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<r \ V •.•»>\ *•*• JXHE-REFORMER* txrrv* INOAIXH, HOLON MAMEY*. 1 <- W ifc •tertowu, Tauuaday Befteasfear M,lS*o: : !- ~ UMdtortsawdlhMrCaUiMf. Were we to speak directly to this highly in*«- entudcl*** of ehiteiM, we should in all trHh »nd good nature admit, that to keep a hotel for the ••\> Mtortanntent and accommodatio* of travelers, is a necessary, respectable, aw* honorable occu- pation, The business of taodern j&ilfcedJrtV ~fbe absolute neceeafr of tw«), •»<* the great _extent_to„whi(ilr ^niirierwi has extended it* ram- •ficatwua/ihta-aU the avenue* of social gutter- course, raquW the opening and keeping of hou- se's for the convenience of toe traveling public, —where^bod, ind-re^mdshelter; forir«n and beast, may l>e procured. To furnish these, and to have them at all tunes, in readiness for the traveler, is a prejW, necessary, and legWmatobu- sine**, and should be deemed as respectable as any branch of merchandize or trade. On this point there is no difference of opinion between temperance and-anti-temperanee-men^ —~ But there is a branch of business connected with tavern or hotel keeping, that has no neces- sary connection with it. We allude to the sale of intoxicating drinks as • beverage, to any and all, generally; who Aall for them. On this point, there is a wide difference of (pinion, or if not of -^-opinion at least in position. .landlords claim thaiit u right and proper, yea even JK^aairjv-to teU-tnlodvMting liquors a* common drink or, beverage Some other mem- bers of the community, whose opinion is entitled to soiewolght, ginee they havelio direct pocket interest in the Question, urge and behave that it M wrong, destructive in its influence, and not at allajiecesssry-thing—Jts-righifulness, propri- „ „*ty and necessity, ought to be determined as other questions of like nature are—brita effects upon the best Interest* of men's temporal and social, to asy nothing of their eternal welfare. How's* this! Do alcoholic drinks afford any ^_jojrislmi4fflLto_thsJiuman^»rsteoi\?=AII admit they do not, 'Have they any beneficial medicinal qualirJe* when used a* a drink' The best phy- _ \skuas* tell us not\ Arelhey^raiment to the na- ked, exceptto clothe them in Tehame?—Is-*any \\itW of qur .readers ate peqludnted fcrth the feet, that asS M °or l$ate history, the Legal*- tor aetM^Mi -*>* apart,certain funds 'or mon- eyic«nd public lands, forthe benefit of Sthools, ^ to pTomote\ Education and Literature'* The names by whieh these fund* sre designated, art, \The literature Fund,\ and \The Common Safioot Fund \ At first they were small, but by additions made from tune to time, they amounted at the Close of the school year for lf48, to the Lsiurutatodbelow. -JThese statements were com- piled from the Comptroller and Secretary of State's JUportejfl the year 1849 r being for the. year proceadmgTwd may bereued upon ascot^ rect „ To prepare ourselves for intelligent action on thejKhool-qnettian now^he&reJhe^people, we need to~examimi the bams of the whole school structure; and we shduld set about (he examina- tion as attentively, and proceed as carefully, as bank directors examine into the financial affairs of a banking institution The school funds are moneys of the people, and they should manifest the same interest in their t equitable distribution, judicious management, that they would in any. momed institution in winch they are share hold- ers. -Tlie^following statement, if carefully ex- amined, and treasured Up for reference, in future articles on the Free School Law, will aid much in arriving at satisfactory conclusions on a sub- ject which more than any other, now engrosses public attention JLixnuttrsK. Fjmn,—The capital ofLthulfund derived from various sources, is fJ365£06 69 - The annual revenue derived from this capital, and which by various statutes has uniformly been applied to the support of academies, and which the.fflh article of the Constitution gives inviolate tojhat object,was, forthe year 1848,tl8,183 61. There was appropriated by the Legislature for 1848, from the income of the United States De- posite Fund, for the support of Academies, $37,- 000 - '_ In addition to the revenue of the Literature Fund, the^Legialature appropruted-fronnthesB T two sources, to be divided among the academies of this State,(leaving a small balance in the Treas- ury,) the sum of f 40,000 ^Tfie^whole number thependj|gjckoor.q«eetion, will require^ scjne^ wliat'rreqnentrefei'eitoe to these funds. ^ \\ 5 ' WlW A|Wt uHhel^W t • Mr IBA F-PAnrjoac-wiil start next Monday on an agency for tins paper He *ill visit our friendsin tlienortli part of the county first, and give every family, \the poor and the not poor,\ an opportunity to aubscribe for the best and the cheapen family newspaper published in Northern New-York —Friends, have that DOLLAR ready for him\' ' ? ' JAMS Editorials. Suggestions have been made that wc write short, and pithy editorials. That a fong.editon- al however able and wclLwjitten is not apt to be read We are well aware of the general accu- racy of-this-fnendly advice—In this age-of Rail Roods, *nd Telegraphs, every thing must be per- formed with like dispatch People become im- patient to bo off, and if an author expects to get Jils matter read he must crowd *it all into the heading <, But still, readers should use discretion and not expect the same treatment of all subjects It would be poor generalship to set u regiment of lancers to battle down the thick walls of a castle of the. dark ages\~\Yet small arrns are good in a skirmish An editor should have ev- ery species of arms and munitions in his armory When scouts, and foraging parties are to be at- tacked and captured it needs the/acihties afford- ed by bght arms, But when the thick walls of long-standing errors, hate to be broken down7it requires big guns heavy metal andiong 'sieges If Our editorials are long it is because, we be- lieve them necessary to break thesc~century built walls of error, that surrounded the citadel of truth, which He aim to reach These once de- molished and small arms, will be more services bio WateEtowftViU*w»~its CharchesM* Schools When tho churches now in progress of erect- ion are finished the Village will have Thrist Prcsbvtcnan Chnrchv worth $12,000 i L I i il x . «. , it -it studied, on Which this apportionment is made, slcohoU unlcssil be in the indiscriminate-abuse . ,.„., -_, ,.„\T -. .,„...* i+* of his wife and children J Wh^nein then is the —loiumuer of these drinks benefitted by the pur- \^hsssl We pause fora reply. But need we stop here in our inquiries? Does not their usecsuseanimrosiiseamountof drank- snnsatT lis not drwnksmwss the soiree of web yttrtg,tereteMmt$, andcrawr' IfwehMkhv to ^\ra^V„the dtegjsdeoLpoor, weJnd in nearly every'casa, it* onfurorprfcw^jj^uie,— the use of intoxicating liquors. Jtabrietybaget* vlltness, and spend* the largest amount of H* vicumVearnings for. the stimulu* that feeds it— for that which is not bread, and which satisneth not, but which at last biteth like a serpent and kfingeth like an adder. Bo we look into-the an- waii 15,043 \ Tho* amount to each student-pur- suing classical studies, $ 3 Go' The Baplist Churchy— worth The New Methodist Episcopal Church, The Episcopal Church, worth, of students attending pThe old Methodist Chfirch, _ «»y Tlie'UrilversalistOliurth, say 6,000 9,000 7,000 12,000 Ca*rke3lice*s Vti* tot gwe igchools £xa» ,t t _^ ^H —^- -^rmeilrT * V jyith some ol 4be- de\aila.of Mr Rice's p)an f we lia\e no fault to find f ^ He would have the children annually enumer- ated and returns made to the State Depart- ment So would we. We should haVe no ob- jection to- fhe department's assuming from pfe- j^dent how many scholars it would be Necessary to provide for, after makmg sufficient allowance for incrcased_attendancej_aiid rocingjona/airand not very \{low maximum\ price per head for schooling \Ve should have no i objection to* having this maximum- price made up of the ^«*- \Vic School FutulJfifter being somewiwt increased as we slriirshow hereafter,) and a Stale Tax We would abolish the present Superintendent, machiherv, only so tar as that^of \ Tovtii Siiiier- lnteudents,\ and_c»atc in iw_stead. y »n-oflicer in each Assembly District, with the joint powers (under stmt legal guidance)of tjhe fornier^ounty andjoresent Town Superintendents'! except that we would have the Town Clerk, the receiver and distributor of the public funds to tcaohert) and trustees, instead of Supervisors - The Town Clerk receives the Reports of Trustees, and has all the records and evidence pertaining toschopl districts, we would therefore moke it his dutv io apportion and distribute the public moneys to districts and teachers, WejHOuld have districts organized as now — At this point we shall have to differ from Mr Rice on, at least, two point', He says \ I would have a local district taxjn addition to the. State money, to be voted for as under the Free School Act, sufhuent, to keep school houses in repair, fuel, &c, and also to make up a sum, when-added to the State money > ample for providing for such as chimed school- ing as a gratuity, and who in tlje opinion of the trustees might be deemed 'indigent scholars — these-Jbcing prwhgei to attend as under the old law \ ( \I would allow«.at^SoJ«fl/<l*y.<org«n«»tM>ns (open to all the poor and the not poor,) v» ith trustees subject to_ the trustees of the district within whose limits they might occur To these, voluntary~associations~F would have the State money distributed~by the District Trustees on the presentation of a certific ito of the trustees f>f ^hg-^n^llnfJl^y-rctfgiiTll^lDiln.,,,oi,„tlle k'gaj v Two companies of tho patriotic Firemen of otfr village, N0S.-1 and Bare makingprepiuation* for aplcasure excursion to the city of Oswego. The 33d inst-# the day fixed upon We have the pleasure,of a personal acquaintance with nearly every iireiuB\ ami know $hem, nuiioblc- ness of heart, and spint ol patriotism, well v,o^ thy ever) citizen's regard, of this village, or the city of Oswego, whenco they journey for a brief recreation -They are mainly from the ranks of the inechamos,-though merchants and profession- al men, ask admission as their associates, and like hale brothers well met, share in their pleasures The Catholic Church, 4000 --afioo —THrtfeMMon-ScTTcprFuiiD^Capital 92,311*- 475 14 The net annual revenue derived from this in the year 1848, was, $117,220 25 The Legislature appropriated forthe benefit of Common Schoolvbesides library money, from the revenues of ihe UrutedJStates Deposit Fund, $110,000, making the amount paid out of the State TieuuryjnJ848, for the benefit of Com mon Schools, exilwuve of library money, $227,- 220 25. The .whole .number of childr|n in attendance at the Common Schools\ that year, was 775,623 amounting to each scholar in the common schools. _AndJbr lotsjwi W1IK.1L they stand, berlng three-fourths of the victims of the penal law? We ask in all candor, has the vte of in- toxicating drinks at a beverage, been productive - = - of**^^<^,Caiid\iH*~onljroriiib good, but has ° it not been productive of direct and positive evil, in nearly every conceivable form * If this i* not , so, will some one of you, whom occupation is named af the head of this article, condescend to point out it* beneficial effect* upon~>ociety or in- dividuals ? Why not show us your moat finished specimen of it* happifying effect*\? We Will in -justice admit it, aa some mitigation of the great moral enormities, and flagitious villanie*, thai we know of it* causing and producing. Now if intoxicating liquor*, when sold to be vsei a* » beverage, are the cauae, a* they have been shown to be, of infinite mischief Snd mb- ha\e been managed very much alike, each having been_,inereased by numerous addition* They amount of aclioohng\ The first objection^vv e take is to tho distinction Mr BlceT would make as between those who claimedschooltng as tf-gra<ui/y,-aild-\vli<r in-tlir I opinion of the trustees might be deemed indi- gent scholars\ Tins was one of the faults of the old law_ It subjects parents, if not their' children, to the stigma <f pauperism Expert encehas proven conclusively to us that under such conditional terms many parents mil not send to school at all Some parents, and right- fully too, question, the. liberality, at, tnistees^and r vVilt not send, knowing thejr ovvn irurfeilttyTshould they be required;, to pay six or ejgfif^dplUre.'at: thedbse of every quarter, for the tuition of ?ZI3J3£S28^^ * *•' .\S\ have too. five years would pronounce this\ of that chanuv. and perilous toOs-^- - It is reasonable that they enjoy a short recre- ation from the^hard labors of the season, and tho mote so, smce°we are^assured that thejr Jiayein.* dividual!)' and collectively Resolved upon ^trict sobriety and decorum during the festival, a rule which, we are sorry to say, is rjptalwa)8 on such occasions, strictly adhered to/ % We most sincerely hope that the genuine pleas- ure Of the trip\ will\not Be„marred by any menF bers breaking over the vvholesoriie restraints they hive respectively resolved to abide by^ It would be mortifying to •ehronule 1 on their return an) other thiln pleasurable reminiscences. The celebrated Band from Syracuse, Kellogg's Bnss Band, which on a former occasion visited this villagc7 and ivvnkened such soul stirring struins,hav e been engaged to give interest and /est to the occasion -Nothing is wanting to inikoit a tune long to be remembered for \the pleasure it may impart 1 Camp Meeting.— ~ \~ Though not m attendant e at this meeting, * e have inform ition from reliable sourcett, tliat the nttendance_on Sunday vv.is exeewlingl) great, be- ing from 8 to 10,t»0(h people on the ground and its vicinity ThTReoMr Mattison> formerly of this village,preached an impressive and talented \discourse The; other religious services were zealous r sud devoted, as indeed always are the services of our.warmJiearted3feuiodist-brethren- The curtain ought, perhaps to be dropped here, but, nl is, there is .mother scene to unfold Had all ot that vist crowd there assembled, cainoto worship God on his appointed Sabbath, it would •ti'iYty teeiffweilr^-pliiaiiimt'W'fel'ora \-But ware 1 — $63,000 School Houses— They have utDist.No 8-one worth - $2,000, In No 3 300 In « -2— \ ~ 3(HT Lotson Which.they stand, say 1,200 $3^00. We like the spirit manifested in building hous- es of publfci\vqrsfifp,butwb'd6 not like to. see so muchlridifferer^ihjggajrd^building Stelfool hoiiscTC^Tnere is such a thing as being pound ter. What^are .churches, -without intelligent hearers of religioua!truth; and, where will intel- ligent hearers be found, when schools, the are fund* belonging to the State in its corporate nurseriesjf intelligence, are,, siutercd-to-go to capacity, and for the 'raising of which the people have never paid any directtax. ~ TheJJnited States Deposit Fund, mentioned above, the revenue or interest of which ha* been 'uniformly appropriated to school and academical purposes, w_afjrnd_ejrtij^_4hitirwUrjDrA-£ither the Literature or Common School Fund. It is money which had accumulated in the United State* Treasury, and was deposited by the Unfc 'ted State* governmenVwith-our and other state government*, for safe keeping, the amount de- 7l,and*s has been Intimated; the I^fMatifreloan the mon*) to individuals, and uniformly appro- — t-^i—ir ., —j -c-n'—c-'.——ri- PO»** *\* Mmud intwtst to the cause; of~educ£ ery,.r4 of noposmble good, whj.r*m Kit rtgkT^: f or the last few years approprUteJ to any who are jntoxie**»d , \*Did}iiimaningis nuity ever devise any method whereby they shall be »old\«tfj to temperance merrf—iforaebody noils to tho drunkard, else he would not be -drunk; for it}* safe to assume that it is notgf ven to him Or J* it sold to the temperate drinker, till he show* sign* of drunkenness, andi* hejheo turned out to finish-up in-some lee* respectable nous* t Is he blocked out as it w«r» in the tav- ern, and then turned over to some more expert workman to receive the finishing touches? But \itlmiy wHb«~aU~truV!h*t.'*s Landlords, jnu only MU JO *\V» men, -and yet the liquor that a sober nan purchase* often make* him drunk.— Bui little injury, comparatively, can^reault from selling to a man alr**dy/drunk—the evihs in sell- ing to •oberjDWMdj^^mgthem-druiik^—But- it is eertamly one of the inevitable conditions of th« tnmV, that the deaWr must initfate someluto the mystarie* of wtetnpe^aric^ andi coiismtuuate the Bwrfeet work of dnLnkenness and Misery In other*. *—\ But Mill Mppota the Mileempeaojregalatod a* not to sell to aajrbatjobsr sw»v Jo—spjr- itvWMfl^UonTurf asore bneJU ttw temptrata <r- drmker or hi* family, than-it doe* trm drunkard andhiiflunily' I* it right m either ease, to take the money of a man and render no valuable equivalent? Both the tasnperiite drinker and the drunkard are under aome specie* of momentary or lasting delusion, either of fashion, taste or A* to the memkf of the sale, we never yet knew of a am wherein 'what was morally Wrong wa* nsn*s*sry to be.practioed, Whw we are ' show wuh w i*sfmci,wemaychar*fB ouropm- - ion k aagard to ihh whole questioau Bat till then, w*mu«e«fitidM to btuVvc, thai the cofim. . a*ni*^(«t*aeMwnodrty which render* eallou* th«aff«HKMkt,W«taliaea the parwt, breaks th* - «s*wi»t* eove«*i|>rmake* Maniac* of »obw men, whet* the UMIIIU** dfg*r, puis to the throat the suieidal knlA, make* nut a demon and earth „ abeli—iswaoiw. ^v H it ia not aoi-ww wilt, with ehmt)M| forbear- •nee, iwad and publislt aay justification or jallia- tion that may bs Aurdahedusin ita defence. v v h x - TlM*. JJw KMMVi Tbk jMSfl* of J*4kr*on county will grieve to haarof ****** this highly esteemed ma,, tormmtfttmlimi af Brown.uV -mrarmjkh* Ur.Km, had a***,,,!, ST *£&**! ****** **&•»»: ^^•JK^MiM'aaaj^iioa^h^a. mth. $U0flOQ to common schools, and $55,000 for common school libraries. The balance of the annual income being about $25,00 is yearly ad- ded to the copiUU of the common school fund—- This ia required by the Constitution to an extent of at least $35,000 yearly. What by many has been icgarded asapartof the Common School Fund, but which is in fact no part of it, is money that M roquired-lo Wrais- «d in the »everil towns of the State, equal m amonnt ih each town to what thejown receives from the Stater \This^i* raised by~dimpt «x on the property in thejeveml iowns, and is no part of the Common School Fund, but is sunply put with it and distributed by the Town Superintend- ents, to school districts. And by the Free School decay? Gif Saturday last, the several companies com- posing the Fire Department of this, village pas- sed* generalreview and inspection on ;Bcebee's Islar^.'The companies were, well ^lled with* young : men of strong arms and resolute hearts. Fn^EnguieiCjjmiianies^o. 1 and 3> appeareilTur unifdnu;\ W5I I^SB *\particlllarly-.neat and at- tractive. White pants, red frock coats, black posited with us,whkhwas in 1837 \vti$4^4^}J^UM^»^^^'^«^*t^-onaiii breast, blue capwithiuunejAc, Companj;-No;2,or\RougH Law, an amount equal to what cach-cquiity-ww i>«nie«dispcrsed-irrgood iiafure and good order. plate making a pleasure excursion to Oswego on '^ MAt ~ t ^y'theyenjoy*pl«asantt% ceives from the State,-is required to be raised and added to the atata and town monies, and appor- tionad with then, - T»«*»«<mmrm*a~tn the (o«mrraT848 w» a mm equal to th* revenue proper of the Common School Fund, as stated above, 117,230,25, and the anawit appropriated from the Uratadfltatas DepsitaFiwL t e. $1 lOfiOO, and also the Libmi ry Money, i> $56,000,makingto be rasMd in the towns, $282^20 25. But a* before remarked, thfari* no part Of the revenueor income from the common School Fund, but is raised by direct tax- ation on the property of the citizens in the sev- eral towns. Now, also a county fund of equal saoant is required by the Free School Law to be raised, which Would have been, hadif\6een raised in 184% (and it will net vary much from Jit now,) 25. Tfw*» i ib«r4Hims,to witTTSe reteinta of tha School Fund Proper, 117320 25; the customary appropriation'from the United State* Deposit* Fund, of $110400 r the amount ****-** the town*, $282,220 25, and an equal •MQkjWeoWtManofethaFn* School Law, (had Mr bean raiaedin 1848.) Of *89£30 25; ma- king a totaTof $701,660 75, wfiichdivided among 775,023 scholars, the number in attendance in the year 1848.\Wonld give to each $1 02, or leu than what wa* received by a classical academical stu- dent, by $163. %, But the true rule of comparison in this case, is to eanpar* the funds received ftom the*Statc for the Ae*4*mies and Common Schools togeimjr7 form, presented a strong muscular appearance' and a'-Wlinignea fpr hard Bemce^ln'case of fire. The Hook and Laddercornpany have neverbeen under * better state of organizatipn. ., On ^tingnUiejppwer '0t~EfigJ6&$ito°. 1 and 3, and their companies, it was found that Engine No. i, would throvyjior^r water under theisame circimistances,4lum-No^3r WHether'thesupe;- riority is in the powerip| :tie^rms\thlt moved it, or someslightdifference-in the structure *nd ca- pacity of-the.engine, we do not know, ; Ceitairf. ly, they both played with, lighthing rapidity, and in case of a fire would have done welcome exe- cution. • • . '' After the review^ beautiful banner was pre- sented to No. 3; Messrs. ,J. & H. SEIIOIIAK, were the dbnori $6me hignly-appropriate re- marks were made pn the occasion, by E. B. WYMI, wlien after some enthusiastic cheering, the com'- much spirit to accept of iiberalityjryheri bestowed, uhder the endearing appellation ,of \.indigent scholars.\ The tax.would.full unequally upon different districts. Some'would have nothing to xafsjij.for exemptions, others would, nave .from $20 tp $100, annually. '.„This -would not be u - jus^\\if it were \ merciftil.\ No, we woi'ld not tall be as careful and generous slgnate tlie\cll»se8 by the mild words of •\ the poor and the not poor.\ \ JusticMuidaflfircy\ for- blditi : Mr- Rice would allow \voluntary organhza- tiowF within the other districts, and * u 4invo them paid apportion, of the public funds on presenta- tion of a certificate of the^ legal amount of school- ing.\ .Whethet-Jio would have the_aj)portion- andWead^a«^er*ree^ed,tH6ug^ ^«*^»aB»s4£^oSKrigto-*©n«mW; ih»t- informed by c)c witnesses, that full one moiety of the assemblage remained about the Itotelund village, oidy\usjting the emipground ojayision- ally, and for purposes not much akin to worship Dnnking and smoking was the order of the day, debauchery and revelry th it of the night To such a degree did drunkenness, profanity and rowdyism prevail, that fears were entertained of the destruction ot the house and its contents^ by those who had partaken too freely „of the niademng-bowl. _ What a strange compound is man 1 In one: groupweseotinen aiid women bovVeAimd T*r^- irate' in The Wfcjto j4tit.K»-^i-rrorsiiipi \betere •tmJ^alT^elaiig^ye of Jehovah, asking with, coife. trite and broken hearts tile pardon.'of their sins. A short distance from this, jVe,see n'gfoup,of scorrcrs,'pr6fanc.rs of Hi»; lioly.Sabbntli, drown- ing nil consciousness of accountability to God, swooning in:thedeliriousness ofwtoxicojtion, and reeling towordsdestruotion's pit, heedless of their doom. \'And.-yet there is no awakening\on the° part of the Cliurciv tovVardtaTrenjoving the cause Of all this wickedness. - ;Bad alcohol been taken l - For the Now York Befqpncr —\ Calcbiatioas as is Caleulatioaa.\ <\ BY rtTtK roKcuriKE, JR _ Afeswt Edttors ^dtjward Everett,than whom none is of higher authority m such matters, made the estimate that I'ltomperanca costs* this nation twelve hundred millions ot dollars every ten )ears Now,as it is somewhat difficult to com- prehend, definitely, the greatness of amlllfon, I propose to make a few arithmetical calculations lor^Uie^purpos;e_a£_Jiringing=tlie—abov&^esfj^ mate more within the comprehension of ordinary minds Taking tho above estimate as the basis'\ of oar cajciilatioiis^ tjnrty-six hundred \milliorjn ~~ of dollars Vill be the; cosfof intemperance for tlnrtv years, the average length ot life , Tiie United States contain about twenty nnli\ lions ot inhabitants I proposejnthe fustsplsoe, to build a church tor every tliouastid ot these m- mibitants, men, women and children Ih cann- ing out this plai), 1 shrtll biuld 'twenty thousand churches, and al'owing that each costs five tliou- sand dollars, the aggregate expense will amount' to one hundred million dollars. J next propose to employ twenty thousand ministers to occupy my twenty thousand churches, and preach to the good people of these United States I shall em- ploy each tor thirty'years, at a salary of five hun- dred a )enr T -and-;K!y them too, differing however, in both respects, of continuous employment and certainty of remuneration, equally wide from the \lmmeinorable usage of the church\ This ex- pense of~employmg twenty-thousand ministers tor thirty years, at a salary of five hundred dol- lars cacti, will amount to three hundred million dollars Agmu, allowing that there is ten milhofthil- Idren that need to be instructed in our schools I next propose to build a school house for every -. hundred scholars, at a cost ol one thousand dol- lars each I shall accordingly build one hundred thousand school houses, the aggregate cost ot which will be, one hundred million dollars. I will then employ two teachers, anialeand female, to take charge ot each school which I have estab- lished, paying them both srsalary oi six hundred dolluis a year tor thirty ) cars The entire ex- pense of employing tins number of teachers af- ter the given rate and time, will amount to eigh- teen hundred nullum dollars. ' Onto more Allowing that five in number\ constitute a'jtamtly, w e shall have in this nation,, four million families, each ot which I propose to -supply Willi some good substantial_Newjipap*r^__^_j_ (like the Refonnet tor insUi)ce,)-KneTpay tor them in advance too, the expense oi which for thirty years, at $1 50'per year, will be one hun- dred and eightyjnil.liondoIUrs._Xet us stop for— a-moment and see what calculations we have matte First. Twenty thousand Churches at s cost of - five thousand each, _ f 100,000,000 Twenty thousand Minister*, for thirty j-flaia, atojsalary ot five hundredcoch, 300,000,000 One hundred thousand school )IOUBC->, at •t a cost of one thousand each, 100,000,000 ixpciweol two hundred thousand teach- ers lor thirty ) cars, , 1,800,000,000 Four million. noVMtpupers for thirty jenrs 180,900,000 back upon tliat jnvidious and unwelcome dis- tinction among children, even though1*11 teiuH, 42? the mldst ft thaOeckless nmltitude, how us as Mr. Rki |,.to de- •il'anged the scene. O^ what a curse it is ! ' •' v -;-- • Oar Hews Room. We are uriderioi&ligations to Doct W, V: V. ROSA for the valuable contribution to our Read.; ingRooin ofj ? eight numbers, of \Buchanan's Journal of Man, h seven numbers of the \ Anglo American New Church Repository,\ and the ^LUerary.Worldf from May 4th to the presciit tiro*. — f- • , the23dinst. whieh a* we have stated give in 1848, to the clas- sical academical student, $a£5,and to the scholar in the common school*, twMty*H_t«aenta. - -\IiTtlu* article we have only room to repeat thai thaw met* are published, more aa a basis for fatare tall ttaii for the light they give, or the in. towat UMyihratsh ia themselves, and We wisbr | tl*»n«r**MredMpwith that endinview, as our I view, of (be proper and e^nifobie setUeoient of, . Writiaf far «»»«««•«. ' T&follo^gijrtractils^Aam * report of the ^electcommrttce of the LegisUton, of last Wi'n- ter, on peUtionsfor th* amendment or repeal^ of theF^iSchoollawi:, r; .; >. Thk fund^..,m.'*pr|i>i» ways, at different tunes been increasedjunfel now, when we have a capital belonging to our common school fund of $2^44,000) protected .and assured to us by the guarantee*^ th^Coiu»titMtion,as a fund for com- mon school purpoee*, set apart inviolate and for- ever. \fV^~S!lK'^hd\.whfch'mustgradnally yet suidjr-lj^^p^proyisions of the Constitution '««#«* **ttio«r annually distribute $285i00O ^,W9*SiSAfch sum, increasing as the fundlt •^;«9*p0wiH!rfectlyand prattlcalivr ^free.\ vThtai| * jBAOKiFicisirr sum for a State to set »r»»ts»fe* BWpiM like this. It is not for' war; ?f^:%ii*i*steue.Sp* of liumaiklifo; jtfe* W'MJhs Jnstruments^oi'^iaitle, ion* are deyotedf but % the cnlttvation and ed- u \? rt,on i 0 / mmrua. mind*, and to render them w ^.o^»Mhajppiertlilui they wouldother- ^Wv^^m»got^e lessons which ^»iMd»yl)e*itl»swordihfoiftep|0ugl.4hnr^ \t T^t?# to •%^^ P™n.h«hlok; fm- the in- culcation o,f U,c*e.jrMViples^llich-are yet to cover the earth With the ble^Wgs^f peacenik imbue-^^nhabitanfa wthafeehVof goodwill each towards tlie other • . * *<,£*« ™ _Whjrdid not the committee who madefe rqporjCjom which tliis extract JsJaken, when glorifying this ^magnificent ^anrfork State to set apart for a purpose like this,\ add that it aiaouHt*Mo marly 3^ centa a scholar attending theftrfrictSlihciOlt Thirty cenw annually to each tfuki attending:»cl6ool££ mmgnijkent sum to set apart, «not for War,\ or «to build navies,*. or \forge instrunientt of battle,\ «bat tVcpver ihe earth with blessingsfof peace,\ Thirty cents »scholar J s smaterlally from*Mr. Rice. tendance at voluntary schools, V>r pay each alike, if there was more tlian one, he does not particu- larize. ' Much might de£6nd..upon, that appa- rently trifling detail. : But we are not prepared to subscribe to tho plan, in this particular,' lioweverhd might fix tliat, for the reason, ' , ^—^ 'S- - 1. That we believe in large districts and nu- merous scholars, in order to attain a classification of -scholars and teachers, which;, cannot Jbe done iri siniSl schools. It WpuldTbe', a premium on small schools, and cheap, unqualified teachers. •A very slight diMffeetwabn the\ part of one or two families, would cause the organization, of a \voluntary school,^ta.king from the district, a- quarter or third:piirt of its life bloody its scholars andmoney.- •2. In large districts where a school of the first ^ight4*eBtablishedrwe*hoTifdfrnve un- derthis ^voluntary\ system,* Democratic school, a Whig school, a rich school, a poor school; a Catholic School, anEpiscopal-school, a Univei'- salist school,a Presbyterian school, a Geririan schooland a*French schooli in short just no school iit all'; but as many embryos as there ei^relip'ous sects^pcjitic^partieii, or eUmet of blood or wealth found/n the district, num- beHngite.ten children ench. > A jargon Of clasSi- ficktion.lnnguages, arid text-books,ten-fold worse than tlie present would be the certain conse- quence. If thiBls\yrarfi'cartve do not deem It wise. : One-p^iinUin-legisiationTind-Tnofals should never be lost sight of in-this democratic country, and Olat is to make our population a$ homoge- neous as possible. Our object should be to Amciricanjze every bo%1hat Ian Is iipon oiir shores, - t • . _.•.. • Make the district school good enough for all thepeople%cliildren,« th& poor and the art .poor,\ in an intellectual,-social and moral aspect, and j8^njfjj^ie7^oLjMOj$^ - Wholesome and democratic, precincts, then be it so. We would not for tho sake of giving the .\ largest Jibertyi\ destroy the lustre of the bright, est jewel in the diadem of the Union. In regard to what shall be taught \h school, the number of month* to be taught,, and the de- nial of the right of suffrage to such as did not send their children, of certain ages, to school for nSpecifiedlength'of time, we should riot differ •\\•' Oiir stock of reading matter, though not yet large, is daily receiving accessions. Our room is well lighted evenings, for the accommodation ; of any one desirous of spending a leisure hour among Newspapers, Magazines, &c &c. Wc < ?°J d ift&., inv ' te .-»U to- c ^! «P nhd see. If you -don't feel able to take a newspaper, come and read fifteen'er twenty here.. Aa Interesting Dialogue betweea a\ lawyer . , aad Coastable. p . ; ; -y ( ' iMWj/e'r—Good morning Mr. Police Officer. Cohsd— Good mornjng, Squire ; dull times these. Lawyer— -Yes, in our business, but mechanics and .laborers seem to have nil they can do. Const.— Yes, and the more steady they are, the less I find I have to do, Laicj/ef— fciheretfo-way we cm nrakelmsT ness for ourselves these long'warm days ? Const.—-Yes, I could make a hundred dollars w'orth of business,'-for lawyers and trihjjers of the county, in an hour. LtHcyer—Aye I could you ? Tlie- invention might be worth something- to us if it vvasprac- tfcable. : .__-—r- •- — Const.—r\t is perfectly so, and the easiest thing in tile world. * '\ Lawyer— Well, hoWf What is your plan ? •Const. —Get half a barrel of whisky, ami set it out here in tlie street, and let all the Irishmen at workaround town know that they can drink for nothings and we shall have business enough, in, tvvo hours, and, as I said, the lawyers and county officers could make a hundred dullars out of the operation. Lawyer— -You are quite inventive. You should take out a patent \ Con4t/.—It T reqmWno invention to tell what I have seen. « _^ Temperance Hotel at Cfcanmont. MESSRS EDITOBS :—The femperance people of this, and the Northern part of the county, doubt- less, will be gratified by learning that a Hotel lias bi^en opened, recently, at Ghaumont, upon strict temperance principles. During a recent visit there, I explored-the house throughout, and saw, everywhere, evide*fe of Die determination of the proprietor, Mr, G.\W. SMITH; to make it a ;house not only-attractive because it is a temper- ance house, but attractive irt itself. By a liberal Application of pajnt, paper and whitewash, it hus been thoroughly renovated, and now bertrs no trace of ever having been a place where a good «*.# Q™^- « :- te ™W^en^ivould'wiUt6ttteidefora'pcr«oii n I tt ^^ TtL } M ™^ » THE NORTHWEST.-^- whom he wilhed to see^ rather, thon enter it to fwyoit waj; settled by .French missioiiarie*and ^eekhJBfc ; Persowiiaving occaBidn to^to¥at traders as eariv aa- inaa 'in.- ««-» - -.-_* r*iitii>»>A'» n ,.,„..i,i T;-S=..-?„/. J •. :^ . ... , r „ >9 >#%. i., i - «\162$ The first permanent settlement w-asjnadfr at Detroit in 170K ' JMwhilrniachinacavaSfouiided in 167.1, by Fo- ^rMatouetteiamhisionary. The fort was built *f I# Suite in 1679. A fort near the present site of Rockford in this Static was am* built by him in the same year. „• ^ Tbe first settlement at Green Bay was made by the FrenchaboHt 1670;«.^«-go De\n. • Total, \ Cost of InMinporonco for thirty years, 82,480,000,000 s > aoo,ooo,ooo Balance against intemperance, ot 'tl.l2fl,060,00O Now, as statistics incuntrovertibly establish the tratli,. tJu»t three-fourths of our expenses an- - *igO»r»- pefverty and' crime, are occasioned by rntemperance, 1 find tliat I have: abundant-means- • left at my disposal to det'ray all the expenses ari- *ihg from tlie sources alluded to, vvero intemper- ance banished from: the land. In the light of such facts, is there no founda- tion .for tlie saying that the wealth which? has been' far worse than wasted, in keeping up the traffic in intoxicating driiiks, would have built a church upOnevery hill, and-a school-house in ev-, ery valley r oyer the entire globe j andifilledtliem with ministerSf and competent justructors; wio would exert an omnipotent power in developing the intellectual «nd mojml powers of the entire. -•fyt wit •m) w»i \inu eve \liari Am .• »l, • cau _M 'pr,M \-$21 '- J • clti son —vesl '• ''S vist /•;(; /pofi ' low Th< 18* irVli • is I 0 the omi ente subj \ '• y (Wl ticki -Wh; Seni Hon 20:7 y'-T Join repo Sjn] ioiu IT Stat not! race.of man! ' SACKETS HARBOR, Sept. 9,1850. Messrs. Editors;—I like the name Of your pa- per. Progress Is the working law of humanity. - A thing' whic% was goodand useful, and sajta,. ble fifty years ago, may not be useful\ suitaW* or . good novvj ~Bu\ a thingAvhich shall perform for us a us^jinalagomLtOu tlutrWhiclrthe^i^ing perfornicd for our Fathers; is wanted. The old, thing must, if possible, be Reformed,. made-over - - again, brought up to our-present knowledge. ThisJa true in science, in literature, in arts, irb moralsr-true even-in-ReligiQm-- ^_. - ; Re>forrii-atton. after., reformation has- taken: glace in the church and in governments, all for good: for tlie want of a change is rierer/SA, until • Jt is time to execute it ,_ ... • Loyalty is indigenous to man. Heinclinesto. -• tread tho beaten path, until lie sees that it is lead, ing him astray. Ifone might draw a. conclusion, from the brood page of history, Whieh slipuld setav to closli with M wfoteveris,-i8right,\I^ wouldsay -rr-Mun: is, too Loyal—the conservative principle in himJs,too strong. .The master minds,the thinkers arid, doers, lire constantly'obliged to-stit » up tlie masses; and\ thus the~divine law of pro- .grcssisworkedroutr;-. •/-r—--~ -•. •; • -Such i, paperas the Reformer is needed among us, and may be made the, inatmment of great Usefulness. Great Reforms—a* the Temperanc* —now acknowledge*^ troths injnor^reSna to be kept jteforeMpeople^ until their practice is asj universal as their truth. Other Truth*, aew to ujj in the North—as Free Schpobfcr-Orgim&a- tion of Labor, ete.—reqiiireio be bronghtbefore the people. ' A paper tied to the politics of any party, or a merely literary- paper,, dare not opehTtaWlniaei to the free, open,, and fall discussion of thiee subjects. They are of sufficient sjagnitude to oc- cupy a who|ejo*per, '^BigLiakeLtheir-.true-p**i-«i- -~7« • «%* snot gctk havii panii to tl Hff, vora' ' tie* vioih of o ever »pa Si drive marl : Oi throi • P»Pe ing i an o N cidin -tun* \mate dJMK -Tl new the! revia and] P»P« ness -but 1 enou B^ •Tl lafg« . men GAI.I inp< inim We adva tion and aspect, their dignity, when they •stand alone as the Reform* of our age. Doubtless your columns will be largely imw to the subject of Temperance. _ What a re/*rat of the laws of social intercourse- iatf \ \ man nuyaiect a friend now without aa* = totakeasmalldoseofpoiaonl. Howstr*a**ly -~--^f*-sofirtds vyliert written in plain EnglWiTyet that is a true, simple, and scientific expression for the old phrase; «cotae, take something to drink.\ - , You ask for help ( I stand pledged to contri- bute, if you shall judge my contribution worthy. First* I send you my dollar for one year's sub- scription. f know you'lHake that I shall urge the friends to « follow suit\ You cannot give * us a good paper at that price, unless you hive the cashrrrand u large subscription list. Wlien tbi proposal \to .publish .this pager vvas made in the Cbnventron of Sons, 1 opposed it; because: to , make its support dependent on a tithe ofitba * moneys of the Divisions in the County, Woald be to injure both parties, and produce only an. akor. Won of a pap o er. But .when you as a company of • {ndiytdufls present me witlui4iap«r4lk«fc4aiaJlawfrf YoTlnieforiner, saying, \these are our prineipl*, * afldthis thp.style in which we Will advooato » them,\ I am bound to respond to your call. I do Chaumoht, would, Inm confident, receive at the Teinperahce Hotel, every attention which they could desire. H so cheerfully, glad to do my share in maintaining: > so respectable n paper. ' — ' i . , . «' Isaidlliked the name of your paper. I wi#»M-^ tlie \New York\ was out of it. . , ; '•; . \No nprit.np'0tica contracts our powers, .For tlie Whole boundlcse continent isours.\> • i \The teorld is my; country, and to do good my religion;\ Our Natioual Division is of Nosrt AMERICA'. Our Order has a foot-hold in Europe. OAr principles know no boundary line Which his • iit human being beyond it, *\ ^ •—- Jiyne^tlettersltallbeon : aMrtaihp*tfoflho' . Temperance question which affectTns at home: > ^ OLDMBllY^ ' L THE NEW YOIK ATO Enre RAitRoAw.—In about two weeks this road will be extended from Comiug-'to Honersvillej a distance of 47 miles, making the whole distance from New York City Wltuhi, - '- ••\•• -. Eiti«frTi«-There is nosmall deri^ of.ma*•-' ' uious craft in fixing upon a sWon to'give Wiiari v v of enmity and ill-will; a word-i* IdW, WHM •»\ ! one time would make ho hnwwaion-Mat ariutaar - ' l|J time wounds the heart; and.llke^ abaft fytng '* 1JI witli the wind, pierce*dwp, Vhicn.wHIlfaW«wll ! ? natural force, would »c*r«e have reaehad th« oU ject Aimed *t.—&f/7K, 4 • T l \X of S dent is r nc hi* i Repi mi The tlie.I M rpM _JKe cut- deen M NISH Bool oCs publ Josii rano bool •xp< witli Son: wef . l! lecU tyro soui wor a. vgri •„* all t '' 4 Geo sP« nei this two . and the and proi - -• il met the «h* F - the villi ev*) \\ inci ! sun •bo 0- JC*
