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Rev. S. H. Cox, D. D., lecturer on moral philosophy.

Francis Lieber, LL. D., lecturer on commerce, agriculture, &c.

College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York city.

188. Professors:

John A. Smith, M. D., anatomy and physiology.

Alexander H. Stevens, M. D., surgery.

Joseph M. Smith, M. D., theory and practice of physic.
Edward Delafield, M. D., obstetrics, &c.

John B. Beck, M. D., materia medica, &c.

John Torrey, M. D., chemistry and botany.

Number of students,

Lectures commence on the first Monday of November annually, and continue four months. The college building is situated in Barclay street.

General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, located in New York city.

Instructors:

Rt. Rev. B. T. Onderdonk, D. D., prof. nature, min. and pol. of church. Rev. S. H. Turner, D. D., prof. biblical learn. and interpretation.

Rev. Bird Wilson, D. D., prof. systematic divinity.

C. C. Moore, LL. D., prof. oriental and Greek literature.

Rev. R. W. Harris, librarian.

From the last Report of the Committee of the General Convention on the income and expenditure of the seminary, we take the following:-The contributions and donations to the seminary, from its first establishment down to the present day, amount to the capital sum of $158,928 67. Of which there have

been expended for current purposes, $40,290 60; for buildings, $33,520; filling up water lots, &c., $9,595; assessments for streets, &c., $1,325; investments of sums contributed for scholarships, $14,194 72; leaving a capital of $60,003 35, invested in stocks, bonds, and mortgages, yielding an annual revenue of $3,600. The annual expenditure, with the utmost economy, amounts to $5,000, and the deficiency, consequently, of the receipts, to cover the expenditure is $1,400. Two large legacies have been given to the institution, one of $60,000 by Mr. Sherred, and another of $100,000 by Mr. Frederic Kohne, but neither of them are yet available.

The following comparative view of the state of education in the higher seminaries, compiled by B. F. Butler, Esq., of Albany, we take from Mr. Williams's New York Register:

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Students in the colleges..

1800. [POPULATION 586,050.]

Whole number of students in the academies, of whom only a small proportion

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Students in the colleges, about....

(No report from the Medical college.)

Whole number of students in the academies, of whom 518 are reported as pur

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suing classical studies or the higher branches of English education......... 1,495

1820. [POPULATION 1,372,812.]

Colleges (including the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the city of
New York and in the western district).

Academies.....

Students in the colleges..

Students in the Medical colleges.

Whole number of students in the academies during the year 1819, of whom
636 received classical instruction, &c.......

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30

472

196

2,218

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Students in the colleges, including those in the preparatory schools connected
with Columbia and Geneva colleges....

506

Students in the Medical colleges..

276

Students in the academies, pursuing classical studies and the higher branches
of English education...

2,030

Other students....

1,805

Whole number of students in the academies...

.......

3,835

There are two academies of fine arts in New York-the American and National, the former supported by artists, the latter by amateurs. The Lyceum of Natural History has been very successful in the pursuit of its objects. The Clinton Hall is a recent association for the promotion of literature, science, and the arts. The Society Library, founded in 1754, contains more than 22,000 volumes. The Historical Society, incorporated in 1809, has collected a vast number of records pertaining to the early history of the United States, and of New York. The New York Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, under Mr. Harvey P. Peet, has accommodations for 150 pupils.

NEW JERSEY.

ELEMENTARY EDUCATION.-Considerable attention to the cause of popular education has recently been awakened throughout the State, and measures are in progress which promise important and happy results. A school fund, now exceeding $250,000, is managed by trustees under the authority of the legis lature, and is steadily increasing; while a large portion of its annual income is distributed among the several townships, and is applied, augmented by moneys voluntarily raised by the townships, to the support of common schools, and otherwise to extend the means of education over the whole community. In the circular of the American School Agent's Society, it is stated that in 'New Jersey, in 1828, 11,742 children were entirely destitute of instruction, and 15,000 adults unable to read. In many of the towns, more than half of the children never attend, and in two counties, 48 districts were entirely destitute of schools.'

ACADEMIES AND HIGHER SEMINARIES.-A Manual Labor School has been lately established near Sergeantville, seven miles from Flemington, and 40 from Philadelphia, by Mr. R. Rittenhouse, called the Mantua Manual Labor Institute. It has a farm of 150 acres, a house which will accommodate 30 students. About three hours every day, Saturdays and Sundays excepted, are occupied in manual labor. For tuition, board, lodging, lights, and fuel, $25 a quarter are charged. At Princeton, is the Edgehill Seminary, under the care of Mr. Robert B. Patton, formerly a professor in the College of New Jersey. The lads, limited to 40, are taken under the entire control of Mr. Patton. Several assistant teachers are employed. It is one of the best conducted private schools in the country. At the same place is a Boarding School for boys, under the charge of Mr. Charles C. Sears. The ages at which boys are admitted are from seven to fourteen. The winter session commences the first Thursday in November, and continues 22 weeks. Charge for board, tuition, fuel, &c., $100. The summer session commences on the first Thursday in May, and continues 21 weeks. Charge, $90. Lawrenceville High School. Isaac V. Brown, Alexander H. Phillips, principals; terms, $200 per annum, exclusive of books and clothing. Newark Young Ladies' Institute. Mr. and Mrs. Worcester, principals. Board and family tuition $35 a quarter; tuition in elementary education, $5; in higher English studies, $7; in languages, $8, &c. Hill Top School, Mendham. Ezra

Fairchild, principal. Terms for boarding, tuition, washing, fuel, lights, $125 per annum. Small children are taught in a separate department. At Bloomfield is an academy of long standing. At Orange is a classical school under the care of Mr. Pierson.

COLLEGES AND HIGHER SEMINARIES.-Rutgers College. This institution is established at New Brunswick, 33 miles south-west of New York, and 56 northeast of Philadelphia, on the west side of Raritan river. The college was founded in 1770, and named after a distinguished benefactor. The principal building is of stone, three stories in height. The students generally lodge with private families in the village, and the building is devoted to public purposes. Rev. Philip Milledoler, D. D., is president of the College, and professor in the Theological Seminary. The whole number of students is 70. Rev. John Croes has given lectures the past year in belles lettres, and Professor Beck in natural history and chemistry. A Bible Society, and a weekly association for prayer exist in the College, and the biblical recitation and chapel service on the Sabbath are well attended. The Grammar School attached to the College is in a flourishing condition, under the superintendence of Mr. Robert O. Currie, and numbers at present 28 scholars. An English and Scientific School, under the care of Mr. Mortimer, in the same building, has 32 scholars.'

The Theological Seminary at New Brunswick. This institution is also under the patronage of the Dutch church, and is connected with Rutgers College. The number of students is 20. The professors are:

Rev. Philip Milledoler, D. D., didactic and pol. theology.

Rev. James S. Cannon, D. D., church hist. and eccl. government.
Rev. Alexander McClelland, D. D., biblical literature.

College of New Jersey, at Princeton. This institution was established in 1746 in Elizabethtown. From 1748 to 1757, it was at Newark. In 1757, it was removed to Princeton. The list of presidents is as follows:-Rev. Jonathan Dickinson, 1746-1747. Rev. Aaron Burr, 1748-1757. Rev. Jonathan Edwards, 1757-1758. Rev. Samuel Davies, 1759-1761. Rev. Samuel Finley, 1761-1766. Rev. John Witherspoon, D. D., LL. D., 1768-1794. Rev. Samuel Stanhope Smith, D. D., LL. D., 1795-1812. Rev. Ashbel Green, D. D., LL. D., 1812-1822. Rev. James Carnahan, D. D., 1823. The principal benefactors to the college are Colonel Henry Rutgers and his sisters, $6,500; Dr. Elias Boudinot, $15,000, and 4,000 acres of land; Dr. David Hosack of New York, 1,000 specimens of minerals; the family of the late Governor Phillips of Boston, $2,000. The principal college building is of stone-the same in which a party of British troops took refuge in 1777, and from which they were dislodged by Washington. A great number of distinguished men have been educated at this college. It was founded by the Synod of New York, with the special view of raising up ministers of the gospel. It is now in a very flourishing state, and preparations are making to erect an additional building. The officers are:

Rev. James Carnahan, D. D., president.

Rev. John Maclean, vice-president and prof. ancient languages.
Rev. Albert B. Dod, professor of mathematics.

Joseph Henry, professor natural philosophy.

John Torrey, M. D., professor chemistry.

Samuel L. Howell, M. D., professor anatomy and phys.

Lewis Hargous, professor French and Spanish.

Joseph A. Alexander, adjunct professor ancient languages.

Benedict Jäger, professor of German and Italian.

Samuel H. M'Donald, James C. Edwards, and John S. Hart, tutors.

Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church in the United States. This seminary was established at Princeton in 1812. The professors are:

1812-Rev. Archibald Alexander, D. D., prof. didactic and pol. theology. 1813. Rev. Samuel Miller, D. D., prof. eccl. hist. and church government. 1822. Rev. Charles Hodge, prof. oriental and biblical literature.

The number of scholarships is 23. The professors' salaries are paid from a

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fund of the General Assembly. An additional instructor in oriental and biblical literature will probably be soon appointed. The studies of the first year are the following:-Original languages of the scriptures, sacred chronology and geography, biblical and profane history connected, Jewish antiquities, and exegetical theology. Second year: biblical criticism, didactic theology, ecclesiastical history, and Hebrew language. Third year: biblical and polemic theology, ecclesiastical history, church government, composition and delivery of sermons, pastoral care.

PENNSYLVANIA.

ELEMENTARY EDUCATION.-In 1682, William Penn published his Preface to the 'Frame of Government,' in which he says that, 'that which makes a good constitution must keep it, namely, men of wisdom and virtue, qualities, that, because they descend not with worldly inheritance, must be carefully propagated by a virtuous education of youth.' In the 'Frame' itself, he provides that the Governor and Provincial Council shall erect and order all public schools. The Constitution of the State, adopted in 1790, contains the following provision:-The Legislature, as soon as conveniently may be, shall provide by law for the establishment of schools throughout the State, in such manner that the poor may be taught gratis.' In April, 1831, an Act was passed providing for the establishment of a general system of education; it created a school fund, appointed three commissioners to manage it, assigned to said fund all moneys due for unpatented lands secured to the State by mortgage or lien for purchase money, and all moneys for applications, warrants, and patents for lands, fees in the Land Office, and proceeds of a tax of one mill per dollar, laid March 25, 1831. The State Treasurer is to make an annual report of the amount received for the fund. The interest is to be added to the principal until the interest shall amount to $100,000 annually, after which the interest shall be annually distributed for support of schools. In 1730, there were at least 400,000 children in the State, between the ages of five and fifteen. Of these, not 150,000 were in all the schools in the State, during the preceding year.

ACADEMIES AND HIGH SCHOOLS.-We have compiled the following statements from two articles in Hazard's Register of Pennsylvania, of January 5th and 12th, 1833:

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COLLEGES AND HIGHER SEMINARIES.-Dickinson College. This institution was incorporated in 1783. It was established at Carlisle. In 1786, it received from the legislature $1,400; in 1788, a lot of land; in 1789, $12,000 by lottery; in 1791, $4,000; in 1795, $5,000; in 1803, the State lent $6,000 on mortage of lands; in 1806, $4,000 on a new mortgage; in 1819, the mortgage held by the State for $10,000 was canceled; in 1821, $10,000; in 1826, $3,000 annually for seven years. This institution is not now in existence.

Jefferson College, at Canonsburg. This institution was incorporated in 1802. It has received the following from the State: in 1806, $3,000; in 1821, $10,000 annually for five years; in 1826, $1,000 annually for four years; in 1832, $2,000 per annum for four years, six indigent students to be educated by this grant for four years; and after that, 24 to be prepared for school teachers. Canonsburg is in Washington county, 18 miles south-west of Pittsburg. The following are the officers:

Matthew Brown, D. D., president.

John M'Millan, D. D., prof. theology.
James Ramsey, D. D., prof. Hebrew.

John H. Kennedy, prof. math. and nat. philosophy.
Jacob Green, M. D., prof. chemistry and nat. history.

William Smith, prof. languages.

George Marshall and George M. Hall, teachers.

Agreeably to a recent Act of the Legislature, provision is made for a thorough English and mercantile education, to qualify persons for teaching Common schools. Gratuitous instruction will be given to six applicants of this description. According to legislative enactment, preference will be given to citizens, and the sons of citizens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Medical Faculty of Jefferson College, located at Philadelphia. Nine trustees residing in Philadelphia are appointed to superintend the medical department, agreeably to a special Act of the Legislature. The professors are:

Granville S. Pattison, Esq., prof. anatomy.

George M'Clellan, M. D., prof. surgery.

John Revere, M. D., prof. theory and practice of medicine.
Samuel Calhoun, M. D., prof. materia medica and jurisprudence.

Jacob Green, M. D., prof. chemistry.

Samuel M'Clellan, M. D., prof. institutes, medicine, and obstetrics.

Washington College. This institution was incorporated in 1806. It is in Washington county, in the township of Washington, 26 miles south-west of Pittsburg. The college buildings can accommodate 150 students. It commenced operations under a new organization in 1830. A professorship of English literature was established, with a view to prepare young men to take charge of Common schools. The legislature appropriated $500 per annum to carry this design into effect. In addition to the grant mentioned, the legislature has given the college at different times, $9,000. The number of students is 119. The faculty and instructors are:

Rev. David M'Conaughy, president.

Rev. William P. Aldrich, prof. mathematics, &c. &c.

Rev. J. H. Agnew, prof. languages.

John L. Gow, Esq., prof. English literature, &c., &c.

Mr. Robert Fulton, assistant prof. languages.

Mr. James M'Lean, tutor of the grammar school.

Mr. Joseph Gow, assistant teacher in the English department.

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