Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-10-15

| s. a. and recently spoken of in connection
With the Office OF United States Senator from
Virginia,
| The wages OF the trackmen on the Orange and
Alexandra railroad, having been recently re
| duced, the men employed on the division be-
tween Loviugston and Charlottesville struck
| on Monday, refusing to work at the reduced
| price The company are supplying their places
| with others.
Frank Spain, who stabbed George Morrison,
an agent of Robinsoas circus IN Richmond,
| last week has been sent 90 10 answer an IN
dictment Tor felony, Oh bali Of $500. 1t ap
teared from the evidence that Morrison had
been the aggressor.
THE RIGHT KIND Of EDUCATION. -lnstrCc
ton given toyou b should always br directed 10
6C hem for the pan in NE which they are to
| pur,ue Ii lad Is inte Idei Tor what are call
ed the Learned professions, he should no.
neglect those hraDch-s that will enable him TO
/ derive scientific terms and 10 read the deao
! languages with at least sufficient ease to inter
pref ,or himself the many extracts he meets
! vi IN those tongues.
If youth is destined for a mechanical pur
suit, he should not iai to devote sufficient at
tent,on 10 matthew ties drawing, &t.
| There is no reason, however, ii the youth Is
to be made a physician, why he should not nc
auire a knowledge of mathematics; or il he
| is TO become a black NTH, why he should not
be instructed in The languages. u boy has
| time enough to acquire ialr amount OF know
| edge IN both departments of education; aud
while one field of knowledge may be more es-
sential to him than another, IN order TO fit him
| Tor particular profession or trade. everything
that can enlarge tho range of thought should
be acquired, Il possible.
| There is notion presstent among some par
| cnts. which induces them actually 20 refuse
| TO have their sons educated in any branch
that in then judgment hes not 4 particular
bearing upon the course of life they are TO pur
sue. \ father viii thus often say TO a teacher,
Il expect INV son to be carpenter don [
| see what use Lain will be to him, and don t
want'to have him taught anything but plain
English education. In the minds OF such
men this embraces reading, writing and arith
metic, and noting csc-not even algebra and
| geometry.
Now such ideas arc wrong. We by 10 means
undervalue the paramount Importance OF a
plain English education bat 10 this age OF
| the word, where more extended instruction IS
within the reach Of all, every lad should be
made to learn as many branches as he IS cape
| Jle of acquiring.
| y
| in mathematics he's great advantage over one
who is not, in any profession to which he may
| devote himself and one acquainted with the
languages vii! be Immensely benefited, no
matter what trade he may follow.
| 4 lawyer that cannot make calculations, Is
much at q loss in many departments OF his
business, and has 10 get others TO do for
| him what he could have done for himself with
a moderate knowledge of mathematics and
in the same way mechanic that knows not
the languages, labors under Disadvantages,
| 4 child from eight to eleven or twelve years
should receive the groundwork OF his educa-
ton, such as spelling, reading, writing, We
From eleven to twelve up to sixteen he should
be able to acquire fair knowledge OF the
classics as well as mathema tics-enough to
serve him in any profession, business, or trade
| that he may select.
But these are not all the subjects he should
| learn. He should be instructed 10 popular
course OF Natural Philosophy taught in almost
all the schools, and in addition he should learn
one or two modern languages il his parent
| can afford TO have him taught them.
| Such instruction may seem to be too extended
for the ideas OF some people. So they may be
| but that fact does not make our ideas wrong.
| In the larger cities Of this country and OF
France and Germany, every parent tries to edu-
cate his son to the very highest point that he
can attain, no matter what trade Or business be
| is destined for.
We hope soon to see an improvement in the
contracted ideas OF too many OF our people,
and that the day is not far distant when 10
/ Virginia education will not be one. sided, bur
many sided; when liberal course of instruc-
| ion shall be considered essential for every
youth, whether destined for the anvil, the
counter, or the bar.-NoJoK .j0Unm.
U. S. SENATOR'S FROM VIRGINIA. The
Washington correspondent Of the Baltimore
Sun says:
1T is surmised that il the Virginia Legs
lsture will only clcct Senators who can take
the itou-c al cath, there VII, Ia view OF Gen
Canby report, b. % further opposition 70 he
admission Of the Stae. The Two names most
prominently mentioned by Nnginians now, in
connection with the l. :. Senatorship, are
Ftahkln Stearns aud Judge Peudleton. 1t
seems 10 DC generally CONCEDED that the Legls
allure vii refuse to elect any man not AZ actual
resident of the State. Both the gentlemen
named can, il is said, take the lion cad oath.
Mr.. P,nd!eton was formerly member Of Goa
greSs The friends OF Gen Williams arc hard
al work, and among them Col Robert Douglas,
one OF the Presidents secretaries, and they
claim that his chances are improving.
As there are very few members Of the Leg
islature in Richmond, and the opinions oil the
members not known, very few OF them having
formed or expressed 4 ''conc .usion" at all, this
may be set down as mere "surmise' sure
enough though it may turn ont 10 be correct