON account OF ana-
bility to attend to the duties of the Office
having changed hisresidence from Louisa
ma to New York. II is necessary another
should be appointed to supply the place OF
| Mr.. Packwood, which, we hope will be
Immediately done.
MEETING or II CITIZENS OF II PA.
R1sH.-As several gentlemen residing be.
yond the corporate limits of this city, have
expressed their desire to contribute to the
relief of those who suffered by the fire or
the 23d> ult., a meeting of the citizens Of
the parishes of East and West Baton
Rouge will be held at the Court House In
this city, on Saturdy the 18th inst, for the
purpose of atiording to all an opportunity
Of cooperating in a work of pure bcnevo'
lence.
VILLENEuvE LEBLA1C's NEW SUGAR
noUsE.-Mr. Leblanc commenced IN May
last to make brick for a new sugar-house
in August he got his materials ready, anc
about christmas he finished boiling the las'
of his crop-say from two hundred TWEEN
tv to fifty hogsheads. Having heard Mr.
LIS sugar-housc mentioned as an improve
ment ON these in general use,we VISITED