TWENTY-THIRD CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. The Congress of the United States consists of a Senate and House of Representatives, and must assemble, at least, once every year, on the first Monday of December, unless it is otherwise provided by law. The Senate is composed of two members from each state; and of course the present regular number is 48. They are chosen by the legislatures of the several states, for the term of six years, one third of them being elected biennially. The House of Representatives is composed of members from the several States, elected by the people for the term of two years. The representatives are apportioned among the different states according to population; and the 23d Congress was elected in accordance with an act of Congress of 1832, one representative being returned for every 47,700 persons, computed according to the rule prescribed by the Constitution. The present regular number is 240 representatives, and 3 delegates. The pay of the members of both houses is $8 a day, and $8 for every twenty miles' travel in going to and returning from the seat of govern ment. SENATE. *Ether Shepley, 1839 New Hampshire. The figures denote the expiration of the terms of the Senators. Maine. Peleg Sprague, 1835 Wm. Wilkins, 1837 One vacancy. Geo. Poindexter, 1835 Delaware. Virginia. Kentucky. Page 103.. CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS. Senators and Representatives in Congress from 1789 to 1833; corrected, not "copied from the Treasurer's Accounts. The reader is requested to make the following corrections in this list. N. H. For Sherburne, J. S. (D. '96) read Sherburne, J. S. (D. '76.) Mass. For Allen, Samuel C. (D. '34), read Allen, Samuel C. (D. '94.) After Brown, Benjamin, insert Bruce, Phineas, (Y. '86) 1803 - 05. For Lee, Silas, (H. '84) 1799-10, read Lee, Silas, (H. '84) 1799-1801. For *Paris, A. K., read *Paris, A. K. Con. For Burrows, Enoch, 1821 - 21, read Burrows, Enoch, 1821 - 23. For *Griswold Roger, read * Griswold, Roger. For *Plant, David, read Plant, David. N. Y. For *Marcy, Wm. L. (Br. '08) 1831 – 37, read *Marcy, W. L. (Br. '08) 1831 - 32. - Dele Hard, Gideon. For Port Jonathan, read Post, Jonathan. For Whittlesey, F. (Y. 18) 1823-31, read Whittlesey, F. 1831-33. Pa. For Denny, Harman, read Denny, Harmar. For Green, James, read Green, Innis. For Wurt, John, read Wurtz, John. Md. For Van Murray, William, read Vans Murray, William. Va. For Tazewell, Littleton W. 1824-37, read Tazewell, Littleton W. 1824-32. N. C. For Conner, H. W. (C. '12), read Conner, H. W. (S. C. '12) · -i. e. the College of South Carolina. S. C. For Calhoun, J. C. (Y. '74) &c., read Calhoun, J. E. (P. 74) 1801-2, and Calhoun, J. C. (Y. '04) 1832 – 5. For Gist, Joseph, 1421-27, read Gist, Joseph, 1821 - 27. Georgia. For Wayne, James W. 1829-30, read Wayne, James M. 1829-33. Indiana. For *Hendricks, W. (Pa. '10), read *Hendricks, W. (Jefferson Col., Pa., '10.) Page 124. As the Table giving the number of Representatives in Congress from the several States, contains some errors, it is here reprinted. Virginia, 10 19 22 23 92 21 Mo. (1821) 1 2 Total in 1789, 65; in 1791, 107; in 1803, 142; in 1813, 182; in 1823, 213; in 1833, 240. Page 128. Roger B. Taney, late Attorney-General, has been recently appointed by the President, Secretary of the Treasury, instead of Wm. J. Duane; and Peter V. Daniel, of Řichmond, Va., has been appointed Attorney-General. . Page 129. Commodore Isaac Chauncey has been appointed a Com missioner of the Navy Board instead of Commodore Stewart. Pages 130 and 131. Benjamin Tappan has been appointed Judge of the District Court of Ohio, instead of Judge Campbell deceased; and William M. Gwin, Marshall of the District of Mississippi, instead of S. W. Dicks. Page 134. - The Rt. Hon. Charles Richard Vaughan, is Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in the U. S., having returned to this country from his late visit to England. Page 149.-The Philadelphia Library contains 42,000 volumes instead of 35,000, as stated in some copies of this volume. Page 152.-The Rev. Rufus Babcock has been appointed President of Waterville College. The 2d vacation in this college, from the last Wednesday in Nov., is nine weeks. Page 157.- The Rev. George Bush has been appointed Professor of Divinity in Dartmouth College. Page 158. William A. Palmer has been reëlected Governor, and Lebbeus Edgerton, Lieutenant-Governor, of Vermont for the year beginning on the 2d Thursday in Oct. 1833. Page 160.-The Rev. John Wheeler has been appointed President of the University of Vermont; and the Rev. Dr. Marsh, who was President and Professor of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy, has resigned the presidency, but retains the professorship. Page 213. The Presidents of Washington College: :- Rev. Wm. Graham, elected in 1780, retired in 1795:- Rev. George Baxter, D. D., elected in 1798, resigned in 1829: — Louis Marshall, M. D., elected in 1830. To the notice of Hampden-Sydney College it may be added that it was founded in 1773, and was incorporated in 1784. Rev. Samuel Stanhope Smith, Succession of Presidents. 1774 to 1779) Rev. Azah Alexander, D. D., Jonathan P. Cushing, President. 1779" 1806 1807" 1820 1821 Albert L. Holladay, Prof. Languages. The college library contains about 5,000 volumes; the philosophical apparatus and the chemical are extensive and valuable. Students in the four college classes in 1833, 68; and 6 in the preparatory department. The average number of students, during the last 15 years, has been about 100; sometimes the number has amounted to 160. Page 243. For " Matthew Burnhard, 3d do." read "Matthew Burchard, 3d do." Pages 246, 261, and 262. --The time of the Commencement of Kenyon College has lately been altered to the 1st Wednesday in August. There is hereafter to be but one vacation, which is to continue 12 weeks from Commencement. Page 265.-The Rev. J. B. Purcell has been consecrated Bishop of Cincinnati. |