Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-11-14

mote agriculture, manufactures aud CON
mete: mitigate the calsmiiics cf war, en-
nance The blessiEgs oi peace, corsoh.iai.
the onion, advance The prosperity. ana
elevate The character OF the I States"
The final and complete establishment
OF an able and respectable board 10 SUI
pernlerd the geHeral Interests OF agri-
culture, is an event oi The highest impor
lance and the exhibitions which have
taken place in diflc:en, counties under the
auspices az tho local societies evince IN
creasing Improvement III The qualify and
quantity OF the fruits Of the esrlh. Not
wiihsiandiUg the present m,i,Heren, mar.
ket TOR the products of husbandry, vet IL
Is pleasing 10 perceive tie general aud
rising estimation III which tins pursuit Is
held, the zeal with winch IL Is cultivated,
and the prosp rlt, which il has attained.
In coarse of time The natural correspon-
dence between the Wages OF lsbour, the
price Of commodities, and the value of
money IL be restored. And as the evils
now felt arise from arrangements here.
toiore made on the existence Of high prs
ces, all prospective operations will be ac.
commmo dated In the reduced state of tie
market, aud the country will emerge
slowly frotn the evils with which IL is now
euvironed.
Agriculture must look for It's principal!
and solid encouragement to the home
market, and Tins vii! be improved ky The
& neral augmentation of our population,
and especially by the increase 81 thai
portion of II which il not engaged in The
cultivation ct the earth. The manuiac.
turing Interest, and thai numerous class
oi the community which Will be employ
cd in the inland carrying trade, and the
dealers III the sale, purchase, and ex.
! change oi commodities, must constitute
The mcsi cticirDi friends 10 agricuIiur' -
The fluctuations OF liarvssis in different
| parts OF IN, United States, and the diff
| teiences of productions will frequently
| produce iaciIiiits III the way oi re,ipTo.
cal supply aud the nee essilies of En-
| rope will almost always or, ale IN y greater
| or less degree, demand for cur staple
articles.
| II may he proper on this occasion to
| call your attention 10 the expedieneS OF
| lowering the rate oi interest oil money {:
and as the period has arrived when tlic
| census of the people ot tn e. state ought
ie be taken, with view 10 an equal d d
| Just apporlInnmeni of The Representations
IN tie Legislature, am persuaded ia Won
"lil perceive the great utility OF Gireciing
al the same tune, such oih,r Statistical Va.
|
aud Poin! ou' the road TO increased wealth
and prosperity. Tht discovery OF an I'M
| poIiani hydraulic cement, will add greatly
| 10 The general convenience, and II got
| SHAH see TT to encourage the discovery Of
coal, feel confident that il will be- a,ttnn-
! ed With success, and that the bent fIgial
influence OF this measure will he fell III
| the promotion Of manufactures, and IN
the accommodation OF the whole CON
| muniiV
| The tiouFis!IIug condition of our semi
naries OF education, furnishes addltIonal
| inducements 10 continue and 10 extend
| iAepatronagc ofthe stale. la six thousand
| common :, hoUls. orgauiZed under The
aciYior ilcIr establishment, three hundred
! thousand children are taught, land l60, 600
dui'ars are annually appropriated Ia the
| compensation OF the teachers. am in-
! formed by The useful aud able officer no
prtsldes over Tins department, that the
nUmber OF pupils at present taught III our
schools Is equal 10 nine-leHths of The
whole number of children beiWen the
| ages at five and fifteen years, and APP
| prohImaies TO One-iourth OF our whole
| population. There are probably twenty
| schools IN Tins state conducted on ihe
! Lancasterian sysirm exclusively, auc
several others which follow II partially,
| bvt not so lar as 10 assume distinctive
! character. la some OF these establish.
| menis several young meu have been re-
| Gently instructed as i-ancasteflan teach
eTs; and II Is to be hoped tiiaI Ills s;s-
| TEN vii! he carried into tho most exten-
s!ve operation, There are now on an aVct-
| age about fifty scholars TOR every school
master under The present plan OF COM
mon schools and whether the NUMBER
! IA rv.1
| The I-aDcas,eIian method Is OF lmpoI-
lance: for admitting IN all cases ,h.
| competency OF the teacher 10 attend II
| all his pupils, vel when Ne consider the
| 'aPIdIiy Of acquiring instruction under
| that system, and reject OH the useimi
| habits winch II torrlS, aud the favOura-
| bic impressions which il makes on the
| n'ituS d'd Tie morals OF those " no par
| u'ipate 10 us btnt fits, c5Duot hPsi-
tate t give II decided preference. The
education Of ouih - an important trust,
and an honourahle vocation, but IL Is
| too often committed to- unSkiiful hands.
Liberal encouragement; ought Unqurs.
ilonablv tp he dispensed for Increasing
The number OF competent teachers.
in ibiriN "i the forty Incorporated AGA
denies, there we're III, lasi year 2,2l8
students, 0i wiri 6sS we're gagged m
learnlrg LaIin and q eek The fund APP
p.opr'aied Tor The tentfI of these insiiu.
lions, is au'Ui S31O 600.
In Columbia, Union and Hsmilion Col.
Ieges, tb re- arr 522 students, and in the
two Medical Colleges, l96. The grants 10
these Establishments amount 10 upwards
OF 500 600 and peria, the whole ap-
propria'ion Tor the promotion Of educa-
lion, may be estimated ~ two millions
and halt of dollars. Although this sum
may appear higtlS liberal, vel when we
look al the resources, population and
lXfPnf of tie sIatn and rnnaihnr Ill