Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1844-11-29
THE JUDICIARY.

~ tho death of WILLIAM GAsToN, laIe one Vi
associate Justices of that Court. fie was
VIC ahatica!Iy ga good man and great Judge.
EN- nlace was supplied by the Governor and
nn' o. by the appointment OF the Hon
G SunUu,cK Nash, Of HiIsb >rongh, one ofthe
los If the Superior Courts, to that Bench.
9"us Hon. DAVID F. CALDWELL, of Salisbn-
10 ,ras in like manner appointed to the Bench
~ Sunprior Court to fill the vacancy oc-
o. ';nood by the resignation of Judge NASH.
cas-. commissions expire with the termina-
l"S" of voar session. 1t will be your duty,
w. T",oCore. to fill both vacancies.
me offices of Solicitor for three Of the Ju-
III districts are vacant. It devolves on
you u D'' AGRICULTURE.
While provision is made in our colleges q
..booIs for the instruction of our youth pre-
.,oorv to their entering into the learned pro-
E"a;onS, little or no effort Is made to prepare
,Son, for that most useful Of all pursuits, AG-
s s1o, TIRE. Should any generous youth de-
~ n become scientific Agricnlluralist and
~ io,elgent practical farmer, no provision is
u,ade for his instruction in any Of our schools
>. COLLEGES. Indeed, so little intellect is en-
Oioved in our Agriculture, that our youth rath-
7, deem it reflection upon their minds to ELI
r.ro in it, and look upon it as pursuit only
tEr1T,Ibv of the slave or the hind who is as ig-
,o,,ut as the brute he drives. This impress
D;no should be removed. What pursuit can
bo more interesting, more intellectual The
mighlipst minds are lighting mp the path OF the
AGriculturaIist by their extraordinary dIscov-
cries in Chemistry. a Dana. Johnson, Lei
big and others are looking into the arcana of
nature and revealing her wonderful secrets to
s the husbandman.
Agriculture to cultivated mind ceases TO
he iaborlous and stupid pursuit, followed on
" because it provides the necessarles OF life
Z II has become an intellectual pursuit, worthy
ofthe most fdstidous taste or exalted mind.
4 therefore recommend that an Agricultural
nrofessorship be added to our University; or,
q if It be deemed better, that an Agricultural
School be established, where Agriculture may
he tought as a science, and where a model
farm may be attached, and the science be prac-
,icalIv illustrated and applied to use.
And likewise recommend an Agriculture
al, Geological and MineraIog zeal survey OF
tie State.
No State in the Unian presents more inter
estng geological formations, or greater va
ripv of soils and productions, than onrs.-
Such surveys, made by man of science
would add much useful information to our pre-
.spnl know dye of the State, and would doubt
less greatly aid the cause of Agriculture.
A scientific meteorological survey, ski'fully
.,nadp, and reported in terms and language
within the comprehension of miners aud per
sons Of ordinary education, would greatly cid
the mining operations Of our >tAtr---*n Iutcf,
l. Df NJ
ten'ion. Now ignorance gropTs IN the DARK la
search Of metals ana m;nnrdiS, never ton"d III
the formations where the search Is III d." tAen
she light of science would point out TIL local
titles where Sc .rch might be made with every
probability Of success. believe the same a.
|mount 0! money could not be 50 usrfulIy ap
piled In any other way as Ia procuring these
Surveys.
STATISTICS.
In every civilized country it has been found use
fu to obtain much st ltstical inf,mlrion a,
possible. Ihls Sut 4ct hA~ bee gr~at. isis Sei
Who can tell or even make. rati III Il guess as /
the quantity Of the various productions OF STAT:
the number of in ca ,tivatIrl he ri abe
8ot domestic amin Is, the extent o. oar manu- I'll
rng, mechanical ana nj ing operat1o \ ct i
.s believed all this inform I'll m mi 5ht b. ob,aIno,
with little trouble or expense through the aid Of on
County Courts. / therefore retonm nd the SUD
jet to your attention.
COMMON SCHOOLS.
All the counties in this State have adopted tn
HCOmmon School system, except Edgecom5 an
Rowan. If it be proper, and for the interest c
the State, that the children of the other countit
should be educated, it is equally proper that tn
chillrrn of these two counties should receive sim
iar advantages.
The net annual income of the Literary Func
distributed in March and September amounted t.
the sum OF S92,O2 n.
81 Tho Schools have gone generally into operation
but there is yet want of system in their manage
ment. 1t is believed nothing would aid the success
lot these schools more than the appointment of al
efficient State Agent. we'll verSed in the subject O
common schools, whose duty it should be to trav
el over the State visit the countless see advise AM
direct the superlmtendents and school committee
IN the discharge of their duties and use his in
nuence to awaken lively interest in the success
OF popular education.
s the Literary Board will, during your session
give report more in detail to the operations O
the system management and condition of the fund
accompanied by such remarks and suggestions a
1t will be deemed expedirnt and proper to make
" WHICH respectfully TeltT you lOI IuILutI AlioI
nation. ASYLUMS.
For more than century and quarter, the lie
gSature of this State has been engaged in maxim
laws for the benefit of that class of its citizen
which least needed aid, while the helpless and al
tcteI children of misfortune are aim pst who'll
usresarded. Although we posses large fund az
pied to the purposes of general education, no pro
{ vision whatever is made whereby the deaf an
dumb and blind, those most needing its aid, ar
benefited. The facility with which thy can b.
taught is truly surprising. And when we refec
that it is believed hat the deaf nutes, without ed
ucahon have no just idea of Supreme Being
mat neither they nor the blind can read the wor
OF salvation without instruction. and the great cas-
With which both can be taught to read it, is it no
wonderful that any Christian community shoul
ueIay moment to make provision for their in
Iruction!
Again: no provision is made for their mainte
nance and support, except what is to be found il
me poor laws, Many of imam If eJucatad am