The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-02-01


parish be snIhonzsd % RAISE . liniled
sum. ssfie'sns 10 res Pnsh-elesk aud
Rrgisifr, qu.lilisd e sei 80 sSchoolmss-
lsr snd Reader ahen . clergy nan could
rot b. bad" To lhs The fioese sf A.
sfuhly replied. that nnlhins eouid sdd
N he sshss rssy had Of tie nscsssiiy II
supporting schoois." Il Was . ume Of
sar and ensrgsreys aud he gasesaaenI
presently loBrd i necessary 70 make Ger.
tain mllIlsIy service. :. pss able out ol ihs
iard appropriated 10 funding sehoaIs--ls
be repaid by isx 70 Be LAID lor that pur-
pose" The mnney ~as not returned;
sad the Goysraas. ,s i762. brsnughl The
flssse "sa br.tow iheir lmmedisle st'sn-
ZION " she ssisbl,sbmshio Of schools. - That
body cold hir. IN reply. :. that there sers
large sens spnalsd Tor the psrehass
Of glebss, snd &c Tie ssabi.hmsni Of
schools. which had been bono~ed Cor The
public sersics 10 The la,e ssr. under o
saspea4l.as clause. 90 the kirg's ,stxspfe
be tnosn. lsow he mosey ~ss 90 b ere
funded" AZ Ihls jnnclvfs no moFe wss
done. Than 10 pass an srl for The srseuon
sf school house 81 Newbrin: and The
hisiorinns hlls us. that this as the Grsl
sfsr'ual scl Ior ,Le encouragement u H.
iefsiase.
IA peace, tie adspringoi conquest. uss
shsddIng 40 bsslsn iaauences over The
county, educated and benevolent men
promised themselves cloudless d,wa Of
science % on The province. In Whining
,oa, q prianng press, lhs End in the pro
vince. was established 10 1854 by Aa-
drew ) ewart About the same time. Ds-
Us. The olher printer, hogan 20 publish .,
Ne~bern . newspaper. entitled .rhe
North Carolina Mag.zins. or UaiveI.al
In,elligeneer." !, va. q dsmi shee. in
suart, pages. convenient 10 be bound.
This wss the 6r,t publication Of the kind
silsmpied in Nalih Carolina, since iis
settlement Ssesst likewise began 10
pablish a~sskly p.pe. which he called
:. The NEth Csrolins Gazette. or Week
Is Pos, Boy" A controversy wnh The
Grow n, and sbo her with the kegulas
tors. had hardly subsidized. when the a..
dent friends OF literature serc able g. rar.
~ through The Legislature charter for
college. Ii was 10 be established IN
Charloue: snd iLe ses il,elf, which wa.
pssstdin 1910, vas transmitted 10 Fog.
..A A.. sh-~L.--s--------..----
approved; time, shortly became pos,sn.
,ou.; aud Independence dissolved the con
ntxion.
Literature yes now st ! sw ebb.
There we're no more than two schools.
the one al New bern, and the oiner %
Ed, mon. established with boarsls VI ru.-
tees. As there vas no Stale House. the
shool- house Of The fsrner ~as sometimes
occupied. by the lower house Of Assem-.
bly,. Sax we're The whole number of
shurcli-lninisteIs: tie Presby terians had
- many NOE, and the Qnskers aud No
tayians. generally I,iends 10 learning, had
se,staliy six establishments.
When The people hurst the chain ,hs,
ibounl them TO The parent State, .bey
showed sn equal passion forlearninR aud
for liberty. In their constitution. &c De.
csmber 10. 1916. they we're careful to de
clare Inst .schuos shall be established
by the Legislature for the convenient 10
struciIen OF youth. with such sslarie. TO
the masters. p nd by the public. as may
ensbls them To instr"c. a, ioss. prices; and
, that ell u,eful learning shall tie duly. en-
roui aged and promoted in one or more
Universities" an immediate soupli-
auce with lhe provision. was prevented
rs the emefgenc,es and rsvaees of war:
and alter lis close The state found rs re-
sources had ben exhausted, aud It had
lost many Of IL educated snd best mer.
The f0riunes Of the mnre wealthy had
suffered loss ontuin; lew were able TO
send their Suns u the Nmlhen Colleges
for educstion, and e,e less able and les.
willing to send ihee for that purpose 10
E"gland. IL the kols STATE. there we're
Ionly three schonls, Where the rud,mrn,s
lof q classical education coold he acquired.
CD these, the most proanrni and useful
one - rs kept by Doe,.Dsvld G. .ldwell
lin Gu,lforJ county. Tlspsh there was
mo library attached ~ II. tie students hare
were supplied with few II The Gre. K
land Latin rlsss,cs, EuelId's NEleme MIS- oI
| Ms,hem,,ics, Mar,,n's Nature Philnso-
phy. and DR.. Wlther.pS"n's Lcinrcs on
Moral Philosophy. l. was insuts cd soon
ailsr the war, aud continued ihiitS years.
Il Six years alter The peace, the Shiec,
Of Education was brough, mp ~ GNe,aI
Assembly. The preamble of the b'A te.
.aoried. contains these excrllen, seAi.
ment.: /" In all we'll regulated go.e,,-
ments. is The indispensable duty clever.
Legislature tn consult the happiness q
Tho rising gener.t,oa. and 10 endesyor Z
Ifii them for an honorable discharge Of IN
several d,a'es ofldr. BY paying the strict
est attention 10 .heir cducalion; and .
Un,rersity supported by permsnen, fund
aud well endowed, will have the most III
rect tendency 10 answsr ih,s pntpese.
Therefore, on The 1ith 81 Dtcembel
1859. "The Un,versly Of North Carroll
. bI..laI H.. tha laai.fni