New-York daily tribune., 1843-01-30
TIE Ceamea arhee,s.

Hos BPIointen pepuLy SufcrfntendcEs, In ptH-
suance of the la~. of ls4i. and from each OF these
with exceptions. full statistical reports have
bee received. On the Is, OF July, the nua,ber Of
School Districts in tho STATE as ascertaincd BY the
reports. 10 so3 and the Superintendent,
thinks that OF the greatest obstacles 10 the fl
cheney Of the State School System, has been their
needless multiplication and division. The number
OF children between the aees OF five and sixteen re-
siding within these districts exclusive OF New
York City, (frors which no returns were received J
on the lst OF January, 1912, was 6Ol,765.
he number within the same limits who have
attended the common schools is 81 l3o, and the
number OF those reported as attending the Public
Schools OF this city 7,6l9. Only 10 384 OF the
whole number were found 10 be in actual attend
nnce uPon visitation by the SuPerinte 80 that
more than one half are irregular and uncertain Mt
tendants. The Superintendent thinks tha, one
reason OF this may be found in the fac, that the
school fund is now distributed the District. in
proportion to the number OF children residing
within their limits whether they attend school or
not. This he thinks should be amcnirti by max.
Ing the distribution sccordin. 20 the time during
which The children in actual attendance
OF the whole number of districts in the State
above 5000 have been visited and inspected dur.
'rs the year oi the l73 .3si pupil, found in at.
tendance in i3 Counties l32.5i9 were found to
oe engaged IN learning IL read and spell Gi o. in
studying arithmetic, 2S.llo English Grammar,
900 natural rhilosoPy and 1904 chemistry.
Ol OBJ school house. 6072 we're %! framed
weed; 1000 in good repair, and the re., uni, for
The proceeds II the sales of all land. in the
State are appropriated exclusively TO the Common
Schoo! Fund Tho lands remainin: unsold consist
81 about 10000 acres valued at $500 600 ccnsti-
tu,ing the unproduct,c capital Of tho Fund. The
productive capital amounted on the 30;h Of Sept
last 10 sI,!bG,220, a decrease daring the year of
fG6,334. The amour, OF money received by Com
mssoncrs from all during the ycnr has
been S667 IL Of which S573. 81 has been arpor-
ioncd tor teachers wages and s23 = 50 for libraries
There are about 800 co!orcd childrcn. exclusive OF
tslosc IN tins city, attending their established
schools. The whole number OF volumes in the
School District Libraries is reported at s l5 % All
increase of nearly 200 900 during the year In
ihc T-achcr, Departments Of Academies GGl pu-
plis have been under instruction during the ycar.
The Report ls long and emipcn,ly satisfactory
n the result, exhibited. With some exceptions II
!, drawn UP ably asd fairly; though we are sorry
10 observe that. with disregard of dccency and
propriety for which did not look even in Col.
iouSG, the Superintendent has gone out OF his way
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system of Internal improvements, which he pro.
loundly characteristics continuous and imbe.
Gle waiinre against the enactment. OF the Al
mighty. We had hoped that there nigh, be al,
ca., Department of our State affairs into
which The basescss OF party spirit might not be
suffered 10 enter. aud has the interests OF Educa.
ton as they are abovc all faction and disconnected
from all poitica! con,llrraiions mis ID; escape the
poiluting connection. But it seems lha, even th,
was expecting too much from Secretary Youxc.
On whatever theatre he may be acting he never
tor a momcat drops the character of a dcmasosuc
NnErHEK> DouGHFAcEs.-A vote va. taken in
the House OF Representative. Monday last
which can only be explained on the supposi,iop
that Northctn politicians have not vet got tired o,
trucking to the South. Ii will DC remembered
tia, the Friday previous, Mr.. Winthrop. from
the Committee on Commerce, made a report tn
the House IN reference 10 numerous petition. pre-
scntcd by Notthern shipping merchants, complain.
ing OF The wrong and oppression TO winch colu,.d
,eaincn IN Their employ were subjected in many OF
the Southern scaports. This wrong consist, in
the practice OF are sting and inPri.onng all free
coiorcd seanen found on beard any vessels coming
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Nc. aud keeping them in close conhncmen, until
the vessels TO which, they belonged we're ready to
depart, Sph}cct It tic captain refused TO pay all
charges, 10 b. sold into sidrcry This crying out
rage against justice, against hunanty against lib
crty itself. rebuked, as il deserved TO be, in
Mr. Wlnthrop's report.
The House, by large majority. directed the
printing ot 5000 extra cope, OF this d-cutnvD,,
and there the question rested until Monday On
that day motion to reconsider the order To print
made and carried. and ilcn, in order fo
Smot.er The subject eilectuay, Mr.. Wise moved
10 iGyMe question Of printing on The table. This
motion, winch III all probability dispe,es OF the
matter for the session, decided in the a,iirma-
i've by the following vote
la.s-Me,>t.. l., ARJrrNs, Arnold, Arrins ston A.hcr
Ton. baron, B-t,on, bldiacs, Blaes bOwae, Boyd VI.
Brown, 4. Bfoan, Burke, y" nsucr. ". o. Buler, q "
cnd eii, r. e. Caldwell, j. Campbell, " Il Campbell, r
J. CampbeiI, Csrph,rs, Cay Caey, Ch.puan, ClIa5rd
Cmion, Coirs oolqiHi, NJ A Cooper, Lloss, Cushing
Dan'r G,rrc. Da,.s. Dean. D-berry, Dog Es..nan,
Z. Edwards, Eduards Geatry. Gerry, Gln- Goggin.
.. 3oode hora"n, GfaiaHi, GNIn, Hopkins. iiou.,os
Hubeti, fiunsI L. J. rEeTso, JACK, Cav. johnson. Lew
- Lhu, h-t, Lowell ricCiri!sn, Me hay Ntht~a Mai
I"rs \. Naf,naiI, Aarcissi, Ae'in MeuWrt M-r,
hi>pc. Sicote, Sc~hs!c, OEiSrr, Ow,lry, PaytrLdEe
ra.ne, rck-h rc.rec. rIumer Pon ell ReGiag Rrnchrr
f-ynoics, Rnru, Rsgs. Rogers, SAandsr-, shepperd,
Sh.!d> W Srtls, Seenrcd, A. Il. II. stuart, Summers.
sumter, Sweeney, ranaleTo, J. ThoDp.ou, Irotu. Tar
n-y, Wallace asnns,es. wae,so' " rt.r, wesirsooA
g. h. WsiiaTs " Ise, Hset-loi.
Nass-M,s.r. Adams Alien, Ba5coek, Baker Barnard.
BTa,oyr. Bl4if, boarGmnn, boloa. Bots orgg,
IN, UroAn Burnett Calhoun, Chiids Chiii- -AI-y
n tdgar Lustu, Crsusioa, h D. DaNs Da~son, E'eelI,
Fern, fossvndrn Fillmore, e. Floyd, Gate odGsnga,
z. o. Gocr-, 0ALgrr Haji. iiaisisd, Henry. Huuaru,
H.isn. u9ui II ingcrso,l. J. lrvn, W rain, snes,
D llncsl- z krLL-cuI kin. LINN. II McCr,Lan. VI 2.