, 1861-04-08


aqueduct countryward in search Of
,s2Facelamd Cemetery.
At 3 meeting Of this Cemetery Company
held April 5th, the following officers were
elected under the new charter:
THoAAs B. BRIAN, President.
EDWIN II. SHELDON, Treasurer.
The Company will at once place an omnibus
In connection with the North Chicago Horse
Railway, 70 run daily to the cemetery. Fare
through, 8 cents.
From publication by tho Company we
make the following extract:
Themain features of this Cemetery, chartered
Februa1y a, 1861, may BE- briefly enumerated as
follows:
1st. Thu tits TO The gstund Is entirely uaiacum-
de4sd, sisaple and perfect, and BY its con7eJance
from Thomas B. Bryan to the Company under the
new charter, any fncumbrance or complication Of
title are rendered tapossldle.
I'd. The ground Cdeing ridge) is high, a. shown
by the certificate of the surveyor, and the roll per-
meable, the best for cemetery purposes.
3D.. 4 liberal percentage Of the proceeds OF sales
is secured for The perpetual maintenance Of the
Cemetery.
4t'. The natural topography Of the grounds is
admitted By all to be peculiarly beautiful
gentle undu1ations, and the grove over the entire
subdivision, having suggested the name Of ''Graee-
land.''
9Th. The Cemetery Q.ike Laurel Hill and Mount
Auburn} is situated at g. convenient distance. i've
miles by carriage {oyer an excellent gravel roaa)
and yet sufficiently remote from the city never to
be encroaehed upon, no matter whnt nay be the
prosperity OF Chicago.
9th The Company own land sufficient for centu-
ries Of cemetery use. A large portion Is already
subdivided, handsomely 1nclose1, and In process
Of tasteful improvement.
7th. The charter, In e1empting the property Of
the Company and Of the individual lot holders
from taxation and from execution and attachment,
and in comforting upon the Company and it's off,
GERS the ampleat police powers, and indeed in all
its details for the protection of the Cemetery In Its
perpetual sacredness is as liberal and complete ~
any ever granted to Cemetery Company.
Public Inatrucston.
The Seventh Annual Report of the Chicago
Board Of Education for 1861, is very hand
some pamphlet Of one hundred and thIrty-two
pages, full Of useful aud valuable information
on school topics. It is by far the best Of the
AEPolta tnus 1Al, DuLQ III matter anu manner
of information furnished, and in fact Is vol
ume ofpermanent value and interest to friends
Of Public Instruction at home and abroad.
Nineteen pages are devoted to the interesting
report Of the President Of the Board, ]. C.
Dore, Esq. We notice the same old plea Is
made Of the necessity of keeping down the
number of admissions to the High School, on
account Of the danger Of getting that institn.
tEon filed up. This. could not of itself be
considered as great evil BY our citizens, even
if adherence to the rule of 400 scholars to .
building, and 20 scholars to teacher necessi-
tated the building of another and still another
High School. Who has been peEsuadiug the
Board of Education that the Deluge will in
medlately follow the filing up Of our present
High School?
To pass to other topics, the plump PAM
ph1et contains,-the Reports Of Superiuteu-
dent Wells, George HowIand, Esq., Principal
OF the High School, with IN Appendix, and
the late adopted Rules Of the Board Of Edu-
cutation. The whole number Of pupils in our
Public Schools, for series OF years, is as fol.
lows: