Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 21, Number 32, Vincennes, Knox County, 18 September 1830 — Page 1

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SUN I shonlil Ijc able to do it The mobt liiRhfi; I nf givim them ;'' ;u! uit.ii;rs only w ith tc ir i ot o rn , ing aristocrat, if he have but pruticiKt' ai.d these of the poorest class, (inat'nreal IS published at S2 50 cents, for 52 forcsight, will desire for his children this udvantairr the could not give them, if the

safeguard against the re ei se ot fortune ? j public schools are conducted as. thev ouirht

minibers ; which may be discharged by

the payment of 2)2 at the time of subscribing. Payment in advance, being the mutual interest of both parties, that mode is solicited. A failure to notify a wish to discontinue at the expiration of the time subscribed for, will be considered a new en rai-cmcnt ; a no subscriber at liberty to discontinue, until all arrearages are paid Subscribers must pay the postage on their papers when sent by mail. Letters by mail to the Editor on business must be paid,or they will not be attended to. PnoDUcp. will be received at the Cash Aiurkct Price for subscriptions, if delivered within the yea; Advertisements not exceeding thirteen lines, will be inserted three times for one dollar, and twcmy-Uve cents for each after insertion longer ones in the same propoition fCZ Persons sending Advci tiscments, must specify the number of times they wish them inserted, or they will be continued until ordered out, and must be for paid accordingly.

Such a safeguard is afforded, if all children are taught a;;ueultuie or gai demur,

cc m addition, some one usetul trade or occu

to be.

We propose that the teachers should be elected by the people. There is no office of

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pation. And, by so usetul and republican trust in a republic, more honorable or more an addition to the useful branches of cd ica- limpoitaiit, tier any that more imnudiately

tion. the exnense mirht be essentially .inn. I influences its destinies, than the tr.ee ot a' m

nished. The labor of the pupils up' ili r lley ousjhtto be chosen awl if towards their support; and thus, even while ! Vvi rt vl the signs of the times aright, they qualifying themselves to be us ful to their ' Hioen r!i as much, nay. v ,ih more

country hereafter, they would lnditon the 'curi ( ' i,: nr icpr sentativ. .s. . ae omce

public tax for education in the nieami.iic.

encc is temoved, money will be aain large- possession of it Half an hour after aids I ly embarked in national securities. '1 he was pi eparing to make aictht r U.t k oa expense of the Algi i ine war, no doubt, at- '' the sea batteries, whtn delayed by the m.fafeels French stock; but for tliis fact there is ; orab!c winds, 1 found myself ohle to no well founded ic.ison, the money taken i suspend the execution of my j.la:.. oj. the from his highness the IX-y , amounting to one arrival cf a beat with a flag of uuce. which hundred ana twenty miilio: s of hancs, bo-- i had on board the admiral of me A.cnne

ing fully adequate to the char&es i f this , fleet, w ho came to entreat nic m the name must lm'poitant undei taking '1 he elections j of the dey, to suspend hostilities, and o ask

France ah.) ought not to ilistui 0 credit, j for peace; at the same moment c pvicei-

rUlLIO EDUCATION.

From the Xcu-Yor?c Daily SentideL ESSAY V. Arc Agricultural an-i Trades f:' tranches of Education Or Public Schools? We

have stated that we thought a system of

public education which should go no further than the day schools of New -faigl and, both unrcpubliean and utterly inefficient; unrepublican, because children to lose their follies of aristocratical pretension on the one hand, and the abject submission of poverty on the other, must be clothed, fed, lodged, and treated alike; and inefficient, because

half a dozen hour's daily schooling will not

train a child to be a virtuous, high minded.

cultivated republican, more especially if

that schooling is to be discontinued at eleven

or twelve years of age, from the necessities

ci the parents.

We novv proceed to inquire, whether

in public schools, children ought to be taught something more than abstract science and book Irarnrar, as it is popularly called, whe

ther practise cc theory ought to be united, &

whether chduren, even while their literary

and scientific education is most carefully su

ticrintenJed, may not contribute towards

their own support for the present, while they

learn some trade or occupation, that shall

render them independent for the future.

We are decidedly of opinion, that unless

this be done, the system will be very inconi plcte and unnecessarily expensive. We, of republican America, have hither

to in education as well as in many other

thimrs, followed the example of anstocrati-

cal Europe. We have learnt, indeed, that

-we can do without a king, but wc have not

learnt, that wc can do without an idle', pnvi

lodged class to consume the producer's surplus, wc still assert (in practise if not in

-words) "that thev who think, must govern

those who toil." We have discovered that

a plum citizen does very well forapresi dent, and that wc may dispense with a here

ditary succession and with court etiquette without producing anarchy or revolutionary

horrors. Nut we have yet to learn that the same man may labor and may think; the

tame man be producer and consumer; the same it. an be mechanic and legislator, practical farmer and president. We have yet to lear. that the world can goon without two ciases, one to ride and the other be ridden; one to roll in the luxuries of life, and the other to struggle with its hardships. tVc hae yet to learn how to amalgamate those classes: to make of men not fractions ' of human beings, sometimes mere producing machines, sometimes mere consuming drones, but integral republicans, at once the creators and employers of riches, at once masters and scivants, governors and governed. How can this most desirable and most republican amalgamation take place? By ur.iting theory to practise, which have been too long kept separate. ly combining mechanical and agricultural with literary and scientific instruction. By making every scholar a workman, and every workman a scholar. Bv associating cultivation and uti

lity, the productive aits and the abstract sciences.

Such a change would be, in every respect,

most boxhcial. l he roughness ami ignorance of the mere laborer would be remo

ved, the pedantry and the pretension cf the mere scholar, rubbed off. The one would

not b oppressed by toil, nor the other ren

dered dvspepticbv continued sedentary em-

plovment. I he mind would n t be cultiva

tel at th? cxpcne of the body; nor the bo

dy worn down, to the injury and neglect of

I his is not an untried scheme. It has

been tried in Europe; at Feilciibei -gs insti

tution at Ilofwyl in Sw itzerland.an establish

ment which is spoken of the highest terms

of approbation by thos ' who have isited it;

(our fellow citizen professor (iriscom is of the number.) And se oral other seminaries

have been commenced m this country on a

similar principle; one at Whitesborough, N. V; one at Princeton, Kv; one at Ando

vcr Mass.; one at Mavsv ille, Tenn.; one at

Germantown, Pa.; and more recently, one

las been formed, or is forming at Shrewsbu

ry, N. J.; the plan of which, as we highly

ipprove many of its details, we shall pub-

ish.at an early opportunity. We conceive, then, that an education is

)ut a half education, and scarcely that, un-

css it makes its pupils productive members

of society as well as taught school boys; useful, independent citizens, as well as ac complished scholars. And we conceive

that the fact, that an education, thus com

plete, is much less expensive to the state

than a mere fractional, inefficient one, is a strong additional reason why it should be

preferredand adopted.

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of ir.e general supei intenuani ci puonc schools will :jc in our c pinion, ai office at least as important as that nf the president. At present the best talent of the country is devoted to the study of law; because a law vir has hitherto had the best chance for political honors and preferment. Let the office of teacher be equally honored and preferred; and men will turn from a trade whoe professors live by the quairels of mankind, to an occupation which should teach men to live without quarrelling. EDUCATION May be divided into two species, like mankind; that is, the productive and nonproductive, the useful and ornamental, the necessary and amusing, bic. It is the productive, useful and necessary, that constitute the comfort and happiness of the millions, .md ought alone to occupy the care and attention of all represent itiv e government, e-

lected by the majority ot the millions, who produce all that is consumed under the denomination either of public or private ic enue. The millions have a right to what they produce; .-aul all appropriations out of the public treasury, fu' teaching the non

tr iueers k.o a jmjo winch is nit 'U' orna-

v ed another flag cf truce going towar. the fort of the emperor. Our batteris and those of the enemy h .d ceased tiring. I desiitu the envov to tell his master that the

for his majesty h :s appealed to the nation, and he will be governed in his future measures bv the result of this appeal.

Wo'have the Pans naneis of Thursday.:

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A ministerial paper a s: lt is haid that the , preceeo.n.gs cf the fleet under my command cabinets ot Fiai.ce ami England have juM j would i.e. subeiuinaie to u.tse ot Uie army,

forwaided to cadi other diplomatic notes ct ! respecting which, 1 rcn icd Lku to tae gcthe highest importance, m regard to the oc- i net al in cmef. The tciang aati the Light

passe u without motilities. ic:uiei..) as five o'clock the envo w e .n ee to iepc-c his solicitations 1 aus.. ciu bv the annexed note, which 1 desired tiuu to deliver to tno dey, giving him at the u me a copy for the command : . iuef oi the. land turces. At

cupation ot Algiers by 1 ranee. ' It the new monarch of England, (says the paper,) shares the pu juuices and jealousy of eld John Bull, w e have also a prince who has h:heiited the goodness of Henry IV. and the hiirh character of Louis XIV."

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Anothei paper asserts, that the British noon the Aiget i..c colors were ; i i:bcr caambassacior has declared that his govern- j spiayed ui tilt Casaauba, ar. e i.cighment would oppose any establishment c.n , boring ft.us. Ui pcicti.cu t. .-op ia the coast of Africa; and th.a he has re qui :...-uoii to ;v aids the cuy. At ttrtv ..utes red a decisive answer in the course of ten ; ast to his na.jesty flag was tiyii- cii thu

days. palace ot the dey, and successtuliy ho:stea

T he following is an extract ot a letter da ted Paris, Wednesday evening:

Paii

is l:i'-M with reports respecting

the mir.d. There would lc but one class-

that e f human beings, occupied as human

brir .-s ought to be, alternated in physical

lrjor ai.d in mental culture

Lt t us net sav that such an amalgamation

is impossible. That would be to declare

that practical republicanism is impossible.

In Europe it was impossible tor the chic magistrate of a nation (there called a king to maintain his authority, or make it re

spcctablc in the eves of other nations, ex

c pi i;v i::trc!:c:i;ng nimseu uemiui naicuIojs c; -art I' m ins and stiff, feudal etiquette. But Jefferson broke the spell He rode unattended to the hotels of the foreign ambassadors, fastened his hore at the door, transacted the business of the nation as any private individual would the affairs of his family, and left the astonished representatives of royalty in equal admiration of the dignity and court' ' vi the man, and wonder at the republican simplicity cf the citizen. Evcrv man uvd ew.y woman ought to he

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ESSAY VI. The svstem oi public education, then.

which we consider capable, antl onlv capa

ble, of regenerating this nation, and ot esta

blishing practical virtue and republican e-

quahty among us, is one which provides to;

all children at all times; receiving them a" the earliest age their parents choose to entrust them to the national care, feeding, clo

thing and educating them, until the age of

majority.

We propose that all the children so a-

dopted should receive the same food, should

be dresseel in the same simple clothing;

should experience the same kind treatment; should be taught (until their professional education commences) the same branches;

in a word, that nothing savoring ot 'ncquallity, nothing reminding them cf the pride of

riches or the contempt ot povertv , should

be suffered to enter these republican safe

guards of a young nation of equals. W e propose that the destitute widow's child or

the orphan boy; should share the public

care equally with the heir toaprincel) e-

state; so that all may become not in word

but in deed and in feeling, free and equal. Thus may the spirit of democracy, that spirit which Jefferson laboured for halt a century to plant in our soil, become universal among us; thus may luxury, may pride, may ignorance be banished from I'mongus; and we may become, what fellow citizens ought to be, a nation of brothers. Wc propose that the food should be of the simplest kind, both for the suke of ccc; ; my and of temperance A Spartan simplicity of regimen is becoming a republic, and is best suited to preserve the health and

strength unimpaired, even to old age We suggest the propriety of excluding all distilled or fermented liquors of every description; perhaps, also, foreign luxur.-s.

such as tea and coffee, might be benefit i.,,,y dispensed with. These, including wim .md

spirits, cost the nation at present a;?outy .- teen millions of dollars annually Are thev

worth so much?

Thus might the pest of our land, intem

perance, l)c destroyed not discouraged, not

essened, not partially cured but destroy

ed: this modern Circe that degrades the hu

man race below the beast of the field, that

offers her poison cup at e cry corner of our

streets and at every turn ot our highways, that sacrifices her terns of thousands of victims yearly in these states, that loads our country with a tax more than sufficient to

pay twice over for the virtuous training of all her children might thus be deposed from the foul swav she exercises over tree-

men, too proud to yield to a foreign enemy.

but not too prouel to bow beneath the iron

rod of a domestic curse. Is there any other method of tearing up this monstrous evil,

the scandal of our republican branch?

e propose that the dress should be

some plain, convenient, economical uniform, j The silliest of all vanities (and one of the c

most expensive) is the vanity of dress.

Children trained to the age of twenty-;.e without bcingexposed to it. could noi.m after life be taught such a folly. But. learnt as it now is, from the earliest infancy, do we find that the most faithful preaching checks or reforms it! The food and clothing might be chiefly raised and manufactured by the pupils themselves, in the exercise of their s. vt-ral occupations. They w ould thus acq lire a taste for articles produced in their own country, in preference to foreign superfluities. Under such a system, the poorest-parents could afford to pay a moderate tax tor each

mental or uuuuing to the posst ;or, may perhaps be considered as a dev lation from right and justice, in expending the fruit of

the tnbor and toil of the productive classes, to teach the children of the idle and nonproductive, how tocoiisumo their own time . i d public property, in learning to amuse hemselves m?- kill time agreeably. As the greatest part of what is taught in all our old schools, colleges or universities, tends to the ornamental killing of time, let us endeavour to draw the line which separates the useful and necessary of the arts and sciences, from those which are merely ornamental and amusing, that conduce more to the fame of the professor, than to the benefit of the pupil. The art of drawing or delineation, which has been placed (because its utility was not well understood) amongst the fine arts, must be ranked amongst those which are useful, as it is probably the most expeditious, cor rect, easy and pleasant mode, of giving ideas bulb to ehib'uu and adults. Repre

sentntion is the only defined language, and is perhaps equal in value and utility to all the languages together: without it, wc can haveno correct idea of mechanics or natural history, when the o'-j-.cts themselves arc absent; d'-scriptions, from the undefined na tare ot words, must be equally vague and uncertain. An idea is a representation in the mind of a thing thought of; but let any

one try to cprcsent to himself a machine, animal, plant, mineral or any complicated body fro-., ade-.'Tiptmn, and he will find the gi c .tt difficulty and m most i .ses the hr.posMbiiity of imprinting a correct figure on his mind, without which he cannot have a correct idea of the thing thought of. No exact idea of a visual object can be obti.med, without an equ d exact figure ia the mind; what

oes not come by the ns, cannot be hgu

red in the mind, of course, cannot be called a correct idea, must remain vague and imperfect. Chemistry, like all the other sciences, is useful to the individual as far as he is likely to practise it, such as that of the kitchen and wash-house, of food and cleanliness, two of the most indispensable operations of life, of soap boiling, candle-making, and dying, with all applications to any of the useful arts, agriculture, Sec. The higher branches of speculative analysis, ought to be left to those qualifying themselves for professors. Where is the necessity of knowing the properties of substances, that you never will come in contact with, or from which you vt ill nevei acquit e any aid or assistance, and what the utility of learning a complete course of chemistry, if, for want of practice, it will be forgotten, as it usually is, in a few

years.'

child. Thev could better afford it than thev

can now to support their chihlren in ignorance and misery, fircviJed the tax were less than the low est at which a child can now be maintained at home. For a school, thousands of parents can afford to pay nothing. We do not propose thatanv one should be compelled to send a child to these public schools, if he or she saw ht to have them educated elsewhere. But we propose that the tax should be paid by all parents, whether they send their children or not We are convinced, that under si.rii ; o-,

tern, the pupils of the stale s. hi

LATE FROM ENGLAND. Prom the A" Y. Mercantile Advertiser. The packet ship Caledonia, captain Ro"

gers, arrived in port yesterday from Liver" pod, having sailed on the 19th tilt, to which date v.e have received our regular files of papers from the 10di- tlr. se of a previous date being on board the William Byrnes, which is hourly expected. An intelligent gentleman, who came passenger in the Caledonia, informed us, that the prevailing opinion in relation to the ensuing harvest, was, that there would be barely an average crop, should the weather be ever so favorable till harvest time. Our

informant, who bail travelled over several cf the agricultural districts, fully concurred in the above opinion. Tne surrender of Algiers, as befcre reported, is confirmed. e give the French official account of this important event, which will break up thi.t nest of pirates

who, lor centuries, have set the powers of"

Vristenuoni at dehance. The funeral of George IV. took place on

the 15th. A description of the ceremonies

occupi-.-s many columns of the papers. Many details cf the distresses in Ireland are

given in the same sheets which contain the

accounts ot this pageant, and exhibit a sin gular contrast of scenes. The result of the French elections, al

ready occidcd, 1; as tallow: Opposition,

misunderstand : es octween the governments of Ft-.- ..ud England, with regard to Algiers it , however, stated here positivdy, by persons who must know, that no note l.i'S o' en presented to the French gornment by the British ambassador. No alarm i feit with ivgard to the intention ot

t ither party , but some is fell with rcsj ect to the manner m which 'he papers nave taken thematti rup. The minister for the United States did not attend at the Pt D.um in consequence of the close connexion existing between his government and the dey of Algiers." Distresses in Ireland. In the house of commons on Tuesday, lord Killen askei; "if it w ere the intention of government to afford any relief to the starving people of Ireland. He thought that some advance of money byway of loan, ought to be made, for the purpose of rescuing the inhabitants of the south western countries from the state of misery in which they were plunged." hir R. Petl availed himself of the occasion, to read a lecture to the Irish gentleman, w ho w ould thus "throw upon the government, or rathe r upon the people of England, w ho already contributed for their own poor, the relief of the distressed people of 1 1 eland. He hoped the landed proprictoi s of Ireland would

feel it incumbent on them, in conscience, as

it was not in law, to come forward for the relief of the inhabitants of the country from

w hich they drew their wealth. Parliament

had then under its consideration the means

of applying some permanent remedy to the

evil; but the p.ieseut distress could alone be

removed hv the exertions of the wealthier

classes in Ireland." One fact stated by sir

1'. reel is oi some importance. " I here w as at this moment trav oiling through the

"North American colonies a gentleman ex

tremely w ell acquainted with the wants of a

new colony, and possessed cf great experi

ence in tne matters necessary tor establish ing a settlement, who was directed to re

port his observations to the government,

with a view of enabling them to discover v. hethe i some w ell arranged sy stem might

not be adopted at once to relieve the popu

lation at home, and to benefit the colonies

where transfer of an industrious population would be an advantage to them. Whtn

that gentleman should have made his report.

he hoped it would be found that some mea

sure could be adopted for framing a system

of emigration. Till that could be done, he thought they would not be really mee tingthe

distress ot tne country, nor the w ants ot any

ot the colonies by sending out hundreds o

settlers lor w hom no previous preparation

had been made.

AVffro Slavery. Mr. Brougham moved a

resolution, "that the house would, at the earliest practical period take into conside

ration the most e ffectual means of mitigating

the condition of the slave population in our

colonies, and finally ot abohshine slavery

altogether; and that they would further

take into consideration the state of the West India colonies, with a view to amend the administration of justice in the said colonies." The motion was lost by a division of 56 to Z7 Of course the subject will be resumed when the new parliament meets.

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CAPTURE OF ALGIERS. Toulon, July 9. Admiral Duicrre to the Minister c.f the Marine. B'fLre Algiers, July 3.T assembled yesterday the naval force before Algiers. ' On the day before yesterday, M. de Rosamel, for the purpose of a diversion, made a false attack upon the sea batteries and the Mole, as well as upon those of the city, near the sea. He renewed the attack to-day, and the whole force displayed itself and fought for two hours under "the continued thunder of the enemy's guns. The supplement contains 1. A letter from admiral Dupcrre, dated 3d July, giv ing an account of the false attack which he had ordered admiral Rosamel to make on the enemies batteries on the sea side, in order to distract their attention.

2. Another letter cf the same date, giving an account of the further operations of admiral Rosamel. 3. A letter from admiral Dupcrre, dated on board the Provence, July 6, to the following effect: Sir On the 4th instant, the day after the attack made by the fleet under my command on the forts and batteries of Algiers, the chief object of which was to call back to the town the enemy's cannoniers and troops whom I hail seen going in great numbers to the fort of the emperor, the batteries opened, their tire upon the fort at 3 oVP ck in the

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ten o clack, after a die

eplos;on, winch was he.iid .,t the dEtar.' of sixty milts, all around, we perceived tt

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ft., a::tl cur tre,o:.s u

on all th.: forts anu battciies. I he squad

ron immediately saluted with twtnt) one gun, amidst reiterated cries of "ivele koi:" To day I have just caused the Pro etice lo anchor under the wuiia ot Algeis The other vesscis. lutwudmsiu.s. undei admiral Rosauiti and captain Ponce, are ciuiiing bcioic tne bi)a of

Algiers a :d bidi rci luch.

I despatch, without the toss oi time,

the Sphix steamboat, with count 13our

mom's despatches and my own

My firat care has been lo t laini cur un

fortunate prisoners belonging to the Silene and Avenue ; tiny have just betn delivered up to me, and I send thtra to

France, i hey have suffered, since tho

time of our landing, much more from tho exasperation ot the populace than that oi

the dey Nevertheless none ot those

who escaped being massacred by the Arabs,and a list of whom has been sent to you, have sunk under their bufTeringe.

Accept, tc. UUPJLKKE. Voe to ihe Dey from the Admiral. On board the Provence July 5. The undersigned admits, command-cr-in-chief v.t the fleet ot his movt Chiistian majesty, i: answer to the communications which have been made, to him in the name ot the dey ot Algiers, and which hjtve too long suspended tha progress ol hostilities, deciaies that so long as the flag of the- Rcgcncv is flying on the fort anu city of Aigieis, he can receive no farther communicant ns, and considers it as in a state ot w . DUPERRE. To His Excellency the President cf the Council of M:nistfrs La Casauba, Juiy 5, 3 o'clock p m. Prince I he opening of the fire before the fort of the emperor w as deferred until the 4th of July, in mder that all the batteries might fire at once. I thought that, by striking awe into the cnimy on the very first day, by a great superiority in our fire, I should abridge the duration of the operations. I he trenches were opened on the night of the 29th, after whhich tho works were not interrupted a moment. During the night, and even in the houre when the woiktnen are generally relieved, the enemy's ariihery fired but lii'.Je. During the day. the Turkish tnd Arab sharp-shooters, protected by the bushes, stole into the ravines which were to the left of the attack. They wounded t. pretty considerable number of men; but the troops were soon covered by epanltroents. We have reason to expect vigorous sallies. The occupation of the tort of the Emperor allowed the enemy to assemble without danger before the Cassauba. They did not profit by this advantage. However, every thing was ready to give them a good reception. The batteries had been erected witk astonishing rapidity. Among the twenty-six pieces of artillery mounted in them, there were ten 24 pound-rs, six 16 pounders, four ten-inch mortars, and siz 6-inch howitzers. All was ready before day break on the 4th. At four o'clock In the morning a rocket gave the signal, and the firing commenced; that of the enemy replied for three hours with much briskness. The Turkish gunners, though th widencss of the embrasures left ihera almost wholly exposed, remained bravely at their posts, but could not long contend against the skill and intrepidity of ours, whom General La Hittc animated by

his example and counsel. At clht o'clock the firing of the fort was silenced, that of our batteries continued to ruin the works. The order to make a breach had been given, and was beginning to bo executed, when, at 10 o'clock, a dreadful explosion caused part of the fort to disappear. Torrents cf flame, clouds of dust and smoke rose to a prodigious height; stones were thrown in all directions, but did not cause any serious accidents. General Hure!, who commanded the trenches, did not lose a moment to piss over the space between our troops and the fort, and to place them there in the midst of the ruins. It seems certain, that, at xjc o'clock the troop- who