The New York Herald Newspaper, July 15, 1851, Page 7

ORIGINAL ARTICLES. An Buropean’s Experiences at Newport. It ia two o’clock in the morning; the day has ‘been intensely hot, but now as we are roused from our slumbers, we shudder as we encounter the chill breeze which greets us on pushing from the crowd- | eddeck into the darkness of the shore, as we land | at Newport. Here we become the prey of unscen monsters, who hallooing and vociferating as they seize their victims by the arm, the cloak, or even the carpet bag they hold, whilst the distracted traveller flounders about over stones aitd into holes, clutching for support at objects darker than the rest which seem near him, and which, to his con- sternation, he finds out to be either a carriage wheel or a horse’s head. However, by some process, half instinct, half compulsion, the traveller finds him- self packed and shut up in a vehicle, which, from the little room he finds to lodge his person, he sup- poses to contain more human beings than ever were enclosed in so small a space before. Occasional heavings from the heavy trunks put on behind, most threatening bumps from those put on to the roof, gradually shake him into something like a seat and off they start for where? Oh where? This is a question none can answer; ali is so full. Go to the Atlantic—foutte cocher—here we are—we have no time to ring—out pops ®@ woolly head, and the fat ‘No room—ail full,” meets our already foreboding ears. ‘Ocean House !” shouts a voice from some comer of our well populated carriage. ‘ That’s no use,” shouts another. “Bellevue,” says the driver, and off he sets. Here no response meets our reiterated appeals to the bell. The coachman hammers with the butt end of his stick on the lower window; then an angry voice growls out—‘* What a knocking here for? no more room.” ‘* Try the boarding houses,” groans a sleepy voice. £n rowte again. But here there are no watchers ; for, as few servants do, during the day, the duties of double their number, they take the liberty of sleeping in the same pro- portion, and are as hard to wake as Dancan’s grooms. On, on, still on, occasionally a fierce en counter of carriages, all besieging the same door, or an occasional warning of the fruitlessness of our attempts, from some unfortunate party wandering through the deserted streets of an unknown town, on the same errand as ourselves, varies the scene- At length, in desperation, after a long parley with a group of carriages and pedestrians at a forlorn hope of a boarding house, the desperate resolution is taken to drive to the Ocean | House, whose gigantic capabilities it seems | impossible to exhaust, and the resolution is taken there to force an entrance vi et armis. This time, when the carriages stop, there is a general eutpouring, and a rush bodily to the door of the besieged castle. A well mannered, polite, and wide awake clerk briskly opens the door, hopes rise, we begin to breathe freely, but though the voice is courtesy itself, still the words, the fatal words, are ever the same—*‘Gentlemen, I am sorry, there is no room.” But ’tis in vain this time—we are not to be driven off. Some who know the way, make a sudden rush down the | broad corridor, turn the handle of a well known door, and we are soon all in the magnificent saloon of the Ocean Hotel. ‘The attentive clork hurries on with a light, tired arms throw down the favorite parcel on the long cherished sac de unit, and all begin together to profess their thorough determi- | nation to put up with anything. Silently and gingerly, with a smile on his bland lips, steps forth the obsequious waiter; over the round mar. ble table he places a lighted taper, then the | revelation of sleepers to the prince, who, after one hundred years entered the palace of the sleeping beauty, was nothing to the mass of recumbent forms which greet our astonished eyes; each sofa, couch, and fanteuil, had its living burthen—some coatless, some wrapped in gay dress: ing gowns, some rolled in military cloaks. A suc- cession of little screams trom the ladies of the party followed this discovery. Then there was a TPubbing of eyes, a scrambling for fallen garments, a simultaneous rising, and a confusion of tongues, and a general skirmish. Our valet—(for reader, we have a valet, but excuse it, we are an old man, | and cannot now’ unlearn the European maxim, never do for yourself what another can do for you)— | our valet, meantime, pulled us by the coat, and | with a significant glance, beckoned us from the up. Stealthily we issued from the room, silent- | ly we followed Manby, with his flaring tallow can- dle in one hand, and our ——— case, which no emergency could make him relinquish, in the other, (they always rush at Newport.) Where are 1ao7a tie Sean dreanee =the Peg Se nets—the sim a bleak scarf, wi aes the ant forms Parisian degant fy OF 5 Aix? have remained at home. Gauzos, flowers, and alone cross the Atlantic. There- fore, for our partie de fair ladies come forth, as fora prome! onthe well-rolled sands of the Tuileries, or the smooth turf of Ken- sington gi . The cavaliers—alas! to no prewx chevalier do their loi ask, & ares bear re- semblance, but to the ht of La Mancha—seem to have extraordinary developements when they gave orders to their tailor—for their clothes loosely on tham—even the cravat is so loosely tied as to reveal a poor thin throat, made even smaller by the contrast of a huge beau laid across the breast—ah! the Joinville tie; but could you see the dark manly face—the luxurious beard—the broad shoulders, and the stalwart throat of the Prince, who thus wears his cravat, you would gently lay aside this fashion of ‘“ youn, America,” as much too exaggerated for your fra’ forms as the heavy sword of your brave forefathers, whose single arm coped with united nations, is too heavy for your thin at:enuated hands. But we have swallowed a great deal of dust—it is growing dark.—oh, for some silent stroll along this starlit beach, the gentle ages ripp at your feet, some white sail skim- ming the osteo, or for a clamber up those rocks, to gather that blue flower the moon so tempting; illumines; or with a gentle hand in ours, let us sit here in silent communion between Heaven and poor hvmanity. Not at all—gas, polkas, giggling and cavaliers invite away—‘o your rooms, and then come forth, not in the white muslin robe with the sprig of real mountain heath, or the wild spray of baythers, memento of the morning’s ride with him you love—but in gay crapes and satins, with the cambric rivals of uature’s flowers, from the atedliers of Nattier and Constantia. And here we are at a hop. If it were beneath a tent, with a few colored lamps, the trees waving round us and the stars above us; but no, it is in a close room, hastily cleared of benches and tables redolent of sauce piquant and corned beef. On comes the worn ou partner of our winter’s campaign. ‘The nonsense began in the city 1s talked out here—the flirtation there interrupted by business and varisty, here takes a graver turn from opportunity and propin- quity, which, says an old worthy, does more than cupid. Meantime, mama looks on, leaning on th» arm of the above named professor ; papa, perchance snatched for a week from the mysteries of Wal street, looks on also; but he sees nothing, excep ple twirling round him, which he thinks very Eotland very silly. Perchance the mother sees a house in ith avenue—perchance a child the less to dress—at any rate yo people must havo their wer: Alas the coenaet Germania, fiddling and juting 80 rseveringly, cannot many “que faire’—\ook down and sigh—respond gently to the bony pressure of the hand which clasps the tin: waii—look up till a tear gathers in the eye as girl- hood’s dream departs, and swear at 16 to be for ever (an average of 50 years) a good and faithful wife to him you have known but in the atmosphere of the ball-room. Manby, order the carriage for to- morrow morning, and as the music dies upon m ear, and I gain my silent chamber, let me thin! what Voltaire said some sixty years ago of Eng- land. It is, said he, like its porter, froth at the tops dregs at the bottom, and good in the middle. Thus is it here—the dregs thou givest Ireland from thy = and desolate shores; the froth is hero, now dancing, flirting, talking, but within the heart of every city in thy distant new formed States, lie the sinews of thy power, America. Girls, whose names were never coupled with the word of belle — mothers whose mirror their beauties only in their daughter’s eyes, and know not, care not, for fashion or position—young men, whose health no dis- sipation has impaired, stopping alike the physical and mental powers; and men, whose hearts beat for their country, their honor, and their homes. SCHOOLS IN NEW YORK. Annual Report of the Board of Education. “From the annual report of the Board of Educa- tion which has just been published, we,make the fol- lowing extracts:— < That the whole number of schools within their jurisdiction, during the year ending 30th April, 1851, ‘was two hundred and seven, of which were— Whole number of schools 207 Among these were seventeen schools for colored children, namely:— Pantie School Society .. Belo to the 9 Ward Schools... 0.00.62) .0-0 3 | Colored Orphan Asylum School... 4 N.Y. Society for the Promotion of Education among Colored Children The number of children ‘aught during the year ending February 1, 1851, has materially increased over the number in the schools during previous ears. The number taught in 1850-1851, was. 107,363 ‘The number taught in 1849-1850, wi 102974 The average attendance was— 40.055, 1, 1850. . 85,008 in the average attendance, and of 4,389 in the whole number taught. The number of schools is also larger, ones being reported. It is grati to state, that the average attend- “eight new till hy dint of ups and, downs, y flounderings amongst boots, ambitious of cleaning, and trays, | betokening late suppers, we arrived in fa litt'e wretched room at the tep of the heuse, of which, | with a groan of horror from Manby, and an exela- mation of joy from ourselves, we gladly took pos- session. ‘Ah, sir,” ejaculated the aristocratic valet of the old school,as he spread out the gold top- | ped contents of the dressing cave on a rickety deal tablefand shook forth tho conten%s of the carpe) his care had conveyed to the room, “Ah, | sir,{this comes of being in a country where there are no lords and ladies. In Europe, sir, 1 would not have sent the footman to such a den as this.” “Well, Manby, don’t complain, we are better off you see than the others. You see there is a power | in every country. In Europe rank Am the country of equality twhat is it!” ir, an Eng: | lich guinea got you this room.” ‘ Well, Manby, | you see you have learned the influence here ul- ready. As long as we bave any more guineas, | pray use them, for no guinea ever brough: me half the pleasure this hard bed and harder pillow are | affording me at this moment. Good night, Manby, the influence for yourself—don't sit up all | ng lewport means, in fact, the ‘long gallery of the | Ocean House; but don't venture unwarily into it— | it is the exclusive property ef about two hundred | irls, from the ages of fifteen to twenty. Here bey come, floating sashes wtreaming behind then. A loud, but not womusical, laugh, for it is the laugh of youth, announces this avalanche, | which, hand in hand, rushes down upon you. | Suddenly they stop, there is asascramble for | chairs, a pushing away of all intruders, one long | flourish of the orchestra kas silenced them for a | moment, they have gathered round the (+ermania as olose as possible—rather closer than i¢ absolutely poopy to listen tosuch very loud music. We have a chair, let us sit down too. Ah, ah, a good d—by all our souvenirs of Germeny, a good band; but also, a looking orchestra; here are floating Werthe: ¢ blonde locks, here the dark glancing eyes of southern Germany, there the proud mustachiod lip of Peland. Listen not to the music, but to the murmured confidencee near you— “*Tan’t he sweet my doar? He has never looked at the music.” “ Oh dear, I am sure he is playing all that beautiful eolo for me.” “Isn't it nice thit noblemen should play as well as artists.” ‘* Mine is not ° Lyn pod = Rig wed my nme — see how gran: ve looks, how un! iy, and see That soar across his brow, he got in Hersey, fight- ing for liberty. Gle is one ofthe Magyars—that means nobleman.” Oh girls, rls, every fo- reigner is not a hero. Oh girls, where are yout mothers, toatop this exchange of glances, his erous «draft of romance, eyer and ears are imbibing. They are in the draeving- room displaying ir silks, or cheapening e:hers from Fiti¢o-fum, or some such nuating «1 an- dagin, of watering-piace celebrity; or in some of the Bs 6 partons, a anne’ ph XY = re ex. pounding, a gaw janne r, of some new ethereal doctrine, which shall make all we have hitherto ¢hought wrong right, and vice vers. Dinner! dinner! every room, parlor, recess, Tushing-—grest the elbowingrest the“ riggling rushing—g ¢ elbowing—great the gi, that nover faile)—tittle the result. Hore care pm to a long account of white table cloth, frm gd with occasional black bottles. True, waiters and behind you, and there is an immense display pope middle by 2 don’t thi ite anything—here comes a cutlets; yes, eome—but before the dish is down, forke on each side of you, forks gre to you, have carried face the point of bayonet, the envied cut- ‘ou remain with demi ~ Pid creature before you a dis > h the pale classical fac er po ages robes, with e, a waist it quite makes you feel light to look at. 1. say ‘it,) she She is, (shall eating no bad ‘ion of ham and chicken, varied with an occasional jaw at that delicious corn, whilst with one hand Sie holds on to a dish of birds, for future consump- tion. Some are Gains eolly with ease, dignit; and plenty. ae ow is this? Here, there not that disagreeable system of bribery’ that so shocks the free-born American in Europe. Yet, stay Meat —give ten dollars to the head waiter, try. he take them! Yes, sir. Here's your dinner. A company detached from the black army of waiters, bear more than one mortal man could And now, horses and car even taste, at one repast. Ale ges aro in regulahico— the Indies come rushing | to alarm our shrift os pus oupidity. Se ipullinige | Bale, asd compoprg gus omy Mita the ay-tems ig ance, which is the true test of the interest felt by the parents in the success of the schools, im- proved eleven per cent, while the whole number on the registers has grown only about five per cent. Nothing can} e more unfortuna‘e, than the belief that the amount of moneys raised for school pur- poses in New York city, is excessive and extrava- ant. That such is not the fact, will be apparent rom the actual cost per scholar, and the average sum raised for each inhabitant. For the years ending February 1, 1843, and 1851, the number of schools, the whole number taught, the actual average attendance, and the aggregate cost of instruction for current expenses, were as follows :— YEAR ENDING FReRUARY Ist, 1848, No. of Whole No. Average Schools, taught, attendance. Public Schools 54782 18,640, Ward Schools,, oO Corporate do, 18 Tota 182 Aggregate C ipeens Cost per Scholar for 240 days’ instruction YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY Ist, 185) No. of Whole No. «Average Schools. taught. attendance. Public SohOOM ..66 6.666 eee 4 53,210 19.273 72 0.550 18.716 2 3,660 446 Agrogate Cos °° Cost per Scholar for 240 days” instruction, The population of New York in 1850, was 515,394, and the amount of money paid for the support of common schools, * ye lations for ordinary ex- penses, as well as for iciencies, during the year ending April 30, 1851, was €274,794 59. Tho sun ep ated for purposes ot her than current charges, was $111,882 25, amounting in the whole to fhree hundred and eighty-six thousand six hundred and seventy-six dollars and cighty. four cents, which sum, di by the total number of souls in New York city, gives only seventy-five cents, as the actual av- erage cost of public education upon each inhabitant. In Boston, ae the same year, the population | being one hun and thirty-six thousand eight | bi and ene, the amount paid for cur- rent —— of common schools was $210,000, sites 20,000, for new school houses $20,000, for repairs 15,000, for books $10,859, and for high school 13,500, making @ toval of three hundred and nine- teen thousand six hundred and fifty-nine dollars. The ave cost for each inhabivant, therefore. was two dol aod thirty-four cents, or more than three times as much as in New York city. In Boa- ton, pils furnish their own books. In New York, 8 and stationery are furnished at the ublic cost. Common schoo! education here, there- ore, is remarkable for its cheapness. The school houses recently built, have, it is true, been more ex ive than those formerly erected; but the Bu: 8 are larger and of better style, ac- odating a much larger number of apie, and there has been a very great advance in the cost of materials for and of building lots, as well as in the wa . By discarding all superfluous ornament, and con- fining to beauty of ferm and gracefulness of outline, that embellishment which is always proper‘in butid- ings to whioh children resort, every comfort to the ,child and convenience to the teacher ean be attained within thelimit of $15, for the buildiag, and $10,000 Tor the land. At ae each, the See ne Now York gives..: ‘educt present current expenses of: common schools ($2741 59), say.. 275,000 00 Twer ty school houses at $25,000, will Leaving for their pippert Eight thousand dollars a year have np foand ample to maintain a large school of thirteen hundred children, including books, fuel, and every other expense—t wenty schools at $5,000.. 160,000 00 Leaving o.cc meee cess cose cece cece cee S2TL,021 96 to be further spnt in the cause of education, as cireumstanee yor ee 0h st popalation 9 our city advances, a cor- ig increase of school money will be real- ized, so that more then the proportion above stated, is likely to be maintained. The extension of free schools, then, has nothing parents. 5 the ion of the General School law, re- ly New York city will on to ut 000, more than "her quota of money recivable from the State School funds. By another law, almost simultaneously enacted, the method of valuing property thro ut the State for the purposes of taxation, has reatly i proved, so that hereafter a very much bi sum will be raised by tax in the rural district than ever before. This ently unjust contribution by this cit; and tent to the support of the commana, achool of some other counties, will be but temporary aad partial. City and country have one common iute- rene the loveleroes of the inhabitants of Lae ese extra appropriations are growing rapidi and have come from less than aie er ps mo abe amount apportioned in 1813, to thirty two per cent on the apportionment of 1851, as follows: — For the year There was ap- The extra on tioned, wriations Total. Feb. 1 eis. .. steonir'ty — Bizoso 13.""201.176 30 “* 1861... 206,841 83 67,952 76 274.794 69 . ,The per capita allowance isa constantly dimin- ishing sum ; it was, in 1844, over $7, but is now but little over $5 per scholar. ‘The Free Academy continues to prosper, and bids fair to surpass the hopes of those friends of popular education who urged its establishment, aut Rave promoted its advancement. Tho evening schools continue to afford invalua- ble instruction to those who are unable to avail themselves of the schools, and although eve- ning schools have been abandoned in Boston as conflicting with the interests of the other schools, no such objection exists here. There are now in this eity ter Popa schools, with an average attendance of 2,945. The report of the Committee on Evening Schools is appended. ‘The spread of free schools has ever been the har- binger of material prosperity. So will it be with us. Shall we not get back an hundred fold of all we may be called on to pay, in the increased mo- rality, good order and intelligence of the population ? The thousands of foreigners landed on our shores, bring troops of children, who must either occupy the school house or the refuge for juvenile delin- quents. Which is the cheapest, the kindest, the wisest, in view of oug gyn interests, merely—with- out taking account of those higher motives, duty and charity to the wretched? Let us, then, continue to improv2 our system of free common school education, and let us endeavor to win for our great city the praise of having the best, the cheapest, and the most useful schools in the world. By Schedule No. 1, it appears that the whole num- ber taught in the severa! schools, for the year ending 3lst January, 1851, was, includi the colored pupils, 50,559, and the average aitendances 18,716,356. In the schools of the Public School So- ciety the average number taught was 33,309. In the primary schools, the number taugut was 19,930, and in the corporate schools, 3,565. The total amount of public money srpropsisied to the support ef schools and societies, during the year ending the 30th of April, 1851, was $274,794 59. And the amount of money appropriated by the Board, for all purposes other than current expenses of common schools, for the same period, was $111,882 25. SIATEEENT SHOWING THE WHOLE AMOUNT OF MONEYS APPRO- PRIATED FOR ScHOoL PURPOSES, DURING THE YEAR enpine THE 301TH Day or Apnit. 1851, Amount paid on account of the Annual Ap- MONE 6.66. see ve servesees $206,841 83 Amount paid to meet deficiencies, to meet the necessary legal expenses of the Ward BOWOOM. 0... 0100 000 sees crescerccsesees Amount paid to meet deficiencies, to meet the expenses of the Schools of the Publ School Seciety. tionment.. Amount paid to ‘iencies, of the “Society for the expenses re tion of education among colored childr.. 653 04 Ap d for the support of Evening TI crores she cceas veeee 15,000 00 Appropriate for the support of Free Avad- Appr acioa esa pede vibes peeps cs 15,000 00 ppropi and paid for other purposes than the current expenses of Common Schools, 76,679 00 Appropriated for incidental expenses of the Board of Education, including clerk hire, 2.500 00 Appropriated for Rents of Sehool Llouses, 2703 25 $386,676 84 RVENING SCHOOLS. The committee on evening schools congratulate the Board on the success which continues to reward | their efforts. The experiment of organizing eve- | ning schsols, for the education of those whose or avocations prevent their attending the schools, was first made in the winter of 1817-8, with six schools, which were attended by 1,224 pu- pils, average for the term. The second year there were fifteen schools, with an average attendance of 2,190; the third year, there were eighteen schools, with an attendance of 2,190; and the present sea- sqn, with Leaps | schools, there has been anaverage | attendance of 2,945, being an increase of pee i twenty per cent over that of last year. An equally gratifying improvement has been no- ticeable in the gi ler, attention to studies, and obedience to the rules and regulations governing the schools. With an attendance fluctuating be- tween two and six thousand, composed of individ- uals of all ages, from twelve to more than sixty years, natives not only of our own, but of almost | bs country of Europe—many of them utter!; unable to speak our lai , or to understand it when epoken—it might well enough be a rn that the teachers would experience great difficulty in maintaining order and discipline. Such, how- ever, we take great pleasure in saying, is not the fact. A desire to learn, is the ig with which the great mass attend our evening schools; and finding themselves apy interested in having ood order and quiet in the room, the teacher little difficulty, after the first few evenings: good order becomes a matter of course, and he is enabled, in consequence, to devote all his time to instruction. During the present season, above nine thousand persons were registered in the schools, a large por- tion of whom received more or less instruction ia the various branches there taught. Four thousand nine hundred and twelve were entirely unacquainted — with arithmetic, and thirteen hundred and twenty- one were unable to read. Some there were, adults | too, who were obliged to commence with the alpha- | bet. ‘Ihe mass of those who could not read at all when they entered school, wore able to road very well in Cobb's Third, and Bentley’s Pictorial Reader, at the close of the term, while those who were entirely iene of arithmetic, could cipher | with ordinary facility in all the fundamental rules. In many individual cases, much greater progress | than this was made. THE SYSTEM OF POPULAR EDUCATION. Mr. Bradish, Chairman of the Special Commit- tee, presented a report on the system of popular | education, from which we take the following ex- tracts :— Whatever regards the subject of popular educa- | tion is, in any community, and especially in such a one as that of the city ot New York, matter of the pe fro) mynd interest. It was, therefore, natural | and fitting that the Chief istrate of the city, in entering on the boyy of the important duties | of his office, should, in his inaug: message, in = to the consideration of the Common Jouneil great interests of the city, as proper subjects for their deliberation and action, have | this association; but, upow more mature ret and in the mec mayl echools, it shall also be found to be rela- ively economical ; and from year to year, sources of the city, pared with either or all of the above assumed bases of cetimate, it has relatively diminished, instead of our system, its organization, or its administration being either in Sole principles, operation, or re- sults, cause of uneasiness or » it is, in all these particulars, matter of just congratulation and encouragement to philanthropists generally, | and the friends of popular education in particular, to go on perseveringly until they shall have ex- tended the inestimable blessings of this system to every child within our borders, whether high, or humbly born. The report then goes on to compare the relative expense of the system of popular education in New | York with that of other cities, and having furnished pi yy @ that “From the foregoi » it appear whether we take, ry ay of estimate and com- parison, general po, jion, valuation of real and personal property, educational population, registered attendance in the common schools, or the average daily attendance in the same, both the annual aggregate expense, and the expense per scholar, under our present system of pop educa- tion, is relatively less than the same inalmost every | other city in the Union. For example, while in | Boston the ratio of aggregate annual expense of common school education on general Ee lation is $1752, that of New York is only $0-533, less than | one third of the former; on valuation of real aud + ersonal property in Boston, it is $0-00133, in New | ‘ork $0 00086: 3.on registered attendance in com- mon schools in Boston $11 07, in New York $2523; | and on average daily attendance, which is the true | expense per scholar, in Boston it is $14 36, while in | New York it is only $6 86, less than half the for- mer. * * * * * * * * It will thus be seen that, upon all these bases of { estimate and comparison, New York in expense, is Srevity below the general average, as ghe is in this regard below the other princi ities individually. So that, whether the compari: be made of our system with that of the other cities of the Union, taken cither separate , or collectively, that is, the expense of the individual city, or the general ave- rage of the whole, the result, ineither case, is alike favorable to the economy of our own system, and should be satisfactory to those who are more imme- diately interested therein, and who contribute to its support. * PP * * * * * Now, under our present system of popular educa- tion, the whole coek pee scholar, including books, stationery, fucl, and all other supplies, is $646 a year. less than one sixth of the cost in the private schools. When viewed in the aggregate, although the relative proportions are similar, the result of the comparison will be still more striking. The average number of pupils daily taught in the common schools, during the past year, as shown by the annual report of this board, just made, is 40,055, and the actual expenso of their in- struction, including bucks, stationery, and fuel, $274,794 59. ‘The expense of the same number of scholars, for tuition aione, in the private schools, would, at the rate we have assumed, have amount- ed to $1,602,200, showing © difference and saving in favor of the t » common schools, of $1,,°27,4( equal to almost five times t! of support- ing the common schools. \ her, therefore, we compare our system of popular education and its present management with our own experience of the past, with the sys- tems in operation in other cities of the Union, or our ownexcellent private schools, we find abundant reason for the gratifying conclusion, that our sys- | tem, while it been elevated in its character and extended in its application, has also been, in @ ro- markable degree, economical; a conclusion as gra- | pes tothe friends of the system andof the | schools, as itshould be satisfactory to those who | sustain them. * * nnually; a pense THE FREE ACADEMY. Among the various improvements of late intro- | duced into our system of popular education, none is more novel or peculiar in its character, or more in- | teresting in its object und results, than the last, the Free Academy. Such an institution had tong | been felt, by those familiar with, and who had | watched the progress of our system, to be not only a gread desideratum in the system, but absolutely essential to its perfection. "The Free Academy, | therefore, may well be viewed as the crowning excellence of our system of popalar education. In the pure! of the site for our Free Academy, erection of tbe building, fitting up of the same, | and for its library and tus, there has been | expended $91. 33. 7 interest on this sum, at 6 per cent per annum, is $5,453; to this add 31620, the current expences of the Academy | for the last year, and we have an amount of $21,752. Divide this amount by 330, the number of students, and it gives, asthe average per scholar, $€5 91, including books, stationery, &c., which, being deducted at the rate of $7 67 the scholar, the actual cost for the last year, the average of eneral expense per scholar is reduced to $5324, feng eon than two-fifths of werage pez scholar in the colleges. Increase the numbor of students to ».x bundred, which it will probably reach in the courre of the next year, and oxtend also the cur- rent expenses to the limit of the statute, say $20,000, and the amount, with the interest on in- vestments, will be $25,483. Divide this amount by six hundred, and it gives an average per scholar of $42 47, including books, statior , &e., as above; at 800 scholars the average would be $3145 por schol: and extend the number of scholars to 1,000, id the average per scholar would be re- duced to $25.48. This average must, of course, be varied and increased by any necessary increase in the current expenses, for itional instructors and supplies; but it must ever fall far below the cor- responding averages in the colleges. ils of the requisite age, of at least one year’s standing in the common schools, and of the neces- sary proficiency in the required elementary studies, ha ve Tree access to this last and highest institution in our srstem of popaler education. The course of studies in this institution is as liberal in its outline, | as minute in its details, various in its subjects, thorough and efficient in its instruction, as inthe higher, older, and more richly endowed colleges. * * * * * * . E Ilis Honor, the Mayor, in his inaugural message, hi viated the departwent of Common Schools ¢ of the Alms House and Police. On first impreesion, the ardent and sensitive friends of edu- cation may not perbaps feel flattered by, or like ion, they will, I think, be led to the conclusion that in this the Mayor has done well, forthere are naturally and necessarily very near and interesting relations | existing between these several departments. So intimate, indeed, are these relations, and so imme- diate and strong are the reciprocal intluences springing out of them,,that the more you cherish and sustain the one, the more you relieve the others; the more liberal and diffusive your system of educa- | tion, and the more you contribute for it | ment and extension, the less you will b for the maintenance ot the other two de; ‘The more that, in an improved and extended sys tem of popular education, you subject all to the their attention to the departinent of Co: mon Schools. The terms in which his Honor the | Mayor has been pleased to do this, are of the | gravest import, and well calculated to lead to the most serious reflections. He says:—“I find, in | looking over'the estimates of appropriations to be | provided for current year, that of the total | amount to be raised by tax, ($2,857,597) no less | than the sum of $1,441,000 for the support of three departments, viz: Police, School, and Alms Houre; and, over the two latter, the corporation of | of New York has no contrel whatever; bat | is compelled, by the laws of the S:ate, to raise, by | taxation, whatever sums the organizations con- | trolling them may see fit to require. 1 trust that the amount demanded for school purposes ($531,- 000) will have the effect of directing to this subject the attention of those who contribute this sum, and, unless‘action is had with reference to placing | in the municipal au‘horities some control over the | expenses of this institution, they will increase from year to year, until, in the end, there may be a re- vulsion of feeling against an organization so enor- | mourly oxponsive, wi result in serious in- | jury eres ‘ause that eee Uae _ | attention o| athropists, via: that of Universal Haveation It will thus be percei' that this part of his Hevor the Mayor’s peivalted is as. pichengire in elevating, refining, and conservatory influences of a wholesome moral, intellectual, and industrial training, the more you relieve your Alms House and Police. Extend education and you diminish pauperism and crime. ase the number of schol: and you diminish in more than a cocres- the number of those who are other- the recipients of your charity, or | the subjects your penal code. Betweeu these | alternatives you must decide. Can the choice, ina civilized and Christian community, be either diffi- cult or doubtful, will not say to the philanthro- pist merely, but even to the tax payer! That choice our city has already made; and it is now, in our improved and extended educational institutions, receiving its successful developement. [ts fruits | and final result the future by can fully disclose; but the promises of the present fill that future with encouragement and hope. EXPENSE: OF COMMON SCHOOLS. The following table exhibits the actual annual | expense of the common schools in the city of New York during a period of seven yea Var: 274,794 59 Sida ie hy Sp Ly of both, wahout M “@ revulsion its. scope, as. it is we in ite ions, and £ in its Ereboding sev in a veouies. It ny the m of fon. ; as of fecling against An organization #0 enormously ex-, in any aspect in which it that may seriously injure the great education. s er BOS hark runt f the deepest pab: si r of the i tin views of this fits La messaj founded, and ite predictions justified; if our m of popular coe be A unsound in its le, unwise in ite ously expensive’ ruinous in its tendency, sented to ua, then it is, indeed, r of just alarm, exlling loudly for the immediate interferenge, of ' le, ompt aj tion of nee and Uieteal reform OP Net if, on the contrary, careful investigation shall show that our pr system of popular | ed has worked well; that not only in the quality and degree of the instruction it has im- arted, hag ly anawered a'! just expectations ut thitt, acsuming general population, taxable property, or educational wants as the basis of esti- THE coupes OF STUDIES IN THE F DEMY. We conclude our extracts from the anoual report of the Board of Education with the follo riag course ¥, ~ ome inthe Free Academy in the city of New ork: Finst Derantmext—Mariteaatics—Book- keeps ing, Algebra, Geometry, Application of Algebra to | tenant, June 11, 1851, vice Sweeny, promoted. | fantry, to be Second Lieutenant, May 15, | July 1, 1851 Bo Cadet Geome' Surveying, Navigation, Analytical, Plane, aid Spherical Si igceometsy,’ Mensuration of Planes Solide, Deseriptive Geometry, Analy- tical Geometry, Shades, Shaclows and Perspective, | Differential and Integral Calculus. Sxconp Derartment—History ann Baut.es Let. TRRS —Ancient and Modern iiery Rhetoric, Oratory, English Composition, Principles of Pro- nunciation, Grammatical Construction and Philo- sophy of the oe Language, Critical Examina- tion of the best English Writers (Prose and Verse), Forensic Discussions. Tiny Derartment—Lavovaors ano Lrrera- Ture —Latin and Greek Languages and Litera- ture, (embracing a critical knowledge of the grammars and standard authors), French Lan- uage and Literature, Spanish Language and and Literature. iterature, German Language Fovrm DerartMent— Draw ix@.—-Principles and Theory of the Vine Arts, Anatomy in reference to Structure and Form, Perspective and Princi- les of Light and Shade, Blaskyoard Dyawing, | Ming Ctwrings My. Firrm Derarrment—Naturat anp ExreRien- Tat Puitosoruy.—Natural , including Statics, Dynam.cs, Hy Hydrodynamics, (EE ye Chemistry, Natural History, » ineludi: plies Electricity, Heat Exporimontal DerartMent.—Anatomy, Physiology and Hygiene. A Civil Engloseting, inslading’ tho oosstraction of ivi ‘Di » ine! 16 60! a of Canals and Railroads, Mechanic Arte and Civil and Naval Architecture. Ninru Derartment— Morar anp INTELLECTUAL Puitosovrny.—Moral Philosophy, Intellectual Phi- losophy, including Logie and the Analogy of Reli- gion, Natural Revealed. a“ Tenrn Derartment—Law, Poviticat Econo- MY AND ~ravistics.— Law of Nations, Constitution of the United States, Commercial Law, Political Economy aud Statistics. ARMY INTELLIGENCE. Promotions, and Casualties tates. Ansvrant Genenat’s Orvice, Wan Deranrotesr, ) Wasuixaton, July 7, 1851. Generar Onvens, No, 35.—Promotions and appoint- ments in the Army’ of the United States, made by the President since the publication of “General Orders’? No. 16, of March 13, 1851:— I. PROMOTIONS. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Assistant Surgeon Charles M. Hitchcock, to be Sur geon, February 13, 1851, viee Hammond, deceased. CORVS OF TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS. Firet Lieut. William H, Emory, to be Captain, April 24 1851, vice Linnard, deceased, Second Livut. Amiel W. Whipple, to be First Lieuten- ant. April 24, 1851, vice Emory, promoted. Brevet 2d Lieut. Francis 'T. Bryan, tobe Second Lieu- tenant, April 24, 1851, vice Whipple, promoted. SECOND REGIMENT OF DRAGOONS. First Lieut. Oscar F. Winship, to be Captain, June 39, 1851, vice Sauncers, resigned. (Company H.] Second Lieut. Thomas J, Wood, (Adjutant of the Re- gment,) to be First Lieutenant, June 30, 1551. second Lieut. James Oakes, to be First Lieutenant, June 30, 1861, vice Winship. promoted, [Company D.} Brevet 2d Lieut. Charles W. Field, to be Second. Liew- temant, June 30, 1651, vice Oakes, promoted. [Company REGIMENT OF MOUNTED RIFLEMEN. First Liewt. Andrew J. Lindsay, to be Captain, June 30, ice Backenstos, resigned. [Company H.} Lieut John G, Walker, to be Captain, June 30, 1851 viee Pucker, resigned. [Company IC] Seoond Lieut. George W, Iawkins, to be First Liew tenant: June 90, 1861, vice Lindsay, promoted. (Goin pany Second Lieut, Joha P. Hatch, to be First Lieutenant, June 30, 1851, vice Walker, promoted. (Company I] lrevek 2a Lieut. George W: Howland, to be Second Lieutenant, June 30, 1861, vice Hawkins, promoted. (Company ©.) Brevet 2d Lieut. Eugene A. Carr, to be Second Lieu- tenant, June 30, 1861, vico Hate, promoted. (Com. pany K.] FIRST REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY. Brevet 2d Lieut James P. Flewellen, of the Second Artillery, to be Second Lieutenant, Febraary 22, 1851, Vice Tillinghast, promoted, to stand on the Army Re- gister next below Lieutenant amos Beckwith. (Com- pany K.) SECOND REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY. Second Lieut. John McL Taylor, to be Fisst Lieu- tenant, June 30, 1991, vice Lansing, resigned. (Com- pany Sécond Lieut. Lloyd Beall, to be First Lieutenant, June 30, 1851, vice Edwards, resigned. [Company D.} Brevet Second Lieut. John N. Mebane, to be Second Tasntaneat June 30, 1851, vice Taylor promoted. [Com- pany ° Brevet Second Lieut. Armistead L. Long, of the Third Artillery, to be Second Lieutenant, June 30, 1861, vice Beall, promoted. (Company B.} OF ARTILLERY. Gibson, to be First Lieute- nant, May 26, 1851, vice Hammond, resigned. Company I. Brevet Second Lieut. Richard Arnold, to be Second Lieutenant, May 26, 1861, vice Gibson, promoted. (Com pany M.J FIRST REGIMENT OF INFANTRY, Major Henry Bainbridge, of the Fifth Infantry, to be Lieutenant Colonel, June 11, 1851, vice Wilson, promoted to the Seventh Infantry. SECOND REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. Lieut. Colonel Ethan A. Hitchcock, of the Third In- fautry., to be Colonel, Apsil. 15, 1851, vice Brady, de- ceared. First Lieut. Nathaniel Lyon, to be Captain, June 11, 1851, vice Smith, promoted to the Fifth Infantry, and Canby, Assistant Adjutant General, who vacates his re gimental commission. (Company B } Second Lieut. Tredwell Moore, to be First I enant, ra, 4 tan jeneral, mental commission. (Company G. Lieut. Thomas W. Sweeny, to be Piret Ligute: rant, June 11,1851, vice Lyon promoted. (Company D.} Brevet 2d Lieut. ‘Austin N. Colcord, to be Second Lieu- tenant. June 11, 1851, vice Moore, promoted. (Com- pany Kj Brevet 24 Lieut. Joseph T. Haile, to be Second Lieu- [Com- pany D.} THIRD REOIMENT OF INFANTRY. Major Dixon 8. Miles, of the Fifth Infantry. to be Lieutenant Colonel, April 15, 1861, vice Hitcheock, pro- moted to the Sccond Infantry. FOURTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. Captain Gabriel J. Raine, of the Seventh Infantry, to be Major, March 9, 1851, vice Lee, promoted to the Sixth Infantry. FIFTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. Lieut. Colonel Gustavus Loomis, of the Sixth Infantry, to be Colonel, March 9. 1851, vice Brooke, deceased. Captain William Hoffman, of the Sixth Infantry, to be Major, April 15, 1851, vice Miles, promoted to the Third Infantry. SINTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. Major Francis Lee, of the Fourth Infantry, to be Lieutenant Colonel, March 9, 1851, vice Loomis, promo- ted to the Fifth rae a First Lieut. Edward Johnson. to be Captain, April 15, 1861, vice Hoffman. promoted to the Fifth Infantry. and Easton, Assistant Quartermaster, who vacates his regi- mental commission. (Company D.} Second Lieut. George W. Lay, to be First Lieutenant, April 15, 1851, vice Easton, Assistant Quartermaster, who vacates his reg'mental commission. (Company B.] Second Lieut Charles T. Baker, to be First Lieutenant, April 15, 1881. vice Johnson, promoted. (Company D.} Brevet 2d Lieut. Wm. P. Carlin, to be Second Lieu- tenant, April 15, 1851, vice Lay, promoted. [Company A.] et 2d Lieut. Alden Sargent, to be Second Lieute- B) de u- Wy EB) Bi ge De. [Company .] sie 1 RUGUMTENT OF INFANTRY. & . Henry Wilson, of the First Infantry, to 11, 1861, vive Arbuckle, 4, Captain Joseph KR. Smith, of. See aecand intaates, tobe Maj+r, June 11, 1851, vice Bainbridge, promoted to the First Infantry “ First Lieut. Robert 8 Garnett, to be Captain, March 9, 1661, view Rains, promoted to the Fourth Infantry. (Company A.} Second Lieut Edmund K. Smith, to be First Lieute- pant, pion 9, 1861, viee Garnett, promoted. (Com- pany Brevet 24 Lieut. William L. Cabell, to be Second Lieu- tenant, March 9, 1851. vice E. K. Smith, promated. [Company E | EIGHTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY Firet Lieut. Charles L. Jordan, to be Gaptain, May 15, 1861 vice Bereven, deceased. [Company D.} Seeond Lieut. Edward Blake, to be First Lieutenant, Bi nant, April 15. 1851, vice Baker. promoted. (Compan; Brevet 2d Lieut. James L. Corley, to be Second if tenant, May 6, 1851, vice Tubbs, resi Brevet Lieut. Elisha @. Marsl Vis, dismissed. | May 16. 1851, vier Jordan, ES Company I Br Li eT ntieh, to Sevond Lisete- (Company K.} DEPARTMENT of Pennsylvania, to be Assistant Surgeon, March 24 1861, vice Hitchcock, promoted. Jobn J Milhau, of New York, to be Assistant Surgeon, April °0, 1851, viee Hewit, resigned. uila T. Ridgely, of Maryland, to be Assistant Sur goon, June W 1451, viee Kennedy, deceased. CORPS OF ENGINEERS. 1. Cadet George L. Andrews, to be Brevet Second Lieu- tenant, Joly 1, 1561. 2. Cadet Janes 8t.C. Morton, to be Brevet Second | Lieutenant, July 1, 1861 ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. 3. Cadet George T. Balch, to be Brevet Second Lieu- tenant, July 1. 1 4. Cadet William T. Weleker, to be Brevet Second Lieutenant, July 1, 1551 Acooes je Brevet Second Lieu. 1. (Company A.) Williams, to be Brevet Second Lieu- tenant, July 1, 1861 [Company ©) 20. Cadet John Mendenhall, to be Brevet Second Lieu- tenant, July 1, 1861. (Company IL} SPCOND REGIMENT OF DRAGOONS 9. Cadet Ben Hardin Leim, to be Brevet Second Lieu- tenant, July 1, 1861, {Company G) 18. Cadet Devic Bell, to be Brevet Second Lieutenant, Charles KE. Norris, to be Brevet Second Licu- tenant, July 1, 1861. [Company E | REGIMENT OF MOUNTED RIFLEMEN. ‘22 Cadet Hyatt C. Ransom, to be Second Lieutenant, 7 1, 1861. [Ci any D) Cadet Alex. MeKae, to be Brevet Second Lieute- nant, July 1, 1861. > } ey tex ne ir, to be Brevet Second Lieu- tenant. July 1. 1851. aes Ht) 40. Cader J G. to be Bretet Second Lieu- tenant. July 1, 1861. rom -B) 42. Cadet Laurence 8. +, to be Brevet Second Lieu- tenant, July 1, 1861. (Company G.) FIRST REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY. 7. Cadet Caieb Huse, to be Brevet Second Lientenant. 1, 1851. (Company A} Cadet Alvan CU. Gillem, to be Brevet Second Lieuten- t.July 1, 1851, (Company H.) 17. Cadet Henry B. Maynadier, to be Brevet Second Lieutenant, July 1, 1861. [Company ¢ ) OND DRGIMENT OF ARTILLERY be revet Seeond Lieu- ‘uly 1, . D) jaded Edward 1, Day, to be Brevet Second Lieu- tenant, July 1, 1861, {Company F) 13, Cadet Alexander J. Perry, to be Brevet Second Lieutenant, July 1, 1861, (Company I.) TNIRD REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY. 5. Cadet Alexander Piper, to be Second Lieu- tenant, July 1, 1861, (Company B } 12. Cadet De Witt N. Root, to be Brevet Second Lieuw- ir Brevot Second Liew tenant, July 1, 1861. [Company G.) FOURTH REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY 8. Cadet Keoner Gerrard, to be Rrevet Second Liew tenant, July 1.1861, [Company D.| 6. Cadet Albert J. 8. Motinard, to be Brevet Second Lieutenant, Joly 1, 1861. (Company E | (ust OF INFANTRY, Cadet Jamen ii tirceo. to be Brevet Seeom@ Liew a tenant, July 1, 1851 (Company D.) arcomp aEciMeet OF INPANTRY, 1, Com . Jamen Guhin ee 4 July 1, 1851, (Company H pany K.) (%mpany K.] FOURTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY, 82. Cadet Roney c. tenant, July 1, 1851. ri -ANTR: ris to be Brevet Second Liew- ee oe as [omrntnt? pe Brevet Seooad Liew- ye en Second! Lieu- auTH 26, Cadet John U. Kelton to be Brevet Beoond Liew- tenant, July 1, 1851. [Voumpany K.} 29. Robert E vat-raon. to be Brevet Second Liew- tenant July 1. 1861. [\ompavy H. 38, Cadet John { Shuaff vw ‘be tenant, July 1, 1851 ™ SEVENTH 26. Cadet Gurdeat 30. Cadet Thomas J. « Lieutenant, July 1. 1561 [Company A} reve Second Liew- 37, Cadet Kdward A Puaifr-t, to be Brevet Second Lieutenant, July 1 3801 [ ‘ompany D.} EIGHTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. 36, Cadet Melancthon Smith to be Brevet Lieutenant, July 1. 1851 Jompany B } b chy. to be Mili Jobn 8. ‘Evans, of Ken keeper in the Ordnance Departinent, May 7, 186! MODs, resigned = CASUALTIES. Rest ematenn Brevet Lieut Gal Suny ao Mounted Riflemen. Juny 30, 1851, Brevet Major Stephon $ Tucker, Riflemen, June 30, 1851 z Brevet Major Ric Third Artillery. May 26 1851 Seeond tare vie@ ) Backenstos. Captain Captain Mounted ‘hard flammond, Firet Lieutenaat oma William Ul Saunders, Second Dragoons, June Fire Lieut. Arthur B Lansing, Second Artillery, Jume 00, a PR ae Geerge Edwards, Second Artillery, June 20, 1851. Second Lieut. Culeb Irvine, Mounted Riftemen, June 30, 1851 Second Lieut John L Tubbs, 6th Infantry, May 6,1851, Brevet 2d Licut. Willa KR. Calhoun, 1st Drogoons, April 26, 1851. Assistant Surgeon Heury 8 Hewett, April 50, 1851. Military Storek James W, Simunons, Department, April 30. 1851 Commissions vacated under the Provisions tion of the wet of Sune 18, 1846. of the seventh sece First Lieut. Lang ton ©. Easton,® 6th Tabaatey, Apzil 15, 1851, Assistant (usrtermastei First Lieut Edward It. 8. « 11, 1861, Assistant Adjutant 6 Deckned. (1.) © by.* 2d Infantry, June ral. Charles Duvall, of Louisiana, the appointment of Mili- tary Storekeeper im the Ordvance Department. Deaths. (7.) Brevet Major Generai (lagh Grady, Colonel 2d Ine fantry, at Detroit. M Brevet Major Ger Infantry, at San Antonio, Texas. M Brevet Brig. General Matthew Infantry, at Fort Smith Arkansas June 11, 1851, an. April 15, 1851 arch 9, 1 fantry, at New Orleans. La . Way 15, 1851. +1 George M. Brooke, Colonel Seta yj rbuckle, Golonel 7th Col. Richard B. Soreven, Captain 8th In- Brevet Major Thomas B. Liunard, Capt. Topographical Engineers, at Philadelphia. Pa , Aj ——” William Hammond, at , 11. vil 24, 1851. nicia, Cal. February Assistant Surgeon Alfred W. Kennedy, near Council Grove, on Banta Fe r * Regimental comui IV, The officers pr song regiments, companies, and lay ; those on detached servicapOr, wet) e. June 3, 1851. a (only) vacated. ‘ted and appointed wilkjoin theie ions, without de- under special instructions, will report, by letter, to the commanders of their respective regiments and ocrps commancers be not known. the required Ifthe stations of will be forwa) ded under cover co the Acjutant General for trans mittal. - V. The usual Jeave of absence allowed, the regale-+ lations is hereby granted to the several Military Academy, at the expiration of W ber 20th) they Will join their proper. regime! stations. ‘The brevet 2d lieutenants assigned eee “fo the Dragocns and Mounted Riflemen (except thowes A@mdér spécistin? endereport: © leaves.? ~ vartile- and, structions) will repair to Carlisle Bay for temporary duty on the expiratidis of their, ‘The brevet 2d Heutenante assigned to cgmpanies of lery and infantry serving in Oregon, ‘TeXee, and also to the Sth Kegt. of at the termination of their leaves, to the Com: Officer of Fort Columbus; aud those ‘nfantry, will rej nates of hich (Septem- hte and port, J to com- panies stationed in New Mexico, and on the Santa Fe and Oregon routes, will report in like manner to the Commander of Newport Barracks, Kentucky. V1. Acceptances or nou-acceptances of appointmeste will be promptly reported to the Adjutant General of the y the lst Article of War. birth place and the State from which a By order, inted MEMORANDUM. §) d, in case of acceptance, the officer will imme. subteribe to the rules and regulations en- He will also report bia 1 JONES, Adit. Geneval, ation, Feb 11, 1851 (see “General Orders,” No, .—* Cadets serving ‘as supe.numerary officers of th: army, in virtue of their brevets, will bo successively pro moted to vacancies of the lowest geude which may hap- pen im the particular regiment to which they have beem attached, according to the order of renk este»iisbed a the Military Acadeiny.”’ Note — After all the Lrevet 2d licstenants appointed im a particular regiment have been dul romoted, any vacancies happening therein, prior to the Ist July of auy yenr, will be filled by the senior brevet 24 lieutenants attached to other regiments of the same arm who have notified the Adjutant General's office of their wi ingness to acct pt such — TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD, 3, Adjt. General. Dear Sin—I noticed in the Express of beag es Artil- Giuly 5th, editorial heatted, “The < lery,” in which a reference is made to the law of 1821--each regiment of bee companies, “eae of which shall equipped as Light Artillery.” companies in all which it is now m be, under the law, kept up.” ** these ri To, what is to be done abont it!” Thi above quotation from the Expres did fail to make a suflicient appropria support of the four companies But fact! Tho army appropriation bill of to consist of ning be designaced and “This makes four ained sbou'd t what would gentlemen have!” (the officers of the army > Jongress will not make the necessary appro~ ions for the support of the companies alludod ference, of course, to be drawn from the . that Cofigtéss. . tion for tie * is such, ihe * S last ses sion, contained an item for the support of the eight companies of Light Artillery, twe regimente of Ura- goons, and one of mounted was reduced, not stricken out. Nidemeny “This item Now, what authority has the President to chango the organization of the army, unless it be given him by law? None whatever. ‘Then let us what changes he can make, lawfully, in the org m of the mounted corps By t has no authority to dismount the of Light Artillery; the four addi authorized, at his diserction, by the law ¢ third of March, IS acts of Congress of t) ond of March, 1 twenty-third of M. S36, creating the ments of Dragoons now in rervice, the w of ISi,he . companies al chmpanics ecan reduce. By the two 3, and has authority to cause them “io serve on horse or foot,” as he may direct. dismount, or any portion of mounted Kitlemen did brilliant cam; the great and gallant Seott; but the: mounted by an act of Providence,* au possible to re-unount them in ti of Mexico. They, ho pay, (which Drs goo lo not) because by the law flemen, and no provision was on foot. Setain's . tain Y four companies ight Artillery; the responsibility of i oe 1838, the President could not, or a oe ge to mount theee origi These, of course, ap ‘antlers regiment foot during the ign of che valley of Mexico, under were di r ‘eo was for the ure ver, drew their fies trot nd Artillery dismounted were mounted ri for their serving in. eeregneei the with Congress; but no sucl reese existed at the time ef the late full; ipped, ry ly equi , aed in instruction to al These companies wore jon. imber of Mere asd wert The horses were take So sold for a small sum; the equipments dispored of; and muskets put in the hauds of the men. I will state here, for the infor acquainted with the fact, that a ing is required to make # good toldier than for any other arm of service. ation of those noe a Tigh “Aliry be a good infantry and cavalry soldier Patient ean properly commence his instruction as Artillerist. Henee the importance of struction in this arm, for as many men cers as ’ Now, bmg A the poe “ these gentlemen have — with feduction of the four nadine would be far better, ving each a ery oo instead of four t! ample instruction to two geit oft- vould mi two second lieutenants, and one hundred and forty officers nom-commissioned four ae or to twenty-cight officers (who are chan, every two 50 as to ail)aed sin hundred and ‘ixty meat ane cay, My airing each wo ane and un troops ool wes informed by ont lery in 1845. * Their horees were lost at sea, going from New to Vera Crug,