Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-09-09

compelled TO resign the Presidency, and retired Scluat
where be shortly afterwards died. The bible that belonged
him. the Old Testament in Hebrew, and the New Testament
ia Ure has been presented the college his descendants
and rs preserved interesting relic in the library.
The second President Rev. CHARLES CHAUScEI, OF
scuae he was distinguished for Learning and piety, and
was during his presidency that the only Indian who
passed through the four years of college etook his degree
The two hrst Presidents of Harvard were educated in Eng
land but all their successors that Office have been graduates
OF this University These, in the order Of their adminstra
uon, are, LEONARD HoAR, URIAS 0AKEs JoHS RoGERs IN
caEAsE MATHER, SAMUEL WILLARD, JoHS LEyERErT, Jo-
sGrH SEwELL, BENJAMIN CoLaAS, 1.-THE last elect
ed 10 the office, but did not serve BEsJAnIs WADswoRrE
EDwAnD HoLroKE whose administration was the longest
Oh any individual being thty-wo years. SAMUEL LOCKE.
SAMUEL LASGDos, JosEPn WILLARD FISHER AmEs [eec4-
cd, but did not serve,l SAMUEL WEBER Joan T. KlRk-
LAND, JOSIAH QuIscr, EDwAaD EVERETT.
The buildings belonging to the University are fourteen In
number, and another 10 about to be erected The college
grounds, which most Of The buildings located mea
sure tweny-three tweniyour The college has
ceiyed from the Government Of Massachusetts its fou-
daton TO the present time, about two hundred and fifteen
thousand dollars The long list OF donations by individuals
occupies nearly thirty printed pages
La lsii Benz Russy bequeathed estate valued al
three hundred and twenty thousand dolarsone half boz
devoted TO manual labor school his estate in Roxbury,
the other half 10 be divided between the Law and Theological
schools al Cambridge.
In ls45 John Parker, Jr bequeahed fifty thousand dollars
Cor the education OF boys who show uncommon talent
In Isi7 Abbott Lawrence gave fifty thousand dollars
hbsh scientific school,
In lsis Edward b. Phillips bequeathed hundred thou
and dollars to establish and support the observatory
Some Of the considerable donations by individuals az
earlier periods
Twenty -eigh, thousand dollars by Count RumforJ, in
1916. ior professoship the application Of science to
the arts.
Twenty thousand dollars by Abie Smith, for professorshp
OF the French and Spanish languages.
Twenty thousand dollars BY Samuel Eliot, for professor
ship Of the Greek language and literature.
Twenty thousand dollars by James Perkins, for profes
sorship
Ten thousand dollars by Nathan Dane, for poiessosh
Of Law.
Twenty thousand dollars by Joshua Fisher for professor
Twenty thousand dollars by John Mclean, for professor
ship Of History
Ten thousand dollars by Sarah Jackson for the aid of na
gent theological students,
In 1881 Christopher Gore bequeathed estate to the coli
ege which about ninety four thousand dollars.
In 1914 Israel Munson bequeathed fifteen thousand dollars
In 1886 Peter c. Brooks gave thousand dollars for erect
ing house for the President
The available property Of the University stated at
about seven hundred thousand dollars.
BATH, (MnSE,) SEPTEMBER ., ls4s.
This is the principal for business the Kennebec
rather city, should say, for transformed from
town to city few months ago. The location is about
dozen miles up the river, fifteen miles from the light
house Seguin Island, which lies of directly against tho
mouth Of the river On coming in om Boston, Wednesday
morning. passed seguin light before sunrise and before
ing and afforded pleasant u the and the hold
promonores and rocky bluffs that line its shores most Of the
way Bath. At points struck with the appear
of change which few years had wrought upon the lace
of the county; particularly place called Patkers Head
in the Of Phppsbug three -four miles from the mouth
Of the river where years ago there but solitary
house be seen, but bright looking and busting
village of considerable extent with saw-m
doing large business lumber and somewhat interested IN
commerce.
Bath is place Of more business and Importance than
is generally supposed by people through the country Il con-
ans but six thousand inhabitants and probably hs
greater portion Of the people Of the Union hardly know there
such place existence. And yet il il the port Of entry
of the third collection district, in point tonnage of shipping
owned in the district the United States standing in hst
respect next New York and Boston The district includes
the other the rver-Augus, HallOwe Gardner,
Pitston Richmond Bowdoinham. Phppsburg, and George
town. Gardiner the head of navigation Tor vessels Of
siderable sze and in point Of business the stands
10 Bath Steamboats, and vessels OF light daugLt 20 IN
Hsllowe and Augusta and small steamboat plies boz
Augusta and Waterve, twenty miles further up
the liver.
On Thursday morning stepped board steamboat and
up Gardiner about thirty miles from this place.
and returned again in the afternoon Afer going few miles
above Bath the rugged and broken prononoes begin dis
appear, and fine farming country presents itself TO view
along each bank Of the river Some have called Kennebec
county the garden Of Mane and is undoubtedly Of the
finest portions of the State Haows four miles above Gar
diner, is in population to Bath and Augusta miles
above Haowe is the Of government for the State, and
also the location Of arsenal OF the United States The
this river carry large business in ship building,
larger probably than any other district in the United States of
equal extent Of territory About forty ships bgs and baqaes
the stocks in different stages Of construction f
the mouth Of the rverup to Gardiner. '.'
Bath improving and growing considerably fast. So
vea churches have been recently erected and many
dwellings in progress large brick hotel il nearly
completed, which looks Of sufficient be cousin 70
Of the great establishments Of New FORK and Boston,
Most Of the houses in Bath built Of wood although stand
ing soil OF clay. They generally neat twostory
houses and Of them white. Brick houses might
be built very cheap here the bricks cost nothing bot ic
moulding and burning but the abundance Of lumber the
river with the steam sawmlls to manufacture H.
seems TO maintained the fashion Of frame and wooden
houses. Old Governor KISe, the first Governor Of Maine
brother Of the late RuFus KISs, still resides here directly On
the bank of the river in his old mansion two story square
frame house, which recolec TO have seen him some
thirty years ago.
The people Of Bath zeaousy engaged the construc-
Of a railroad TO Brunswick with the Portland
and Kennebec railroad They hope 10 have through a,