New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-29

The Rev. Nr. OsG0od told the b0aru that they
were remarkably fine looking" and said oeher
pee SAINT things tQ them; 50, aso did the Rev. +. u.
CUYLER. ~
NELSON J. WATERBURY, esq.,, District Attorney,
ard member Of the Board, gave asevere castigeao.
to those rho talked about the expenses Of the Boasd
OF Educ In those expenses lsy all the safety
which the people had for the present. and all tAsar
hopes of safety for Their Children Oi these expenses,
thTeequarters of a million was pad the ! AUG teach
ers certainly not too much, and the other quarter o
million was paid for enlarging the school accomnheda-
tOns.
The Rev. DIR. BELLOWS said that for years, whse-
ever he began to lose heart and hope for the fnte g
our people-and such times came not nnfrequent2 y
Newly ork-he bad been in the habit OF betaking hu-
se.f 10 the uesIeet public schools. And he couh ~
commend it emnently curative. IL was nonsense,
this to TX about the expense OF the pubic schoob;
eyery dollar that was sunk in them sunk TO faoo
ten dollsrs, and more. The day would so0n oene
when people would find out that in taking away tAo
children fro the public schools they were depdvtnG
them the beet opportunity OF using them 70 rea!
alton Of the principles OF democracy Ne sent b
boy TO the public school, because he thought II the
best paoe for him to learn that God Almighty pa
brains into the coachmans boys head than lneo
his. But he did not send his daughter; he had ora
heard complaints from parents that IN the peon
grlS schools TOO much tention was paid to costam
and Accomplishments aud too little attention to hesss-
hold arts. lie doubted whether were not sacnhc,ng
important things to mnsc, at beet an unnecesy
accom- plisnment. He was glad that We had fTes.-
dent the Board OF Education who had pluck enoe&n
10 comb down the press p
The Hen. ERAsTUs BRooKs rose TO vindirafs shs
Press. He would tell the President that hs led BET
- ter haveta bad ePtaPh when aesd - .nnn ., ne - VI
an opportuniy to attack the Press once or twtos .
wear yet the Press the abstract and brief chr0u-
ces OF tho times, had more than three hundred OPP
pgrtunites 10 strike back. He was glad ard pros: q
The schools as they were, but he thought that thsy
might be much better. He had seen lines OF A9s
written on the faces Of little children by the compsa
ton which was excited among them In the peceo
schools. Mr. Brooks, as ho had commenced ~
quotation from Shakespeare, closed with qrose0Ss
from Wordsworth:
My heart leaps up when behold,
rainbow In the ssyi
it when my Life began; o.
50 let it be now am sH.n,
D. let il be when grow old
Tn. cbiia /, f.ther Of the man.
And could wish my day. 70 be
Bound each 20 each By natural prty'
CnAs. TR.cY. esa Old not care how maca tag
there YVES for schools there were plenty OF rch -
10 psy the tayes. lie did not thiok the systeoW va
pelfect; lie mad recommended many improveaenes,
and be thought thst the present Board OF Edusssaa
war just the body 20 carry them into operation.
Mr. PETER COoPER indnlged In some pesssst re-
mipscences Of the origin Of the public schools y tts
city. Nothing bu, liberal system Of edncatasa
thought, saved rs from tho heavy tsx whicn .o"ss
be required to support standing army. lie sal
a frie I'd OF bis who had eight daughters, tod NJ -
other day that those whom he had sent TO che .bsc
schools made vastly rapid proziess thss snoes
whom he had 8. ut to priv ate sshoos At 90 70 ~ pr
qnAiter.
Mr.. ID i. Sc0TT said thst sehoGa eacn.n 49,
overwo,keS. They had too many oogies; they -
No, ti,oe for the common branches. The boys htAs
Common schools wrote badly, but they had - ~
Tune TO learn to srite better. The chiidien as1Se1
too much, they should have fswer studies and do tAm
better. AT
TIE Hon. Mr.. RANDALL, in allasion TO DR.. BSllovsz
pghiers took occasion to say that the Eemas QesH
mar Schools of New.York at the head Of The Fe.
male s.hools d the ooaptry. They we're Ter sSssA
ties, more Thorough.
X. A. ADAMS, esq, rpoke on the imports % "a
Pubic Schools as Jewelers. and socialisers.
The following resolution was unanimoosly a6cped:
the BoaTc Il Eduesion for the yery bsPpy nfssns ~
sy-png which his generous hosrsasy hss rven s o wc6
o cbss rf1l social iptsrc:srse. I| ~
Tie patty tLen broke mp at Ji:do p. 70. AZ