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The anniirxl report of the Treasury Department was 

 received, and 3000 copies ordered to be printed. 



The bill on the subject of impri.-onment for debt wa? 

 discussed, but nothing decisive concluded on. 



J.\N. 4. The Co.Timittee on the subject of the West 

 Point Military .\cadcmy reported that it was not ne- 

 cessary to make any alterations in the Institution. 



The engrossed bill on the subject of imprisonment 

 for debt was erdercd to lie on the table and be printed. 



HocsE.— JAN. 3. A list of Patents issued in 1824> 

 ■was presented and laid on the table. 



A report cf the Chief Knginecr, relating to the re- 

 pair of Plymouth Beach was laid on the table and or- 

 dered to be printed. 



A bill authorizing the payment of interest due tolhe- 

 State of Virginia, reported by the Committee of Claims, 

 was read twice. 



Seven resolutions respecting the establishment of new 

 post roads were respectively agreed to. 



The report of the Committee on the communication 

 of Gen. La Fayette was ordered to be entered on the 

 Journals. [Sse proceedings of the Senate.} 



Mr Livingston gave notice Chat he should bring the 

 subject of the increase of the Military Establishment 

 at West Point, before the House next wteek. 



J.\N. 4. A resolution was adopted calling for in- 

 formation respecting the violation of our mutual rights 

 in ports of South America. 



Mr Livingston''s motion respecting the establishment 

 of a preparatory Naval School, similar to that at West 

 Point, for the army, was negatived. 



A proposed amendment of the Constitution relative 

 to the choice of electors of President, was referred to 

 a Committee of the Whole. 



J.\N. 5. The President was requested to furnish in- 

 formation wilh regard to the proceedings and docu- 

 ments of the Court Martial in the rase of Lieut. Weji- 

 ver &;c. The o'ject was to asceitaln how our offi- 

 cers had conducted themselves in the Pacific, iii:c. 

 JAN. 6. On motion of Mr Webster Mie House took up 

 the bill on the subject of crimes on the high seas and 

 places under the exclusive jurisdiction of the United 

 States. Mr W. moved sundry amendments, which 

 were agreed to. 



A Message was received from the Presidi nt of the 

 United Slates inviting a scrutiny into all matleis of ac- 

 count and claims between his country and himself. — 

 This Message was laid on the table and ordered to be 

 printed. 



A Writer in (he National Inlelligeocer rrconimends 

 that Congress sho'.ild e.xpress their wishes for the con- 

 struction of a Canal across the Isthmus of Darien, by 

 passing a resnlution to subscribe for stock, a:id anti- 

 cipates the following .-iclvantages from the plan : that it 

 might form the haMsofa lasting peace with Mexico, 

 lessen the necessity of a navy to protect our commerce 

 round South .America, and promote the Agriculture, 

 wealth, and population of our republic. 



Kxtraordinarj/ Freshet. — The Cheraw papers mention 

 that the river Pee Dt,-e, in South Carolina, rose on the 

 19th uit. 45 feet above its ordinary height, owing, it is 

 supposed, to the melting ofthe snow on tlie mountains. 

 Some damage was sustained by the planters in stork. 



The amount of tolls received from the New- York 

 Canals during the past season is estimated at $350,000; 

 and the value ofthe produce brought to Albany during 

 the same time, by the Canal, at nearly $3,000,000. 



The lead mines of the United States, leased to indi 

 viduals, produced, from October 1823 to July 1824, 

 139,644 pounds of lead, of which 17,222 pounds be- 

 long to the United States, on account of rents. It is de- 

 posited at St. Louis. 



The Frit-nds i:i North-Carolina have diterminf d to 

 send all the coloured persons under their cure, 700 in 

 number, to Hayti. 



The nundier of deaths in Salem, during the past year 

 was 234, of which 15 died abroad ; in Portsmouth 135. 

 in Newburyport 104, in Concord 18, and Poston 1297. 



.Kn exhibition of American manufactures is to he held 

 in Washington in February next, in the rotunda of the 

 Capitol, and rooms arc also provided in the Capitol, 

 whire goods may be deposited prior to the day of ex- 

 hibition. 



Medical School in Boston. — The number of st'-.dents 

 altonding the Medical Lectures of Harvard University 

 in Hoston, this winter, amounts to one hundred and 

 twenly-eifht. Of these, 82 are from Mass. — 11 iVom 

 Maine — 13 from N. If. — 2 from Virginia — 1 from South 

 Carolina — 5 from Con. — 3 from N. Y. — 1 from Mary- 

 land — 1 from Georgia, and 3 from Nova Scotia. The 

 lectures are given daily at the Massachusetts Medical 

 College, and the students are admitted gratuitously to 

 the medical and surgical practice of the Hospital. — 

 Within the two last years the number of students has 

 increased more than one half. 



Bunker Hill Monument. — Subscriptions continue to 

 be received for this great object. Brishton has sub- 

 scribed $40o 00 ; Chelsea, 69 12 ; Cohasset, 1G5 14 ; 

 East Su.lburv, 55 43; Hadley, 55 00; Hingham, 

 178 25; Hubbardston, 75 50; Manchester, f)4 00 ;^ 

 Marblehead, 203 02; Quincv, 356 15; Scitualc. 

 209 85 ; Wenham, 22 25 ; Pupils of the Latin School 

 in this city. 420 00. The Treasurer attends at the 

 Suflblk Bank every day from 12 to 1 o'clock. 



President Monroe. — The Senate of this Common- 

 wealth have passed resolutions testifying their appro- 

 bation ofthe services of James Monroe, President of 

 the United States. 



Dinner lo La Fa;/eltc. — .\ splcndirl dinner was given 

 to Gen. La Fayette by the Members of Congress, on 

 New Vear''3 Day. The President, and the principal 

 civil and military officers of the govtrnment, were 

 among the-guests. 



There is a ?Mp ofthe line and a frigate on the stocks 

 at present in Philadelphia. These vessels are building 

 on a plan which, we learn, has been lately adopted in 

 the British Navy Board, i'he sterns are made round, 

 and planked in a similar manner to the bow=, which 

 adds greatly to the strength of the ship, and gives her 

 a decided advantage in battle over ships with a squared 

 stern. The ship#f the line now building will be the 

 largest vesscd of war in the world. She will be rated 

 at 120 guns, but it is supposed will mount 150. 



.1 great dai/'^s work. — On the 2d inst. Q. Kingsley, a 

 blacksmith, 'in Northampton. Mass. with a hand to 

 blow and strike, made two hundred and four horse 

 shoes in eleven hours and forty minutes. 



h'thotomy. — The operation of removing a stone from 

 the bladder. w:,s successfully performed on the 9th 

 inst. in Norridgewock, Me. by Dr Bates of that town — 

 and a man, who has for many months been in constant 

 misery, is in a fair way to be restored to health aud 

 usefulness. 



Earthquake. — A severe shock of an Farthquake was 

 felt at Santiago dc (Jhili on the morning of the 29th of 

 August. So great was the convulsion ofthe earth that 

 the houses rocked considerably. At \'alparaiso some 

 buihlings were thrown down. The town of Copiopo is 

 reported to have been entirely destroyed — only two 

 families saved. 



Moscow, though containing a population of 250,000 

 souls, is said to stand upon more ground than any city 

 in F.urope ; almost every Palace or Nobleman's house 

 laving a garden, and all wooden buildings being de- 

 tached from fear of fire. 



An English Gentleman informs us, that be has 

 recently arrived in this country from St. Helena, that 

 the house in which the E.\-Emperor of France was im- 

 prisoned has been converted into a barn ; and that in 

 the room in which he breathed his last, there is now a 

 machine erected for threshing core "5('c transit glo- 

 ria mundi "' 



The French government derives an annual revenue 

 of nearly lour millions of 'franks from the Public Coach 

 Establishment. Nearly 3000 persons leave Paris every 

 day in the week. 



JVew Establishment. 



THE subscriber respectfully informs the public, that 

 he has taken the factory of Capt. A. Stearns, in 

 \Ve5t Cambridge, where he intends carrying on the 

 Clothier''i Business., i;encraUtj : — Also, Ladies' and 

 (Jentlemen's garments of every description coloured 

 and cleansed, and furnitures glazed ; Crapes and Silks 

 of various colours dyed and finished in the best man- 

 ner, at short notice, and as chtap as at any other place. 

 M'ool Carding. — At the same place Merino and 

 Common Wool carded by Capt. Stearns. 



CYRUS FARRAU. 



THE Subscriber, for a few years past, hasbeen cul- 

 tivating an extensive FRUIT NURSERY. He 

 now has a large assortment of Peach Trees, budded 

 from the best Fruit in the country, native and foreio-n, 

 in the best ordi r for transplanting. By another season 

 he hopes to offer pEAa and Cherry Trees of the 

 firU quality. O. FISKE, Worcester. 



