Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-10-12

S Goo anpuhIiy to The use of the institution, in con
sheraton oi The trustees receiving into The school y
edacatingG 60 poor childi en-, tobe named by the u
Hal, or lis agcEisit went ST, further, and ny
10 aiion otignd and OF . 5000 to the building OF a
suitable schoo-house, j, opened to the trustees new
and extensive views Of bermdien. usefulness, winch
they I'D not ri first dare to indulge
Nul.it this assistance indeed, il would have been
"''aosi iionp sibe IL have placed the Institution IN
any situation, Ism which great public bcnetit could
have been a., rived The want of suitable house
to eou nence the school in, early felt rs N, M
conyenence which could not be reinedicd by any
diligence or eXertinns ON the part OF the Trustees
Committees were appointed time after time, 10
make enquiries this sui,l ct, aud 10 procure such
room as ~ou.d answer the purpose coacmpia-
ted but their reports alwa, sunfsvp,ab'c, snd
It was made sufficiently obvi MS, tina; the plan ~
buiiiing hcrse, eff cu;,Iiy recommended ny
the Common Hail. the only mean If rcaping
the expected benefits from Laacas,er's discovery
Under this impr ssion, the Trustees, after obtain
ing and Fitting out an upper room in the N-iket-
ito's' to commence iilc school IN, as temporary
and very uLpIomslrg shit eXpedient, has,ened
10 contract for building suitable to their pm
poses and not altogether un'tcomug the growing
prosperity of itiehinr'd-Cn this subject, they hsd
an eye 20 tie state OF their ia IDS but they could
not be altogether governed by them-They dir not
then Know that there would be deficiency III the
collection OF the monies subscribed, and if they had,
they would have been justly censurabie, IL, fur the
".'sN " tiiOuSlNI COa-S, ttty natt cr'titcttu
their views TO the erection of inconvenient and
unsuitable edIfice, which ia few wears would have
osen wholly insufficient TO cOntain the children of
the town apply ing for cheap AID easy education, &
utterly useless Tor any o'ler pNrp' They would
have b. trave1, too, a tstst of the intelligence &
hseray OF their ieiisw citizens, not warranted by
any thing wheh had hitherto occurred in the deve-
opeinent OF this plan, and narrow, sortd spirit
wholly Inconsistent with the declared views and
wishes OF the Cnmmon-IIall. They i'erefre, at
Ter taking every precaulion Ia have the work done
on as Ia, orable terms prssile, accented propnsi-
'ios aid made contracts Tor bOi ding house near
y one hundred feet long and tlirty-six feet wife,
WIN tne room below aH,i four above, calculated to
accommodate teach with small family. and to
contain 500 ch iiren. This building will. it il com
phte'i, DC ready in about six weeks, and its esuma-
tel cost Qnciuding every expence) is 8 9,OOO.-
Whe'her the money hss been iu,liciously expen-
det. may be determined nv those who win give
themselves the trouble of exsmiring the building It.
seil--and to judges upon this subject the trust
The C. Hall having appropriated & 5000 To the
erection OF building, there will remain to be .o
ded tor the sum OF 8 1000 Tue amount rs sub
sc:ipton, SIS we before stated, 8 31T0-But ,f
ti's sum only 5 2iS5 has been collected. and the
l. easnfer eshmstes, that rot more than 5 ESQ can
he hereafter collected, uaSing the whole sum re-
c,'ve,l Tor subscription S27S5 To this is to be
aued the sum air'asy receivedfnr the fees og scho-
lars, VIZ . 2s0-gring aggregate or S0Os dol
,s'sI S soo5
But, the Treasury has paid for
boks, sc. S AZ Sc
FIR surdrles fer the use of the
School IS 10
To Mr.. Gwathuey, the teach
eg's salary Cor three quar-.
tiers $50
To !ohn p. Shields, for digging
the foundation ofthe School
house 227 10
And for fixtures in the present
SchOol-room which will an
swer for the new School
house $50 so---
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