Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1818-12-15

stead OF resorting to violent and sudden
innovations and revolutions.
Next to the establishment Of their indie
pendeuce by arms, the education OF their
youth appears to be the subject OF the most
anxious interest. They complain, that
every possible impedimeut was thrown III
the way Of education previous 10 the reyo-
luton that, so far from fostering PnDlic
institutions for this purpose, several schoois
were actually prohibited in the caPi'ai,
and the young men were not without re-
straint permitted to go abroad Tor their ed
ucation. There was college at Cordo
va. at which those destined for the bar, or
the priesthood, completed their studies,
upon the ancient monkish principles
Another called San Carlos, now the
Union of the South) had been opened al
Buenos Ayres, but was afterwards convert
ed into barracks for soldiers. IL IS an
immense building, more extensive, perhaps,
than any which has been dedicated TO
learning in this country and il has lately
been fitted up at a very large expense.
The school was to have opened 10 May or
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plan of discipline and instruction. The
library of the stale is kept III all adjoining
building; II occupies suit Of six rooms,
and contains nearly twenty Thousand vol
umes-the greater part rare and valuable !;
it is formed cut of the library ofthe jesuits,
the books collected in the different monas-
teries, donations from individuals, and an
annual appropriation from the government,
and contains works on all subjects and 10
all the languages OF the polished nations Of
Europe. A very valuable addition has
been lately made, of several thousand vol
umes, brought TO Buenos Ayres by M.
BoupIand, companion Of the celebrated
Humboldt.
Besides the University Of Cordova, at
which there are about one hundred and
fifty students, there are public schools in
all the principal towns, supported by their
respective corporations. In Buenos
Ayres, besides an academy, in which are
taught the higher branches, and the col
lege before mentioned, there are eight pub
lie schools, for whose support the corpora.
lars annually and according TO the re-
turns of last year, the number Of schol-
ars amounted to eight hundred and six
ty-four. There are five other schools, ex-
clusively for the benefit of the poor, and
under the charge Of the different monaste-
ries; these are supplied with books and
stationary at the public expense. There
are also parish schools in the country, for
the support of which portion Of the tithes
has been lately set apart. 1t is rare to
meet with boy ten or twelve years of age,
in the city of Buenos Ayres, who cannot
read and write. Besides the scholars
thus instructed, many have private tutors
In addition to all this, must not omit tc
mention The military academies supported
by government at Buenos Ayres and
Tucuman, at which there are considera
BILE number of cadets.
There are no prohibited books Of any
kind all are permitted to circulate free
ly, or to be openly sold 10 the bookstores
among them is the new testament in
Spanish. This alone is prodigious step
towards the emancipation of their minds
from prejudices. There are several book
stores whose profits have rapidly increas-
ed; proof that the number of readers has
augmented in the same proportion
There had been large importation OF
English books, language becoming daily
more familiar to them. Eight years ago,
the mechanic art of printing was scarcely
known in Buenos Ayres; at present, there
are three printing offices, one Of them
very extensive, containing four presses.
The price Of printing is, Notwithstanding,
at least three times higher than in the
United States but as there is no trade or
intercourse with Spain, all school books
used in the country, some of them origi-
nal, are published at Buenos Ayres; the
business is therefore profitable, and rapidly
extending. There are many political e.
says, which, instead of being inserted in
the newspapers, are published 10 loose
sheets /; there are also original pamphlets,
as well as publications of foreign works.
The constitutions Of the United States,
and of the different states, together with
a very good history Of our country, and
many of our most important state papers,
are widely circulated. The work Of Dean
Fumes, the venerable historian Of the coun-
try, comprising three large octave vol
umes, considered in the infancy Of the typ
ographic art in this part Of the world, may
be regarded as an undertaking of some
magnitude.
There are three weekly journals or
newspapers published in the city, which
have an extensive circulation through the
United Provinces. They all advocate the
principles of liberty and republican forms