ployriient to children, to the aged and infirm,
and other dependent portions of the household,
with which every family is more or less burthen-
ed. In ‘every’ way. the silk culture is a matter
of great individual and national importance,fur-
nishing a certain, safe, and, it may be added, a
patriotic source of ‘wealth. -
EDUCATION OF TEACIIERSo
The leading article of. the last number ofthe
North American Review, is devoted to common
school education. Its authorship we have _seen
attributed to‘ R. Rantoul, Esq _member of the
:.=etts Board of Education. It closes
.- considerations on the necessity of
.3: “lormal schools, or teachers’ serrii-
:. zc. .’=.e better education of teachers, male
.-. an remote, for our common schools, and quotes
with cordial approbation, the following remarks
of Dr Channing:
“ VVe need an institution for the formation of
better teachers ; and, until this step is taken,
we can make no important progress. The
most crying want in this Commonwealth is the
want of accomplished teachers. VVe boast of
our schools, but our schools do comparatively
little, for want of educated instructors. VVitli-
out good teaching, a school is but a name. An
institution for training men to train the young
would be a fountain of living waters, sending
forth streams to refresh present and future ages.
As yet. our legislators have denied to the poor
and laboring classes this principal means oftheir
elevation. We trust they will not always
prove blind to the high interest of the state.
“ We want better teachers, and more teachers.
for all classes of societ.y. for rich and poor, for
children and adults. VVe want that the re-
sources of the community should be directed to
the procuring of better instructors, as its highest.
concern. One of the surest signs of the regen-
eration of society will be. the elevation of the
art of teaching to the highest rank in the com-
munity. When .a people shall learn that its
greatest benefactors, and most important mem-
bcrs, are men devoted to the liberal instruction
of all its classes to the work of raising to life its
buried intellect. it will have opened to itself the
path of true glory. This truth is making its
way. Socrates is now regarded as the greatest
man in the age ofgrcat men. Thcnamc of /ring
has grown dim before that of the apostle. To
teach, whether by word or action, is the highest
function on earth.”
There is also an extract from ii. Report of the
committee on Education to the Legislature of
Massachusetts, in 1837, recommeiidiug an ap-
propriation of ten thousand dollars for the es-
tablishment of a teachers’ seminary. The lan-
guage of the extract would become our own
state. _
“That the highest interest in Massachusetts
is, and will always continue to be, the just and
equal instruction of all her citizens, so far as the
circumstances of each individual will permit it
to be imparted; that her chief glory for two
hundred years, has been the extent in which this
instruction was diffused, the result of provident
legislation, to promote the common cause, and
secure the perpetuity of the common interest;
that, for many years, a well grounded apprehen-
sion has been entertained, ofthe neglect of our
common schools by large portions of our com-
munit.y, and of the comparative degradation to
which these institutions might fall frotn such
neglect ; that the friends of universal education
have long looked to the legislature for the estab
lishmect af one or more seminarics devoted to
the purpose of supplying-qiialified teachers for the
town and district schools, by whose action alone
other judicious provisions of law could be car-
ried into fuli effect ; * ll‘ * that, although much
has been done within two orthree years, for en-
couragement of our town schools by positive
enactment, and more by the liberal spirit newly
awakened in our several communities, yet the
number of competent tedchers is found, by uni-
versal experieiice, so far inadequate to supply
the demand for them, as to be the principle ob-
stacle to improvement, and the greatest defi-
ciency of our republic.”
In reply to the objection, that it would be use-
less to educate teachers, becausethe compensa-
‘tion is too small to insure young men of talent
«to enter into the profession, the Review says :
“I. Educate teachers, and the compensation
will be increased. lfyeu furnish better teachers
for the public schools, private schools will be
discontinued, and leave at liberty a fund for pub-
lic teachers. * * * * *
‘*2. If female teachers can be educated in
the most perfect manner, they would be employ-
ed with great advantage in many of the schools
now kept by men. * "‘ " * *
""3. The calculation does not stop here. _It
is true economy to buy an article that is worth
your money, and many have been ruined by
buying cheap pennyworths -in education, no less
than in trade. A good master will teach and
benefit a school more in two months, than a
-master poorly qualified, in a year. -It will be
found much cheaper to employ -the bestteachers.
A boy kept till he is eighteen in an ordinary dis-
trict school, and then sent for three years to a
common country academy, is not so well fitted
for active life at twenty-one, as every buy might
be at sixteen, in such a school as ought to be
-kept in every district in the Commonwealth, and
well might be, if we had our essential Normal
-schools in full operation. Whoever, therefore,
will be still content to give his son no better
edncttioii than we -have mentioned, may have it
at less than the present cost. by employing t-lie
best teachers, and his son produce an income,
instead of requiring an expense, for the =1ast five
years of minority. But he who gives his child-
-ren -8. ‘comparatively superior education in the
present state of things, would not rest satisfied
till he had educated them in the same degree
above the improved standard. And, in so doing,
he would not depart from the strictest economy ;
for an enlightened community produces and ac-
cumulates wealth faster, in avastly greater ratio,
than the proportionate additional cost of their
education. A million of dollars a year, judici-
ously applied to the improvement of young
heads and hearts, for the next thirty years,
would not merely be refunded, but the state
would be much more than thirty millions richer
in visible property. at the end of the period.”
“ The Normal school must begin with females,
because there is more uuappropriated female
talentthan can be brought into action ; because
females can be educated cheaper, and, in the
first instance, quicker, and better, and will teach
cheaper after they are qualified ; because the
primary schools, which properly belong to fe-
-males, are in the worst condition, and need most
to be reformed, and because, by reforming these
we thereby improve all the higher schools. By
raising up the foundation we necessarily elevate
the superstructure. An improvement in the
rudiments of education, among children of from
four to ten years of age, would be felt through
-all the schools: ‘as these young scholars passed
.int0.l1igher classes. The public would perceive
=the benefit, and enter with alacrity into the mea-
ts,,urei,,:J.ne;.:ei_s_sai:y tocarry out a ,tlioro,ugh xeforma-_
2 1.011..-‘ I
We should hail the establishment of such a
seminary in tliestate of Connecticut ‘as the.
-dawning of a new era in common .sghoo_l _educa-
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VV/tig:m'ump/L in lVz'sconsin complcle.—The
Louisville ‘Journal, Oct. 10tli says:
The latest papersfrom Wisconsin fully con-
firm our former intelligence as to the complete
triumph of the Whigs of that Territory both
jri the Congressional and Legislative elections.-
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VVED_1\lESDAY. OCTOBER 31. 1838.
Q3?’ \Ve offer no apology to our readers for
the space which we have this week devoted to
the subject of common schools. We wish lllal
we could infuse our own views and feelings in
relation to the surpassing interest and im-
portance of_ this matter into the iriass of
the community in which we dwell. VVe
rejoice to witness the interest excited on this
subject, at the late Convention in VVindliam
County; and we hope most sincerely that the
measures now in progress for an immediate and
radical improvement of our common school sys-
tem, will be heartily seconded by those whose.
highest interests are involved in the result-—tlie
people ofthis state. We trust that Fairfield Co.
will move in this matter with her whole strength
and energy ; and that the corivemioii to be held
in Norwalk, on the 16th of Nov. wi'.l be a meet-
ing, the reviving and reforming influence of
which will be felt in every school district of our
county for years to come. The talented and de-
voted editor of the Common School Journal,
(the Secretary ofthe Board.) introduces ilie pro-
ceedings of the \~Viudliam Co. Convention, with
the following remarks, to which we most cordial-
ly respond :
Iftiie other counties take up the movement
with the same spirit and unanimity that prevail-
ed at that convention, we shall realize in an
abundant measure the anticipation ofthe Board
in their address to the people oftliis state. By
these conventions it is hoped, that a vigorous
impulse will be given to ttie cause of common
school instruction throughout the state; and that
its friends, by this interchange ofsentiiiients, and
acquaintance with each other, will form new
bonds of sympathy, and channels of united
efliirt in promoting its success. It will be good
and pleasant for the citizens ofone republic thus
to come together for an objectso dear to them
all; to provide for the improvement in know-
ledge, in usefulness, and in piety, of the thou-
sands of children and youlli who are soon to
take the places of their fathers; to forget the
distinctions of party and ofsect ; and to invoke
the blessing oftheAluiigliIy upon their delibera-
tions and doings.
“ VAt.ut-; Ri~:cnivi:i)."-—The Patriot & Dem,
ocrat thus notices (as it deserves) the appoint-
ment of a son of a British solclier, in the last
war, as a cadet in the VVest Point Academy. If
that noble institution is to be thus prostituied—il'
the American Eagle can find no better business
than hatching the eggs of English carion crows-
tbe sooner the nest is broken up. the better.
“ The N. Y. Times slalesthat Mr. Wm. Deu-
man, editor of the T.ruth Teller, a violent Loco-
COMMON SCHOOL CONVENTION,
IN wmnmm COUNTY.
VVe learn from the Windham Co. Gazette,
that a large and spirited convention of the
friends of popular education, was held at Brook-
lyn, on the 10th inst. Every town in the coun-
ty was fully represented, and the unanimity of
feeling, and energy of purpose which character-
ized the proceedings of the meeting, augurs well
for the interest of this most important cause in
that. section ofthe state.
The convention was organized by the appoint-
ment of the following oflicers: _
ANDREW T. JITDSON, President.
Vice Preside-nls.—George Sharpe: JOIN‘
M’Clellan, C. F. Cleveland, Uriel Fuller,
Thomas Backus, Simon Davis, Harvey Camp-
bell, Thomas Gray, Chester Lyon, John Witter,
Calvin \Vhitney, Willliam Fenner, Jared Clark.
Sccrt-.tarics.—D. P. Tyler: F- 3- -I0ll“5°“:
w m. Hutchins, Tlios. Eugene Graves-
After a brief, but eloquent and pertinent ad-
drrss by the President, HENRY Bxnnxim, Esq.
Secretary of the Board of Coinmissionerspf
Common Schools, addressed the Convention
nearly an hour and a half upon the subject of
Common School education, and showed by his
veneral information, and practical common sense,
fhat the Commissioners have chosen an elli-
cient and poweiful advocateifor the cause in
which they are engaged, and was listened to
with an attention which evinced a deep interest
in the audience upon the subject.
After the address was concluded, the follow-
ing Resolutions were unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the organization ofthe Board
of Commissioners for Common Schools, and the
course iliey are pursuing for carrying into effect
the objects of their appointment, meet with the
cordialapprobation of this convention, and that,
in our respective towns in this county. We Will
render them all [he.c0Opel'all0n It: our power,
and invite our fellow citizens to do the same.
Resolved, That the eslablisliment ofthe Con-
necticut Common School Journal under the di-
rection ofthe Board of Com missioners. l8 0fiv‘t'I'7Tl1
the indispensable measures for the prosperity of
popular education in this state, and that the
Convention recommend its general circulation
among the friends of the_cause—the school com-
miitees and visitors-—tlie teachers and the
scholars themselves; it being expected that a
portion of the Journal will be devoted to the im-
provcment of iliis latter class of readers.
Resolved, That the Convention recommend
before its members separate, the formation
among them ofa County Association, embrac-
ing auxiliaries in each school society, to aid the
Board of Commissioners in carrying their plans
into effect, and to make to said Board, from time
to time, such suggestions as‘may tend to pro-
mote the welfare of Common Schools through-
out this state.
On motion of C. Lyon—Resolved, Tliatin
the opinion of this Convention, it would promote
the interests of the common schools for the
several instructors in the towns to associate to-
gether for mutual improvement, and visit each
others’ schools as often as may be practicable.
On molioii of D. P. Tyler—Resolved, That
it is the duty of this Convention, and that it
shall be the object of its individual members, to
make the cause of education in our common
schools as practically; useful. as the speaker has,
this afternoon made that cause I/zecrctically
cheering and glorious.
A committee was appointed for each School
Society, to circulate the “Connecticut Common
S-3l’lO()I .lourual.”
The Convention tlicn resolved itself into a
County Association. for the improvement of
by the appointment of proper ofiicers, (we no-.
tice that of one Vice President in each town in
ilio county.) they
Resolved, That the several Vice Presidents
ofthe association be requested to call meetings
in the towns in which they reside, as soon as
may be practicable, for the purpose of forming
societies to cooperate with this association in be-
Foco paper published in that city, had been re-
warded lor his labors by the appointment ofliis
Mr. Denmau is a foreigner, recently arrived
from England, and but a few years since was a
BRITISH SOLDIER, and bore arms in the
British service during the last war with the U.
States. Here, then, is the son of a British sol-
dier appointed by Mr. Van Buren to a post
which the descendants ofAmerican soldiers and
patriots have sued for in vain.‘ Such is the or-
der of the day.”
Yes, and such is the “demooracy" which the
worshippers of Martin Van Buren are welcome
to monopolize! What a thorough going parti-
zan of Van Buren would Bcnerlict Arnold have,
been, had he lived to participate in the political
IVs should not
be surprised if the Cabinet at \Vashington
struggles of the present day.’
should yet import his sons from Engliiiid, and
iustai them as pages to His Majesty I{ingMar-
tin the F irst .’
63" The October Term of the Superior Court
for this County. commenced yesterday, at Don-
bury.
Ex'riu-zmi-; DROUGHT.-—Tlte bed of the Wa-
bash Riv_er,at Logausport, Indiana, was bare on
the 11th inst. In January last, the largest steam-
boats navigated it with ease.
CHEAP ENOUGII.—Land in the Chickasaw
country is now selling at fifty cents per acre-
some of which is said to be ofa very fuirqualiiy.
F1.oxi nx.-—Tbe latest accounts from the scene
of this unfortunate war say, that the Indians are
“coming iii,”and if so, that “the war may be
considered at a close." Experience, however,
has taught us, that “coming in,” too often means,
coming on; and that there will yet be, for years
to come, much bloodshed in that quarter, before
the hostile Indians are driven from that Territory.
Tm: Gi:N'r1.r;inAN’s MAoAziivs:.—We notice,
with pleasure. the receipt of the October number
itor) is a clever fellow, in both senses of the
word—for be has a noble heart and an excellent
heart; and whether he performs on the boards,
or in the sheets. the public are equally delighted.
We am surprized that every body, hercabouts.
does not take his cap’.tal‘Magazine. It costs but
$3 per anuum. and is well worth $5.
Tits NEW-Yoiu: Miiutoa deserves all the
compliments which it is every week receiving,
from one end of the Union to the other. It has
inauy formidable rivals, to be sure; but we do
not believe that all their efforts will ever induce;
the ladies to give up the Mirror.
()f,.1"’ The Duchess de Broglie, the daughter of
son as a Cadet in the West Point./lc¢zrZc7n._7/.—‘
halfofihc object for which it is formed.
Resolved. That the olficers ofthe association
be requested to invite communications on the
subject of common school education.
\Ve subjoin the following remarks which con-
clude the notice of this interesting meeting:
The spirit, and general results ofthe meeting
were very cheering. It oughito be noticed, that in
the morning, previously to the organization ofthe
contention, Mr. Gallaudct of Hartford, address-
ed a numerous assemblage of Parents. Teach-
ers and Scholars, on their personal and recipro-
cal duties in relation to the cause of education.
His address‘ was admirable—full of practical
truth of good feeling and good sense. The ac-
tion of the Legislature on the subject of Com-
mon School education, the labors of these gen-
tlemen, and the general waking up of our citi-
zens to this most important cause, cannot fail to
remedy many deficiencies which now exist in
our common schools, and to place them on a
permanent basis of progressive improvement.
The cooperation of our citizens generally, will
be necessary to carry into operation the great
objects for which this association was formed.
The principal design ofthe Secretary, Mr. Bar-
nard, in his tour through the state. is to elicitin-
formation and call forth public sentiment. It is
hoped that all interested in this subject—arid who-
is not ?—will offer their opinions freely in pur-
suance ofilie foregoing resolution.
Co‘U.\"riNc CIIICKENS BEFORE THEY ARE
lIA'1'crii-:o.—The Locos have spent their strength
for nought. Notwithstanding all the powder
which they have burned and the tremendous ¢s3~
ports which they have made over New Jersey
and Pennsylvania, they are, after all. coming
out of the little end ofthe horn. They are heat-
cn and discomfitted-—sadly discomfitted, where
they reckoned upon their greatest triumphs.-—‘-'
Their attempts to unite Church and State in N.
Jersey by putting the Rev. Manning Force up.
on their Congressional Ticket. has received a
most signal rebuke—-their clerical candidate
having received a less number of votes than any
other candidate upon their ticket. In spite, too,
of all their frauds, (“cheats in play never pros-
per,”) every Whig candidate upon the Congres-
sional Ticket is most triumphantly elected.
In Pennsylvania too, their mortification is ex-
treme. They have elected their Governor, to
be sure. (if his election is not, after all, defeated.
on proof of the nefarious and unconstitutional
practices adopted to secure his election, which
is not improbable.) but the amendments of the
old constitution are, at the same time, adopted,
which greatly restrict the power of the Execu-
iive, and render him a mere tool in the hands of
the Legislature, And, in spite of all their boast-
ing. lhe Legislature is Whig, to the tune of 15
majority onjoint ballot. And, in addition to all
iliis, the Whigs have, doubtless, gained 2 mem-
bers of Congress! So, what l,g_v‘9 "they
Common Schools,, and afier'duc organizationfi
I
4
In South Carolina, too, we have one more
membetof Congress, than we, last week. dared
to reckon-—-and instead of three, we have in the
aggregate, actually gained four rnembersof Con-
gress in the recent elections.
The poor Locos know all this, but -they dare
notown it. They whistle away, to keep their
courage up, but wind, after all. is all that’ they
have to depend upon—and when the N. York
State Election comes, their glorious sun-sliiny
bubble will buist, and they will look as blue as
an indigo bag on a wasliing-day- 11 l5» filler
all—as a friend of otirs has it—-agreatsaving in
the course of the year, this getting the Locos to
fire salutes for \Vliig Victories!
u:??
0:3” The VVhigs in Illinois have a niajority
in both brauclies of the Legislature, wtthout
counting the Conservatives.
{fi=’An Association has been formed in New-
York, for the purpose of Atlantic Steam Navi-
gation. _
(Q5 The Great Western Steam Ship Coin-
pany have increased .tlieir capital from £250,000
to 581,000,000, and have ordered the keels of
four new steam ships, each larger than the
Great Western, to be immediately laid.
()§F' So susceptible of proof are the outrage-
ous frauds which the Locos have perpetrated at
' the recent election in Pennsylvania, that the
Whigs are determined to contest the Governor’s
election, fully and fairly. It is said, that a fair
canvass of the votes legally polled. will elect
Ritner by an overwlieliriing majority.‘
£9’ The London magistrates have interfered
to prevent Mr. Van Amburgh’s proposed ascen-
sion with the Royal Tiger in a balloon.
F’ Mr. Forrest has sent a letter to the Tain-
many committee, declining his nomination for
election to Congress. The committee nominat-
ed Isaac L. Varian in his stead’.
3? The Whigs of the city of New-York
have nominated Ogden Hoffman, Edward Cur-
tis, Moses H. Grinnell, and James Monroe, as
their candidates for Congress.
Tun sri~:ciAI. ATTENTION of Teachers,
School committees and Visitors, and the friends
of Education generally, is invited to the follow-
ing inquiries which zire proposed by the Secre-
tary ofthe Board of Cotnrnissiotiers of Common
Schools. As far as possible, written answers
are earnestly solicited, and in as particular a
manner as the convenience ofthe writer will al-
low. It is, moreover, desirable that the Secre-
tary should be furnished with the answers atihe
meeting of the convention in this place on the
16th of November.
1. Does the present organization of your
board ofschool visitors secure a thorough exami-
-nation oftcacliers, or an adequate supervision of
the schools during each season ofscliooling?
2. Is there any voluntary association on the
part of parents to visit the schools where their
children are educated? and ifnot, could not such
associations be organized for the future?
3. Vv’hat measures are :aken to secure the
ppiictual attendance of the children at school?
I 4. To what extent have you employed female
-‘teacliers, and with what success?
5. How many of your teachers follow teach-
ing as zi regular profession?
6. Is there any system of classification adopt-
ed iu your school society or district in order to
put the younger children under a separate
teacher or teachers?
7. Do you experience any inconvenience from
the inultiplicaiion of districts?
8. Has your school society availed itself of
the provisions of the law so far as "to institute
a school of high order for the coinmou benefit of
society ?” and if not, do you consider it practi-
cable and advisable to do so?
9. Are there any peculiar cxcellencies in the
mode of guveriimeut, or process of instruction in
your schools, which it would be desirable to
have generally introduced?
10. Is it desirable to increase the number of
studies? ,.
11. In what manner is moral instruction coni-
municated in your school?
12. Is any inconvenience or discomfort suffer-
ed from the location and construction of school
houses?
13. Are your schools furnished with appara-
tus for instruction, such as maps, globes, black-
boards. &c.? '
14. Is any provision made for society or dis-
trict libraries, for the use of teachersor scholars ?
15. How many select schools are there in
your school society? and what do you think has
been their influence on the public schools?
16. In what manner has your town appro-
priated the inlerest of the “Town deposits
Fund ?” If for the promotion of education in
the common schools, on what principle is it dis-
tributed? _
These inquiries are not intended to exclude the
consideration of other subjects. On the other
hand, written or oral communications on any
other topic which may be deemed important by
any friend ofthe cause, will be gratefully receiv-
ed, so that from acomparison and interchange of
views and opinions, proper remedies for defects
and efficient and acceptable plans for improve-
ment in our system may be proposed for the ac-
tion of the Legislature.
THELLER AND Donor-3. state prisoners confin-
-ed in the citadel at Quebec. have made their
escape and are still at liberty.
0:‘? There have been several arrivals from
Europe at N. York, during the past week, but
they furnish no news of any interest, in addition
to the intelligence received by the lsist steam
packet. The steamer Liverpool, which was to
have sailed from that city on the 20th inst. will
probably reach New-York this week.
JOSEPH LANCASTER, the illustrious founder
of the school system which bears his name, was
killed at N. York, last week, by being thrown
down, and trampled under the feet of a runa-
way horse attached to a gig’.
Tm: Coyiiiroiv SCHOOL ALMANAC, for 1839,
contains much valuable information on the sub-
jeet of common schools, and throws out‘ many
useful hints relative to their improvement. It
will doubtless form quite an auxiliary in the im-
portant work of rectifying existing abuses and
exciting a lively interest on this subject among
the celebrated Madame de Steel, is dead.
-. b0§i§l.9f__in I’ennsJylvania? - v « .
to
circulation as it deserves.. It is for sale by John
A. Weed, ‘ I i '
‘*S1'rtim:n Pia."—Chancellor Kent, of N.
Y. has published an opinion on the Massachu-
setts License Law,iii which the constitutionality
of the law is most ably vindicated and tho-
roughly sustained.
WOLVES ll/l SHEEP’S CLOTHll/Ill.‘
\Ve rejoice to see that tli_ere is one, at least, in
our cainmunity, who spends time enough in re-
fleeting upon the condition of our common
schools, and feels sufficient interest on the sub-
ject to present his views to the public. Many
of the facts stated'in the communication which
follows, are within our personal knowledge, and
we are glad to see them thus fearlessly spread
before the community. There are many other
topics connected with this subject, on which we
hope “ Verges” will touch, before long.
For the Noruvallc Gazelle.
As you were pleased to publish an accountcf
a school visit, which I sent you not long since.
I would offer something farther on the subject of
school teachers. I remarked that it was not al-
ways easy for committees or parents to deter-
mine \vlietlier an applicant for a school, who
was a beginner, or a stranger. could be profita-
bly or properly employed. without some farther
trial than prevalent usage required. I believe
Iliat it has frequently happened that the princi-
pal qucstions respecting an applicant, have been
whether he will take so much, and, whether he
can get a certificate from those who are as utter
strangers to him, as the parents, that will se-
ctire the public money, it being taken for grant-
ed, that ihe school visitors wi__ll be so negligent or
so accommodating as not td'5i'iiterfere afterwards,
and occasion the trouble of looking up another
teacher. Such usage exposes the districts to the
hand of the plunderer, and the children to ir-
reparahle loss. Suppose that a young man
wishes to raise the wind, or to raise a sum of
money to begin the world with. The school
fund, with the additions which the districts
usually make, are before him. a sure source of
supply, if he can but get the talismanic certifi-
cate. The next thing is to look over the books
and screw into his memory a set of phrases from
the grammar, geography, arithmetic, &c..
get references from interested friends, or
inconsiderate, but well wishing neighbors.
offer himself to a district, open his choice
budget to a committee and obtain a certi-
fieate that he will probably answer for such
a school, and then a supply of the needfnl is se-
cured. But how the children and the neighbor-
hood may fare, perhaps may appear from a little
piece of recent history. A person was employ-
ed in a school which had been raised to high at-
tainments, by the services ofa good teacher, but
at a visitation neartlie close of the term, it ap-
pcared that the school had gone backward. bull)
in behavior and aiiaininents, in all probability,
more than they would have done, had there been
no school at all. A change so plainly for Ilie
worse, induced the visitors to examine the mas-
ter himself, and it appeared that he was far he-
ihind in attainments. to what some of his own
scholars hail been a few months before.
This step of the visitors spoilt our friend for
that district, buthe retained the important certifi-
parents and teachers, if it receives as extensive ab
cate,and anoiherdistrictemployed him for several
lteims, during which, with book in hand, he no
doubt assisted a few, who would learn any where.
‘in learning some things they did not know be-
,'fore. But as to the greater part, they were
taught little or nothing; were allowed to use
‘and abuse the premises and property in the vi-
gcinily at their pleasure, and their conduct was
"marked by noise, impudence, quarreliug, aurl
louirage upon travelers. But his purposes were
answered, and he probably carried out oftown
from five to six hundred dollars. and is now in
trade in one of the principal streets in New
York. Now it is no orie’s business but his own.
what a qualified teacher intends to do with tvagcs
which he has faithfully earned, but I think it is
plain that there are strong induceiiicrits for those
who are utterly unfit for eiiipioymeiit, to work
their way into schools, if certificates are given
with but little discrimination, and the ditty of
withdrawing them from those who show ll)(’.lH'
selves afterward to be incompetent, is neglected
by visiting coininittees. I believe there is some-
times so great a fear ofiiicurring a little trouble.
or a little additional expense on the part of pa-
rents and district coiiiuiittees, as to subject tliern-
selves ie gross imposition. and their children to a
loss which they can never repair during their
lives. Iconcludeb reniarking.tliat wliilesome
persons, starched up for the occasion, may appear
better before an exariiiriing committee than they
really are,there may be others who are well qnali
tied and disposed to be useful, and whose services
it wouldbe a loss to our schools to dispense with,
who, by reason of embarrassing circumstances
may iioi appear as well qualified as they really
are. Such Iwould commend toconsiderate and
kind faithfulness. Vrzttons.
THE CH}-ZROKEES.-—-Il is said, that the recent
excessive drought has greatly retarded ilie eriii-
giation of the Cherokees. as the rivers did not
afford water enough to sustain the Inilians and
their cattle. The late rains, however. have fa-
cilitated their movements, and they are probably
now, all on their way westward. They deparl
‘very cheerfully. notwithslaiiding all the etlbris
made to render them dissatisfied. Gen. Scott
has reaped new laurels by the discretion. prompt-
itude and sagacily with which he has executed
this delicate but important duty.
S. VV.IND1A1\'s.-—It has been reported lhutan
invasion was threatened by the Indians on our
south-western frontier; but the latest accounts
say that but little danger is to be apprehended
from this source. at present. It is thought. ne-
vertheless, that more troops should be stationed
in that quarter, as that frontier is, most unques-
tionably, in an exposed situation.
(E*" The Mormon war is renewed, and a san-
guinary contest is threatened. A large body of
them, armed, are encamped near the mouth of
Grand River. Their opponents are command-
ed by a Dr. Austin of Connecticut.
Fair of the American Institute.
NEW ARTICLE.
Among the articles added since our last visit,
our attention was strongly attracted by a new
species of cloth. There are several pieces in
the exhibition, of different ‘textures and thick-
nesses. and other patterns, we understand are to
be added to-day. II is from the Union Manu-
facturing Company’s mills, at Norwalk, Conn..
and is made, strange asit may appear, wiiliout
either spinning or weaving, by a process similar
to that employedin manufacturing hat bodies. It
is without threads. andfinislted on the surface.
leaving the body of ilie cloth perfect und entire-
ly unimpaired by the process of finishing. In
manufacturing, the wool is put together at right
angles. in 8 Web. by a very ingenious patenled
machinery. With great rapidity and at an incredi-
bly small expense. It can be made of any de-
sired thickness, The advantages _claim_ed for
this, over cloth manufactured in the ordinary way
are, that it is much less expensive. that it-is
judge from the specimen before us that this cloth’
wculd be an excellent article for overcohts. One
thing is certain about it, he who wears it can no-
VBF battle a threadbare coat.
The proprietors of thisinvention feel very sun;
gums that it is calculated to effect an entire re-
volutttmin the woolen manufacture, and raise
that branch of our domestic industry to an ef-
fecliial competition with "the foreign market.-
N. Y. Commercial Advertiser. Oct. 18th. -
BY HIS EXCELLENCY
WILLIAM W. ELLSWORTH,
GOVERNOR or THE STATE or eoiviu-:c'rictri',-
A PROCLAMATION.
eral Assembly oftliis State, passed June 1st. 1838,
entitled “An Act proposing to the People an
amendmetit ofthe Coustit'ution.” the Treasurer,
-Secretary, and Comptroller of this state. have
transmitted to me a certificate in the words and
figures following to wit :
STATE or CONNECTICUT, ss.
Department of State. Oct. 20th, 1838. E
The undersigned being designated by law to
count the votes given in by the Electors atitheir
meetings in the several townsin this State. hol‘.
den on the first Monday ofOctober, A. D. 1838,
signifying their approbation, or disapprobaiion of
an amendment ol the Constitution of Connectii
cul relating to the election of Sheriffs to be ap-
pointed in each coiiniy in this state. by the Elec-
tors therein. in such manner as shall be prescrib-
ed by law. (Ste. : Proposed by a resolution of
the General Assembly at their session holden at
Hartford, on the firs: Werlnesilay of Mav. I837,
aml continued to the General Asseinbly.'183S__
and then said Assembly approved of said amend-
ment by two-thirds of each House of said As.
senibly, at the session thereof in 1838. which
proposed ameiidirient has been before the
Electors of this state, as is prescribed by law,
upon which they have acted, and their votes ro-
iurned tothe Secretary ofthis State within firing"
days nfterihe first Monday ofOct. lust. and can-
vassed before the first Moinlay of November,
I833, viz. on the Zllllt (lay ol'Oclnher ingiam,
The votes so given and returned according to
law. (by Yes and No) there were given in favuf
ofadopting and approving said ainondnionl, nine
thousand four hundred and fifty-six votes; and
Ilie riuriiber of votes so given and returned. dis-
approviugofsaid sinenduieiit, one thousand and
fourteen votes.
I-Iiium RIDER, Treasurer.
Rorxi. R. IIl:\’M.\.\'. Soc-rotary.
I.lE.\'ltY KILBHUIIN. Cnitiplriill
To Ilia Excellency \V. \V. l'l.t.L3wmt't‘tl.
W'hich auiondirient is in the words followin
viz :
A Sbcrilfsliall be appointed in each County
by the Electors therein. in such. mariner as shall
be prescribeil by law, who shall hold his oflice
for three years, removable by the General As-
senibly. and shall become bound with sufiicieus
sureties to the Treasurer of Ilie State, for the
faithful discharge of the duties ofliis ofiico.
Therefore. it is hereby declared and made
known, that the niajorityoftlie votesoftlio I-llec.
tors given on said ariiemlrrieiit as aforesaid, and
returned to the Secretary of this State. are in fa-
and that a innjoriiy ofthe Electors pl'd9t'lll iii the
meetings called for voting on said urn»-nilmom,
have approved said anieuilinont. and that said
atncutlrnent is valid to all intents and pnrposns,
as a part ofthe Coiistitiitioii oftliis State.
Given under my hand and the seal of soil
State, at Hartford, this tweiity-second clay
of October. in the year of our Lord one
lliousniid eight liuudre-J an-l tliirty-eight,
and of the Imleperidrznce of the United
States the sixty-tliird.
WILLIAM VV. ELLSW'C)R'l'H,
By His Excellency's command,
ROYAL R. Himizin, Secretary.
All the publishers of newspapers in tlii »~
are requested to publish :he.-ibove Pro:-lar ; ;_ -:=
and forward their bills to the Comptroller.
R. R. Iliruixx. Secret
From the JVI.-3,. for/: Star.
lVugcs of Lal;o.r,—-.\Ir. Brooks, nno .
editors of the Express. in a speech llcllVt"i= ll‘,
Kings county. made the following rei....;.‘:-,
which are true to mir knowledge. and should
make a deep impression on the laboring clasur:-i.
"Mr. Brooks in the course of his fclntlika.
stated that the Revenue in specie. as nl'in:utv-ly
inleudcil undcrtlie Sub-Treasury System. would
require in times of prosperity, Ilie ex.-iction of 12
tnilllutis of specie per anuum for Ilie Custom
House in the single city of New York. That
there. had seldom or never beau more ch,-m
millions at any one time in all the banks oflho
city. Thai upon a tllvlslun ofthe 80 millions of
specie in the United Suites aniong the sixteen
millions of izihabitzints, there would full to the,
share of each llllllVlllllal the sum of$'3; which
again divided by the 365 days ofthe year. wnnl-l
give each person lesstlinn two cents perday. In
the course ofliis travels in Europe. Mr. B. said.
he llflil visited C0lll)ll’It’S \\'llPfC n specie currency
and a Sub Treasriry prevailed. and where marry
laborers get but 2 cents per day—thut he hail
hired men in the Neapolitan dominions for a
New York sixpenee per day. and yet such was
the state to which the flll|nlDI5ll'llllt)fl‘ liml under-
taken to reduce the free people ofthis Union.”
By the credit system-—b_y bank not es. fouinled
on a sound capital, the laboring classes can be
supported. But the gold huriibug exclusively cs-
lablislictl, will give 3: workman only sixrr-zivcir
per day. Look to it in time. P
Van Burcnism laid low in Gcorgia.—The fol-
lowing paragraph from the Georgia Messenger,
shows how great a Whig victory has been gain-
ed in Georgia:
“ \Ve have triumphed. and triumphed glori-
ously. '_l‘he measure of our success is full to
overflowing; we have beaten and rooted our op-
ponents to their utter discomfiture, and elected
our entire Congress Ticket, together with the
Legislature.
" It cannot be disputed that the unpopular-ityqf
the present Adniinislralion has produced these
results. The identity oft/ie Union party with
Van Buren has ruined them. and notwithstand-
ing all the slang that has been and will be used
about Bank influence eontroling the elections, it
is a fact uncontrovertible, that Van Buren is iniqi
minority in Georgia.” ‘ '
'_l‘he,Intelligencer. referring to a declaration of
Mr. King of Georgia, in‘ his place in ibe_.U. S,
Senate a year ago, that he believed a majority
of the people of that State to be in favor of a
National Bank, well says, that his opinion on
such a subject may well be weighed against that
céfany other individual either in or out ofthe
tale. -
§ The probability is, after all the boasting
pected. Will she do it? We believe she will.
All eyes Wl.ll.fl.OW turn to her. Upon her rests
the responsibility of averting the consequences
of a Sub-Treasury Executive Bank, of preserv-
ing her own interests, and saving the Republic.
their vessels, her bankers close their doors, her
mechanics seal; employment in vain, 99¢ _t;,e,-‘lg.
warmer, and that it will last longer. We should .
VVhereas, in pursuance of an Act ofthe Gen‘-.
I
vorofapprovirig and adopting said amendment. _
of the Lcco-Focus, .‘that_ there will be:an anti -
bub-Treasury majority in "the next Congress, _
provided New York does her duty, as she is ex- ,
If she omits to send men enough to Congress to ’
defeat that scheme, her merchants may tie up
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Norwalk Chronicler