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der the patronage of the Mexican governnnent, a considera- 

 ble number of aboriginal young men, to be trained in his 

 school of industry, at New Harmony, to a knowledge of use- 

 ful arts, and the habits that may fit them both to rule and to 

 obey, in a republican government. 



38. Rome. — A letter to the Editor, from Mr. William C. 

 Woodbridge, dated Florence, June 11, 1828, announces the 

 transmission, for Yale College, by the writer, of the following 

 interesting articles. 



1. A model of the tomb of Scipio, in Peperino, a volcanic 

 stone, of which the original tomb is composed, and which is 

 the prevalent rock of Rome. 



2. A geological map of Rome and its environs. 



3. A book of thirty views of the ruins of Pompeii and 

 Herculaneum. 



4. Views of ancient Roman costumes. 



. 5. Views of the Pantheon, Colosseum, &c. 

 These articles have arrived, and are valuable sources of 

 information and entertainment. 



39. Cleaveland''s Mineralogy, 3d editio7i. — ^^We are re- 

 quested to say that the new edition is in good forwardness, 

 but has been delayed by the feeble state of the author's eyes. 

 He is however making some progress every day, and the 

 work may be expected as soon as it is possible to bring it to 

 a close. 



40. Schools in the State of New York. — There are in the 

 State of New York fifty incorporated academies, numerous 

 private schools, and between eight and nine thousand school 

 districts, in which, last year, instruction was regularly given 

 to 441,850 children, besides nine or ten thousand more in 

 the higher seminaries, without includiug the colleges ; so that 

 the whole number of young persons at this moment under 

 instruction in that state probably falls little short of half a 

 million, which is between a fourth and a third of the whole 

 population of the state. — Public Report, Dec. 1828. 



41. Obituary. 

 The Rev. D. H. Barnes, one of our respected correspon- 

 dents and coadjutors, was killed almost instantaneously near 

 the close of October, between Nassau and Troy, (N. York.) 



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