MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
(Ibiicational le|iartmrat. 
BY l’ WETIIERELL. _8. 
PROPOSED CitANGES IN COLLEGE STUDIES. 9. 
A course of instruction in Chemistry, Physiolo¬ 
gy and Geology, li years. 
A course of instruction in the English Language 
and Rhetoric, 1 year. 
same things ? All the branches of general 
science, taught in any one generous school, 
must be taught in them all. The colleges 
lateral llstoni. 
A course of instruction in Moral and Intellectual already have existing arrangements for PEEPING FROG.—(CLASS, AMPHIBIA.) 
Philosophy, 1 year. 
A course of instruction in Political Economy, 1 
teaching them. They are, to a considerable 
extent, supplied with libraries, apparatus, 
Before giving a full description of the 
mnbai] Itaiiteg. 
AN AlIGEL IN THE HOUSE. 
BY I.EIGH HUNT. 
Report to the Corporation of Brown University, 10. A course of instruction in History, one term. and all the means of instruction. Would it Peeper we shall present the characteristics |J(JW sweet it were, if without feeble fright. 
on changes in the system of Collegiate Educa- 11. 
tion. Read March 28th, 1850. 12. 
At a meeting of this Corpoiation, last .. .. .. strucuon nceueu ov tne various classes ui , . \ /-.i l • r u i At evening, m our room, ana oena ou ours 
December, the consideration of some Chang- ,, ^ VnnSaUo?ofs5encc society, who desire special professional teach- Characteristics:—Head green, His eyes divine, and bring us from hi^^^^^ 
cs 111 tlic system of Education m tlic Uni- to the Arts. mg, and so arrange their courses of general body greenish olive, with du-^ky Diotoues, — as we shall know forever, 
versitv was referred to a committee consist- “ “ “ Science of Law. knowledge, that all, of every class, may, with legs spotted or barred. Length 6 to 12 Alas! we think not that wo daily see 
feg of Dr. Chairman, and ten , Some of these equal faeility, avail themselves of their ad- i„,,es. 
other distinguished professional gentlemen, l:rXo"ly ZT L Sngirom S . T*-' ’"'r" 
among whom is the learned Dr. Sears, Sec- Any profe.ssor might be allowed to condiict sion and proeress of knowledge. Pursuing ^ CharactcrisUcs. Dark olive, in umaon with ours, breeding its future wmga. 
retaiy of the Board of Education in Massa- the studies of more than one course, if he course, they would seem to suffer with irregular black blotches. A longitu- wt?atw '^^TTTrrr^^sULTS 
chusetts. could do it with advantage to the institution, injury from one of the most hopeful indica- dinal cuticular [skinny] fold on each side. — " _ 
The committee on considering the pres- Should this idea be adopted, and the m- of the progress of civilization.” Length 3 to 4 inches. Leaving, even out of view, the big 
eut condition of Brown University, foundit u3dXseenTha^^^^ . 'hYw PUBimmOM:" wfo^hTm ittt 
necessary to refer to the system “f Univer- portnnity would be aftbrded to modify it !is p„,..cipi.F.s or CuimsTHV: for the u.e of “ ™ on ATfllnS-throat vel “U “f “S. “f most momeltous importa 
sity Education in Great Britain, after which experience should prove desirable. Some Colleges and Schools. By Benjamin Sii.lim.\n, dark-colored spots on the flanks, throat yel- . v • ^ senarates us from 
the Colleges and the course of studies pur- eoLes may be abridged or abolished, and fto A-low; beneath white. Length 3 to 4 inches ^ « “o -‘o'’*' P 
sued therein were modelled. others added or extended, ihe object ol hundred illustmUons. New Haven; Durrie & The Marsh Frog, (ii Call- 
in the Science of Teaching, 
on the Principlosof Agricul¬ 
ture. 
not seem desirable, that they should so far of the Family Ranidse. 
modify their .system, as to furnish all the in- ^ ^ r 
.Application of(^hemis- g^i-uction needed by the various classes of 
fy-ir f/i iho Arts. - ^ 1 
the Family Ranidse. Or dying of the dreadful beauteouB sight, 
^ An angel came to us, and we could bear 
1. Genus RanA. The Bull Frog, (i2. To see him issue from the silent air 
. , i. • i- . Tj I on • evening, in our room, and bend on ours 
DEATH AND ITS RESULTS. 
NEW PUBLICATIONS. 
Length 3 to 4 inches. Leaving, even out of view, the higher 
The Spring Frog, [M. fontinalis). Char- and more mysterious consideration involved 
acteristics:—Bright green, with obsolete in it, as a change of being, it is an event to 
necessary lu reiei tu tue ux xjxxxv^x- portunity would be anorded to mouiiy it as PR,,o,pr.Ks oe Chemistry: for the use of ° ' fhvnRf vel all of US, of most momentous importance, 
sity Education in Great Britain, after which experience should prove desirable. Some Colleges and Schools. By Benjamin Sieliman, dark-colored spots on the flanks, throat yel- ^ pvput which seoarates us from the 
the Colleges and the course of studies pur- courses may be abridged or abolished, and A. beneath white. Length 3 to 4 inchea “““XT we are m^ade to inhabit, and 
sued therein were modelled. others added or extended, ihe object ot hundred illustraUons. New Haven; Durrie & The Marsh Frog, (ii Call- we arc bound by a thousand ties 
The tonics discussed in this Report are tiie change would be to adapt the institu- Peck. 1850. pp. 480. , - , r n . ed also, pickerel frog, tiger and leopard frog, of mysterious sympathy and fond associa- 
ilietopics Giscussca minis iieport are ti^n to the wants, not of a class, but of the The author divides the subject as follows: . vpw« nfrUrV nimd- Hon Tt i« an event which tears us from 
the following, viz. whole community. It by no means is to be j Physics; 2 , Chemical Philosophy; 3, In- “• TTrrrio,. 
Tire System of University Education in taken for granted, in a country like our own, ; f Chemistry; and 4, Organic Chem- X “Xt, Tb' Ito v’^T.etrth 3 inches stiiTungerto ouTteoms,' mellowed and 
that every collegers to teach the same stud- “8 sides of the thrghs yellow. Len^h 3 ruches. the mild radiance of innosonce 
The progress and present State of Uni- les, and to the same extent. i -x f yyjth scientific Che Shad Frog, (.R. Aa^^cma.) Cha.ac ^nd peace. . It is an event which tears us 
versitv Education in this country. better that each should consult the Avants of ? ^.4 • v nffhp t^ristics:—Green, with dark brown ovate from the beautiful prospects, so long famil- 
Tl enrel^^ c^^^^^^^ its own locality and do that best, for w^ accuracy m this work-a i?m*raf«m of the ^ ^ with yellow; beneath yel- iartous,anduowsoreluctantlyrehVish- 
ihe present conaiuon 01 tms universty. possessed the greatest facilities. Here first importance m a text-hook on science.-:- / A ed of mountain and valley and river, and 
The r^erraurce which the committee rec- „onV arise opportunity for diveraifiod forms coLond this b«,k to teachers and all al JicuT'Char- hfC a“r llrai. etnt ^hich 
ommend for the purpose of enlarging the of excellence; the knowledge most wanted interested in the study of '1! T Lk clothes the heavens with their rich spang- 
low; oeneaui wmic. A.uxxgtu u ^ , xxxxux4.o. made to inhabit, and 
The Marsh Frog, (ii. palustris.) Call- ^ which we arc bound by a thousand ties 
ed also, pickerel frog, tiger and leopard frog, mysterious sympathy and fond associa- 
Characteristics;—Four rows of dark quad- tion. It is an event which tears us from 
rate spots on the back and side& Under those scenes of childhood, whose memories 
^ rANi** T\r\or\rY^cs rvt n I Imxm/f onn 
w'ould the more easily become diffused, and 
the general progress of science would re¬ 
ceive an important impulse from every in¬ 
stitution of learning in our land.” 
Chemistry. 
For sale at Alling’s Bookstore, Ex¬ 
change st, Rochester. 
versity UiUUCauon in ixew r.iigicuiu, uiie tLp umnmittpp reo-ard this change as cal- A Text-Book on Agricui.tural Chemistry— for 
committee give the following statistics, viz : 1 1 p u r^ f + the use of AMdemies, Schools and Agncultuml- 
° _ - J u. • xi -KT culated to add to the number of students ists; Compnsmg that portion of Elementary 
wvx vx , 7 It possessed the greatest laciiities. riere first importance m a text-book on science.-r- / ,. Txnr,rr+v> <1 tr. a IneW pd of mountain and vallev and river, and 
Themcnaurc. wh.ch the commUtcc rec- „onV arise opportunity for diveraifiod forms coLond tbia b«,k to teachers and all al JicoT'Char- hfC a“r 11174 etnt ^hich 
immend for the purpose of enlarging the of excellence; the knowledge most wanted interested in the study of -The Wood h rog, clothes the heavens with their rich spang- 
usefulness of the Institution. w'ould the more easily become diffused, and p, • ■ actenstics. Reddish-brown, a dar d a gf and moon, and stars, with a 
The subject of Collegiate Degrees. the general progress of science would re- ^ e ArTW« BookstorP Ex ted stripe from the snout through the eye, pafl of more than funeral blackness. It is 
Remark ng upon the present state of Uni- ceive an important impulse from every in- lor sale at Alling s Bookstore, - tympanum. Yowiff, ohve an event which closes the ear to the rich 
vc.!^r SZ? to NeTLrild , 1 ,, swuuonofloammgmourland.-’ change at, Kochestcr. brown or green. Length 2i inchea. melody of muaic and the stil! sweeter sounds 
-ommittee give the following statistics viz ■ The committee regard this change as cal- 2. Gehds SoApniopos. Hermit Spade- of love and friendship, which tears us irom 
rh“::ZgZ:i“^^ culatedto add to the number of sti^ too, (S. solUarius^ Characteristics:-Ash 
England Colleges, including Amherst, Bow- ZZlTid other advantages of the Uni- ^ yellow curved endearments, from husbands and wives, with 
doin* Brown, Dartmouth, Harvard, Middle- strucuon ana oiner auvanwgts o ferent Manures, Soils, Crops, &c. Compiled in eyes, dilated, and subsequently united at whom we have spent long yearsofeonh- 
bury, Trinity. Univei-sity of Vermont, Wes- varsity, that, hitherto have been deprived^ ^-S/r^dolL^ B?A?vn?L the vent Length 2 inebea First discov- ding attachment, from children whom we 
ipvnn TTnivpiNitv and Y’lle them Or else have been compelled to see utiem: H. H. Hawley & Co. » ered by Dr. Holbrook, of Masa It has have nursed at the bosom, or dandled upon 
^ From 1830 to 1834, wa.s’ - - 1,560 substitutes elsewhere. The author gives an analysis of his_ work ^he teeth of the frog and the parotid glands ^ ^wdiicr^xl^^^S^^^^ and 
From 18.35 to im ‘‘ 1,803 The committee assert that this change is on the title-page, which we have copied.- the toad, and is placed between these ^ ^pirations ^of love 
From 1844 to 1849’, “ - - 2’ 000 just, expedient and. necessarj/. We extract The farmer will find much in the book that genera. _ and ambition; and all the calculations of in- 
In the year 1850, - - - - 1,884 what they say of its necessity, because we be should know, concerning the laws of 3. Genus Bufo. Tlic common American ^^d economy. He who could con- 
For the last three years the numbers are fully pursuaded that, the Colleges and vegetable production, re-pi-oduction, compo- Toad, {B. americamis.) Characteristic: gjjgy event so momentous as this with 
have been as follows: In 1848, 1,922; in XJnivei-sities of our country can, should, and sition, cultivation, &c. The author has avoid- Body moderately verrucosc [warty.] indifference may boast the name of stoic, 
1849, 1 . 828 ; in 1850, 4,884 only fifty-one will, if called upon to do so, furnish the ng- ed .• as much as possible: this ^,7^3 “^rate [ZbbeAr Gre^^st 
greater than m 183b; in 1849, only seven ncultural instruction now demanded by the will render the treatise more popular with with dusky, and dark bars across This pleasing, anxious being ore resigned; 
greater than in 1835. During this period people, of a better quality and at a lower those who arc not skilled in the technics ^he feet Length 3 inches. Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day^ 
the population of New England has nearly ^.^te, than can be furnished in any other way: of science. 4 ^ Qenus Hylodes. Pickwing’s Hyl^ anv one'Te'sav^he not only 
The average number of students in the New 
" England Colleges, including Amherst^ Bow- 
doin» Brown, Dartmouth, Harvard, Middle- 
bury, Trinity, Univei-sity of Vermont, Wes¬ 
leyan University, and Ytile, 
From 1830 to 1834, wa-s - - 1,560 
From 1835 to 1839, » - - 1,803 
From 1840 to 1844, » - - 2,063 
From 1844 to 1849, » - - 2,000 
In the year 1850, . . - - 1,884 
such as would avail themselves of the in¬ 
struction and other advantages of the Uni¬ 
versity, that, hitherto have been deprived of 
them < 5 r clsi: have been compelled to seek 
substitutes elsewhere. 
doubled; and great efforts have been made 
to promote the cause of public education. 
“It is NECESS. 4 .RY.—To us, it seems that 
but httle option is left to the colleges in this 
NO TIME FOR IMPROVEMENT. 
So should we live, that every hour _ _ 
These and similar facts led the commit- matter. Any one who will observe the pro- Should die, as dies a natural flower, xTT inpu" "" tons as death may be, in its aspecte ol sep- 
tee to conclude that the Colleges are not gress which, within the last 30 years, has TlS^veVy thoightf and^wwd^ ^^tIc cSet Hylodes, (II. Grylltis.)— aration from the objects of earth, it is more 
f ii-niuViinir tVio kind nf cdiicatinn domanded been made by the productive classes of so- May hold within itself the 8<-ed p,, fovictinu- rinnrpons for ash colorl momcntous when considered in its highei 
furnishing the kindof education demanded r^e^d.-A/Fne.. aspect of a change of being. What shall 
by the people. Thej, a ter ooang over convinced that a system of education, Memory, with unerring finger, points re- black blotches bordered with white. be hereafter? is a question vylucnh^ 
the wants of the whole community, propose pj-nctically restricted to a class vastly small- provingly to many misspent hours, which above Length 1 inch. obtruded itself upon every reflecting mind, 
the following plan as a substitute for the er, and rapidly decreasing in influence, can- should*^have been devoted to improvement. Genw Hyla The Northern Tree- ---- 
me lec g ’ . . Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind.” 
4 Genus Hylodes. Pickering s Hylo- , t, & o 
des (IIpickeringi) Characteristics;-Red- f^® 
dish or blackish-brown; two angular dusky the Eensibihty of a man, but the in- 
uibu or uiauB-iau uxxxvr , j ® t , stincts of (a) common humanity. Momen- 
lines above; lund legs arre wi usKy aspects of sep- 
(fr rrv1hj‘i\ aration from the objects of earth, it is more 
TEe Cricket Hylodes, {II .momentous when considered in its higher 
Characteristics:-Cmereous, [or ash ®®lor,] ^ ^ What shall 
I we be hereafter? is a question wliich has 
the following plan as a substitute for the er, and rapidly decreasing in influence, can- should have been devoted to improvement. Genus Hyla The Northern Tree- ---- 
course now pursued in Brown Univei-sity: not possibly continue. Within a few years, Too many frivolous excuses are often urged, ^ (j£ yg^sicolor.) Characteristics:— JEWISH SCRIPT URE MSS. 
“Were an institution established with the the inanufacturing interest has vvTung the which are light ^ air, and ought to have Leg shorter than the thigh. Grey. In transcribino- the Sacred Writing's, it 
intention of adapting its instruction to the corn laws from the aristocracy of Great Bn- no influence at all. The want of rime is above; granulate beneath.- fias been a constant rule with the Jews, that 
wants of the whole community, its arrange- tmn. Let any one recall the relative posi- the most coinmon plea, which by the way, p^rts of the thighs bright yellow, .^vhatever is considered as corrupt shall nev- 
ments would be made in harmony with the tion of the professions, and Ox the mercantile is an excuse for almost every duty we neg- 2 inches. er be used, but shall be burnt or otherwise 
following principles. and manufacturing interests, in any of our lecL No time. why, really, this seems ab- q^e Squirrel Tree-toad, (.ff syi«VrcRa) destroyed. A book of the law, wanting 
1 . The present system of adjusting col- cdies, 20 years since, and coinparc it with surd; no time to spend m the cultivation of^ Gharacteristics;—Brown or ash. A dusky letter, with one letter too much, 
legiate study to a fixed term of four years, tlieir relative position now, and he cannot ^jose higher and nobler powers which our nostrils to the eyes. The an error in one single letter, written 
or to any other term, must be abandoned, be convinced, that a great and a pro- Father in mercy has given to us. No time ^pg reaches almost to ^ny tiling but ink, or written on parch- 
and every student be allowed, within limits gressive change has taken place. Men who ^ feed the mind which continually yearns insertion of the fore legs. Length li j^g^t made of^the hide of an unclean ani- 
to be determined by statute, to carry on, at do not design to educate then sons for the for and aspires to, the true and beautiful, parchment not purposely prepar- 
the same time, a greater or less number of professions ai-e capable of determimno up- ^nd which can be satisfied only when it is p j^ay in his description of Amphibi- ^ fo that^e, or prepared by any but Isra- 
courses as he may choose. on he kind of ms ruction whic^ merged in the light of heav^en No time i^ ^^g Natural History of New York, eUtS^ or on sktos oWebment tied together 
2. The time allotted to each particular If the colleges will not furnish it, they are to rise up on wbite-winpd thought, and mostly, de- ^ unclean strings, shall be holden to be 
course of instriiction would be determined able to provide it themselves, and they vv hold communion with high and holy things, -u tlie Peeoinor Froer, (Hylodes gryl tLat. no word shall be written with- 
. vxx .... -1 *-x T -NT AT- 1 I A/T ■ 1 4 x 4 1 - j r- “ A e° \ scribes tlie Peeping Frog, {Hylodes gryl- cnrruDt; that no word shall be written with- 
by the nature of the course itself, and not provide it In New York and Massachu- fo burst the bands of ignorance and go free. ^ , follows; out a^line first drawn on the parchment no 
' bv its suDDOsed relation to the wants of any setts, mcipient measures have been taken No time to discipline these ^mmds^^ to slender. Head some- word written by heart or without havdng 
"" S esShing”^^^^^ The sllgrenld therto rise L " Description.-^op slender. Headsome- word written by heart or without having 
3. The various courses should be so ar- bill before the legislature of New York, pro- bove passion and sin, to revel in the glorious "bat £reT writes tlT name o^(M, he'shall 
ranged, that in so far as it is practicable, sunlight of purity. It it were aught else, Noitrils lateral, midway^ between wash his pen; that no letter shall be joined 
eve?y student might study what he chose, m our colleges, with the exception o Ian- would not be thus feet small, with fo another; and that if the blank parch- 
allthathe chose, and nothing but what he guages. It is to be, m fact, an nstitution We never think of time vvhen engaged m finirers, slightly enlarged at their menfc cannot be seen all round the letter, 
chose. The Faculty, however, at the re- for giving all the education which vvenovv hghtand frivolous conversation, and it pas- Hind” legs newW twice the length of the roll shall be corrupt. There are certain 
quest of a parent or guardian, should have give, agricultural scien^ beuig substit^ ses by too often unheeded, while we are en- Plong, slender palmated rules for Uie length and breadth of each 
authority to assign to any student, such for Latin and Greek. What is proposed to gaged m worthless pursuits; woHhless to .. ^ SeeVand for the space to be left between 
« a. they might deem for his advan- mir- Zy thiag pre- Color .-Head greenish abov^ with a eaeh letter, each word, eaeh scotiom- 
V.' Every course of instruction, after it cliante. In this manner, each productive sente itself to gratify a vitiated appetite or 77““yl7abote bSte^bZoS! pu- Sncba7‘™rto“ rZcZ? irLpying 
has been commenced, should be continued department wil have its own school, in vvhich any thing is to be obtained wherewith to ^ g ^lugW above, with a green- the sacred rolls. Even to this day it is an 
without interruption until it is completed. own parUcuhir branch of knowledge will ,ulom this frail and pm ishmg body; no ex- pl ^'^kh extending backwird to obliSon on the pemons who copf the Sa- 
5. In addition to the present courses of in- be taught, besides the other oidmary studies cusc is of moment ashen Its wants aie to be Dsia becomes bifurcated f fork sha- rreif Writings for tile use of the svnatrogue 
struetion, such should b4 established as the of a hberal edueaUon. A urge pm-t,on ol .atefied; but. on the contrary, we lavish robsefveThel ThZ Zo 
wants of the various classes of the comma- the mstruction conimumcatcd vvill to time and wealth on the e.aye} cabket to P .] qj ^ j the sides are dus- seen the rolls used in the synagogues 
Tiltv rpniiii-fx the same m all. Mathematics, Mechanics, adorn and make it beautiful, while the gems ,, ,. , ^ , x i r r 4 - a i w .. x,f xk/ 
mty lequie. _ _ RUn+rx,.;.. aTv.,..,! .inU :x _x.-„.._ i.xG ..,, 4 ^ nnx-rmr. kv or blackish, obsoletely [indistinctly j bor- can have no conception of the exquisite 
otner mat he may aesire. ^ ..x -- --- juubu xxuwixovxvxxxo oxxc.o ...x. ......x,,-- oU 4 : 04 - 4 -wRUp V___ 
7. It would be required that no student leges teach precisely the same sciences, vvith deep beneath the rubbish of sordid care, and rraL „r>ppips is known under tlie names Character.— Life is made up by adding 
be admitted as a candidate for a degree, un- tlie addition of Latin and Gmek, m the place cold indifference; and that it requires only Cricket Froq in New York, moment to moment,_so is character, our 
ISion tolcKuS ™ bets prntirprofcZm “ StettertofiS be'llt, aZ At the south it is called UrWcX character, teat u^n whtoh we may^ be 
by the corporation; but no student would be If the prestige of colleges should be thus their value known. Not so should tins be^ andTb? bordera o^fponds, to 1 dirSm^ The^person, therefore, 
under any obligation to proceed to a degree destroyed, and it be found that as good an not that vvhich we shall throvv ^idt eie ^ aquatic plants. It was whi sows good seed, or weaves into his 
unless he chose. education as they furnish, can be obtoed long, should absorb our wdide time, biit a Thanicter good materials, is preparing to 
8 . Every student would be entitled to a m any ot those other schools, the number of part be given to that which shall never die, h ^.^^arded it as a rei/frog^ I have fol- reap in joy, a rich and plentiful harvest, 
certificate of such proficiency as ho may their students will be seriously diminished, and then when life s young staff is broken lowed Dr Holbrook in arranging it under and^wear a robe significan^t of relationship 
have made m every course tliat he has pur- If, by this dissemination of science among when its beauty departs, when old age, with ‘ found on toees, and to saints and angels—one which maketh 
®^®^- . . , allthe other chisscs of society, the tenden^^^^ its tram of cares and griefs come creepm ^ of smooth not ashamed. B^t the person who lives 
The courses of instruction to be pursued towards the professions should be still far- on, vvhen weariness steals over the spirit, and r>T 4 l 4 r Liat t/> pat drink dress parade shine 
in this institution might be as follows: ther arrested, the colleges will be deserted by the sources which | Soon after the robin, bluebird and swamp- and^ iccumulatc-lives only (ov self and the 
. ^ „t i„.teucu.„ in Ulin, ovo.pyins two yet ^ ^ZonoHn- TlLZci sitZapport, 411,41101. thoUt I sparrow miJte their fi-t appeanu.ee in the preseiiUves fast to die q^k^and die for- 
A courac of iRstrucUon in Gr^k, 2 years. structors, but very few will be found to avail of life’s young being has faded, that blessed spring, me peepexs axe xxexw^. 
:: “ r„ S.hc“S !'2 themselv'cs of their instructions. light shill grow brighter and brighter on same time also ^ 
years. Is not such a result as this to be deplor- the altar of the soul, and impart to it a lus- We have thus furnishe 
ax' . ed? Is it desirable that so many teachers tre that naught can ever take away.—Xou;- enable the common observer to cla^ Uus 
Astrono.ny^ oithcr witli or witliout ftlatiioiiiuti* iii i i*x \* 77 Atyiy^ViiHia foiuici m Y^orlc* 
cal Demonstrations, H years. should be employed in teaching precisely the ell Oj^ertng. oraer oi Ainpmoia loimu 
same time also the toad is heard. 
order of Amphibia foimd in New York. 
read by tliose who come after him. 
Luther’s Divine. —Three things m^e 
1 a divine; prayer, meditation and temptation. 
