New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-08-11

d.y in Au.ast, 1859.
Mr. Diver Ar.y az Bsffslo resi- 8 seIc orsaeiea
esssy on Msnhcof N ~ ich ts gave WoIso aus .
oogliiion. Mr.. Arey vas subsequently ansriGoasy
elected President OF the Ascension, POS IN th..
should ju0ge him fixed 10 occupy VIII as.
hirse. aud usefally and ho1Ors5ly -. tns 49,
ton SorIe miscellaneous ousrsss io.ioWei, slo 'ee
Association Adjourned 70 the
AFTERNOON SESSION
vteb W.. insugursted BY 8 very sose sd v.ldso'e
scdre from Emerson ". Reyes, esq, Deputy slne'-
nterden. Of Public distraction for the >tste o. New
Yo,k This address ea.ered fally into ne details o.
the sctcol sys'em and w4s listened - viz tie most
profound attention, ard should receive the widest
Or Lsuter, Of Pseksaill Ctsirmsu Of tie Com
nit.ee on Evetinc Schools ami ColeSss rssi : lonS
and abe report il favor Of establishing evening schools
Ct varicu. GRADS n al psrts OF the sse, oy sutaor
~ OF law Ire report embraced vide range OIL feeI,
anc lie argument was 81 tf .clye vindles'on o. tne
valve ard importance OF evening scnools. c'u,ss
OF irsructiop Chiefly ora. ard i.usns'i'e was slg'
gesed, together with some cuttag st;tsmenf bearing
upon fayoTiJism, nepotisr ard saam management, as
developed il our school system.
An stieDpt vas made by NJ. Bllkley OF b'oos-yn
20 y ind up tie report poa. Of order. but iied'
and d.. Lambert continued his report TO the en''
clos;rg with the following resolutions:
Rolsed That IN he oIn1n q hi. Aos.a.ea me ; ~
sy.rpr Iehoo. ;ronsh5u ~, places that all Of Ter
erers may taye me opportunity OF obaHes 'ao'o ecu
Rclre8 That Committee be ,rroinea meuori,ss the
Legislature up5n This subject and Po'ee Sc lie 'he &c
Rres Ihs al educator. are invited to consider his sub
Jet AID, pcs,be oE them 20 do So . op-n 10 thsr ~
tor evening ;hoo Of cenic snc collegiate grade sHa
Reolred That primary evening schools essential IS hrs;
mentioned Committee required to m-moaIe the Less..
an evening primary eioo a as. one evening per week md 70
be allowed one hsl day = con. dera;ion-
Tie resolutions were sdoped, and the meeting ad'
jourre ed 10 the
EVENING SESSION,
when the Rev. Samuel j. May of Syracuse took toe
stand and delivered capital address on The suosct OF
Primary School E;uostion. The speaker sad the
crea. taul. Of tie present method OF instruction vas
tina. i taught the pupils to think the Thoughts OF
others instead of thinking foi themselves, On evil taat
10 our country of individuals should be especisisy
guarded against. lie recommended stten tSG, TO-
present we're hot beds Of disease for teachers sue
scholars. He recommended os instruction, ana
urged teachers to throw aside any OF their text
books substituting therefor the things about them
the animals tle vegetables the ruts-snd there would
be no lack Of interest success 10 teschpg He pro-
ceedsd to illustrate the true method OF teaching the
science Of numbers and book 10 hand appesed u
Prof Davies for his experience. which resulted ~ q
lauchabe IeiOinder from the Professor who SAIL that
he bad recited The House that sex Built 70 csss
in Columbia College with more effective results than
he had ever been able 20 attain by any other means.
II taught the eight unes and the science OF co nbia
ton Tar better than cid Warren Coburn IN his Men'
Arithmetic, which had been SO warmly auded by the
orator OF the evening.
The address was ordered 10 be printed In The
TEACHER, and the ASSOCIATION adjourned To The
LAST MORNING SESSION,
which opened with miscellaneous business and coz
siderable waste of time on tIihes which finally brought
Miss Anthony TO her feet, when she wished the Con
yention to remember that it was the las. day OF the
sessiop with only few hours to dcuss the msDy i'm
Bolaht que sons before it, and hoped that time would
net be filtered away in smaltalk. She said "thst
she should be ashamed Of herself if she were an,
" and took up time in saying how much she loved men
/" or women, or other equally trivial matter. Let us
attend TO TIE earnest and important business before
Gus" Miss Ar thony moved thst the special order
viz discussion on The Effects of High intellectual
Culture on the Re'pectGbal0y and Efficiency Of Manual
L0bor, be set aside and other business taken up.
This oon was lost, and long and polntess discus
sion followed in which the question was generally lost
sight of by the speakers, who talked a great deal
about the dignity OF labor, laundering in the most re-
maikable manner, evidently beyond their depth.
Mr.. Cruikshsnk OF Albany, and Mr. V. NJ. Rec of
Buffalo, formerly Stale Superintendent OF Public In
suuciicn sought 10 bring the wanderers back to the
question, each making brief but exceedingly pertinent
ard foIcble comments on the question.
The Piize question, on motion OF hss Anthony, re-
ceived al additional ventilation after which the AZ
s(cdtiOn Adjourned to lis last
AFTERNOON SESSION,
which commenced with the eec ion of Officers Of
the Association for the ensuing year, an operation
which used up couple OF hours ard resulted in the
election Of Oliver Arey of Buffalo, President; T.. g.
Adams of Brooklyn, j. W. Barker OF Niagara Falls
". A. WEIGH of Cat:kill ard c. II. Dam of Palmyra
Vice Presidents; James Crukshsnk OF Albany, Cor.
responding Secretary L. II. Cheney of Onondsga, and
James Atwster of Lcckport, Recording Secretaries
and Charles II. Anthony of Albany, Treasurer.
A telsgrsphic dispatch was here handed the Pres-
dent announcing the successful laying of the Atlantic
Telegraph Cable, ard the proceedings were suspended
in order that Prof. Davies might announce the tsc
which he did in glowing phrase AMID the rapturous
cheering Of the crowded audience; afer which the
regular business was resumed, aud
Miss Anthony offered resolutions, declaring that econ
omy, as well as the highest interests demanded thst
the should be educated together that the girls
in public schools be not only dR0red but required
to practice defamation and discussion, precisely the
sane e. the boys and that justice and econ
omy demand the abolition Of colored schools. These
resolutions, by coumop consent, were laid upon the
table.
The election beiug over, Mr. II. L. Stuart Of New
YoIk announced to deliver brief address 10 the
place of DR.. Wilder, the orator on the programme,
who was lot present. MIR. Stusrt, who held in his
hand piece Of the Atlantic Telegraph cable with
specimen Of the cable as first made in 1919, by request
gave brief account of the origin of the plan which
had finally been crowned with success, as announced
in the telegram just read, from Cyrus W. Field, 20
whom due unmessuied praise for his enthusiastic
devotion and lndomtable perseverance in bringing the
Atlantic Telegraph question to successful solution
He ssid that the plan had inception and took its
form Is early as October leh ard was the result OF
conversation held between Thomas 5. Armstrong, esq
President Of the American Gutta Perchs Company,
and the venerable Catholic Bishop File ming Of New
fouLdlsnd, while crossing the Atlantic in of the
early etc amers from England 10 America.
Asketch Of this plan, written by himself, was pub
lisheG in The Journal Of Commerce Feb. D. $780, and
in The n. L. TRIBUNE sbou. the same time, long be-
fore Mr. Field or Mr. Cooper ever thought OF such 40
eLteiprite. This plan was sent TO England by Mr..
John r. s.. John, now q resident OF Lockport and
formed the basis Of the organization Of the Newfound
lard and LONDON Telegraph Company, which failed,
after having made large expenditures, and was finally
bought up and taken Possession of by Mr.. Cyrus w.
Field, who organized Few company, with Peter
Cooper for is fret President. DESCRIPTION Of the