Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-03-17

with two others, were admitted to the |
church. Anumber of the other girls give
evidence of a change of heart and will
probably be received at the next commun-
ion season.
While the Holy Spirit was operating
upon the minds ofthe youth at Battlcotta
and Oodoovillu his influence began to be
felt at Tillipally, and in short time about
twenty gave evidence of change ofheart.
On the 26th of March, thirteen, including
Caroline, the daughter of Mr. Meigs were
admitted to the church,
The whole number of the admissions to
the church in March was 81, Of these
48 were admitted at one time.
An English clergyman, at Brussels, has
invented motive power, which promises
to rival steam. 1t is founded on the COM
preston of fluids. Eight pals of water it
is computed would be sufficient to carry
vessel to the East lndies!-NaIeS Weekly
Register.
The Philadel phia price current ofSat-
urday, says that during the last five wee KS,
there have been loaded daily in that city
for Pittsburgh, thirty wagons, each carry
ing 5000 lbs-Ib,
The bill granting loan of three mill
ions from the state to the Erie and Hud-
son railroad company, has passed the Ie-
gislature of New Y ork. According to
estimates made by the engineers who sur
veved the route, this is half the sum that
will be required to complete the road.-I5,
ARKANsAs-The convention of dele
gates chosen by the people of Ar%anS0S to
digest constitution and state government,
terminated lis sitting Oh the 3Olh uItlmo,
after framing and agreeing upon, as the
Gazette says, with great unanimity a con
stitution and state government for the state
Of Arkansas. Before ad journing, the con-
venton chose c. F. NJ holland to be the
bearer Of the constitution to this city,
The constitution is to be accompanied by
a letter to the secretary of state, signed by
the cs:dent and countersigncd by the
secretary Of the convention. A memorial
to congress, asking the admission OF the
state ju;o the union, was also adopted
As far as we can jud &c from the pub
Iished journal, the proceedings ofthis con-
vention have been characterised by p'O-
prietv and due delibtra}jUu.,-Nat Irt
A letter from Valparaiso says
1--WE have accounts here stating that
Pekin has teen destroyed by an earth
quake and 100000 houses engulphed-so
that where the city stood there is now
black and stagnant pool Rather round
about
The republics of Peru, Bolivia and
Chill, are in state ofhghting and uproar,
one with the other-through their rapa-
cious generals and military plunderers.-
Niles Regr.
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION IN FRANCE.
From the report of NJ. Boulay de la
Meurthe. The population Of France is
32,5O9,742 inhabitants. With respect to
primary instruction, it may be divided into
four classes. The first class composed of
children below two years of age, to the
number Of l,8ll,707. The second class,
of children above two years and below six
years of age, to the number OFF,, I 44,524.-
The third class, Of children above six and
below fifteen years ofage, to the number OF
1887 ,20l. The fourth, class, Of adults,
fifteen years ofage and above, to the num-
Der of 2,966,l7O The first class, below
two years, is wholly under maternal care.
The second class ought to be received in
asylums, or infant schools, to receive pre-.
paratory instruction: 100000 children
of this class do not 60 10 them. The
third class ought to frequent the primary
schools, properly so called: but, out o.
nearly five millions of children of this
class, there are still 2,537,536, namely
838,6O3 boys and l,G9S,733 girls, who
never 60 to them at any time of the year
and 3,74O,8O4, viz: 1868 boys anc
2,O39,9l4 girls who do not attend then
in the summer time.
OF the 2l,966l7O adults, there are
l4355,856, namely, 5,74l, SAP males, anc
8,6l2,3l4 females who can neither rea(
nor write.
Thus the number of persons in France
who have no instruction whatever, boil
= children and adults, is l9, 1871 1872 persons
that is to say, sixty-three out fevery hun
dred, or about three-ffths of the total pop
ulation, deducting the l,8ll,787 children
under two years Of age.-Ib.
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