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KY GRANTLAND & ORME.
(Jj* The Rrcontini is imlilisluv! svrs'lsty, On
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Four I) dim s, if not pa ill before the end old lie year,
AuvKRriSKMr.s rs conspicuously inserted at the
Usual rates. Those seat without a speoitlcntlon of
the numlier of insertions, will he published until
ordered out, and charged accordingly.
S ties of land mid negroes, by Administrators,
F.Urcutors, or Cluarditins, are required by law, to
be held on the first Tuesday in the month, between
the boms often in the forenoon and three in the
afternoon, at the court-house of the county in
which tlie property is situate.—Notice of the sale
of laud must lie given in a public gazette sisty
days, and negroes, FORTY days, previous to the
do v of sale.
Notice of the sale of personal property must be
given in like manner, forrv days previous to the
day of sale. Also, notice to the debtors and crcdl-
t\irs of an estate must be published for FORTY days.
Notice that Application will lie made to tlie
Court of Ordinary for leave to sell laud, must he
published for nine Mouths.
All business, in the line of Printing, will meet
with prompt attention at the RecOrim'.r Office.
1,1 rrF.RS (on business) must be post-paid.
BOOt7.7flra*lf®3V
On the subject of the murder of Gen. McIn
tosh and other friendly Chi; fa of the Creek
Notion — of the. causa which produced it,
i\-r. tyc. Sfc.— transmitted^ along with the
Governor's Message, to the Legislature.
[Continued from our last. - }
Copy of a letter from Gen. Wure to Gov. Troup,
dated
Like Creek, Fayette co. Gf,o.
May 1st, 1825.
Cor. Troup....The information you have
no doubt received by Chilly MTntosh and
other Indians, will be confirmed by the fol
lowing relation of tlie circumstances at
tending the horrid transaction on the Chat*
laboocliie and Tallapoosa, in the Creek
Nation. On the morning of the !)Oth April,
several neighbors of mine who lodged on
the banks of t he Chutiahoochie, this side
of M'Intosh’s, about day-break heard tlie
Mir whoop, and they suppose from two to
400 guns were tired ; the bouses were on
tire when they setoff. An intelligent In
dian, Col. Miller, who has fled to my house,
together with about 15ft others, states that
he supposes there i.s upwards of 400 warri
ors of the hostile party embodied on the
Chatahoochie 3t MTntosh’s, feasting on all
the cattle they can find, hogs, &e. belong
ing to the friendly party : states also, that
they have taken MMutosh’s negroes and
till other property tlu-y can find; they, lie
States, intend marching toward the settle
ment of the whites in three days'; in this 1
an a little incredulous; though sn fur as
the resources of our county will afford, I
will he prepared. Maj. Finley Stewart is
collecting some volunteers to go out and
reconnoitre the country : lie will set off ns
soon as practicable, flu, Col. Miller,suppo
ses, including numbers long cloaked finder
the garb of friendship, who, since tlie
death of MTntosh have joined tlie hostile
mrty, that the hostile parry in tlie nation
argly exceeds 4000 warriors, and that the
friendly party amounts now to only 500 :
they implore protection : they need it :
they are constantly coining in, andsuy the
road is covered with others.
Yours Respectfully,
ALEX’R. WARE.
Some provision ought to be made to
supply those refugees with food. ,1. //'.
Cojiy of a letter froin-the Governor of Georgia to
the President of the United States.
r.XEcc'rrvE I)i.partmf.nt,-)
M ill edge rille, '.id May, 18125, y
Sir—Yesterday Chilly MTntosh, son of
•’ho General, and bearer of this, came with
other Chiefs to announce the death-of his
Father. On the night of the 29th tilt,
whilst reposing in his bed, the savages
hostile to the Treaty, in great numbers be
set and fired his house, nud this chieftuin,
whose virtues would have honored any
country, perished by the flames or toma
hawk. The old Cluef of Cowetau who
was pursued with toe same vengeance,
and for the same objects, perished with
him. The crime of MTntosh and Tustun-
miggee is to be sought in the wise nud mag
nanimous conduct which, at the Indian
Springs, produced the Treaty of tlie 12th
of February, and which, in making a con
cession of their whole country, satisfied the
just claims of Georgia ; reconciled the
State to the Federal Government, and
made happy at least in prospect, the con
dition oflhe Creeks. When by the last of
Jjis generous actions lie had given his con-
•fcent, in union with his Council, to tlie sur
vey and appropriation of the country, only
to gratify the wishes of the Georgians, and
Was on the eve of departure to explore the
Hew home whore the future fortunes of ull
•were to abide, ho met the stroke of the as
sassin, and the bravest of his race fell by
Vie hutuls of the most treacherous and
cowardly. Tho guilty authors of this mas
sacre, it will lie l’or you to detect and pun*
$h—I have done my duty.
You will soon read in my official cor
respondence with your government, the
Indians and the Commissioners, the lie-
ginning, the progress, and the end of this
iii xhtful tragedy, in which tlie catastro
phe was foreseen ; of which ever and anon
the government of the U. States was dis
tinctly forwarned, which by the breath of
.its nostrils might have been averted, hut
in liich was not averted. In dispite of eve
ry tiling attempted to the contrary, I had
.before succeeded in maintaining peace-
even now, at the very moment I write, u
message, of which you have a copy, is dis
patched to tiie surviving Chiefs to forbear
.hostility. I believe the advice will lie tak
en as an order; hut it i.s my duty to intbrm
you, that to keep this peace longer than I
can hear front you,w ill be impossible to nuy
efforts ot yours nr mine, unless the most
ample satisfaction and atonement shall be
made promptly for the death of MTntosh
und his friend. The Legislature will con
vene in a few days, unit on this account I
have deferred any measure, either of reta
liation or protection.
\\ it.h great respect and consideration,
G. M. TROUP.
The.Fhssidext of the V. States,
If ashing ton City.
Copy of a letter from Governor Troup to Joseph
Marshall.
Executive Betartsiext, j
Milledgcvilh, 3d May, 1825, $
FVte»n/....T hoard with sorrow yesterday
of the death of our common friend, MTn
tosh; all good hearts among the whites
deploro it as much as you. Satisfaction
will he demanded, and satisfaction shall
he Imd . hut we mint not be hasty about it;
we will he cool and deliberate in the mea
sures we take, nud then \vc will be certain
to he right. You he peaceable and quiet
Until you lienrfroin me, in the same manner
as if nothing lmd happened to MTntosh or
Tnstnnmiggce, But depend on it, mv re
venge I w ill have. ; it will be such ns wo
have reason to believe the Great Spirit
would require; such usotir Christ would not
think too much, and yet so much, that I
trust all red and white men will he content
with. Mind what I say to you until von
hear from me. G. M. TRUUP.
Col. Joseph Marshall—Creek Nation
£ l/rro follow the aIVecfin# letters of McIntosVs
wives, nnd of* ifi» daughter, .Imic Hawkins, to tho
II. S. Commissioners* which were published in
our paper of the 31st ultimo.]
C opy of the Orders to Major CrfcrteraJs Wimberly,
Shorter and Miller for the protection of the
frontiers.
IIeaB-OpaRTERS, )
'MiUedgevillc. 5th Mat/, 1823. \
ORDERS.
The Commander in Chief having receiv
ed information of the existence among tlie
Creek s, of the most frightful anarchy and
"disorder, and of the recent massacre of
Gen. MTntosh and the old Chief of Cowe
ta within the actual limits ofGeorgia, has
thought proper to adopt precautionary
measures without delay, so that if the IJ.
Slates, hound bv the Constitution and the
Treaty, to repress and punish hostility a-
ntong the Indians and tiiaiutain peace up
on ottr borders, shall by any means fail in
their duty 5n these respects, a competent
force may be held in readiness to inarch
at a moment's w arning, either to repel in
vasion, suppress insurrection among the
Indians within out own territory, or give
protection to tho friendly Creeks and a-
venge the death of MTntosh, who always
a firm friend to Georgia, fell a sacrifice in
her cause ;
Ordered,That Major General Wimberly,
Maj. Gelt. Shorter, and Maj. Gen. Miller,
of the 5th, tit li and 7th Divisions, forthwith
proceed to take tlie necessary measures to
hold in readiness tlu-ir respective, Divisions
to inarch at n moment's warning, either
by detachment or otherwise, as they may
be. commanded by authority of the Legis
lature or of the Commander in Chief.
By the Commander in Chief,
^Signed) SEABORN JONES,
Aid-de-Cainp.
Copy of a letter from Gov. T roup. roiitaiiiiiir, in
structions to Major Generals Wiiubeity, Shor
ter and Miller-
Ilr.An-Qr arters, \
MiUedgevillc, 5th May, 1835. j
Srjt....Tn carrying into effect tlie enclos
ed General Orders, yo'u will keep a watch
ful eye to the frontier of our white settle
ments, so tliat you may he able without
communicating with me, to repress on its
first occurrence, any commotion w hich
may hoppnn there, in consequence of the
state of things prevailing in the Nation.—
These infuriated and misguided people
may linve the temerity, before the Gene
ral Government can interpose, to pursue
the friendly Indians within our organized
limits. You will therefore in the spirit of
these instructions, give your orders cor
responding with them, to your most confi
dential officers resident near the frontiers,
who on any sudden emergency of this
character may, without consulting you,
proceed instantly to their execution. A
copy of Gen. Ware's letter, received after
my General Orders were issued, will -as
sure you of the nature and extent of the
danger to he apprehended, and of the
promptitude with which they are to bo
carried into effect.
With great consideration and respect,
G. ?d. TiiOl P.
A copy addressed to Major Generals
Wimberly, Shorter end Miller.
Copy of a letter from the Governor to General
Ware.
Executive Department, ?
Milleilgeville, 51 h Mrty, 1825. y
Dear Sir—I have this moment receiv
ed your letter, and at the very time when I
had issued orders to Maj. Gens. Shorter
nud Wimberly, with corresponding in
structions TO meet tlio very exigencies
w hich, from your information, you have
reason to anticipate ; they will have the
contents of your letter communicated to
them, that their orders nmy be.dispatched
with the least possible delay.
I wish you to take measures, and the
best you ertn, for the comfortable mainto-
nanec of our unhappy friends whilst they
seek refuge among us, and are protected
by our arms.
Additional orders will bn immediately
given to Maj. Gen, Miller, to hold Ins tlivi
sion in readiness.
The expense of supporting the Indians
will lie incurred by the State in tlie first in
stance, and reimbursed to her front the
first instalment payable to them by the U.
States. You will therefore bold me res
ponsible for any contracts you may make
on this aeoount; whilst at the panic time,
I ask the favor of you to cause them to be
made on the best possible terms,
I sincerely trust, iftheso infuriated mon
sters shall have the temerity to set foot
within our settled limits, von may have tho
opportunity to give them the bayonet free
ly, the instrument which they most dread,
and which is most appropriate to the occa
sion.
Very respectfully, ami sincerely your
friend, G. M. TROUP.
Krig-. Gen. Alex’r Ware, Fnyeitcvfile, Geo.
To dispatch Mr. Jones, he will not wait
for n copy of the General Orders, ns Gen.
shorter will umhc them «no\vfi *6 vfitl m
Mr. JoneE. G..M-T, '
aw
■qgcif.iwiwj
MILLEDGKVILLE, GKOHOlA. TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1625.
VOL. VI.-
Copy of a letter from the Governor to General*
Wimberly and Miller.
Heap-Quartern, l
Millcdgeville, 5th May, 1 SP", j
Dear Sin—I wish you in the distrihuti
on of y our orders, to instruct the (liil’erent
Quarter-Masters, particularly of the fro fi
ller counties, where tho Indians are must
likely te take refuge under the protection
of ottr arms, to look to their comfortable
support by contracts, which you will lie
pleased to instruct themtofonn with strict
regard to efeoimmy. The funds will he
advanced bv the State, on the credit of the
I. \ States or the Indians,and \\i 11 he reim
bursed by one or the other.
Very respectfully aqd sincerely,
G. M. TROUP.
Addressed toGcns. Wimberly Sf Miller.
Copy of a letter from Gov. Troup to the Secrcta-
ry of H'nr.
Executive Department, l
MiUedgevillc, 5th M ty, 1825. y
Sir—I lose no time in communicating
far tlie infnrmatim) of the President, a co
ny of aMetter received this morning fi-o^n
Brig.Gen. Ware, commanding the-scroni)
Brigade of the 5th Division of the Militia
of this State, and to advise yotl that mea
sures have been adopted fertile adequate
protection oft he frontiers, and for the safe
ty of the friendly Indians seeking refu ge
within our limits, until tlm authority of tlie
II. States can be effectually interposed for
these purposes ; and that therefore the ex
penses incurred in the mean tune, will he
considered chargeable to the 0. ,!8latcs.—
In due time, the measures referred to will
be laid before you in extciiso.
With great consideration and respect,
G.M. TROUP.
The Secretary of li ar.
Colonel Hawkins, the Interpreter, and
friend of MTntosh, lias shared his fate.
Copy of a letter front Gen. M'Ddnald to Gover
nor Troup.
M acon, 6th May, 1823.
His Et'cy. Geo. M. Troup ;
Sir—1 have just received information
in relation to the existing disturbances a-
mong the Creek Indians, which I deem
sufficiently important to be promptly com
municated to you. A Mr. Freeman, a gen
tleman no doubt of high character, has just
arrived In this place from Alohuma with
his family. He states that the Indians ap
pear to be in an alarming state of excite
ment; and from their general demeanor,
so far as it came under bis observation,
seem determined upon mischief. Their
professions however, av far as lie under
stood thorn, are entirely friendly to the
whites, with the exception of the Agent.—
On his destruction, both parties seem de
termined,
Mr. Freeman ppsed by Fort Mitchell
on Wednesday last, at which place lie saw
the Agent,♦who tnfi.rrnod I,in,, i),ha while
-,t supper the evening before, a runner
from a Town About 50 miles distant in
formed him, that on that night lie was to
be murdered, Tlie Agent lutd made eve
ry preparation in Ids power for bis defence,
and stated, that lie believed bis death had
been determined on fit a talk which was
held on the Monday week preceding. He
! 1 nil communicated to the Indians the ra
tification of the Treaty, tuul suggested to
them the propriety of selling that portion
of the Territory which had been reserved
an.I,to go in a body beyond the Mississip
pi. To the proposition to sell, no reply
was given ; and lie w«s asked if he hint
signed the Treaty : he informed them that
he had signed in the character of a wit
ness. After the Talk with the Agent was
over, the Indians held a secret one, from
which the Agent and all tlie white resi
dents were excluded : at which lime the
Agent supposes all their schemes of mis
chief were devised. Since Mr. Freeman
left Fort Mitchell, lie Inis been informed
that the time on which the Agent was to hu
killed, w as on Wednesday night, and not
on Tuesday night as commuuieatcd by
the runner. Ho entertains no doubt hut
their purpose is executed before this time.
If however he should he mistaken in Ins
apprehensions, would it not he proper,
from his peculiarly perilous situation, to
afford the Agent prompt and efficient
relief? Both parties of the Indians, those
friendly ami those hostile to the Treaty,
arc alike excited against him—and both
have pronounced the same fato for him.—
Col. ('rowel! it is believed, could oommuiid
between three and 100 Indians, and it’ lie
had military supplies for them, could nt
least defend himself, although the hostile
party in formidable; this opinion has been
suggested by Mr. Freeman, hut usnudl ad
ditional force could do no injury.
There is ono ein-iimstnuce, nmVe strong
ly indicative oft he hostile design of the In
dians toward the whites generally, than
their warlike exhibitions. It is this—the
whites who have been resident among
them, and who are acquainted with their
habits ami character, are sending their fa
milies from the Nation. The Indians hold
a Tall; on Monday next, for what purpose
it is not known.
Yours Respectful]v,
(Signed] CHArf. J. M'DOXALD.
with full powers to net efficiently, under ] firmer."
any exigencies which may arise.
I thank yon lor the promptitude with
which you have eonnnuuieatcd this now
information ; nt the same time T indulge
hope, tln\t the cause of alarm Inis been ex
aggerated. It is scarcely to be believed
that tlie Agent, from whom nothing hits
been heard, well knowing tlie Contentions
which agitato the country, and the emi
nent perils which surround him, should
not have riispntched runners to make
known to this government officially, and
without delay, the oireiunstRtiees which
your letter discloses, upon the authority
of u respectable traveller. The express
which brought it carries the answer,
fill great respect und Consideration,
fl. M. TROUP.
Brig. Gen. Ghas. J. M'Donald—Macon.
Copy of« letter from Gov. Troup to the Secreta
rv of W’nr.
Executive Department, )
Miilrdgi rillc.'.ttli May, 1825. y
Frit — T enclose for your information, tlie
copy of u letter received on the.7tli hist,
from ifrig. Gen. M‘Don a hi, commanding ,'hl
Brigade ril the Cth Division, and my answer.
Thu iriettdly Indians continue to desert
iliuir homes, and seek protection within
our liuiiis. Our arms tiro open to rc-
ccive them nt a!) points, and the tieecssnry
measures taken for their maintenance ; the
expenses ol which will devolve on the U.
HmtflWor the Indiana. It is hoped-ou the
former.
Very Respectfully,
G. M. TROUP.
P. S. Up to this time., not tt word Imp
been received from the Agunt. G. M. T
To the Secretary of H dr,
W ashiugton City,
Copy ©f a letter from Governor Troup to Gen.
M'DookUI.
IIcao-Quarters, ?
_ MiUedgevillc, 10th May, 1823. $
PrR—You will see by a letter published
in the papers of thistnoi ning, addressed by
the Agent to Mr. Bozeman, how inconsis
tent the contents of it are, with jhc repre
sentations made to you by Mr. Freeman.
You will immediately therefore on re
ceipt hereof; arrest the progress of any
measures you may have devised for the se
curity of the Agent, and return to the po
sition in which you found yourself before
you received my Inst instructions.
Yon will however, under the General
Order received through Major General
W imberlv, will continue to hold your Bri
gade in readiness to march to any point of
the frontier ut short notice, lest we may he
deceived by appearances and surprised.
V ery Respectfully,
G'M. TROUP.
P. H. A copy of your letter and of my
answer, were forwarded to the War Dc-
I f . :i:.ci.; for the information of t|i,o Pre
sident. (J M. T.
Brig. Chus. J. M'Donald, Macon, Geo.
Copy of the Governor's reply to Gen. M'Donald.
Hr. A D- Qu ARTER8, l
MUledgcnllr, 7th May, 1825. j
Sir,—Your letter of the Gtli inst. by ex
press, is this moment received. I (unhap
py to learn from him that he bore, to you, or
ders from Gen. WimUerly in consequence
of my General Orders to him. You arc
therefore already on your guard, and you
not hesitate a moment to take the tie*
ectesnry measures, first to make safe the
frontier, find then to give to the Agent any
protection which, according to the eii-
drnco before you, his safety shall demand :
and of which, front your proximate sittin- j w
lion to him, you will lie the exclusive judge, ft
[Here follows tlie nfiiilnvit nf Francis Flnur-
tiov, dcsiTildng themurilf! of Gun MTntosh, as
pulilislxul in our paper of the 51st ultimo—and
Presentments of I lie Grand Jury of the U. S.
Circuit Court for tlie District of Georgia, pub
lished in this paper of the lUlh tilt.—also, the
Statements of the Chiefs and Head-Men of tlie
friendly Creeks, und the Governor’s reply to a
letter they addressed to him, published in the
Recorder ©1 the iMth nit.]
FROM THE XfUV-VOEK SPFrriTOR.
Till: RENSSELAER. SCHOOL.
The celebrated .School at Ilofwyl, in
Switzerland, commonly known as the Fel-
letiburg School, from the name ol’its noble
and benevolent founder, lias for several
years past attracted much attention, not
only in Europe, but likewise in our own
country. And from the excellence of its
plan, and the benefits it has eonfern-d, it
has been a mutter of no small regret that
some cognate institution has but, before
this period, been established in the United
Stall's. One or tivo attempts' have re
cently been madu in Connecticut, but with
w hat success we have not, been informed.
Judge Duel, also, n patriotic and distin
guished agriculturalist, of Albany, W hen
in the Legislature, twortrtliree years since,
brought forward a project for an institu
tion of a similar character, to he placed un
der the immediate direction mid superin
tendence of the Board of Agriculture of
this Stato. But from an tmdiie egution,
or n want of knowledge among the mem-
hers, the project faded, and we were, for a
time, left almost without hope. itliin
the last year, liowei or, it distinguished phi
lanthropist, whoso name will long be en
deared to hia countrymen, ns being asso
ciated with every deserving object ol’pub
lic improvement, and private l.’umilicot.ce,
with 11 degree of liberality equal led only
by himself, has stepped forward to snpph
tlie deficiency, and founded a school in the
county of Rens.-elaer, which, ere long, pro
mises incalculable advantages to this sec
tion of our country. Wo have recently
had tho pleasure of visiting this school,
and Imvo now before us a ropy of its con
stitution and bye-laws. Ami from its pe
culiar character, and the attention it has
excited in the middle section of our State,
a general v iew of its plan mi.I objects n ill
uot, we presume, ho unacceptable to our
readers.
The School is founded by the Hon. S i g-
phv.n Van Rensski.aer, ofAlbunv; and
But lie proposes to cause the
student to he insM'iieted “ in tlm appficu-
tiofi of Science to the “common mlt'floses
“ ot j.le, hy a c.onrse of experiment'll exer-
“ ris'r.s whirl) cannot he effected in the
“ work-shops rtr in the field. Having thus
“ acquired n practical knowledge of the
“ elementary basis of evert* calling, with
“ its dependence on all others, he will he
“ qualified for entering the work-shops of
“ It particular artisan, or for the labors of
“ a particular firmer, or for studying a
“learned profession, which requires a gc-
“ itertil knowledge ofnvcry known pursuit.”
To effect this important object., a totally
new plan of instruction is adopted. It is
that of exercising students in giving lectures
themselves, by turns, with practical, illustra
tions on all tht subjects of instruction. Ge
neral Van Rensselaer first appointed it pre
liminary term oFfiflrutj weeks f.ir making
the trial. At the end of seven weeks tlm
trustees met to witness tho success of tlm
experiment, which wits in the highest de
gree satisfactory. It was found that a
large number of students might he taught
upon this plan, without any ofthat embar
rassing interference which might l;y muni
have been anticipated.
The Trustees are men of high respecta
bility and groat weight of character
Two are to he selected in perpeluo, from
A lhany, two from Troy, two from liansing-
hurgh, ami two front Waterford. The
Rev. Dr. Blatchfoki), of I.ansitigbiirgh,
long known (is an able, pious and accom
plished divine, is the President. The firM
meeting ofthn Board of Trustees was held
on the lltli of March, when the Constitu
tion and bye-laws were adopted—the for
min' embracing the general principles sug
gested in a communication from Gen. V#h
Rensselaer, then nt Washington. Tliei
gave the School thd name of'I'll E RE.VS- ,
SELAER. SCHOOL, nnd denominated
tho certificaro or diploma, to l»e conferred
on students nt the end of a course of in
struction, the Rensselaer Dcgi'tc.
T he annual course is always.to begin on
the third Wednesday of May. The sum
mer term continues fifteen weeks, ut the
end of which the students may return to
recreate their minds and review their stu
dies until the winter term, which com
mences on the first Wednesday in Janua
ry, nnd cotitinnesuntilthe last Wednesday
in April. Degrees arc then to he confer
red on these, who, on a rigid examination,
are found qualified. In the summer term,
the students arc to bo exercised liy sec
tions, nii'der the direction of the teachers,
in the art of inoculation and engraltiiq
trees, transplanting trees, cuttings aiut
layers, pruning trees, surveying farms, cal
culating heights and distances, tneusurijiig
corded wood, scantling and boards, mid
the solid contents of timber, gouging cn-tks.
taking measures, and calculating the velo
city and pressure of rivers, water race
ways, aqueducts, &-.c. collecting nnd pre
serving plains und minerala, and in such
other laborious exercises as shall comport
with the objects of the school. In the
winter term they will he exercised by sec
tions, nt tlie workshop in the school bund
ing, in the use of tools, to qualify them for
making repairs nnd performing small jobs,
when a professional artist is not at hand.
By such exercises in the work-shop, it is
not intended that students shall In; quali
fied lor exorcising any of tlie mechanical
arts; hut. for avoiding the delay and ex
pense of calling a distant mechanic to ae-
mipli-h a purpose which does not require
a set of tools appertaining to any trade.
During the whole winter term, students
are also employed in giving experimental
lectures on the subjects of the instruction
received, during the summer term. They ;
give their lectures bv sections, before the
professors and their assistants. At the in
tervals between lectures, they resort to
the common reading room, to prepare cfre.tr
notes for the next exercise, whefothny have
free access to an ample (scientific library.
By this course of exercises, eac h student
makes every subject of instruction com
pletely hisQWii; nml by his rhrilv lectures
to his fellow students, Ks superiors, nml
sueh visitors as may b r , invited in, wears
nfl’his native timidivv, nnd becomes qua
lified for giving public courses ofinstrttctl-
011,and for performing other public duties.
it was in the tenth week oi’rhe prelimi
nary or tris.ttcrm, that we visited the school,
and while \Ve were present, several of the
stmler.ts went through with their ordinary
cM’i'i isos. Tin!'subjects were in the regu
lar ’online of the course, uppii which they
hr .1 never lakm e.xereisi d. Having made
(‘.jiyir notes from the sc; tali fib authorities
oft he school library, si.metvhtit upon the
plan of a lawyer’s brief, they gave each a
concise lecture, in n very clem* and perspi
cuous mat live, and detuolistrated tlie pro
positions assigned to them with appropri
ate experiments nentjy performed.
The school rooms are suflhucjitly fur
nished with apparatus, cheiftirul and philo
sophical, at tlie expense of the patron.—
There are also in the library, extensive
and well arranged nnd classified euhiiiets
ftf mineralogical and geological specimens.
The student hug only to pay for hoard,
and fifteen dollars for tuition for each I
term. All his expenses for the whole
course, are thus summed up at the end of
tlie pamphlet of bye-laws. “Board o(J
weeks, nt $1 30 per week, .945. Instruc
tion and diploma fees, 654. Muslim
well would it be for any community, if (about) 98. Text books, 95. Stationery
wealth always foil into sni ii hands as hi:
The large brick building, between Trqy
and Lnusinghurgli, formerly occupied by
the Farmer's Bank of Troy, is the place of
its locution. It is not, however, founded
upon exactly the same principles, nor does
it aim nt accomplishing, directly, the same
objects ns the Iloll’wyl School. But the
nearest well cultivated farms, titul the
work-sin.p- oftlie best artizans and mnttu-
ictorit's in the vicinity, ore entered on the
I hope that no harm Inis befallen him— j school records', as places for scholastic ex
am! if not, you may assure him that any I cruises. But it is not expected at mice to
force which may he necessary to reduce j umko farmers and mechanics tff thestu-
t4 order alia obedience any militant tribts j tUuts. The patron of the school thinks
ol the I’reclvd within our limits, gt,alJ be , objects cannot he any w here so of-
furnished promptly, tinder the corn^aial; fertuallv attained, ns “ in the shop of a
yj'tj tyu -tv olliet'iy w^o wil^ cbgrged • real tyrtUt, or it] Uyi Strvite of q laboring
Proportion of fuel and lights for the
reading rooms ij‘2. 'Petal, 896.
Students are divided into artmtal nnd
Ictn/ioeary ones. Any one may be a tempo
rary student by paying half the fees of an
annual one. But animal students must be
over fourteen years old, and well versed
in reading, writing, arithmetic, nnd Eng-
lishlGrittiiinar. Temporary students hem-
all the lectures, witness the experiments,
and tuny hear recitations; but will net he
allowed to give lectures, make experi
ments, or receive degrees. It is recom
mended, and wo think judiciously, that
young persons attend otic course os tem
porary students, and one course as animal
Graduates front Colleges
till) r theniTficnl view sofehem’ - !• t •
' ill pliilo'iopky , natural Idalnr■y^tjAj 1 n”
fi I , «Ac. Alter reeeivMigfffa* Re > -■
Dili -roe, the student Is fertn-rtr ufb , • • ..
Colt siderod ns a me.mlierof tlie «ehiml. . ,..t •
nut) have access to the collections. t >
raa{ !ing room, the lectures, We., fi- of
'‘X|H 'Use. He is also entitled to the p.-i .•
ago ofthn trustees, nml Is respond,n IO
flic! 1* for his .moral comltict. I' is Vs
dutj to Write to tho board nt lea--r , •,< , ,
fhrc< • years, nnd communicate till his i.ew
disci ivories and Improvements.
M.’e have so many new projects f if im-
pr Owing the minds of youth, hitiiv nt'iv liili
prv’.vc abortive, that, while we applet: I " e
miitivps of the projectors, we are' often,
compelled to pause before vvr yield to them
ottr confidence. ^ Blit we think that (im.
Van Rensselfter's trial term, under the iu«
dieiolts management of Professor Eat
the able and scientific prinei|>iil oftlie in-
sfimtion, has demonstrated foe prartiejd
utility of his plan ; and that in tbimdnft
this school, its patron Inis given ns gooO a
specinuen of his .judicious selection of ob
jects for |m*rontige, ns In any ofhis former
nets of philanthropic nitmliicence. 'i hi<t
i- eniphatirallv the age of improvement.
Vet, while our colleges nnd academies
have done much in the higher branches i f
education, hud otirrommon schools time,
in respept to the mental improvement of
the great mass of the rising generation,
who can never aspire to the iorinev, some
thing more was wauling to supply the de
ficiency hotween the two. The graduates
from ottr universities, with few exceptions,
betake themselves to tho lenrnrd profes
sions : while scarcely no attention Ini'*
been bestowed, until very lately, upm
iliow sciences which arc necessary to p
due improvement of ottr hnsbniidry, and
to the retiring of skillful mechanics. T 1 o
RwivsseIner school has therefore our tnoft
arrfijiit wishes for its success.
Tht Thtllveson Estate,—Tn the late in
telligence from England, it is stated that
an argument was recently commenced in
tld' House of Lords in a ease involvin' tlid
validity of the will oftlie late Peter Tl" i-
lOsson, F.sq. As this will is ono oft ho,
tl,lost extraordinary testaments eVer rimoc,
S short oecomitofit may not he uninteVcst-
ing to our readers.
Peter Them.d9^on, rt merehant. in
London, died on the 21st of July I/PV,
leaving about jC/THIJ'IHI of productive per
sonal property, real estate in England
worth £140,000, unit two plantations in rite
West Indies. His wife, three sons, thu e
sons, three daughters, and ten graiitl-elii)*
dren, were living at. the tinie ofhis death.
By his last will, lie gave to Ids wife !,•»’
country house nt PJaistotv. Jiis furniture,
carriages, &-e. and nn annuity of £2140 »o
long its she remained a widow ; lint i'»
ease she married again, the house and fur
niture were to he sold, and her annuity re
duced to £575.
To each ofhis Sons, he gave £7,660—.
making, with the money already advnre
ed to them £23,000 each. “ This provisi
on,” he say s, “nnd the great success they
have met With in business will he suffi
cient to procure them comfort; and it is
my earnest wish nnd desire, that they
will avoid ostentation, vanity, and pom
pous show.” And in another part ofhis
will, ho says, in relation to Ids sons, “ I
most earnestly hope end pray to God that
tlicv will never quit business.”
To each ofhis unmarried daughters, htv
gave £12.000, to lie forfeited if either of
them married at all during his life-time;
or married after hisrlenth, w ithout the con
sent odds wife and his executors : and to
his married daughter, he gave an annuity
of £100 and some, small legacies.
After sonic further legacies to his broth
er, Ids executors and several friends, ho
gave all the residue of hid estate (consist
ing of about £600,000 jn personal proper
ty, and oflandyielding nn n’lumal ittromw
of £ 1,500) to certain friends, rn trust, to rc-
cche the rents, interest and profits, and to
invest the same in the purchase of lands as
fust as received, so that the whole might
aeeimittlntc during the lives of his threo
sons and the lives of their sons which
might be living nt the time of hjs death,
nml the lives of any sons ofhis grandsons
which might lie horn during his own life,
md as long ns the last survivor nf any of*
these should live, lfe then directed, that
at tlm death of suet hist survivor, the ac
cumulated fluid should he divided into
three parts, nnd that one part should lav
conveyed to the eldest male lineal descen
dant of each nfihiti three sons : nnd npou
failure <>f such descendant of either ofhis
sons, that snare to go to the others: and
upon failure of all such lineal male depen
dants, the whole to go to tlie sinking fund
towards paying the national dc bt.
Various computations have been mad©
of the probable value of this accumulated
property nt the time of its ultimate divi
sion; founded of course on the probnbJft
duration of tho lives of the Testator's do-
eemhuits. The lowest calculation (naked
it nineteen millions of pounds sterling, or
884,366,660, about twenty-eight, millions,
one hundred and twenty thousand dollars to
a share.
It is worthy of remark, that the Testa
tor hml no quarrel or dissatisfaction with
any member of his family, but lived with
them all in habits of friendship anil confi
dence ; though l,o determined that not
one of them who was living during his
own lifts, slrotih] enjoy* his properjv. It is
equally remarkable, flint while he inrti!-
ctiti.'d so earnestly habits of industry amt
frugality on Ids sons, lie should provides
such enormous fortunes for his remote de
fendants. It doubtless originated in vani--
ty-
The provisions of this will excited sre
much attention, that it gave rise to nn act
of parliament [40. Geo. III. cluiji. !’8,] pro
hibiting any- jiei'soi* for the future from set •
thug or devising, property for tlie purpogij.
of accumulation, for u longer period D*')i
twenty-one years aft' r tho tlently of the
grantor <jc testator—f omgtiie longesttirm
students. Graduates mini < ullages may in which a fond cenU be At aegfi for th/»
here put mjjrecucoj with their ow« Uy.'s.. henfot of minor c