gal profession, are necessarily taken from a class of men, incompetent to an enlightened and satisfactory discharge of judicial duties. In evidence of the prosperous condition of Rhode Island, it is mentioned, that, deducting the waters of Narraganset bay, the whole state contains but 1,100 square miles, having a population of 75 to each square mile. May-The expenditures of the state, during the last year, were $19,859 19. June.-BANKS.-There are in the state forty-three banks. The following is an aggregate view of their condition :-Capital stock paid in, Deposites, Profits on hand, $5,301,792 767,908 tions were made to it during its last session. The registered state debt, exclusive of four per cent. notes, was, in the whole, $48,000. There are ninety cotton mills in this state. Some of them are very large. 1826.]-July.-An addition of $100,000 was made to the capital of the Branch bank of the United States, at Providence. The expenditures of the town of Providence, during the year, amounted to $47,808, of which $6,731 were expended for the support of the schools, and $7,797 for the support of the poor. Major Handy, who read the declaration of independence fifty 115,771 years ago, was appointed to read 5,976 the same on this anniversary. 1825.] CONNECTICUT. Debts due from banks, The Farmington canal was commenced early in August, 1825; and it was expected, that by the following summer, it would be completed from the line of Massachusetts to New Haven. The insolvency of the Eagle bank of New Haven, which occurred in September, 1825, produced a great sensation in Connecticut, and in some of the neighboring states, where its notes had been largely pushed into circulation. Misdirection of the funds and concerns of the bank, was the only cause, which could account for the bankruptcy. The Derby bank also failed, but without occasioning so much loss as that of New Haven. Happily, however, owing to the system pursued by banks, in the commercial cities, of sending home the bills of country banks for specie, neither these failures, nor those of the Passamaquoddy and Kennebec banks, caused so much loss out of their respective states, as, in other periods, they would and must have done. May.-Oliver Wolcott was reelected governor. He received 7,147 votes; and about sixty others, 3,284. Calvin Willey was elected a senator to the United States, on the fifth ballot. DEAF AND DUMB.-The Hartford asylum, under charge of Messrs. Gallaudet & Clerc, has sixty-five pupils, under the charge of five instructors-two at 1,200, one at 1,000, one at 800, and one at 700 dollars a year. The cost of board and tuition, including washing and stationary, is 115 dollars a year. The buildings are large and commodious, and can accommodate 130 pupils. There are various workshops, and the boys spend five hours every day in learning some useful trade, such as carpentry, coopering, shoemaking, &c. The product of these shops do not pay the expenses of them, but they prepare the deaf and dumb to earn their future support. The period of four years is generally sufficient for their instruction in what is taught in the asylum. One hundred and twenty-eight pupils have been received into the asylum, since its establishment; but of this number, only twenty-eight have sprung from families able to maintain them there. The remaining hundred have generally been maintained by the states, to which they belong. This institution was incorporated in 1816-its funds then amounted to $25,505, obtained by subscriptions and contributions. It has since received a large increase of its funds, from individuals and religious societies, &c.; and the present value of them is estimated at $215,000-yielding an actual income of only 5,200. June. An agricultural school, entitled the "Fellenburg school," for instruction in horticulture, agriculture, &c. was established at Windsor, in this state. The school fund of this state, amounts to $2,756,233. The receipts into the treasury, during the year ending 31st of March, were $64,156 33, viz :126 38 avails of court; 3,990 83 forfeited bonds; 7,875 57 duties on writs, licenses, &c.; 11,252 dividends on bank stock; 2,820,61 interest on United States stock; 37,679 86 state tax; and 1,011 78 tax on bank stock, owned by nonresidents. The expenditures, during the same period, were $58,408 99, viz: 9,259 on account of salaries; 13,937 58 debenture and contingent expenses of general assembly; 6,422 05 contingent expenses of government; 16,713 80 judicial expenses; 2,690 92 support of state paupers; 7,284 90 for state penitentiary; and sundry expenses to the amount of about 2,000. BANKS. The debt due by the state is only $1,681 38. The permanent funds of the state, consist of $321,000, in transferable bank stock, and 55,302 66, United States three per cent. The state has, besides, 52,709, in transferable bank stock. The ceremony of breaking ground for the Farmington canal, took place on the 4th of July, at Salmon brook village, in Granby. Governor Wolcott delivered an address on the occasion. Phenix Derby 1,271 Fairfield county Capital stock Notes in Cash Deposites. Specie paid in. circulation. on hand. funds. 1,210,000 629,850 116,497 213,710 100,000 95,982 96,000 88,974 17,080 15,506 72,080 4,613,106 2,311,956 639,951 644,827 363,338 tive of the occasion; and a committee was appointed for that purpose. Total, September.-On the 6th, the anniversary of the bloody assault of the British, in 1781, on fort Griswold, was celebrated with appropriate ceremonies. It was resolved, that a monument be erected on Groton heights, commemora November.--SILK.--Windham county is estimated to produce in sewing silk and raw silk, $54,000 a year. 1826.]-February.-The result of a survey, made under the direction of the company, presents a very favorable aspect for the completion of a projected inland navigation. It appears that from Hartford, Connecticut, to Barnet, Vermont, is a distance of 219 miles; seventeen miles of which will require canalling, and the remaining 202 miles a slack water navigation in the river. The different portions of canal to unite the slack water, will require forty-one locks; the descent from Barnet to Hartford being 420 feet. The estimated cost of all these improvements is $1,071,827. It appears, farther, that the improvement of the river in this manner, by dams and locks, is preferred by the company to a canal running up the valley. In this particular, they allude to the Schuylkill navigation. It is also suggested, that the river improved in this manner, above Hartford, would afford a better facility for the introduction of steamboats of a light draught of water, than for horseboats. May.-Samuel A. Foote, Esq. was chosen a senator to the United States, in place of Mr. Edwards. The vote was for Mr. Foote, 98; Mr. Bristol, 87. June. The present principal of the school fund of this state, is $1,719,434, and the interest due, 116,288. The number of persons between the ages of 4 and 16, is about 85,000. There are 208 school societies, and 85 cents is the dividend for schooling each person. This splendid fund mainly owes its prosperity to the unwearied attention and rigid honesty of Mr. Hillhouse, who, for many years, had charge of it. 1825.] NEW YORK. MIDDLE STATES. This state, which, from its position, wealth, and population, is justly regarded as the key stone of the confederacy, this year presented a uniform and unsullied picture of the happiness and prosperity, which a free community must enjoy under an enlightened governIts citizens were unusually free from the political excitement ment. which generally prevails in a large state, where the offices of trust and honor, present sufficient inducement for the efforts of a generous ambition; while the government devoted the resources of the state with unwearied attention to the completion of its system of internal communication, and providing the means of public education. The great canal, between lakr plain. The advantages of these canals, were so fully demonstrated by experience, that new canals were projected in other parts of the state, and a general feeling prevailed to improve all its internal communications to the extent of their capability, and $12,500 were appropriated by the legislature, for the survey of new routes for canals. Erie and the Hudson, which was ing the Hudson with lake Chamcommenced in 1817, was this year completed; and on the 4th of November, 1825, the first boat from the great inland lakes arrived in the harbor of New York. As this boat passed the different villages on the banks of the canal, salutes were fired, processions formed, and addresses made to the commissioners, who were on board, in honor of the event. It was a triumphal journey, through a population, who felt that more human happiness was conferred by the scientific victory which they celebrated, than any military conquest of ancient Rome. This canal, which was made by the unaided efforts of a single state, still in its infancy, is 360 miles in length, with an average breadth of 40 feet. It has 81 locks, chiefly of stone. It is carried through a very fertile country, whose population has been much augmented by emigrants, attracted by the facilities afforded by the canal to transport agricultural productions to the great mart of the United States. The cost of this, and the Champlain canal, was $9,123,000; and their annual revenue already amounts to 566,221; of which 73,557 were derived from the tolls of the Champlain canal. Besides this splendid work, a canal commenced about the same time, has been completed, connect Other canals, which were authorised, as one between the Erie canal and lake Ontario, along the Oswego river, and another to communicate with Cayuga and Seneca lakes, from the Erie canal, were also commenced. A great portion of the former was put under contract, and surveys and estimates were made for the other. By the constitution of this state, a census is to be taken of the population, &c. every tenth year; and the census for the year 1825, which was the year appointed for taking the same, presented the following results: POPULATION.-Total population of the state, 1,616,458; of which number there are 822,896 males, and 793,564 females: male persons subject to militia duty, and between the ages of 18 and 45, 180,645; male persons qualified to vote at elections for state and county officers, 296,132; aliens, 40,430; paupers, 5,610; persons of color who are not taxed, 38. |