——__,_ __ ___ .
From‘ the Stfiultziiclt Islands--British m_o-
7mp'ol1/ on the Pacific.-‘-The B‘"'8'°" Wmg
contains a letter daled Horlolula‘ May‘ |’
184i_ We make the following extracts :_
--1 hope Capt. Wilke's official report will
open the eyes of Uncle Sam. to his interest
on our North Vllest ‘Coast. Great Britain
has h¢.}d,.ap;l still holds, through the agency
of the Hudson's Bay Company. exclusive
jurisdiction of‘this beautiful country, their
treaty of neutrality with our government to
the contrary notwithstandingr. _ .
t-Several Americans of enterprise have at-
tempted a settlement in the country, but
they have been cliecked _by oppressive
monopoly, until they were fairly starved out
and obliged to returti. The charter of H
B. Co. has recently been renewed with an
gdtlifiiontll grant of two millions pounds ster-
ling ititcnzfed expressly forthe settlement of
the desputed.te‘rritor__v.. And they are now
erecting temporary bui_lditrgs ‘on every val-
uable lot ofland and mill site in the country‘
,.Cap,_ \Vi)ke5 says the harbor at Pagot
sound, is the finest he ever anchored In. In
any part of the world. \Ve have almost
an iucalculable amount of commcrcein the
Pacific, and yet allow John Bull quiet and
undisturbed possession of the only harbor
that belongs to us this side of Cape Horn.
"You are aware that they have already
taken possession of New Zealand, and bro-
ken up-and excluded our fishermen from
dmsg sens-—they have also taken possession
ofthe Faulkland Islands (which afforded an
excellent harbor) and forbidden our vessels
cruising for whales within three leagues of
the land.
llfrs. Jones, the Female Impostcr.——All of
our readers, ivithout doubt remember the
performances of one Mrs. Jones in Roches-
ter some months ago, who by large stories of
high connections in England induced a
young man named Hunter to become _lier
husband, whom she plundered of what little
money he had. involved him largely in debt
and then decamped. A communication in
the Rochester Evening Post states that she
I has been performing similar impos‘tions in
Toronto. She there represented herself as
head cook in the late Sir Astley Cooper’s es-
tablishment, who she said had left her an an-
nuity of .£100. This soon increased to 56300,
and a man named Lanesboro’ believed her
story and married her. A letter from To-
ronto to the Post gives the following summa-
ry of her exploits, and adds thatshe has since
been heard ofat Albany.
“After deceiving her husband by stories
about -£l00,000 being left her, and that Lord
Liverpool had sent over his steward to bring
her home; after having got a number of
others to credit her story and trust her with
money; after having in the midstof sickness
given assurance to the attending minister, of
her christian resignation and pious trust in
the Redeemer; after having enjoyed herself
by driving in a carriage, under a contract to
buy it; and having prepared her husband
with the necessaries to go to London, to at-
tend to her business; after having borrowed
a pair of boots of the wife of the tailor that
made her husband's fine clothes; after hav-
ing‘ gulled every body, she decamped quiet-
ly bv the Transit one morning in the first
cifthis week, just the day before her husband
wasto have started for England. I suppose
she‘has carried off about 300, and ha.-
gone to play offthe same game of cheating
on the gullables of some other place.”
Lord B3/ron’s Tribute to l'Va,ehinglnn.--
In Byron’s celebrated Ode to Napoleon, as
published, two or three stanz.is ofthe origin-
al. it is well known, were omitted by Gifford.
or his bookseller. Marry; the manuscript
having been entrusted to them jointly. One
ofthese stanzas was the following noble roc-
oguition of W'ashington. and it is easy to
perceiv-3, that fear ofoff.-nding English roy-
alty, prompted its suppression: ,:_
\Vhere may the wearied eyes repose
\Viien gazing «in the great;
W'l:e.rc neither guilty glory glows,
. Nor despicable state?
Yes—one-—tho first-—ihe last—-the best-
The Cincinnalus of the West, -
Vvhom envy dared to hate,
Bequeath'd the name of Washington
To make man blush, there was butone!
Byron’s partiality towards our countrymen
is‘ well known, but perhaps never more
strongly expressed than in the annexed ex-
tract from a letter to Moore: ‘'1 would rath-
er bave a nod from an American, than it
snuff box from an Emperor.”
Philadelphia. North American.
Winter Nzwigatiort of the Hudson —We
are gratified to learn that the proprjetors of
the People’s Line of Steamboats are fitting
up the Kosciusco with one of the Town-
seud’s Ice Breakers, for the purpose of run-
ning her through the ice in the Hudson, as
long as it may be practicable. Should the
winter prove a mild one, it is not iuiproba.
ble but that the navigation below Hudson.
may be kept open the whole year round.-
The same Company intend fitting tip anoth-
er boat also in the same manner.
Troy Whig.
The Home League. —A movement is on
foot in this state which is full of promise to
the cause of American Industry. At the
late fair ofthe American Institute in the ci-
ty of New York, a ‘ Home Indtistry Con-
vention’ was held, at which resolutions were
adopted in favor of a Tariff. atid recommen.
ding the organization ofa ‘ Home Lcarrue’
for the advancement of American Iiiteftists
and the support and diffusion of the doctrine
of reciprocal trade. The proceedings of that
convention have awakened public attention,
and stimulated the efforts of the friends of
-American industry. A mteting was held
in New York on Thursday last to organ.
in a ‘ STATE LEAGUE’ forthe -furtherance
of the views expressed in the resolution of
the Home Industry Convention. The time
for this movement is auspicious since the
discussion of this important subject will
doubtless occupy a large share of the ap.
preaching session of Congress.-—Alba.ng/Adv,
llfar-znoits.—'I‘hic St. Louis Republican of
the 20th ult. says that two "hundred and fifty
Mormons arrived there on the previous day
in thc steamboat Gen. Pratte.
!rom England, and wéffi bound to Nauvoo, t,.;,h a whip’ humane” ,-emm,.d ,},e c,,,-,-,,,,,._..
50:: city of L-user day Saints.
They were young girl being stripped, tied, and scored
al plI0l3il.'IN."nl.""XV,. Exprf5;_
-$v"};.b ~ -
city, dated Nov. I6. says :—
“The Captain General of the Island has
demanded of Mr. Currias all his accounts.
including interest, (lamagcs. as_C- Of the N9‘
grace of the Amistad; and insists that Mr.
can-ins shall be paid the wliple of it._ And
it appears that the Captain General intends
to deduct the amount from $700,000 which
ihe;‘Spanish Government has to pay to the
United States.
.___—--I--—'----‘**“"
The F ranch P-rim c.-—Yt-sterday morning
‘.151 as our church bells sounded their
Christain invitation to the people to assem-
ble. in their respective places of worship, the
roar of cannon front the Belle Poule.annour_i-
ced the departure. ofthe Prince. SlIl"¢’. his
ship anchored in our harbor, the Prince has
assed rapidly over our country, and ren-
dered himselfevery where agreeable. He
has been noticed as his rank rcquired, and
tho courtesics of our society have termino-
ted l0\\af(lS him with a ttiagnificcnt public
ball given in his honor by the Corporation
of Boston, and another similar banquet here,
given by private munificcnce. These atten-
tions are all well bestowed, fOl‘li..lS by such
expressions of courtesy that the friendship of
two great nations may be strengthened.-—
\Ve cannot help feeling some regret after all.
that, in his intercourse with society here, the
Prince had not noticed that this nation in-
cludes in its Christianity a recognition of the
Sabbath. We dare say if this fact had been
brought distinctly to his notice, his gentle,-
rnanly hearing would have induced him to
regard the opinions of at least the church
going portion of our people so much as to
have taken his departure with it: necessary
salute, upon another day. VVe hope the
Prince will find reason to think as Well of
our country as his royal father did, and that
his visit will make him willing to trust some-
thing to the good disposition of the people
in the affairs of government.--.7.Com.‘2.9th.
Vlfho Pay/s ?—---The counties of Adams.
Amity, Hinds. Jefferson. Madison, Noxuluce
\Van-en, Wilkinson, lVashington and Ya-
zoo. gave at the late election ‘.2 500 majority
in favor of paying the State Bonds. These
10 counties pay into the State Treasury
$l56.633 75 ! l or $l.-3,000 more than half
of the whole revenue of the State. Those
who pay the most taxes are in favor of pay-
ing the bonds at any sacrifice, while those
who pay the least keep up an eternal hurra
about the burtheus oftaxation.
'1‘h«_-, county of Adams pays over $35,000!
annually in taxes. This county gave 440
majority in favor of paying the State Bonds.
The countyiof Lawrence pays less than
two thousand dollars taxes and gave 440
_-~.-ajority against paying the bonds, and thus
silences the voice of Adams county.—-— Vicks-
bu.'r'g‘ lI'lz.i',g.
Tcnnes.<ce.—Tli«= Loco foco majority of one
in the 'I‘enncsset=. Senate still persists in pre-
ventiiiganv election ofU. S. Senators. The
st-rte is probably destined to remain unrepre-
sented, ltnless a barguif) can he struck with
some unsound \Vhig to sell himself for a
seat in the senate and aid the election ofJas.
K. Polk to one ofthe seats.
The same Senatorial majority ofone has
formed a bill to re-district the State, so as to
sccureto the Loco focus a majority in each
House! That will not get through the
House yet a while. i
We hope the L-rgislatiiro of this State. at
its flppfO"tCl'liI1'? session, will contrive some
iv-‘iv to adjust the controversy between the
Harlem Railroad Company and the New
York and Albany \Vhile the war con-
tinues. nothing will be done, to any purpose.
One or other of the two Companies, or per-
chance both ofthem. ought to be restrained
from further proceedings on the ‘disputed
territory.-—Jour. of Com,
Am./'11,l Accirlenl.——VVelearn that a born
with three men went over the Falls of Niag-
ara. on the night of Monday 29th. They
had started from S-xhlosscr. at 9 o'clock, in-
tending to cross over to Hudson’s tavern, 2
miles above Chippewa.
It is supposed the boat was struck by a
squallfiand being heavily loaded withisiv
barrels of whiskey, sunk—tlie wretched tncn
on board being swept by the resistless cur-
rentdown the American rapids and over the
frightful precipice below. The names of 2
were Jehial D. Kinney. and John York, &
the other was a stranger, Part of one of
the mangled bodies is said to have been found
yesterday.—'Bu_/]"a.lo Cam. Adv. Nov. 27'.
Removing (L Cilr .—The St. Louis Repub-
lican ofthe 16th inst says: ‘ The buildings
in Marion city, on the Mississippi river, the
same town in which so many eastern pur-
chasers got their fingers burned a few years
since, are being removed to Hannibal, a
town some 12 miles below. on the bank of
the river. Lots which sold at from two to
six and eight hundred dollars, and frame
houses which cost from eight to fifteen hun-
dred dullars, can now be bought at loss than
a hundred, lot and building included.
Loss of the Schooner F7'uiterer.—The
brig General Marion, arrived Friday mom-
ins. when in lat. 36 5.0, lon. 75 40, fell in
with the schooner Fruiterer, of New York,
ed the People of Niiittiam
Defining his Position.--On
Th A d A .-A letter from Mr. W’z'se
Port Ie’ringliii-b,aCuba'r1t::.n;entleman in this Monday, the 8th 1J_llln10A_§-§%b%_Ikf. Wise address-
ptonC_o. Va., in
which address he distinctlydeclared that he
could never distinctly cooperate politically
with the Loco Focus; that while in the pri-
vate relations of l ifc they were many ofthem
unexceptionable. yet, as a party, he
believed them totally unprinciplcd, and
had no confidence whatever in their politi
cal integrity-—that he was no ‘third party
man’—-wasfor no reorganization of partit-s—
that while he could not support Mr. Clay.
having had rcason to change his opinions of
that gt.-ntleman, yet he would sustain any
other Whig for the Presidency--and that as
"or Martin Van Burcn, (who would probably
be the Loco Foco candidate for the Presiden-
cy) he shrank from the idea of ever giving
that individual his support. Mr. \V. also
declared that Mr. Tyler was out ofthe ques-
tioti—tbtit neither party would _support him
—and he also expressed the opinion that Mr.
Clay was (qually broken down with Mr.
Tyler.
Distribution of the Surplus Zlfonrg/.—By
a vote ofthe inhabitants of’Dover, N. H., on
-Saturday, the 20th ult. the "surplus money”
rccived throughout the statefrom the United
States on doposite, was ordered to be distrib-
uted as a gift to each citizen having resided
in the town for three months next proceeding
the day‘ of the order and having the ordinary
qualifications of a voter. and to the widows
of such, excepting however such persons as
may have received their ruteable share by
distribution ofany other town in this state.
. Silk Contra-nlio'n.—A convention of silk
growers from various towns in NewEng-
land was lately liold in Northampton, Mass
They expressed it astheir opinion that the
progress made in the business was quite en-
couraging. They recommended for ven-
tilation, npPt‘lut‘t?S equal to 18 square feet,
for every 500 worms attcmpted to be raised;
also, to ‘head’ down mulberry trees in the
spring within a few inches of the ground,
rt-serving sufficient for early feeding; and
also the feeding worms in-the early stages
with fine cutor chopped leaves.
By the official Statement of the Comptrol-
ler it appears that. aside from those of Buffalo.
only seven Banks under the General Bank-
ing Law have recently failed, viz, the Stat-
.-n'1sl.-ind, Jarnes, Ole-an, Washington (N
Y. cit.y,) Allegany Co. St. Lawrence and
Watertown. The first two had failed be-
fore, and have not been in good credit this
year or so. The total circulation of the
whole seven is but $332,822, (including
whatever bills they may have on hand ;)
while their assets in the h ands of the Comp-
troller amount to $542l.033. These if sold
tiow, would not produce more than $200,000;
about 65 cents on a dollar. The deficiency
is caused by the. sudden and extraordinary
depreciation of the State Stocks as well as
Real Estate. It is presumable, however,
that they have other assets besides those
pledged forthe rvdemption of their notes.
and that the loss of the holders will conse-
quently be lighter.
Elder Knapp in Trouble.--'l‘hc Provi-
dence Journ.-il contains an account ofa scene
in which the Rev. Mr. Knapp, a preacher
the county, were the principal actors. M r.
Knapp, it appears in the course of one of
his sermons took occasion to make some se-
vere remarks against the Universalists; and
in reply to a question which he made, a
lady rose and answered! At subsequent
meetings he made some remarks derogatory
to the character of the lady and her whole
family, the particulars of which are not stat-
cd, btit the consequences was an action for
slander. the dziinages being laid at $10,000.
The writ was put in the hands ofthc sheriff.
who went to the church were Mr. Knapp
was holding forth, and took a seat with the
intentions ofserving the writ after the Cl0S('
ofthe services. The fact. however, becom-
ing generally known, great conftision ensu-
cd, in the course of which the sheriff was
culled forward & addressed the crowd, inform-
ing them that to disturb a religious meeting
was a gra ve offence ctthat he should prOS(‘Ct)tt>
any who were guilty of creating a disturb-.
ance. This restored quiet, and in the mean-
time Mr. Knapp left the church and repair-
ed to his boarding house, where the ivrit
was afterwards served. two of his friends be-
coming bail. =
Good Return. in Sil/c.--—From, the eggs of
five breeding millers hatched this year, and
fed on the premises ofCharlcs Starkweathcr,
Esq.. of Northampton, Massachusetts, were
taken two thousand four hundred cocoons of
which only five were dcfectivc; from this lot
of Cocooiis Mrs. Starkwt-other reeled one
pound ofvery superior Ra w Silk. This tells
to the finger’s end ;. here is ample proofthat
worms may be fed in small families, if not
upon a large scale.
A Curiosity/.—'I‘he greatest curiosity in
the world is now exhibited in this town in
the person of James Washburn. the wondcr-
ful dwarf, decidedly the sniallestvman in
creation. He is in his l7th year, weighs
botind to Havana, dismasted in the golf. and
leaking badly. - Took from her eight pas.
sengers, captain and eight men belonging to
the schooner. At the sometime it was blow.
mg heavy and high cross-seas running, and
brought them into port.— Tribune. 3d.
TA Dt.sgra.ce to the Age.—-The court of
Newcastle county. Delaware. was in session
1 . . . ," .”
dist \\ eelt. Several persons were convicted
of larceny, and sentenced to receive twenty
one lashes on the bare back. One man plead
guilty to th ree indictments. and was sentenc-
ed to receive twenty one lashes for each in.
dtctmftnt. But a tnore extraordinary-sen-
tcnceisthat of a young girl, who pleaded
guilty on [0 different indictments for la rceny-_
She was scntenced to pay tivo fold value of
goods stolen to the . owners, to wear Ts on
herouter garment, and to receive twenty
one lashesxon h.t‘r bare. back. well laid on,
in each case, 2l0 in all. '1‘.hg-._ 'Govemo,.
who was probably shocked at the‘-idea of. a
but 23 pounds, and is only 36 inches in
height. He is in good health, has fine
sparltling eyes, is active, intelligent, in short
a perfect titan in miniature. He is said to
have been born in Vermont. and ceased grow-
ing at an early period without any assigna-
ble cause.—Mass Spy.
A vcssel arrived in New Bedford a few
days since, from Newbern, North Caroline,
having on board two slaves. as S-’tll0l‘S, the
the property of the vessels, in Newberni—
The Abolitionist were soon in commotion-
procured a writ of lia.l2e-as corpus-and
brougbt them before Judge \Vil'de.of Boston '
as men unjustly deprived of liberty.
there stated that they'weI'e in fact sla.ves—that
they had wives and childi=e.n.at..hotne.. in him ‘C0nVt’yéd to the Lunatic Asylum.
North C=Irolin:i—that they came unwillingly --
before the Judge, and preferred returning to me and filmy ,o‘b,,cco_rp
their master in Newborn, rather than rémuin _D_;ck_t
and‘bc: free! and they were accordingly ' ‘
permitted to return on_ board the ' v‘e§s‘clT--'='
What’s the difference between kidnapping,
men into slavery and forcing them into lib ‘
arty.’
They
ofconsiderable notoriety at the high slieriffof
Singular Pltenoizzieia. be 3-Lexington.
someof them 226 inches in length.
itor says he has seen the young lady and can
vouchifor‘ the truth ofthe story. The hairs
grow from the inner side "of the thumb and
sometinics from under the nail; some ofthem
are soft, others like bristles and they vary
in color, size and length. The ‘growth is
very rapid. A number of scientific gentle-
men have examined this singular phenomena
but can give no explanation of it.
Sentence ofthe Philadelphia. Fimmcicrs.
——On 'l‘liursday, in the Philadelphia Sen-
sions. Messrs. Hassinger &. Wright, late
President and Treasurer ofthe Morristown
Railroad Company, were brought up for
sentence on their late conviction for fraud &.
einbezzlement. The former was sentenced
to pay a fine of one dollar and to undergo
an imprisonnicutat hard labor in the Eastt,-rn
Pctritcntiary for the term ofthree years, the
latter to pay a fine ofone cent and to under-
go an imprisonment in the county prison
for the period of fotir months.
It“ is stated, in a report of the St. Louis city
council, recommending the cstablislmientofa
tobacco ware house in tbutcity, thatthe to-
bacco crop of Missouri amounts this year to
over twelve thousand hogsheads. It is esti
mated that‘ the crop of next year will amount
to twenty thousand hogsheads.
Patent Boat Builrling.—Mr. Francis ex-
hibited in VV-all street, yesterday, a machine
quarter boat of a very good construction.-—
The planks are made in a sort of slave ma-
chine, planed and fitted, and passed through
a steamer, and then nailed on as fast as you
please. The increased use of machinery
lessens the cost some twenty five per cent.
The Prince de Joinville, we perceive by
a note in the French paper. presented before
his departure. $300 to the French Benevo-
len Society in this city. ‘
It is also said that be dispensed other large
charities; among them a sum of$'200 to a
French family dt-sirens of getting back to
their native coontry.--—.4merican.
More Re.signation.r——It is said in New
Orleans that Judge \Vhite intends to resign
his seat in Congress, as a member of the
House from Louisizina. The resignation of
Mr. Clay, the Senator from Alabama, was
received by toe L£‘.glSl=IlUf'9:‘Of the State on
the l5th. Gov. Bagby is expected to sue-
ceed him.
Female.r.—lt is computed that $4,000,000
are annually earned by the females in Mas-
sachusetts employed in the various factories
and manufactorit-s of straw hats, stocks, and
all the various other articles for which New
England is noted. The number of females
so employed is about 40,000 of whom 25,000
are in the woollen factories.
Virginia Election.-'I‘he Fredericsburg
Arena says that sufficient returns have been
received to leave no doubt of the election of
Wiilliam Smith (L F. Levi Banks was the
late member. . J
Hon. Dixon H Lcwis.—The account of
the death ofthis gentleman, which was first
made) in a Macon paper of the l5th, was
doubtless a mistake. It must amuse him to
read these obituary notices of himself.
For 'I'rinirIad.-—A party of 40 or 50 col
ored persons loft Baltimore last week, for
Trinidad, dr-tcrmined to make it their future
residence. Some of them had previously vis
iterl that settlcm--nt, and were satisfied with
its locality and climate. C
The principal Grocers of Boston have
voluntarily agreed to close their stores at 8
o'clock P. M. \Ve believe the 8 o'clock
arrangement has in good part fallen through
in our city, btit it ought not to have done so.
_ N. Y. Tribune.
A corps of engineers are noiv engaged in
surveying the route of a Rail Road from
Goshen (Orange Co.) to Albany. From
Goshcn to the Hudson River at Pierpont
the N. Y. and Eric Rail Road is already in
operation. ‘
At Richmond, Va, the late snow storm
commenced about noon on Sunday, and con-
tinued till Monday morning, when the depth
of snow was about 4 in. The snow storm
was l2 hours in travelling from Richmond
to New Haven.
Lieut. Col. James H. Hook. Assistant
Commissary General of the U. S. Army,
died at his residence in VVashington, on
-Tuesday the :'-’.9th ult.
The cars on the Charleston railroad ran
olfthe track on the 25th. One of the fire-
men was crushed to pieces. and instantly
killed.
Natchez, Mississippi. is recovering rapid-
ly front the t-ff.-cts of the pestilence of I839
and the devastating tornado of 1840. The
amount of building there this season is'prob-
ably greater than in any other inland city,
and her business is very great.
The Lowell offering for December has
just been published and will compare favor-
ably in point of interest and ability with
the other Magazines for the month.
.N. Y. Tribune.
The violence of the expansion of water
when freezing. is siifficit.-nt to cleave a globe
of-copper of such thickness as to require a
force of 28,000 lbs to produce the same effect.
John Hennick, of Middlebury. Ver’t, has
sued Lewis Myers for kickingibis shins—
Prentice says, if the court give -any dama-
gee, they ought to order the amount to be
paid in shinplasters! -
Fame is like a shaved pig with a greased
tail. and it is only after it has slipped through
the hands of some thousands, that some fei-
low, by mere chance, holds on to it.
There is a man in these‘ ‘parts who takes
pride in paying his honest debtsl I l His
friends are _making- arrangements to have
" ‘Why ‘do you -presist,-Tom, in. using
Btcause I chews,
,I‘p’_.London,' 2464 "fires -have occurred_with-
, ive years.- " ‘ ‘
on Monday, (last week) by 359 majority._
The
(Ky_) [,,temg-,_.,,c,_.,-- ‘:§;'ote3“thot:. there is a Advertiser states. on what is represented to public interest in the whole subject‘ of com-
young lady living in t,hZ1iItj\".,8'_t‘g|iil1,\'. from be 390d fiilllhority, that despatches from the uion schools. which is manifested in the thin
whose thumb there have recently grown hairs Spanish Minister at Washington have been attendance of school meetings, in the small
The ed- received by the Governor of Cuba, which amount of money raised by tax on property
Imprisoned Consul.—The Portland
will probably lead to the prompt release of
Mr. Cross, the American consul at Matauzas.
The Advertiser also says that Mr. Cross was
regularly appointed vice consul, and at the
time of his arrest was legitiiiiately perform-
ing the duties of consul, Mr. Courts, the con-
sul having resigned.
Heavy Fo'rgeries.—-Forgeries to the a-
mount of about $13,000 were on \Vednesday
discovered to have been cotnmitti-d on the
Farmers 6: Mechanics Bank, the North A-
uierica,iind the Pennsylvania Banks at Phil-
adelphia. They were the handiwork of a
clerk of a mercantile firm in that city. in
whose name the fprgeries were committed -
Thc perpetrator has flt-d——de.=tination un-
known. The natne of the forrrer is Maurice
Pitcher or Plicher; that of tfte firiu upon
whom be forged Messrs. Eyric & Massey,
No. 27 South Wliarves.
Clayton the Aeronwut.-——t\'lr. Richard
Clayton the celebrated Acriel Vo_1/aguer,
advertised to ascend from Nashville. Tenn.
in his immense Aerie-l ship, the ‘ Star of the
West,’ on the l3th ultimo, on his 28th Ae
riel voyage. Mr. C. stands unrivalled at
the present day, as a Navigator of the air.
and the following short sketch of his adven-
tures, taken from his advcrtisetnciit in the
Nashville Whig, shows a most advcnterous
and daring spirit. He says'he has made
more during 6; romantic rxcursions through
the air, than any other person. On one oc-
casion he travelled from Cin.cin.nati to the
Alleghancy Zllountains, a distance of three
Hours. At another time he ascended from
Louisville, Ky. and on the follouing day
returned in his Balloon to the city, and float-
ed around the neighborhood for nearly two
days. He has spent whole nights in the at-
mosphere. Four times he has l)t'(‘fl oblig-
ed to make his bed on the tops of lofty trees,
sleeping in his little slciff or car. But the
most perilous ofall his adventures was that
which he tiiade from Lexington, Ky, when
at the height oftwo miles, the fabric that
containcd the gas, burst into a thousand
holes. and every atom of the fluid in an in-
stant escaped, causing him and his vessel to
he dashed downward through the air with
meteor like velocity, until the mass of rib-
bons (the rent silk.) became pl'€SS('(l against
the netting of the Balloon, so as to form a
parachute, which was the means ofs.-iving
his life. The experience that he has now
gained, together with the improved con-
struction in his Balloon, enable him to per-
form aericl voyages with less danger.
Potatoes.-—Notivithstanding the duty of
10 cents per bushel on potatoes. largcquan-
titles have been imported fi'om Nova Scotia
the present season. The import at Boston
last week. reached nearly l3,000 bushels.
which were all sold at from 30 to 50 cents
per bushel. The price in Nova Scotia ran-
ges from 14 to 20 cents per bushel.
UNION SCHOOL.
For the Gazette.
Mn REED--I send you herewith, extracts
from the late report of the Board of School
Visitors of llartford. I do it that your readers
may see \\ fiat is doing elSe\\‘l)('.f€. As this will
occupy what room you have to spare for the
preseut week. I defer sending you my remarlts
on the czpcnsc of a union school till another
time.
Allow meto bespeak the special attention
of Citizen to the plan ofitisiruciion carried out
in Boston and Providence. He will find that
in the form:-.r place. children are admitted to
the English High School at twelvcyears ufuge,
to remain three years. “In this school, instruc-
tion is given in the elements of Mathematics
and Natural Philosophy, with their application
to the sciences and arts, in Grammar, Rhetoric
and Belles Leiires iu Moral Philusopliy, in
History, Natural and Ciiil, and in the French
language"
In Pro-. idence. pupils at the age of 12 are re-
ceived into the high school for 3 years. “The
studies are a continuation ofttiose ofthe Grain-
inar .-cliool, wjtli Rhetoric. Logic, and Intellect-
ual Phil-.isopli_v. Moral Philosophy, Evideiices
ofCliristiauiI_v, Algebra. Geometry aud'Bool.‘-
Keeping. Pliisiology, Chemistry."
The Boston school tias been in operation ever
since 1821. Every one knuwstlial the iusiruc
'tion ofthe schools in Boston is of the most tho-
rough kind. ‘
\Vbat will Citizen say to this? He maintains
that every man of coinmon sense, and any ac-
quaintance with the business of educating chil-
dren, knows that children have not capacity in
go beyoml the aiiuiiiiiieiits, of our common
sclionls before they must go to business or to
trades: viz. at 15 years.
He would have us satisfied with such a state
ofthingsthut not twenty may be found at arty
time. in all our schools. thoroughly acquainted
with reading, arithmetic. geography, and grani-
mar. And hemaiiiiains that we are neither
behind neighboring towns, nor our neighbors
behind the people ofotlier states. in the business
of education. I leave him to digest these things
as they may be digested. A WORKING MAN.
COMMON SCHOOLS IN CITIES.
Extracts ffom the Annual Report of the
Board of School Visitors. of the First
School Society 0/ Hrtrtfo-rd, for I840-
4l. Henry Bm'na’rd, Chairman.
Report of Sub—Com.mitlee of (/0. on the re.
‘organization of the City Districts.—Rev
H. Bushnell, C/zainnan.
The above documents, although prepared
for a lo_cal purpose. contain facts and sug-
gestions of general interest, esp:-.c.ially to ci-
tio-s and populous villages. The peculiar
facilities enjoyed by such communities for
carrying outa broad and liberal system of
cointnon schools, and the necessity indeed of
maintaining such a system to prevent the com
mon schools from being regarded as mere
charity schools forthe pot r-common because
they are cheap, ordinary. inferior. are clearly
indicated in these reports. We giie a brief
mat synopsis ofthe -facts and the plan, premis-
ing that the facts, h_umil_iating as they are to
the good people of Hartford,‘-are-believed
to be substantially the same in every city in’
the State, with the exception of- Middletown
_ _ and the plan vtizh some modification, is up-
New Haven. elected Whig towno‘ fficcrs plicaglc in its main fctrures to every popu-
lous istritrt.
ltunrl-red and fifty miles in Nine and :1. half
- There is it great want of parentaland ‘
for school purposes, in the large number of
children who attend private schools, or who’
are sent to no school, public or private. and
in the small amount of parental visitation to
the schools while in session. ‘
That the course of instruction pursued
in these schools is limited mainly to spell-_
ing. reading, writing. arithmetic, granirnar,
geography and history, and that in sortie of
those. branches the proper degree of profi-
ciency is not attained.
That in providing for the expenses of
the district over the avails of the public
fund. (9§'»3356,) and a tax on the Grand list
of the Districts, ($3000.) by means ofa cap-
itation tax on quarter bills, no provision is
made for abatements in favor of poor chil-
drcn, which ariiount to $1700. These a.
batcinents are paid not by the property of
the districts, for only 332,000 out of $207,.
000. or only one seventh, is owned by per-
sons iyho send to the district school.
That in providing for the expenses of
the district over the receipts from public
funds, and a property tax, by quarter bills or
a tax on the scholar, payable by the parent
or guardian, a principle is introduced which
operates very _,unwiscly and unequally. be-
cause it holds out ape-cuniary inducement to
parents to send to private schools, for by so
doiugthcy (‘scape their proportion of ,the
quarter bills of poor children. and because it
imposes upon those who are able to pay a
ta}, equal to all the other taxes in the city.
town and state. Thus in addition to the
avails of public funds, ($3356.) and of it pro-
perty tax, ($3000.). it is necessary to raise
from $1700 to $2000, by quarter bills. To
realize this sum, it is necessary to raise the
quarter bills. on an average, 34 a year, in-
stead of $2. in order to provide for the abate-
ments in favor of such parents as are unable
to pay. Tlit-Se al):IIt'm(‘|'llS. if levied on the
grand list ofthe districts, would require a
tax of only a half cent; but as now paid, are
equal to a tax offive cents on the grand list
of those who pay; that is, those parents it ho
send to the district schools, (and many of
them find it difficult enough to pay their
own school lflXtS,) and are able to pay, not
only pay their own school tax, but pay it tax
equal to all other l.flXtS of the city, town and
state, to meet the ab.tt-ments of the pcor
which should be borne by the “hole coni-
munity.
That in all the leading features of a suc-
cessful system of comuion schools, such as
attendance, course of instruction, compens. -
tion of teachers, liberal appropriations for
school purposes. public and parental interest
there is -reason to believe that the ci/y of
Hartford, is behind many other cities and
towns ufils ’ll'€allll., population and intclli-_
gencc. in other parts of the Country/.
To remedy these and otht-1' evils in the
present condition of common schools, it is
proposed.
To consolidate the districts into one, for
the purpose of bringing all the schools into
one system of management, Slutllt'S &;books,
and of making the school interest one of the
leading int:-rests ofthe city.
To establish such a system of graduation
of schools, as shall secure as thorough a
course ofinstruction for all the children of
the city, rich or poor, as is now provided in
the best private schools. The committee
propose for consideration the following out-
line—
First. Primary schools to be located in
different parts of the dtstrict, for the ‘young
children where all ofthe arrattgetnents of
the school room, the play ground, and the
exercises, shall be adapted to promote the
health, lntlDn(~'l‘S, moral culture and the gra-
dual and harmonious developments of the
mind ofthe young. The :-lrhabci, easy les-
sons in readings; oral instruction in respr-ct to
real objects. maps and figures, habits of ob-
sarvation, vocal music. and drawing on the
slate, would form the course of instruction
for those schools. They are to be taught by
females, and we would add, they should be
under the supervision, in part at least, of
the mothers of the district.
Second. Intermediate or secondary schools.
These schools are to take tip the education
of children, when the primary schools leave
it, and to‘carry it forward to as high a point
as is now attained in the first classes ofthe
present schools; Two schools of this class,
if properly located, would answer,but owing
to the location ofthe present district school
houses, three might be necessary at fii'st.—
Each school would require a male principal
of the first order ofqualifications—-a female
principal, and a sufficient numberof female
assistants.
Third. Two High Schools. or one with
two departments. one for boys and the other
for girls, to which the pupils who shall be
found qualified in the studies ofthe secondary
schools, on due examination, shall be admit-
ted, and there taught the higher mathemat-
ics. mechanical and natural philosophy, nat-
ural history, physiology. moral and mental
philosophy, political econorny,the constitu-
tion of the United States and of Connecticut,
American history and bi0gr;iph__y,:bo0lt'-keep-
ing, rhetoric and drawing, with reference to
its use in various kinds of business.
The schools are to be free, and to be sup-
ported lilre any other great public interest.
The education so far as it goes, is to be as
good as money can septrre, and then, like the
light, air. and water. it is to be opened alike
to the rich and poor. This is the theory,
and was till within a few years, the practice
ofthe ‘ Free School System’ of Connecticut,
and is now the practice ofthe other States of
New England.
The annual expenses of the’schools, if
maintained on the plan or the scale above
proposed, will not exceed $10000, or 82,000
more than is now expended in the three dts- .
tricts This estimate is based on the expe-
rience of other cities and large towns, and on
an cstimate ofthe salaries of teachers. fuel,
&.c.
cent and a half, would cover all e);_pen5c,.,..
even when in operation on the broadest
scale proposed. T_his‘last sum, instead of
educating one third of the children, impey. '
fectly. would educate two thirds thoroughly
and ‘would save, in n__ll probability, upward;
of five tbousund.dolla‘rs, ,ivl'i_ich are"nbn- ex.
pended on private schools. ' i i ’
2" '
.A tax of three ‘cents, instead of one
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