The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-12

ttchmonu COiicgcs
Circular.
4 have been requested by the Commute q Ageii.
cies, 10 forward 10 you the scheme Of scholarships
recently adopted BY Richmond College. They have
instructed me also 10 oier the following nducement
TO voluntary agents who may feel sufficiently inter
ested TO procure subscriptions, viz
Any person Obtaining ten scholarships, and pay.
ing In addition tho sum Of five dollars shall be entitled
to one scholarship Twenty scholarships secured, and
the payment Of ten dollars, will be entitled TO two
schoarshipa.n
Permit me to ask thai you will, as friend Of edr-
cation, and of the College in particular make endeas
vors 10 procure ten Or twenty scholarships. It we
can obtain one thousand scholarships, the scheme
placed on permanent basis. What 10 done, should
be done quickly.
On behalf Of tho COMMITTEE
JAS. b. TAYLOR, Chairman.
Scheme Of Scholarships for Richmond College Va.
The trustees of Richmond College have become
securing permanent funds Without ample endow-
ment, the College cannot rise 10 its appropriate po-
sitions among sister institutions Of the State. II u
believed also that il will be diicnli If not impossl-
BILE within few years, 10 secure as gratuly siii-
fcient sum to place Il on firm basis. Ills there
tore deemed important greatly 10 reduce the price oil
scholarships. Nor Is this in The history Of Colleges
an nnliied experiment Bethany College and Hamp-
den Sidney oil our own State have adopted the mea-
with success The latter Institution has already
in this way secured about $4,000. The following
scheme has been adopted, thus bringing the adyan-
tages Of Richmond College within reach Of all classes
Of society.
!, Scholarships, at fifty dollars each, moi exceed
ing 2d00 In number hereby offered 10 the friends
Of education.
2. Any person paying, in cash, 10 the President
and Trustees Of Richm0nd College, the sum Of fIty
dollars, shnll be entitled 10 one scholarships md for
every additional fifty dollars another share in The
scheme shall be held certificate Of which shall be n
" issued by The Trustees
3. Each scholarship shall enlille one person, and
only one, full course Of instruction In said Col
lege and lis preparatory department.
Amy individual holding scholarship may, by
y himself pass through course Of study, or send
within thirty years from the time, when the opera
ZION Of the scheme shall commences. Tuition being
given 10 one person. by virtue Of scholarship, the
scholarship shall then become null and void. scho
arshp may be transferred by will or otherwise
8. This scheme shall commence operation when
600 scholarships shnll have been secured.
9. The foregoing scheme shall not be understood to
inyadate any privilege right secured by the system
Of scholarships heretofore adopted by the the Trns
tees of the College.
4 Z. To prevent unnecessary expense In collecting
scholarships subscribers are hereby requested 10
pay to authorized agents. or 10 the Treasurer in Rich
mond, the amount Of their subscription, with the
guarantee on the part oil the Trustees that the money
shall be invested in State Stock and returned upon
demand, If the requisite number 10 complete the
scheme shall not be obtained.
THE COMMISSIONERS OF PATENTS.
The post of Commissioner Of Patents al Washing
ton from which Edmund Burke has been removed
has been conferred upon Thomas Ewbank Of this
city, well known as the author of very clever work
on Hydraulics,
Judging from that work. we should l. fer that Mr..
Ewbank has qualifications for the Office he is ap-
pointed to discharge IL has been the mistake Of
most Of our Presidents heretofore, that they have
placed at The head Of the Patent Office men who,
however intelligent they might be in other matters
were ignorant Of the physical sciences. To put such
man, for example as Mr.. Burke, mere partisan,
whose knowledge OF mechanics was limited to what
concerned the wheels and springs and pulleys of
politics, and who probably interpreted the attraction
ofcctesion 10 mean sticking to ones party was as
preposterOus step as TO take butchers apprentice
to be the principal engineer on board Of steam
vessel.
We havef for some time past had il In our minds 10
say few words on this SUBJECT and TO show the i'm
portance of committing the superintendent Of the
Patent Office to person of competent scientific at
tainments. We intended to show that President
who should appoint man TO this post, IMMERSED In
mechanical and physical science would act rdic-
ulously as If he were 10 give the commission Of Al
torney General to man who had never looked into
law book. We hesitated only from the fear that
our animadversons might not have their due weight,
on account Of the part attributed TO Mr.. Burke, the
late commissioner of Patents, in removing from
office persons who were said 10 favor thcd doctrine Of
free soil
The reform has come at last without any agency
Of ours, and man IL placedat the head of the Patent
Office who understanding matters he hasln charge.
We wish we knew 10 what member Of the cabinet to
attribute this appointment, that we might make him
our particular Acknowledgements,
This attempt to deprecate the President Is UNI
worthy Of Mr.. Bryant bnt we suppose we must put
Il 10 the account Of Mr.. BIS Demoeracy,l
The Wings do not appear 10 be particularly pleased
with the selection Of Mr.. Ewbdnk, and naturally
enough, for lie Is no politician We never heard Of
MIN al political meeting of any SORT, and i Is end
that he Is as much a Democrat as Wing His
only recommendation 10, thar he ia qualified for the
Office conferred upon him.
We recolec. the case OF college In one OF the New
England States In which the question was, who
should receive the appointment Of President After
yarioua applications 10 persons who declined the
honor The trustees fixed upon man who was neither
an eminent lawyer, nor renowned statesman, nor
popular preacher, nor distinguished lheologinn,
nor in fnci AZ yet, of distinguished reputation for any
thing. His sole recommendation for the place was
thai he possessed capacities and nttainments which
fitted him in remarkable manner TO have the prin-
cipal care Of an institution of learning He accepted
The place and is one Of the ablest and most useful
Presidents Of Colleges, in The Tinted States.
We shall not be surprised If the appointment Of
Mr. Ewbank should prove equally fortunate. On an
eeciioneering committee he may possibly mike a
bad figure, and as member Of board like that in
which his predecessor so distinguished himself ap-
poned for the purpose Of ferreting ont political her
cites and denonncng them 10 The Administration,
his services would probably be Of II lie value But
he win understand the duties Of his Office thoroughly
and we venture to say will discharge them both ia.
tehgenrly and faithfully The Of the expert
nent of appointing man with sole eye 10 his fit
ness, may possibly encourage the Administration To
proceed in The same direction, and make other mn.
poinimenls on the same principl .Neie YORK Ep.
Post (Den)
THE NEW DEMOCRACY,
The process of this new formation Is rapidly
going on. A Convention has been held In the West
ern Reserve Of Ohio ut which the coalition OF the
clements begun in Wisconsin and continued In New
York, received another link Of unity. Mr. Gid
dngs once known as Wing, figured in this CON
veniion. The name Of Free Dclnocracyn was
fixed upon and adoptcdas the designation Of The new
party
One Of the resolutions declared that t'the Free
Democrats Of the Western Reserve will firmly ad-
here to the principles proclaimed at Buffalo, August
~, an an