The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-07-07

The PoLYTEcHNlc CoLLEGE.-At the time
Of the opening of this institution in our ci-
ty, nearly two years ago, we alluded to the
important position it seemed destined to as
sumo among the educational establishments
of the country. We inferred this from the
fact that, while common schools and litera-
| ry colleges had here attained a ripe develop
ment, little or nothing had been done for in
dustrial educa tion-that education which
combines practice and science, and which is
$50 emlnently adapted to the American
mind and to American necessities The Pol
|ytechnic College has grown up out of the
demands of the times. Its plan of instruc-
ton was adopted by highly intelligent
Board of Trustees, after one of their mum
Der had visited the Industrial Colleges of
Europe, and after the systems employed there
had been carefully compared with those of
this country The plan includes a school Of
Engineering, of mechanics, of chemistry and
of mines, The department of chemistry was
first opened, then those of engineering and
mechanics, and efforts are now making to
place the school of mines on an equally lib
eral foundation. In furtherance of these eff
forts, the College has recently been provided
with one of the choicest and best selected
cabinets of minerals ever imported into this
country. The collection was brought to-
gether in Europe by the labor of years, and
without regard TO cost, and is especially
valuable in its new position, because oft
adaptedness to the purposes Of instruction.
While so much is being done by the estab-
lishment Of lyceums. institutes and free lee
lures, to diffuse knowledge among the mass
les of both sexes, it is gratifying 10 the friends
of education to know that our Industrial
College, in which young men are profession
ally educated in the applied sciences, is re-
ceiving that encouragement and support to
which it is so justly entitled.-l Phil. Ledger.
OuTRAGEs UPON FEMALES. The Troy
Times says that it is estimate ted that the num-
Der of criminal outrages committed upon
females in the United States during the past
year, have been 1900. In 48 cases. the vic
tim was either murdered upon the spot or
death subsequently resulted from the injuries
inflicted upon her The number Of suicides
of females was l89-in 81 cases the poor
self-murdcrers had been the victims of Sc
duction or outrage. This is horrid cata
logue, and one may we'll be surprised al the
apathy with which crime so fearfully preva
lent is regarded. And yet we venture toI
say that not one-half the truth is known
If the wrongs which are borne and suffered
in secret were brought to light, and the cal
endars Of our criminal courts thoroughly
searched, we should find them footing up an
aggregate with which the above figures
would bear scarcely comparison.
We learn that the cholera has made its
appearance near New London, in Morgan
township, Butler county, Ohio, and that twoI
of the old citizens died with it after few
hours illness. Mr.. William Atherton, al
prominent farmer, and excellent man, after
working hard all day on Wednesday of last
week, was taken with symptoms of cholera,
and died next morning. Mr.. David Davis,
"a native of Wales, deacon in the Paddy'sI
Run Congregationalist church, an old and
much esteemed citizen, died on Sunday last
after brief attack. The physicians of the
neighborhood are positive that these Were
distinct cases OF Asiatic cholera. Several
other cases had occurred, but none of them