Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-11-22

| The dissolution OF Inc wing pai'' - ~
hv of the Wing journals of Ohio since Inc recent aS
oy s,esrsd nv The marty in that State. Among the
w. ,o r,av mention the Mansfield Herald The Maumes
Times md the Tuscarawas Advocate.
FoR THE ESaUiRER.
TH. Armory an Onerous Burden 10 me sla'e-H "'"u'y
| " - School in its place.
| ru,o., Iii tales neatly three times as much
money 10 keep up The ArmOny esiaoishmeht as me
ture appropriaes for the supper! o e for The OH
Dominion. II IL supplying dehcehcY ~'e "a" I
fore most pernCiousy TO Inc cause VI Gu
oo,ion II constantly giving 10 The State teachers VINO
honohv nrepared to undertake the important and re
spous!be TASK Of training The youthui mnu h le
of knowledge by which the time enpoyeu anu .'o ou'
exnended in education laid out 10 some useul purpose
Those who 20 forth from the School al Lexington must p
thoroughly grounded in whatever they profess 10
no chaulan Tricks can obtuin DP'omas ilom + d
only who leave nothing undone their part mat can con
tribute 10 the benefit Of the student nnd VINO WIZ aware
credit 10 none those who really deserving Inc
want of competent efficient teachers Ia our primary SCHOOLS
haa heen serious draw back Virginia Let Us multiply
"a much as wo such noble institutions ID ie one d.
Lexington and depend upon H. we sna nave ah aouluan
snppy of good teachers whose laeos IN Tie Cause VI pop
lar ducalion will be attended with the npplest results
Tho Public Armory 10 this city may be Called nuisance
when we compare the services II renders 70 Inc Hlae WI"
The heavy amount required Keep up Let lis look Tor
momen, al The by which ii 10 Kept 10 existence Onue
chan 80 of the Code II Is required that the Puoc uat
shall consIs, Of 81 persons Captain ana TWO euehans
six Sergeans six Corporals, TWO muscuhs' anu se'eh1
Tho nav of The three officers including ratons, extra al
lowances &c, cannot In the aggregate amount 70 less DC
| cnrdirp TO Il rough estimate which | have made. thar
81 600 per annu But will give the exact words OF TIT
law in reference This subject. and cach one may Ora"
lhrefrDm his own conclusions:
Sec g. CHIP 49, provides that tho pay per nnntn Oh n
captain shall be $40 of first lieutenant s3u and Of tn
second lieutenant S26 Zach OF the commissioners officer
shall be entitled 10 four raons per day. and each shall b
allowed for one servant the pay ra,ons and clothing Of
private and such qnartemastea stores for himself ana
servant allowed 10 officers OF Inc same etaae
| ,b.. I1pitn SfnInc
"Scc A. The comnandanl for the time being shall be con
sdcred us command Of separate pest and entitled there
by 10 four raluns in addition per day lie snail DO allowed
SlO per month for responsibility for the arms, clothing ant
Announcements OF the compuny
One of The officers is appointed by the Governor paymas
ter of the company and receives or his services as such
| $40 per month"
mute raons allowed them at twenty cents Tor thch rh
ton and The aiuns and clothing allowed Tor servants AT t
contract price, the coat oil The raons und clothing io
The guard. -,
The law requires that five arcers shall be employed "by
the month day." for The purpose OF cleaning repairing
and packing away such of the arms as stand in need oil
repair and for The additional duties imposed on the oicer
the Public Guard by the provisions OF This law In employ
inp arcers und experimenting the cleanng repairing and
pucking away they shall be allowed annually in add
lion to regular pny and ernoIuments $3.50 TO be dis
buted in proportion 10 the rank una pay OF eac quarterly
as other salaries are paid :,
cite lhesr facts for the purpose of finding any fault
with these officers in any manner depeciatng their me-
rits have such design in view-hey are worthy, non
urabe gentlemen and most sklu aud excellent officers az
the company under their command the most perfectly da
cipnrd of any the country, will abundnnty testify my
s. object is show, that this Ar"ry establishment IL
niece OF useless machinery every par, OF "nch
EXPENSE and lhnt the public good requires that
some plan oil WaCucal u'i'"S o'o"'o w 80 "
place. --,,r;s no toIIous Dr on oh
f ,ho y $40 month OF cach oil Inc Blk Cor
| co nor month"; of each of the Two muslclans ~ per
mnnih and If each OF the seventy other men, 81 per
on,h Under sec IL Is provided. that leach noncon'
officer musician and private shall receive one ra-
linn per day in kind and The same cotns ana
a,a stores az are allowed 10 infantry OF the United States
Under The lave and regulations thereof now In iorcc ard
3D. Gee il ia further provided, that each OF the
nmay be allowed 81 per month In lieu OF Inc raons oil
sns and each of hem who at The expiration OF The term
of enlistment, shall obtain an honorable o'schafge sha'
be- entitled 10 gratuity OF Sl5
enden Amounted from among the prvales who receives
m eSira allowance 81 per month; and the commandant is
authorized hire hospital matIon al price not exceeding
SO per month.
,l daily for which service his fees, although not speci-
fed by law cunno be much less than $1,000 per annum
Having thus en- the various items OF expense l.
,ondon Enon this establishment leave IL 10 every person
So inclined to calculate the several amounts and by taking
their aggregate to determine Inc actual outlay 10 which the
StaIe 10 annually subjected this account have very
LILLE doubt that 600 will not be much beyond the mark
Now for less than half this sum, military school,
swernr all The purposes OF The armory besides being val
m auxiliary 10 The of education might be
ed Richmond The good effects OF such change would be
speedily realized. We should have dispersed through the
Stae set of teachers under whose instruction. the limited
lime Of INDECENT children, would be turned the best pose
bic advantage The elementary branches of the English
guage- Grammar, Geography and Arilhmelic-woud be
taught In such manner TO DO of permanent utility to
the pupil who receiving In these schools good foundation
might erocl upon il valuable supestructuo by his
unaided efforts in after life 1t s needless however 10 ex.
patate upon The blessings which such school would mpart
10 the of popular education In Virginia. they obvi
GUS 10 every person who will think for moment dspas.
sDnalely on the subject.
The Virginia has already embarked millions upon
millions in the Of Internal Improvement ond
perence of every day teaches that instead OF regreng
this heavy expenditure of money, ought DO Thankful
that possessed The wisdom and fore.
sight discern true nereas in adopting such even.
svo systems Of Improvement! The mighty of this
State beginning 10 be developed and everything even
al tho present moment indicates high degree of physical
prosperity Let take that education eha progre
pdri passu with the other great interests Of the Sute; and
accomplish this object with greater certainty let us avail
ourselves VI every advantage possess Let us dscon,
this den OF idieness and nactivy-lhs sink hole OF
public moneythe Amoy; and let substitute for II some.
thing that will do real and substantial good 10 the State
something thai will prove valuable and eicacious insrru
ment In assisting 10 the clouds of Ignorance which
unhapply lover Virginia. REFORM
| CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Nov. l6 1853.
Correspondence Of the Baltimore Americana
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