The Northern star, and constitutionalist. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1834-1837, 1835-09-05
COMMON SCHOOL IMPROVE
MENT.

. We find tho annexed extract in the
Livingston Register of last week, there
stated to be from citizen Of Otsego coun-
: ty to a friend in Livingston county. and
t dated July Cd, 1885.
, "Several years since, at my individual
expense, procured "a volumes of small
books, treating Of the various branches of
science, SC. well calculated, as suppos-
ed, for the use Of our schools. This lit
tie collection l called my school library.
loaned the books to the school masters
and mstresses Of the districts IN nv town,
generally for month ut time. The
books were read and returned, and again
loaned and in this way visited all the
districts in town. / am frequently accost-
ed by young men who are inclined to
express their gratitude for the benefit de-
rived, years ago, from this little collection
of books, long since worn out with use
and handling and do most seriously re-
gret that their places have not been sup
piled with new and improved works"
This is an interesting exemplifcation of
the nature and true wisdom of the statute
of the last session ofour legislature, rela-
tive to to common school Libraries We
trust that law will not prove q deal bet
ter but that the considerate inhabitants
of our school districts viii soon he seen
moving in earnest in taking the prslni-
nary steps necessary for laying inr ioul-
dation of the Libraries authorized No
tax is so cheap, so just, ST. beneliria' AZ
that which is paid 10 tae j. i,
gence, and the nourshment ol healthy.
sentiment and vrtuous principle. 1t Is
beyond computation better, in mere
pecnniary sense, and ia a mere
matter of loss and gain, in money,
that The property holders should pay
for the wholesome instruction and dis
sipline Of the destitute children of
iheir need, ne;ghbors, than 70 pay ne
expense Of pauperism, and all sor,s of
pris ons, and all ibe costly apparatus of
ciiminal Jurisprudence. The following
anecdofe may serve to illustrate this doc
trine, better than mere precept.
A writer in southern paper thus de-
describe the free schools of New England:
''1he poorest boy in The free schools,
feels as high and as proud as the sons of
the richest. You do not mean,' said
Gov. Barbour Of Virginia, after visiting
the superb schools in Boston, which he
admired very much, that these schools
are free ? Indeed | do said the school
You remember the
BOY that got the medal in theclsss we ex-
,mined, and tie one that lost it ?-the
irst is the son of that wood sawyer there,
nointing to man who was saving wood
n the street, and the second is the son
IF John Quincy Adams, President of the
United Sues The VTgnian stared
n ds enlistment at spectacle like this,
,"d no longer wondered at the prosperity
,f New England." Ont. Repository
LYvcH's LAW. From the Charleston
Patriot of August 81. A man calling
''mself Il. w. Carroll, but whose real
'ame is Wood, and who has carried on
he business OF hair dresser for some
ears in this city, but has rendered him
eli, for long period, obnoxious to the
i2ens, from his connexion with slaves,
IS receiver of s'oeo goods, particular
Y he c.ticle of co ton, was this morning
o undergo The operation Of
,ynch's law. Carroll had full warning
U depat from the civ, as the community
sas determined no longer to submit to
is p,eseoce. lie disregarded the warn
~, and appeared 10 brave his fate. lie
vas accordingly taken from bis residence
his morning, between and o'clock,
nd about twenty lashes Inflicted on him.
lie was thea stripped, from his waist up-
wards, tarred, aud coat OF cotton, not
eethers, bestowed Oh him. from the crown
f his head 10 The soes Of his feet, so that
e presented a rather ludrcous aspect,
S no'hing bot his lu"e WIS visible, peer
ls out g. ON mass OF white, and thus
ende iog his mode OF punishment emblem s2
tic of the nature of his offence, IA on
ytensive cond;Iabupd dealer in the prin- y
ipal staple &C the south. He was then
,a'cbcd in procession through few of
ur principal streets, and lodged IN the
aol. whence he will of course, have 10
epart the city To form some idea Of
iarroll's depredalons, il is said, on good
ulboriiy, that he has shipped as many
3 seventy bales of cotton IN a season, by
he line ships gong 10 New York, mode
p of spols, which were obtained by
orupilon of our servants, which Il would
e impossible any longer 10 permit.