The Nevada journal., 1856-11-28
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Frida. Morning, Nov. 2sfh.

We want one good school house We
want public Reading Room and, Ly-
ceum, and we want the thousand and
one other needs of man laboring under
the primeval curse.
The want of water is destined to be
felt till nature sheds sympathizing tears
for our distresses, or till the great South
Yuba canal is completed.
The want of security against fires can
be supplied, partially, by an active fire
police detailed for the duty of examin-
ing stoves and chimneys. and endowed
with competent power to punish any
violation or negligence in the observance
Of salutary fire ordinance; by the sue
cessful accomplishment of the plans of
"Mountaineers No. l." and the addition
of more companies to the fire depart
ment; but wholly by a system of water
works underlying the principal streets,
and furnished at convenient distances
with fire plugs and hose.
The want of a good school house is a
serious one and not easily overcome
As community we are remarkably lib
eral in erecting mammoth churches on
every street, to hold congregations
barely large enough to insure the
divine presence, but grudgingly bestow
i dollar on a school house in which to
educate the rising generation. While
three churches to be used one day in the
week are rising at an expense in the ag-
gregate of from $4,000 to $4,000, built
in the main, probably, by people half
bankrupt by sweeping conhagration,
there is not a school house in the city,
in which New Englander would fatten
his pigs.
We say the want of good school
house is Il serious one and not easily
overcome. 1t is a serious want indeed.
A school house should be made pleasant
and attractive, but when the people are
taxed to their utmost for other purposes
it is not easy to obtain money from them
even for the worthiest object Good
schools and good school houses must be
wanted till idle churches are opened to
the youth famishing for intellectual food,
and pastors, turned school masters, en-
deavor to fit the minds of the rising gen
Grafton for the reception and apprecia-
ton of the sublime doctrines they may
subsequently teach.
After a generous and indulgent com
munity has erected houses for worship,
why should Christian pastors close the
doors against the children of their pat
rons, and compel them to herd in mis-
cradle sty to be educated, or running
at large uncultivated, furnish nothing but
stony ground on which to scatter the
gospel seeds
The want of public Reading Room
and Lyceum is felt by all who have
been accustomed aforetime to spend
their leisure hours in such places of men,
tai culture and improvement.
In many of the towns of the State,
numbering one half the population of
this city, Lyceums have been established
and made prosperous and useful. Grass
Valley and Rough & Ready are ahead
of us in this respect. Those of us who
belong to the secret societies repair to
the Lodges and are partially supplied
with the almost indispensable intellec-
tual and social stimulant, but the ma
jority wander here and there in search
famusements, with which to pass away
time that might be proftably employed
in Lyceum or Reading Room storing
the mind with useful information
We see no reason why good Read
ing and Club Room may not be estab-
hshed. During the late canvass three
political clubs were formed and hundreds
or dollars expended by them without
grudging for the furtheranee of party
ends Surely the place ought to sustain
one room, after the election, devoted to
the dissemination of knowledge other
than political. Success ought to crown
the efforts of the philanthropist who un-
dertakes to supply this want of the COM
munity.
The many other wants of the people
are inseparable from our fallen condition
for which we have no remedy to pre-
scribe
- Senator Weller left on the
steamer of last week for the scene of
further labors in the Senate of the Uni
ted States. He wants to be reelected,
but is obliged to trust to the records of
Con,rress and the influence of his ner-