Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-01-28

inplants virtue in the mind, and wards on the
blasts ofindigence that might destroy II IN It's
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mencement. connected with IT free ochool tol
females. which has received lul measure e., %
their watchfi1l superMtendence and care with
the results Of this effort of their benevoence,
/ thev have every reason to be satisfied In the
| Orphan House they can daily contemplate the
Interesting SIGHT OF many little ones, led and
clothed and supported by your care, ana receiV,
ing every attention their wants can requires anu
in the Free School, they contemplate not iess
;nterestine fruit of your benevolence; upwards
of sixty young and interesting girls, receiving,
under the kindest and most affectlonate reach
| ers all the elements of plain and usetul En-
| glish education In no part OF their la5our OF
love- are more interesting results constantly dis
played. than in this School. One hundred Soho
| lars are enrolled and the average attendance is
about sixty; and all the friends of the institution
who have visited it occasionally since its estab-
lishment and especially those who have, from
time to time, engaged in examinations OF the
pupils bear the most delightful testimony to the
proficiency of the Scholars in their several stu
dies, and to the very perceptible improvement
in their manners appearance and behaviour
With the lady who has had charge of the School
from its commencement, the Managers nave
reason to be not only satisfied but feel compel
led to express their unqualified appreciation;
and trust ST.. may long be spared to continue
and extend the usefulness and responsibility OF
the institution
It is not the purpose Of the Board to insist on
the Importance ofeducation to all classes of the
community. 1t is too generally admitted to re-
quire an argument on this occasion. But, IN es-
timatng the value Of such school as theirs, 1t
seems proper to remark, that, if to all classes Of
society education be subject of the first lmpor-
lance, how is its importance increased when we
consider it as preServatlve to the poor against
the suffcrings entaed upon them by the misfor
tunes of this 1fe2 and such, when conducted on
religious principles, it surely is. Trials and diff
cuties seem to be the portion OF that part OF the
community to whom our exertions are directed;
and these eXertons ustbelimltedindeed ntheir
object if we do not seek to provide tor the sub
iectS of our care the best possible support when
these trials and difficulties come upon them
And whence can this support be so certainly
attained, as from those principles which are
formed by a religious ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
which lead to firm hope, and confidence in
God derived from knowledge of his gracious
designs in suffering affections to befall US
These will support us in the most afflicted state,
and fill our minds with peace when all outward
comforts have forsaken us. To convey these
blessings to hundred ofthe youthful poor, would
be an object more than equivalent TO the whole
amount of funds all the operations Of this socie-
ty have called for. How grateful then, should
we feel when we say, it has been attained at the
trifiing expenditure of two hundred and forty
eight dollars. All that the Managers ask for this
part of their plan is, that the public, who are so
deeply interested in its results will occasionally
examine the state of the school, and Judge of the
wisdom and prudence Of the appropriations
made for its support.
In conclusion, the board beg leave to state,
that the application to Congress for an act of
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Orphan House, directed by the Society at its
last Annual Meeting has been made by the com
mittee ofgentlemen appointed for that purpose,
and bill reported in favour of the application.
What may be the result they of course, are I'M
able to say. Should Congress extend to them
the liberality heretofore extended to kindred
institutions within the District of Columbia then
the present year may find the Society relieved,
in some measure, from the duty and obligation
Embarrassing their efforts to obtain aid for this
holy cause. Should an appropriation be made
which will meet the expense of erecting build
ings for the Asylum and School, and the liberal
plans for education heretofore suggested by the
Committee of the House of Representatives on
the District ofColumbia be carried into effect
your school will rise to an Importance not ORR
ginally contemplated, and the efforts you have
commenced form the foundation of an extern
sive and glorious system of female free school
operations. In the brief table below, you have
az 'lO") iCSCipto VI tlIc
year, and such calculations as may enable the
Society to Judge of the fidelity with which our
duties have been discharged We do not claiman
exemption from error, but we claim to have
done what we could, and to have done it con
scientiously, in the fear of God and with sin
cere desire to benefit a most interesting portion
of the human race.
The whole receipts of the year have been
1864 81
The whole expenditures $40 "a
Of these expenditures, the Asylum has
received 1851 90
The School 24S so
1910 "a
The permanent fund is $1,000.
Thus it would appear that, deducting the sala-
ry of the Matron and the rent of the house, the
support Of the children in the Asylum has not
exceeded twentyeight dollars and fraction
each; and the scholars in the Free School two
dollars and forty-eight cents each, for the whole
YEARS. Instruction taking the number on the