New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-16

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VA I,,9; ,,; however, ha. increased
'as'a"0 > Uud.I TO- betseen ~ 70. q -
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~ 49, ,,s Incidental causes which might account
rsolsed statistical statements IKE these are readly
os,ma,ed but IN any system Vi s'a'iSuca iSt9 i
LID he accurately ascertamed. No valuable deduc-
go can he ma le from such statements, and wlthout
arb mower statistics an idle occupation Ou' duy
ysema,ized aud fair allowance made for an the aus
trbipg elements in the returns much valuable l3s
,s,on NAV be deduecd. There are so many topics
a, sucb an association rs this might cOnnect WIN any
system of investigation into the educational conu'l3n
~ Inc city, that returns of extreme value mg' ne oo
ss;nnd The health OF children Distribution Oh Disease
according TO the period OF the year. perou VI Ie az
which their labor became remunerauXe, ana other
similar questions might advantageonsy Dc c1!euo On
Dr. NlNNE begged to call the attention VI .ne sc =;
I'm 10 SOME statistics in relation 10 lhenpeIehce IN
The United States which he was now engaged IN pre-
narino He was not aware that any attempt had mere
tof been made TO develop this 'uDIect Dy STATISTICS
In this country In England, where MT. Nelson nad
sabria,ed the facts collected by him with considerable
care he has shown tolerably well that OF the whole
nopuation in England and Wales 535S3 males and
II 30 females or g. S07 were drunkards The Stats
tics of des,hs show that out Of 10 OF the whole
nonrstJoD die from diseases connected with ntemper
apce In the United States, deductions based upon
similar calculations derived from the mortality re-
turns OF the census of 1880 show that there existed III
FIAT wear 81, 066 drunkards, and that the mortality
from causes connected with intemperance was one IN
each l3l of the inhabitants above the age OF " years
He thought the subject was one OF great Importance,
and when fully developed he had no doubt but It
woald exhibit results of the highest practical utility
10 the individuals concerned and society at large.
Mr. c. G.. SAVAGE said that if the subject OF DIS
bursemcnt by charitable societies was followed up he
had no doubt that the public would be astOunded
tie developments. The cost OF dispensing some
these Charities altogether dsproporionate 70 the
amount of relief afforded. This was mainly owing 10
mismapaccmcnt. He then referred to the Importance
If INF
md mode OF life of the abOring population, ana gave
some interesting statements OF his experience whlie
connected with the Eastern Dispensary III TINS city
The Rev j. L. THOMPSON cOmphmented Mr.. nus
sell upon his very valuable report but wished to say
n few words in regard to Public School system
lie had watched the increasing intnnations IN the
Journals that this system was failure but ne ala not
think that it was Nevertheless these intlnatlons
called for the most serious consideration. lie had
been led to try that system in the education OF
his own family and believed that 1t was more
successful than the system in vogue IN private
scmnalies II stimulated TO increased eIertlOn
and excited a wholesome emulation in the young. The
Chairmsn had referred to the fact that Government
had guaranteed to each youth that graduated at West
Point permanent employment, while the Board OF
Education left the graduates from the Free Academy
70 shift for themselves. 1t was a tact however, that
every boy who passes successfully through the grada
tOns in the ward schools and is received as student
in the Free Academy, can Mt once obtain any situation
in business for which he may be fitted. And that was
the reason why hundreds were admitted, whle only
graduated. They stroye TO pass the requ-
site examination for t purpose oil obtaining the GER
tifCate as a stepping stone IN business. lhere were,
however, two evils connected with the system, whch,
he thought should be abolished. In certain SCHOOLS
fayoritism existed, which he held to he mghiy per
pcious for instance, citizen IN substantial clrcgm-
stances could obtain admission for ms chld, whe tne
children of poorer parents would De excluueu' he
regarded this an evil which might become highly det
rmenta 10 the system. The second evil was the
danger that the system would be drawn into the cor
rupt pool Of party politics AS soon as thls shouiu
come 10 pass, It's overthrow was certain
Mr. (,oRHAN ID. ABBOTT, of the SpiDgier Institute,
Expressed the opinion that the public schools impaIt
a better education than any OF the private schools
He thought also that the subject OF female edu-
cation an important branch OF INQUIRY. IN
his travels through Europe some years ago he
saw the splendid establishments munlhcentiy en-
dowed for the education of men, but he did not hnd
with the exception of eleemOsynary INSTITUTIONS,
eryle school with an endowment OF SlO,OOO, or a
library Of 5000 volumes, for the education OF women
Napoeon's remark, that France wanted educated
mothers, was true of our own country.
The Rev. DIR. HAYNES expressed ms satisfaction al
tbe result al the report of the Committee in elicitng
hi. discussion and sad he believed that the society
had adopted the best plan for furtherng the cause OF
statistical science.
Mr. CoNckLIN anmadverted upon the increased
cost of our public schools, which had from less than
$3.50, 900 in 1851 risen to 81, 200, 900 in 1853
Mr.. JAY, the Foreign Corresponding Secretary pre-
scented letter from Prot. A. de Mtendorf Secretary
of the Imperial Academy of Sciences of Russia, ac
knowedgng his election az an honorary member OF
the American Geographical and Statistical Society
II contained warm tribute to g the immortal glory OF
Elisha Kane" and the sorrow felt in Europe at the
premature death of that poneerin Polar Investigations
whose explorations exhibit perfect analogy to their
Antarctic explorations
Prof DE Mittendorf expressed his regret that the
duties Of his Secretaryship had prevented the earlier
issue of the fourth and last volume of his travels,
which he hoped to forward to the Society at the ear-
est opportunity.
The Society then adjourned