Washington telegraph., 1850-10-16
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s a., -, For np s,ssn1l,fEL; ssssss,l, t..
pone aassf' and with is hot and yellow
leaI oi Autumn. The gay, n hv ,hs shass ,aas
. was being driven to the ;estic t,aes s or s"a sl
aulumnal hreeses, and thsf hair beanty = mas s"e
9 9 ,vres, WI soon stand basEe basEe hoary fTosi. The
sweet carols ,' os ,as'' vas spring birds are not
: heard Ns,nra y. .no preparing herself for the
5 icy matte Of WY to be thrown around her.
; Wbils evsr,, fal object seems at present to
be on the deep, our town is rapidly improving;
new bu;ldioS are constantly seen rearing their
} lofty toushigh in air. 1t really seems if
soma of'dr very energetic mechanics possessed
, "AiaHs Lamp SO rapidly do they erect build
! inys he absent from town few days, and when
vo ofeturn, where, when you left was open space,
large and commodious frame will be seen,
tshich, IN almost an incredible space of time will
!, pc completed and tenanted. The various mills
cannot begin to supply the demand for lumber
The question may be asked, why is all this i'm
proyemenH Why are people focking to our town
and purchasing properly at the highest prices!
Men from distance may be seen coming iq aud
building; planters from Red River and various
other portions Of the country are eaying their
farms and locating in our pleasant little village
mechanics are seeking homes among us-trades-
men are turning their attention hitherwards, and
are preparing to invest capital amongst rest; in
fact, our whole town wears quite different ap-
pearance TO what il did some two three years
since.
do not know that can solve properly 10 the
satisfaction OF every the above nierrog
but can, at least, give solution which is salts
factory to my own mind, and which trust will
be, when particularly investigated, satisfactory to
every person. Some two years since, the trustees
OF our schools procured, al great trouble and OK
pense, corps Of teachers to take charge Of
academies-ladies and gentlemen of the highest
| literary aud mental attanments. Our academies
| previous 10 which time, however, had been
| merged, by the wisdom of the State Legislature,
into a college, with privileges and imnss ni:es
| equal TO that Of any other institution Of learning
| in the United States. Under the able admins
tratiop Of those teachers, guided anG directed,
! suppose, by the counsel and wisdom Of TIE very
| able and efficient board OF trustees, our schools
| have progressed until they are not pt This time,
surpassed by these Of amy other PLACE in le State,
The mode of instruction, and the faciLy with
the young and unaedged minds, are truly aston
ishiEg. Here is an answer, then, to the query,
! why men of influence and standing arc seeking
out cas ytisge az place of residence-our schools.
/ The mechanics come, because their services are
in requsition in erecting for these gentlemen who
come to town buildings in wii:ei to live pleas
! antly and aereeaby.
Those schools bring circulating medium
among US, which, previous to this time has found
| an outlet in some other DIRECTION Every class Of
| the community are bettered, and must necessarily
| feel the influence which they exertug upon
| this place and vicinity, in monetary well as
| moral point Of view. The traGesipan, mechanic,
farmer, Iaborer; and men OF all Professions reap a
| reward Of their presence and influence which
| meyer could be known here i'll their absence.
1 The past is sufficient to establish this fact All
| know that when two or three years since our
| schools went down by an unfortunate train Of
| circumstances, that the town went down with
| them. Churches have been and are erecting
| which never would have been built had the schools
never been elevated to the respectable position
| which they now occupy With all these things
IN view, it is one of the strangest things to out
of Yankeedom, that persons will 50 far forget their
l own interests agd run madIy and blndly in op-
position 10 that which is the secret Of their own
and their ighbor's prosperity. You who oppose
| our schools, if there are any, which trust not,
pursue your opposition I'll il results in the ACCOM-
plisbment of your schemes and the successful
overthrow Of them, and if you do not see i'm
provement cease, town property drprecate in
| value persops leaving town and purchasing farms
| in the country those who Eay'nt them, instead
! of moving 10 town as they now are, and your
own purses lighter, then ycu may say that I have
| predicted falsely. If by any misfortune the pres
/ ent schools should be discontinued, town property
| would depreciate fifty per cent. in vaine in six
| months from that event. shert space OF time
elapsed, as mentioned above, wheI there were
no schools, enough 10 convince every one that
i such another cessation in their exercises would
be fatal TO the interests of the town and vicinity
] and death blow to the prosperity and permanency
1 Of the schools for a long tce to come. The noise
| of the hammer and tI}e plane can be heard low
where formerly all was siness, and handsome
! buildings seen where q iew months since
4 nought but pine thickets we're standing.
In addition to the schools here, sir, those tenn
| perance have done great deal of good
those ..horse collar boys the dutchman said
when he saw long line of them in procession.
| The incacuIabie benefits arising from those things
| must be apparent to every moral rejecting and
| intelligent person. can see the influence, in
J moral point of view, which the schools are exer-
| ting upon the feelings Of tile community. Not
4 as formerly, now we have Sunday school,
4 where more than an hundred scholars congregate
i Oh Sabbath, TO be Instructed from the book Of
1 books. | now see men at church regularly, who
| were formerly accustomed, Madam Runor
| said, 10 receiving men at the back door and re
failing to them that frey poison, whiskey, when
| the worship Of God was going on, those men
now frmest among the firm in opposing such
things, because of their association with that,
| it were, Heaven sent order--the Sons of Temper
ance--those men are christians.
As my article has grown rather longer than
i had intended, / will close with the promise, that
! il this should prove acceptable to yourself aud
readers, as convenience may suit, to furnish you
with the items of the advancement of our
schools, town, &C.
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