Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-11-09

Iosophical Transactions, had described eisity
which the Europeans had never heard of: so
that the scientific world will have "A present OF
hundred and forty kinds oftish TO add to their
stock. have been engaged during my snare
hours, i'll examining the fossil ;geologyarouud ~
York. Ii is curious, beydndany expectation
had entertained when undertook the task. 1
am satisfied, that have before me the remains
Of fourteen animals raised from the strata under
ground, that are no longer inhabitants Of this
world their whole races having become ex-
tinct Why il has pleased the CREATOR thus
10 destroy the beings which he once formed l
Know not But, the actual specimens now be-
fore me prove the existence, in former DAYS, a.
round New-Iork, otan amphibious reptile re-
spmbing the famous fossil Crocodile of Macs
tricht OF an Elephant peculiar to America: of
Rhincccros dim crent from that of the traus;it-
lantic countries OF the great nastoden of an
extinct Oyster ut q Spiiuiws of a la,l,rporr-
Bciemite-I erebratuia &c. &c. not ,io,r found a.
Ire, and known only by their disinterred re-
MAINS besides the bones d land animals relies
offishes, and various other memorable objects of
this class. Thus, you see, we are taking indie
pendent ground, and doing business III earn
est"
LANCASIkIANSCHO OI.S-ENLARGED.
Paris, September L.
Partisan Schools.-yTe must hail with deIiuht
the project OF am establishment which tends TO
teach quickly girls TO sew, emjroider, park
linen Sc.-This establishment is 10 be held at
the ancient College DIES Ciassins, Rue des a :
handlers, near st. Genevcve. They have a.
dopted the Lancastrian method. IL has been
long known in France, but we made little use of
IT; II is in the highest perfection in England.
from whence we have ina manner. received il
again. In the Rue St. Jean dc Beauyais, at the
ancient college DIES Sisrue, school for bows
Is formed on the same plan, which does Won
defs. They learn to read, to write TO count;
one master teaches at the same time about gOD
bows. hN Qf LITTLE fntprS N IL.
sen among the clcv crest of the h0ys Ii is Ger
tainiy sight worth seeing, and every one who
arrives from the country ought TO pu, in his me-
mOrandum book this institution us one ot tbc
sights most worthy his attention Nothing is
more ingenious than the mechanism of this me
th0d. L he school for girls is not less cnrious
imagine large room, well aired i'll the sum-
mer, vel! warmed in the winter, 200 girls are
placed ten upon form, ranged by the side OF
each other. 1hereare twenty benches two
OF which form class, and i'm the classes they
learn TO sew. gather, hem, draw threads and to
40 open work, make butt0n-liOlcs. sew on but
tons, 70 crcsS-stich, knit plat and mark Where
rs the husband that is not enchanted that his
wife should know how to sew on buttons TO
mark, and TO stitch his iiill! We often lose our
linen, ana wiy:-Because ii IS not marked: BY
the method OF our schools, all the younr peo-
pie know how to mark from A to X upon the
shirtsand craNats. Ey this means YOU have no
fear OF losing any thing, a; least the fear will
not be so great, and every thing Isl order AS
N.S'S az .iunitoiS loI W. OoNS. mere are
nitresses for the girls. The halt.,nistresscs are
taken from the classes.
The School-mistress gives n lesson which tho
monitresses repeat and make the others learn.
Emulation is established, il is who shall work
the quickest and the best. The work is insupc
ted ilistanianeously. Every girl has al, a orop
which heleaves ut the school, and which is
lett to the care of the school-inistress These.
aprons are placed upon the seat of each Girl
before the works. distributed, and thew are re-
placed when the work is done. Every scholar
isfnrnished with thimble, needle, thread.
ana every thing that is necessary for work.
There IS pair of scissors among three girls
these scissors are hung TO the table or desks be-
fore the pupils by string, long enough that all
three Can Use them. The girls learn 10 read
ana write by the same method of instruction.
In three or six months they arc able TO as
SYST their parents, or, if they are old g
noueh, 20 enter into the management of the
house.
In London there are schools of this kind
which have done much good. But IN this res
spcct Paris will soon vie with all the towns of
Great Britain. In the school for bows all the
orders are verbally given; but in the school
Tor girls they are given by signs, the general
novementSare eXccutedat the sound of "a little
bell, and if they speak it is in a whisper. The
school DIES Grassins isnot yet commence d. but
II will not be delayed. 1t will be benefit for
the parish, for tile town and for France. as one
foundation will be followed by others Tins
what is good is not lost tous The elementary
instruction will spread itself These nethods
are renewed from the Greeks, the Epvptiaps
the Indians, the, Arabians. Every hint comes
from the East, and you may see in the Kings
library I'm the description of Egypt i'm the third
DOCK, a note that may satisfy amateurs.