The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-05

March, has written letter declining 70 b esadi
date for reelection The MAsssehusssts hegis'ssave
will meet in Boston today, and - the Shigs have
the shortly, it 10 not improbable that befre =,
eloae Of the session they viii select Hon. 81 Ssra
Everett present Secretary Of State, IS the eessor
Of Mr.. D
We understand that . telssraphie DE- match from
Halifax snreuross that the steans' 40 Asia, bound
to Ais pert, with two days later aAv,oss from Eo
rope. put into that place Lass smd.y, and sailed
again on the nms day II ibis 10 trus, she ought
to have nSr,ved be's befs ec this
BY dsTatch from '<eston We learn that 6fteeH
lives lott By thu sinking Of ths brig AMULET,
on the s4th ult.
Counsel In 1As extra ditiSn ease Of KSius we're
heard in the. United States Supreme Cs1rt yssser.
6.y Fec ..Ae ,elegvaphic report
The 6rA snow which hiss been seen Al the streets
Of this cit, during the winter fs yesterday, It ten
piru.eSto twelve o'csok 90 refersnee to the tele-
| sraplic repr,s from other cities it will be seen
that tho wes,hsr was yesterday u.ry cold through
| ont tho entire 6tsts Oar Albany correspondent
| considers the steamboat navigation Of The Hudson
| c]cted for the season
| Last evening" the Rev. Thomas Starr King, Of
BestoD. delivered most able lecture, as the Broad
wsy Tabernacle subject, Substance and Show,
or Facts snd Forces" 10 consequence Of the crowd
| ed state Of eur columns. from tho publication of
the nesssge'of Governor Seymour, and other State
! docums nts, We shall not be able to present our
readers with report Of this lecture until tomorrow.
Yesterday morning, Kiss Bacon delivered the
ninth lesfon Of her course, at the 6.uyvessnt Ins
tute, the subject being "fhe Fourth Group in the
| Primitive States Hebrews" We shall endeavor
to give full report Of the lesson to morrow.
The St Nicholas Hotel Broadway, will be open.
ed TO- rerrow. Tns building vas inspected last
| evening by some Thousands Of our most distin.
| spished citizens.
The stated monthly meeting, last evening, of the
| New York Historical Society was Of highly in
terestpg character Our report Of the proceedings,
We regret, ia crowded out. The annual reports Of
tho fEcers and committees we're made, showing the
prosperous condition Of the society Mr. Edwin Will
iams. chairman Of the select commit 90 an index
ard chronology Of American newspapers, made q
report, proposing an Index Association, Of 200
Subscribers, at $50 each, to carry out the former
| proposition Of Mr. Williams. This proposition was
adopted BY the acceptance Of the report, and the
same committee was continued, with powers. Pro-
fessor Koeppen. q learned Danish scholar, late Of
the OTTOMAN College, at Athens, read highly
interesting paper the late discoveries and resto
ratiops Of The Acrepolis ut Athens. The reading Of
the paper interpreted with incidental remarks.
in high style of eloquence, BY the distinguished
professor, who is q rare specimen Of Scandinavian
genius. The lecture was illustrated by many 6ne
drawings of tho architectural beauties Of Athens
The extremely crowded state Of our ,olumns renders
it imlos sible to make for many local reports
and much other interesting reading, which We have
In <ppn - he &c D,r A.
Giles at the Brooky Institute, theatrical notices.
court proceedings. &c.
Meeting OF the Acknowledgements Put.
lie Doc 0ments.
We have resolved three very important State
documents from Albany, which were submitted yes
terday to the Legislature The first is the Governors
message; the second is tho annual report OF the
| Comptroller, which is . very able and elaborats
paper, ard IL Of the highest moment in relation to
the finances Of the State. The third is the report
of the superintendent of Schools. These do,umens.
| We publish to-day at length.
1t appears from the school report, that the num-
Der Of children attending school during the year is
S32 49, thus leaving in the school districts 26S 1872
between the sges Of four and twenty one years,
who did not attend. The number Of unincor-
porated, select and private schools, was l,472,
ing them 81 ,767. Misrepresentation reports that,
owing to the dissensions and agtations, and muta-
tions that have been made in tho education laws,
"tbe schools have deteriora.ed during tho rapid
changes of the last four years - and Mr.. Randall
seems to be Of opinion that what is most needed at
present 10 repose, until further developed expe.
rence, and moro settled public sentiment shal call
for such permanent alterations shall fix the sshsol
ayIfn hosso ~ 20 L. .I.l =
ture. The present law-the law Of Isis COM
promise between tho free school act Of l849 which
for the frs. time recognised the expodiency of throw
ing the burthen Of maintaining education exclusive.
y on property, without any reference to the direct
participation Of the taxpayer in the benefts-it is
a compromise between this and the mixed basis
which previously prevailed, ind according to which
property bore but small portion Of tho burtaeu,
and the persons dire,tly benefited the remainder
While the present tax Of $500 900 is grea er con-
cestion from property than any obtained previously
to 1919, it does render the schools entirely froe
except to the INDECENT, md rate bulls, to collect
,cme portion Of the teachers salaries, have yet to
be collected in most Of the districts.
The observations Of the Superintendent. upen
academies and colleges we'll deserving Of at;en-
ton. He condemns the present system, by which
the bereGss OF these institutions are confnedto the
monied srist0cracy, who do not need the boon,
while the poor are excluded His proposition Is
that al Of them be placed on the same footing as
the Free Academy CT New York city, within whose
halls the mark Of caste and the distinctions Of
wealth ignored; an the sons Of tho rich and the
poornether Of them degraded bsaC6ciarios, but the
honorcd cadets Of a parental government-moet on
ground where neither has the vantage. To carry
out this noble idea-this republican prircip!e-is
will be necessary to appropriate far larger sum Of
money than the miserable pittance Of $4,000, at
present dolcd out. There arc many who contend