Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-04-02

Mr. of0rrS, vi New-l OrK, anu Mr.. CQlabr,l,.
severally addressed the House in oppo,jor ~:
The latter gentleman proposed that the se, ~,
of Congress should terminate on the 18th d,y u
April, in each year, which proposition Mr.. r.,
Ell. of Massachusetts, accepted as a modifc,s,
of his amendment. On the call of MIR. U;olfs
the previous question was ordered. and he M.
question, which was the adoption of the o,i.
resolution, was rejected upon a division b, 20
and NAYS, by vote of l22 10 6l The r.5,r
der of the day was devoted to the con,ider.r,
Of the bills for the making of certain sens,. ~
the appropriation bill for the Engineer. 0rin,7,
and Quartermaster' Department. At otlg
the House adjourned.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDEyT
By and Nth The adrice and consent 9th, Sac,
HflIia,o Shaler, of Massachusetts. lobe Can.
Of the United States for the port of Hayam. /
the Island of Cuba, in place of Thomas NJ Re-,
ney, removed.
asa Worfhiagfo,, of New-York, 20 be Cos.
of the United States at Lima, and for the Don.
Peru.
Joseph Uashington Elliot Wallace. tobe Co,
sui of the United States for the port of G4,tl
ton, in Mexico.
James Darts, to be Consul of the United Size
at Sante Fe, in the republic of Mexico.
BenGmin +. Linton, of Louisiana, TO b, 4,
torney' of the United States for the We;r,
District of Louisiana, in place Of John Browns
removed.
FIX. Hy. Duperier, of Louisiana, TO be Mar2
of the United States for the Western DisIicla
louisiana, in place of Adrien Dumartraltrem@rt
Samuel SWart,co,a, to be Collector Of IL
Customs for the District of New York, 10 IL
State of New York, vice Jonathan ThumPson r
moved.
/. More Nortonising-A letter from Key We,
dated on the Esd ult. received at ST. Auguslr
states that Mr.. ]. Dean, who succeeded Mar
Wilson at Key West as Marshal, has been d,ul
sed, and Col. Stone, late of the Legislative cor.
Gil, has been appointed no district attorney rs
yet been appointed.
Chocolate.-A writer in the Boston Manuill
turer highly recommends chocolate as prefeaat
either to tea or coffee. He says:
The article of chocolate is well known By
who use it, to be nutritious in an emneIn drges
and so far preferable to coffee or tea. Ii h.'
nothing of the stimulating qualities Of these ar1'
cles but it possesses far superior noN7'n"!
qualities, and on this account canEOthl 70 Re
commend itself to ALL" He adds :-''Smr
think that it produces drowsiness when t1n
The writer of this has used it III his family IRA
long time, and has never III one instance ad"'
casion to complain of this effect: nor ha'h F@
duced the alleged effect on any one member
his family. suppose that in cases wheg IN
said effect is produced, the choccIfsg mace I.
strong: and will not strong coffee produce 'Tel
bling of the nerves-and strong tea P@e" "
from sleep?''
State of education in rariOS parts q ne ' 49,.
Since the year 1889, up to 1920 there H1 =, -
established in Europe Denmark excepted ~
free schools, which have been calculated "y'.
cate 1850, 900 children. In Asia there ha'yL
1000 schools, educating 900, 600 chliGrrn%'
sexes; in Africa so, with 10000 Children o., a.,
merica 400, with l25, 200 children; anu ~
tralia. New South Wales, 10 schools, lr'o''-'
500 children.
From the year 1920, up to the Pre,,ein -
1880 the following has b-en the gradna, HluL
of establishments for education on the hIDi
rian system:-In Europe 10000 schOc'A 81 r
ing instruction to 4,7OO,000 children u ~. :h ~
rudiments of education; in Asia .ooo. T IgJr,
900 chiIdren;I IN Africal30, with 5OOVo 'I ,a.a
in America 1000, with $50, 900: anu ID -
liza 100 schools, with $4,000 children. .M
BY the above table it will be seen what ~.
been generally taken within these last it" ~,
to afford the poorer classes every Po''o ",.,,s-
of instruction. 1t will not be without NV, b,a
know what number of works on edu'suI. lac
been published for the improvement o. u, ,,1e
orders, during the last ten years, IN '' In D.
parts of Europe. They are as Follows rr5E.
mark there have been 81 different Won s,dsf,r
ed on education and morals, and the r ',o,I
be derived by the poorer classes IN D u'.;nE:
stuction; in Sweden ): in Germany '7: ca,
land 1879; in France COL: in Italy !; III =
m Portugal 2; and in Greece 5. f,1o,,t
The following is the present state o. .a.I s
in Paris alone:-Ihere are III thaI o s%P ,Sidr
priests; 80 charity schools, with i-'yVV = rt
of both sexes; 4O5 elementary schools, =,
lI2 are gratuitous, instructing 25.9o2 PIPp r n
ven royal colleges, which are suppof'e' . =;
ernment; lis boarding schools torDoys' t o.
there are 1869 children educated: sly = Vc bal
schools for girls, at which there are iT IS sdaq
structed; and for the higher branches u usbv',
lion, Mathematics. Philosophy. lath' ~