Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-07-20
New Books.

New Esooks.
c. Alexander, printer, Washington, y. c.,
has issued the July number Of The African
Repository
This work is entirely devoted to questions
connected with the colonization of Liberia by
blacks from the United States.
We find by n statement appended 10 TIC nc.n.
Der before It's. that the receipts o. the Americ2n
Colonization Society, from Tie 2Q;h Ct May 10
the Goth OF June, 1860, were rs follows: New
Hampshire, $3.50; Connecticut, S25s; New
York, $50 -; Pennsylvania: SOL %; Virginia,
$36; Ohio, so Is; Wisconsin, 81; Mississippi,
5000; Louisiana, 500. Total, $,SS IS.
We have received the Catalogue Of the
Hampton Male and Female Academy, !cr the
session of 1s50-'GO. JOHN B. Cary. principal.
The Catalogue is from the press Of Wm. Il.
Clemmett, Richmond.
The matrcuates in the female department
are 2J. and the admissions are limitcd 10 Tia.
number. In the male department there a:c 50
matriculateS. The object Of this school is TO
prepare students for the University OF Virginia,
or other colleges in the State. or to lit them fer
the active pursuits Of life. Viewing education
IL
pupils will he taught 10 regard themselves not
merely Us the passive recipients OF anothcrs
information, but as active agents in acquiring
knowledge; and it will be the constant aim and
cndcavor Of the Principal and his assistants to
render such aid only as will stimulate research.
anil suggest rather than saliate inquiry, ana
habi,uate their pupils to independent thought:
The course Of study is quite extensive and
iulciously devised The location Of the insti.
tuition is very fine being Immediately Oh salt
water and in full view Of Hampton Roads. -
The town Of Hampton is much !requcn,cd, 10
Summer, by seekers after health who prize
good bathing, excellent hotels with moderate
charges and great facility for such receeatio7s
us contribute to dispe care and restore ply siea
health.
From the Publishing establishment Of John
Murphy l. Co., Baltimore, we have rccci:e'. The
Catalogue of the officers and Students CT
the College Of William and Mary, for lie
Session Of 1s59-G0
Ofthis ancient seat Of learning no need =
there that we should say one word oi rccoma!cn-
dation, for it is known TO n! who know any
thing of the institutions Of the State, that ior
many long, long year, it has siionc as 4 hea,
con light of literature. and that from its portals
have issued forth into the arena CT politics.
there TO win official iamc some OF the greatest
men that the State has ever produced.
Prefxed to the Catalogue is al interesting
historical sketch Of the College.
At the annual meeting Of the Visitors on tie
+th day of July, Charles Morris E:q., of Han
over, was unanimously elected to ill the vacant
Professorship of Law. At the same r:ee:ing,
his Excellcncy John Tyler, was elected Chan
cellor of the College, being the first successor
of George Washington, in this honorable oilice
West & johnson have for sale Tie Miners
Guide" by Atkins; published by }. ". Ran
dolph, 12l, Main street.
This work contains set Of trigonomct'irai
tables, adapted to all purposes of mining ard
surveying; also, a variety Of other tables ard
rules.
The knickerhocker Magazine fer AnGnSt,
has been forwarded to us by John ~ Gray,
publisher, New York. This Is s7oa nn:"nsT.
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