The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1828-08-21

I pany will reoollect with pleasure, the polite
| ness and attention shown them in Newport,
While on their late excursion; and particularly
the cordial welcome expressed by the Volun-
teer Company, Major TiIley, and others. The
| poltensss of MIR Simmons, in furnishing them
with convenient field tor their encampment
and the frank hospitality expressed by the cit
| izens generally. JOHN J. STlMSON,
VIM. l.. FIELD,
PARDON MILLER,
ORVlLLE MANN,
For, and in behalf Of tho Company.
Providence, Aug. 10, 1898.
Corps Of Engineers.-An order from the
Engineer Depar tment, dated at Washington
August ist, and published in the National In.
telligencer, assigns the following duties to 1t.
Col. Totten, of the corpsof ngincers.-From
this specimen Of his services, we should pre-
sumo that This corps rs more actively employ
cd, than other departments Of the Army.
"Lt. Col. ]. G. TOrTEN, Newport, r. |.
member Of the Board OF Engineers, and
charged with the construction OF the For
lifcations in Newport Harbor and with the
general superntendence Of the following
civil constructions, viz: Repairs of Ply
mouth Beach, (Mass.); preservation of
| Georges and Deer Islands, Boston har Dor;
! construction of Pier on Steels Ledge,
! Maine; removal OF distractions at the mouth
of Saugatuck river, Connecticut improve.
ments of the lIarLors of Ssco, Me. Hyan
MIA and proyincetown, Massachusetts, and
Stonington, Conn. improvement Of the ma
! vgation Of Kennebec river, and 'Piscata
quay river, Maine, and Of the mouth OF
| Merrimac river, Massachusetts,: erection oi
Pier and Beacon on Aliens Rock, War
rem River, Il. |. and to devise project for
improving the Harbor of Nantucket"
The following extract on the subject Of
Free Schools, should receive the attentive pc.
rusal Of all our readers. II needs norecom.
mcndation--lt will come homo 10 the under.
standing Of every phihnthropist.
REV. EDwARD lRySo's OPINION OF THE
EDUCATION OF TIE MEcHANc CLASSES
"Thcre is no subject at present so promi.
mont 20 the public eye, or which engages 50
much the care Of the religious worhd, as the
education Of tho people. IL hath prospercd to
n degree heretofore unexamped; insomuch
that those who were formerly opposed Ia il
are silent, or disposed to adopt that to which
they once objected. Among the many invcn.
tcns OF this kind which have been patronised
there are especially two, schools for infants,
and schools for mechanics, which have arisen
as by enchantmcnt, and spread themselves o.
yer the land And as the effect of these in.
stitutions, there have sprung up, like summer
fruits, and been scattered like autumn leaves,
works for the infant mind, Introductory to
history, literature, and general knowledge;
and periodical works have been multiplied
hundred fold and newspapers n thousand fold,
within the last century. All this tostiiies,
with one voice, the capacity Of man for know
ledge, and shows to what extent that know.
ledge may be multiplied fulfilling tho proph
ecy of Daniel, MANY shall run to and fro, and
knowledge shall be increased
"Now, as letters arc She means or revealing
knowledge to man, and as God has been
pleased TO employ them in making rcvea
ton Of his C;, 10 man, rCddiae is the ''c'-'iis
to be employed TO acquire this knowledge
Next that man may be able not only 20 pro-
fit from the past, but also profi those who are
to come; that each man may record his own
views and feelings. and communicates che"
where or 10 whom he plcases; there ought to
be added the faculty of recording his own
Thoughts and observations, namely, that of
writing-These are unireySdt5; these ought
to be taught every man; from these all may
dsrive much guidance and consolation through
life, and it seems to me that of this guidance
and consolation the poor have the most need.
Their life is n scene ofburden and incessant
toll; they have much to depress them to the
earth, and little To elevate them; they have no
facility, like the rich, TO move TO and fro and
behold the various works of Nature and of Art,
and TO make those discoveries which are cal
culatod to lift up the head of man. | say the
poor, who are bound TO given place; who
have no history but few traditions; who
have no wisdom, but in few proverbs; who
have no hope for age, but an aims house;
these have the best right, by having the great.
est need, to reading and writing, those wittiest
helps Of invention, by which tho past and the
future are made 10 appear before the eye; by
T which tho learned are brought down To the
lowest capacity; by Nhich the good are intro.
duced to the fresde; by which the gody are
made on level with ,hoir quality; by which
all that is great is made as free and blessed to
the cottage as il is to the palace or university
| would have it cried from the northern to the
, southern pole, from the rising TO the setting
sun, in language far less improperly accommo.
dated than 1t is very frcquently-'Ho, every
: ono that thirsteth, come yo to the waters; and
he that hath no money, let him come and ob.
tain these gifts Of reading and writing with
out money and without price
GLondon Nice. Mag.
; Extract Of lcs,or from an Officer of the Ma.