New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-17

Corresrcricrcr & Tie y. Y. Irbn-e
ToRoNro Saturday, Dec. H. ls52
The weather continues unusually open and
mild Steamboats, continue 70 cross 70 Rochester to
ply between this city and Hamilton, and but few
DAYS ego tie navigation was open between Montreal
and Quebec Tie Welard Canal is open. and likely,
according present appearances 10 remain so Tor some
time TO come The tolls that csna viii be this year
about SOS COO being increase over last year OF so
OCO The increase OF trade is partly attributable TO the
,owsge of vessels by night, commenced this season
seccrd tow path is in course OF construction which
will afford increased facilities for business on the canal
next seescn.
The Messrs Denny, of Dumbarton, Scotland,
have undertaken construct two iron steamboats, for
Lake Ontario thu, shall run twenty-five miles sn hour.
They are TO be ready by the Spring OF 1854.
The Canada Company have removed theiragent
at Goderich Mr. Mercer Jones, and appointed in his
place w b Robinson, NJ T. P. Mr.. Jones's offence was
his having advocated the Buffalo and Goderich hno OF
railroad IN preference 70 the Toronto and Goderch hne
agsinst the ordeSs of his employers. Mr. Jones IL mar
ned to daughter of the Bishop of Toronto The new
agent will ncst likely keep his seat in Parliament where
he viii DC able 70 look a;;er the interests OF the Com
psny. a.
The Quebec Board of Health reports that
the Cholera has entirely le that city This was s MIN
visit The deaths altogether numbered only ia OF
whom o. citizens and - rd.;nen, seanien, emf
grants strangers and persons conhns In he gaoL Inc
population OF the city l. Geo and the transitory pop
laton estimated n COO souls 10 i tact worthy OF
notice that On each successive VISIT with exception,
the Of the cholera in Quebec have been less Sc
we're In 1892 the first visit Of the disease 1900 persons
in Quebec. tell victims in 1884, $500; IN lsl9, lloO
in ls45, 27l: IN 1852 IA The disease has on all occa
sons Of iis visit 10 Quebec followed the wellknown
laws Of it, development IL has all occasions broken
in Champlan and Guide SAC ST., which the Board OF
.l~b sa.i nG
sickness and death Thence passed To other streets
which ranked next for lth. Its development is clearly
traceabc sanitary causes but there can scarcely DC
any draining in city ike Quebec, which stands upon
rock
The report of the Superintendent of Schools
for Upper Canada just issued, makes the ioowsg com
parsons between Canada and the state OF Newfork;
There three particulars IN which we mus. sc ONE
Weld the RAIN 10 our American neshbogs ~ They have
Schco houses and schools their cites ana towns Win
which we have s yet nothing compare but from what
has been done and doing IN several OF our cites ad
towns am this contrast VIII b. superseded py com
parson ~ They have numerous school Libraries wnie
yet have but in this they are rather declining
than ADVANCING for OF neodfu authority and caution
and discrimination in the beginning IN the ssecon
of proper hooks aud the consequent into te
hbars Of an immense amount of trash which has depre
cated their value, lesSened their usefulness, and IN some
instances led to their abandonment trust, II we mo's
slowly IL this part OF our system we sasl proceed mo"
safely well more economically and successfully w.
OF tie 755 ca chdren OF shooge in the State OF New
York 7-6S Of them reported ~ having seen und,r
instruction for longer period during sac year
of the % of chi dren Of school age, but are
reported as having attended the schools IA lSol IL
is however but asi remark tat nesry 90cO more OF
our child reported having attended school IN 1891
than in 1850 while 1861 children IN the state OF New
York are reported having attended school less than two
months o the YEAR and 22j75 of them between two and
four months and 70OC5 OF them for tour months aud less
than months. t may also be observed though great
have been made their schools in cities aud
towns their annual school reports furnish very niue ndes
ton of progress the rural parts OF the Stats while school
progress with ne t. IN general more conspicuous IN inc
iursl portions Of cur country, than in or cities towns and
villages , -, -
"The averege Period during which the schools were
Lept omen in State ct NewYork IN ls1 was seven
months aud days Upper Canida It was nine
months and twenty eight days. -. g.
According to the last of the state OF New YORK
taken in 1880 the population Of that State was traction
more than times the population OF Upper 0ensdh
There Oue therefore be four times large SUN raised
for the salaries of school teachers IN that STATE s
in prer Canada The total amount OF money raised there
for salaries oftsechers 1851 Including the large scnoo
frrd) was $50 34j tSS7 $50 the tots, amount raised
In inner 1851 for the purpose was tl
or EIDE o-uesy onethId Of the amount raised IN the
State OF Newlork"
lam told that there is good deal OF sham pnd pre-
tence about the Common School system IN Lower Can
ada many of the teachers being grossly incompetent
az scarcely to be able TO read. Lc