MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
6htcati.oititL 
THE SCHOOLS OF HEW YORK. 
The Annual Report of tho Secretary of 
State, who is by law the Superintendent of 
Schools, is a document ot much interest and 
value. Its great length precludes its inser¬ 
tion in our columns, and we must be content 
with an abstract. 
There are in tho State 11.587 school dis¬ 
tricts, being an increase of seven within the 
year. The average length of time during 
which schools have been taught by licensed 
teachers, was seven months and fourteen 
days. The number of children between 
the ages of four and twenty-one years is re¬ 
ported at 1,100 613, of whom 832,481 have 
attended school some part of the year, leav¬ 
ing 26S,132 who did not attend the common 
schools. The number of unincorporated, 
private and select schools included in tho 
districts was 1,472, having an average attend 
anco of 31,767. Thirty schools for colored 
children are reported, at which 4,416 schol¬ 
ars receive instruction. The Report pre¬ 
sents the following financial exhibit: 
The amount of money received by districts the preceding 
year, as stated in reports of trustees, was.. .5»987,£>T 1 41 
Collected by district tax for same purpose,. . . 429.0] 0 99 
Do by rate bills under the act of 1851,.. 224,979 71 
Local funds applicable to same object,. 24,326 26 
Paid for teachers’ wages in colored schools be¬ 
sides the public money,. 1,265 90 
Collected to pay the tuition of 1,219 children ex¬ 
empted from rate bills. 5,437 29 
Collected by tax to supply deficiencies in rate 
bills,. 8 » 324 45 
Total expenditure for teachers’ wages during 
the year,. §1,681,316 01 
Library Money. 
The amount of public money expended for district libra¬ 
ries during the year, was.§90,579 50 
Collected by Tax ox Districts for other Purposes. 
For purchasing school bouse sites.§20.750 21 
“ building school houses,. 209.255 17 
“ hiring do . 5,856 84 
“ repairing do . 5 86 
“ insuring do . ■“• ® 4 ® J" 
‘•fuel,. <6,989 17 
“ book case, books, and apparatus,. ]L]]1 12 
“ other purposes,. 73,354 04 
§477,918 51 
Add teachers’ wages,... 01 
“ lihrnrv .. 90.1)79 oO 
For the Rural New-Yorker. 
IMMORTALITY. 
One of tho chief distinguishing features 
of the Christian Religion is tho clearness 
with which future things are revealed, es¬ 
pecially thoso that relate to tho destinies of 
individuals after passing from this scene of 
action. That problem which heathen sages 
! tried in vain to solve—that question which 
' they often asked, and which as often return- 
i ed unanswered,— “If a man dio, shall ho 
j live again ?” — in tho Inspired Volume re¬ 
ceives a clear solution and satisfactory an¬ 
swer. Tho pages of tho New Testament 
more particularly bring “ Immortality to 
light.” 
What can be more glorious than the as- 
suranco that the life commenced here is to 
progress interminably—becoming holier and 
happier, the mental and moral powers in- 
| creasing in capacity and excellence con- 
I tinually, exempt from decay or dissolution, 
ATTACKED BY WOLVES. — A RUSSIAN STORY. | from fatigue or annoyance ? 
--- But little, indeed, is said in the Scriptures, 
<•- o ' now then we’ve got a wolf story.” I ask. “ did such a thing ever happen :’ so tho poor mother, almost ciazv wit rig it, re g ard t0 t p e manner j n which individu- 
think I hear half a dozen voices exclaim,“for Ah ! now you are asking a close question, threw one ot th ® ^ 1 a ls will pass Eternity ; but the doctrine of 
onlv see in this picture how hard the but I will answer it. as well as I can. lam immediately devouied by the greedy mon- i . J ’ .. . .. . v 
wolvos aro trying *to ge?’ into the sleigh not sure, that is absolutely sure, whether sters. Soon the wolves were after them Immortality is clearly set forth, and it is dis- 
where that poor woman and those children, the event, intended to be represented by again, and then she threw out the second, tmctly announced that the righteous shall 
arc and how fast the horse is running to tho picture, ever happened or not, though and urging the horse on with all her po wer, en j oy the most perfect felicity. No language 
get away from them. Now Willie, you read it is said to bo true; but others verysim.lar sjo hoped at eas o save ^ clt “ d he is moro grand, no imagery is more superb, 
“ O ! now then we’ve got a wolf story.” I ask, “ did such a thing esor happen . 
think I hear half a dozen voices exclaim,“for Ah ! now you are asking a close question, 
ever happen ? ” so tho poor mother, almost crazy with fright, 
ing a close question, threw one of tho children out, which was 
well as I can. I am immediately devoured by the greedy mon- 
without stories, for they say it is 
which won’t work both ways 
children, the event, intended to be represented by again, and then she threw out tho second, tinctly announced that the righteous shall 
inning to tho picture, ever happened or not, though and urging the horse on with all her po wer, en j 0 y the most perfect felicity. No language 
you read it is said to be true; but others, very similar she hoped at least to sa\ o idso i an 1 10 . g moro grand no imagery is moro superb, 
ist as still have taken place, so that I can see nothing infant ; but they soon got that child also, wo find in 'the Scriptures con- 
Y ? Why improbable in this. It is said to have hap- and had almost seized the woman, when than wtiat we Una nine scriptures con 
at us so : pened in Russia. Russia, as you know, is a she reached a settlement to which the coming tho Heavenly World. The locality 
is luu uau , ' very cold country, and many parts of it are wolves dared not come: but on telling her j s full of glory and beauty; tho society is 
Ah ha i mv little friends, but did I prom- wild and barren, and are dreadfully infest- fearful story, a peasant was so indignant, to j 10 ] y and h a pp y ; the conditions of exist- 
give you ted by wolves, and in cold weather, as there think a mothei s iou c saen ce u 1 c ncii cn encQ ar0 ca i cu i a tcd to insure repose and 
matter is is little food to be got, wolves are exceed- m such a manner, to save her own life, that physical evils are 
[pictures in <dy ferocious. he immediately clove her asunder with an ax tranquility ot mind. All physical evils aie 
poor rule Well, it is said that a woman, with throe he held in his hand; so that, after all, her banished—death is no longer feared; sick- 
But see! children one an infant, started in a sledge death was almost as frightful as the death ness j s unknown; tears, savo thoso of joy- 
Add teachers’ wages,... 1,681,316 01 
“ library money,. 99.:>79 o0 
Total amount expended for school purposes du¬ 
ring the year, /.§2,249,814 02 
Whole Amount of Public Money Received and 
Disbursed. 
Received from all sources by town superintendents, during 
the year reported, (ending July 1, 1852,).^.§1,348,367 09 
Apportioned for teachers’ wages,§1,190,622 78 
Do. for libraries,. 52,293 32 
- 1,242,916 10 
Leaving unappropriated,.§105,450 99 
The increase of expenditure for the past, 
as compared with tho preceding year, is 
$364,987 86. One hundred and thirty thou¬ 
sand dollars have been appropriated from 
the income of the school fund for the sup¬ 
port of schools tho coming year, which is 
five thousand dollars less than tho amount 
appropriated tho previous year. The prac¬ 
tical productive capital of tho Common 
School Fund, is stated at $5,521,196 75. 
Nearly ever since tho adoption of the first 
Constitution, the principle that education is 
a concern of Government, and properly 
could bo justly taxed for its support, has 
been acquiesced in by the people, and made 
more or less effectual by various laws. The 
laws of 1849, distinctly affirmed the princi¬ 
ple, which was twice sanctioned by tho peo¬ 
ple. Such was the subsequent opposition 
that the law of 1851 took its place. This is 
a compromise between the conflicting in¬ 
terests and opinions, between the exclusive 
property theory and that which previously 
obtained, of property paying a part and 
those most benefited the remainder. The 
Superintendent does not advise any change 
at present, but clearly demonstrates that a 
per cent, tax is preferable to raising a fixed 
amount, as is now done in the sum of $800,- 
000. The desire is expressed to have tho 
law so amended as to re-invest that depart¬ 
ment with appellate jurisdiction that parties 
aggrieved may have redress without a resort 
to the courts of law. 
Much attention is bestowed upon the rela¬ 
tive claims of colleges, academies and com¬ 
mon schools upon the public fund, a subject 
fraught with many difficulties, and one too 
upon which much thought and theory has 
heretofore been expended. In relation to 
these conflicting interests he remarks as 
follows: 
“ There are two ways of removing this in¬ 
equality. The one is to deprive academies 
and colleges of all share in the public 
moneys. What would be tho effect of this? 
Wealth would still sustain these institutions, 
but necessarily in diminished numbers, as 
the cost of tuition in them, increased to 
counterbalance tho withdrawal of the pub¬ 
lic aid, would exclude not only poverty, but 
that moderate competency which, united 
with effort and energy, now not unfrequent- 
ly attains their benefits. Higher education 
would thus become the luxury, and tho ad¬ 
ditional power of the wealthy. If the sons 
of tho poor and those in middling circum¬ 
stances, were not excluded from the learned 
professions, and from all occupaions de¬ 
manding a higher grade of learning, they at 
least would start both in the attainment and 
tho practice of those professions, on no equal 
footing with the educated sons of tho rich ; 
and they would require double talent and 
double industry to ensure equal success.— 
Is the idea to be for a moment tolerated in 
a government which has enough for the rea- 
followino- and the poor creatures in the | pines, they were beset by a pack ot hungry under suen circumstances ; re a 
sleigh are almost frightened to death. Is wolves. Tho horse exerted all his strength, tew wolves m our country now, probably 
it not a story of itself ? | for the wolves made a dreadful howling, none of us will exoi be placod m so Bight 
“But Mr. Thorne,” I think I hear you ‘ but ho could not run quite fast enough, and ful a situ ation . Yo u ths Casket. _ 
few wolves in our country now, probably there. All mental trials are past; all spir- 
nono of us will ever bo placed in so fright- it ua l conflicts aro over. Tho Divine Glory 
A PET FISH. 
«J 3 u t Mr. Thorne,” I think I hear you ‘ but ho could not run quite last enough, and iut a situ at ion, xo u ms o as e . __ j s moro radiant than tho sun, and the Di- 
— - ' = - == 7 7 ,. , vine Benevolence sheds bliss unutterable on 
sonable wants of all ? Are the public pre- Tho education of teachers, and a higher 0/Y i • f Qjg* 1 every beautiful soul. Doubtless the Bible 
pared to surrender for the benefit of a small standard of qualifications aro warmly com- 1 i <H U t tl l xllSIfll descriptions of Heaven aro figurative, but 
I mended as subjects 0f Vital j m P° r * M e c0 t0 __ e ^ they are so because tho reality can not be 
they have been pounn & tor halt a ce iy ( the advancement of tho schools of the State. -- - H 
into tho coffers of our academies aiiu col- : . a .. a pet FISH otnerwiso described. 
leges ? Shall the monopoly, and hence the ! The p an o - oima cioo s commeiu 1 , - werc useless to speculate on the several 
double power of learning, be made an ap- , sell to the attention of all as one ot the i j q Phinney, at the dye-house in circumstances and employments of individ- 
pendage of the aristocracy of wealth. j most efficient means for the needed ini- j this city, has a large water tank of theca- ua j s amonfr the saved. It is enough to 
To obviate the objections which are now j pr0 vement in tho qualification of school j pacitv of several hogsheads, from which he know that * aeh 0GG possesses an existence 
urged, the plan is proposed “ of distributing teachers. Three thousand two hundred ! * 8 SUI) ^ 0 ^ g^’yelrfsince hTob- as enduring*as that of the Deity, to bo un- 
among those institutions, as much money as and thirty pupils have received the benefits ; and plac t d in the tank a brook trout, marred by any thing that can annoy or dis¬ 
now—and more, il necessarx hut lequue ot its instruction, and are now doing duty i a p ew inches in length and has since fed turb. God, _angels, saints, all concur in 
them to repay every dollar thus received, as teachers in tho departments for tho in- it regularly with scraps of meat until it has unceas j ng efforts to promote the happiness 
in gratuitously educating such pupils as the struction of common school teachers in the ; attained a weight ot six pounds, and a , N rl : sr> : riln Tn 
sL shall designate.” academics: in the larger schools of the j length of some eighteen inches The tank ^ “.U ,hT^‘to 
m 1 i „ e irLoertoHlin -a- i -il . . -i i is fed by a spring and tho overflow carried tins result, tno sticn & in oi umnipotc.nce is 
To carry out this plan he advises that the Clties and villages, which become model; ./ pi P so f hat the supply of water is pledged. The details of enjoyment must 
common school districts of tho btate bo ai- ones to others ; and are beginning to be ielt j coo p and p U ro, and Sir Trout bo felt to tho rapturous experience of the 
ranged into as many academy districts, as j n the body of tho common schools of the j lives and enjoys life like a philosopher—an- f avored ones But this much it may bo 
there aro now or mav hereafter be, acade- St a te other Diogones in his tub. This fish, al- * ., . , , . ., ,, . . ... 
luuoaiu » J 5 . otaiy. fa , , , ., , . ’ said, is reasonable, that the thinking, spirit- 
mies. Lot each academy then be required to All additional Normal School, to be loca- j a^his c ilT is shy inThe pTesonce of ual nature, being unchanged bv the circum- 
receive annually from the common schools tcd in the western part of the State, is re- Bt ® rg> and wh ’ en he “ secs J [y strange stance of death, will derive its pleasures 
in its district, and gratuitously educate a commended. It is believed the necessary j f ac(iS a bove him, usually retires to tho hot- f r om tho same sources that it did in this 
pupil for every $-received from the buildings would be furnished by the State, j tom of tho tub. We paid a visit to this fin- w0ldd qq 10 contemplative man will still 
State: a college to receive pupils from the an d its other expenses need not bo very j ny celebrity Monday last, and approaching ' \ m . in 
freo dooartmonts of a certam number of hoay7 i his domain alone, wo found him suspended «'« 8>'t m .easonmg, tho bonmo cut n, n 
. : ,, f Tn onW vr i n-i ! mid-way m the crystal fluid, slowly moving will rejoice m tho happiness of others, the 
academies, on e same oo ing. e cc pp e public schools ot New 01 v 1 J j his fins to and fro, his beautifully spotted affectionate soul will continue to exult in 
tion ot the pupils should evident!) be made ii av o receivd their merited share ot atten- j Lack gleaming in tho light. As usual, he j the satisfaction of loving and being loved._ 
on the basis of educational qualification and t j 0I1) particularly thoso connected with the I took no notice of his strange visitor, al- . . . . , - t f h ^ r )0 wcr- 
uiner jaiuguues xu xns luu. xuis usu, ai- ... , , ,, . . . ... 
i i , , ., . , ’ said, is reasonable, that the thinking, spirit- 
though approached by its owner, and always ’ ’ 1 
coming at his. call, is shy in the presence of ual nature, being unchanged by tho eircum- 
strangers, and when he sees only strange stanco of death, will derive its pleasures 
general merit. The Report says : 
Asylum and charitable institutions, and a 
tho satisfaction of loving and being loved.— 
If this view is correct it furnishes a power- 
“The Free Academy in the city of New s i iare 0 f the funds for their benefit is ro- 
York presents, a practical exemplification, commended> 
though invited to acquaintance by such ad- . . * 
vances as crumbs thrown on the water; but ^ reason ^ or training tno mind am. heait 
in a simple locality, of the plan above pro¬ 
posed for the whole State. It receives its 
lire ol uie iuiius iur luuu uuiujut 10 xu- . T .. . , . , » i *i • u •. 
when Air. Phinney appeared with somo properly while m this woi Id. 
mmended. ^ ^ strips of raw beof steak, his apathy gave The Bible teaches that every human be- 
Dcfects having been found in tho reports p l aC0 to the utmost activity. He “would ina shall possess immortality, or exemption 
where To pervading — pervading the’ man- change the lavv so as t0 devolve th ° duty °l smaH ones, even of his own kind, are at right reception of Jesus Christ as their Sa- 
sions of tho living and even the mausoleums niaking these reports upon a chairman o once devoured if placed with him. His last v j or q’Lis transcendent blessedness is not 
of tho dead-are for onco ignored. Tho the board of town Superintendents. To exploit in this lino was killing and devour- tQ bQ earned or acquired in any way, ox- 
sons of the rich and the poor —neither of effect this object it is proposed cent as a free rift through the grace of 
sons of the rich and the poor — neither of effect this object it is proposed ! n & a . c,lub eight inches long. A man not ’ through +ho grace of 
thorn degraded beneficiaries, but the honor- S xhat t)j0 town sUeiintondents be re- »"= •“«»*“ from ( * he t ‘ mk - "«» g “‘ “ ° ° ' ° g ° ° 
od cadets of a parental government—moot „„i re d to meet on the first Wednesday in knowing that it was tenanted, whon the God. 
on ground where neither has vantage. Sit- { , in each aml to dect one of Th DofiTot D °° S ‘ S ’ s,lbo ™ dcd existenco strotoh 
ting on the same benches, pursuing the same their number “ Chairman of tho Board of 
higher branches of science, drinking from Town Superintendents,” who shall hold such 
the same rich fountains of classic literature, pj ace U ntil tho next annual meeting of tho 
cultivating the same elegant tastes and per- board ; that it be made their duty then to 
sonal accomplishments, tho undersigned saw com p are and correct their reports and dc- 
with emotions he will not attempt to de- dver them to their chairman; that the lat- 
scribc, the representatives of almost tho ex- ^ er be required within twenty days to make 
tremes, and of every intermediate point, in ou ^ and forward an abstract of the same to 
Does this unbounded existenco stretch 
:ay before every living soul ? Is its eter- 
,1 character to bo decided by the brief 
Kennebec Journal. ending more desirable than ephemeral pleas- 
---—-- ur es ? Is it not then the dictate of wisdom 
WHAT A WHALE DOES. ^o live for a blcssod Immortality? Who, 
The noise of a whale spouting can bo calmly ponders theso weighty matters, 
WHAT A WHALE DOES. 
woomiUirv nnnflhinn_flip ROHR of V 7 A . . J , • ■ ,, TnE n01S6 Ot a WlialO spouting can DO '-“‘““J iieuwce ...vev , 
Ibe mer^nt whMe vessot^St owvocean 0 Sta f Suponntendont, receiving the per : , , , a milo . „ 0 i r ows the water will deliberately choose tho pleasures of 
the mei chant whose vessels visit eieiy ocean, dlem allowance ot a town superintendent, I , .„ , 1 , feet hieh. After r„,.•• «. tl,,, „„to!d ...erifieo of 
arts, and in arms, and of the obscure and a b ove indicated, would result from this ar- 
toiling mass whose sinews support this so- , ran gement.” 
cial superstiucturo above them. j aro the leading features and ro- 
instantly goes under. Do usually rises in 
from one to two minutes, but sometimes ho 
the recipient of so precious a boon towards 
is under five minutes. Once as I sat on the Him, who, by infinite sufferings, made it 
Ck “ If iVis ur-red that the change would re- ^^ ese are tho leac ^ n S fea-tures and ro- bowsprit, watching two or three who were possible for mankind to obtain it, after it 
suit injuriously to the pecuniary interests of ! commendations of the report, which may playing about one passed within a few yards had been forfeitod by sin i Xo wonder that 
the academies and colleges, it is answered, safely be characterized as an able docu- of me, blew a blast wit 1 us water-trumpet, an lg and gaint8 vio witb cac h other in 
if they receive the same amount of aid from ; mont worthy of the department from which a, ; ld d ° wn ! 10 , ad a S 0 ® 1 ! °PP 01 tu " ^ d adoration of glorious a Being 
„ a rivPRent it makes little dif- i • , , . . ... mty of seeing him, and got a fair view of praise and adoration oi so gionous a ueing. 
f " tr) 1 thnm^whether it --oes to cheapen i lfc emanated > and ot tlie § reat causo which the“breathing pipe. It was around holo in Life is a blessed gift, oven in this unhappy 
the tuition of their entire number of pu- ifc ad vocates y It should bo placed in the the top of his head, with a slight rim round sp h crc; it has many sunny spots, many 
pits, as it now does, or whether it makes the hands of all interested in tho causo af pop- it, and apparently about two inches and a gwcot rcme mbrances ; hut eternvl life! 
tuition of a portion free, and slightly in- ular ed ucation. _ could iud^xvas’from sixte To^seventy feeJ to comprehend what that is we must pa- 
th^offect^ofThe chango^if the "number of As Dante is said to have combined in his in length. 0 The top of his head and “ shoill- tiently wait for the majestic unfolding of its 
students remained the same as at this time, immortal poem the fulness of the middle dors was broad and flat, and near or quite ecstatic experiences. J. 
But tho number would undoubtedly so in- ! ages, Burke combined in his own character twelve feet across. Iiis back instead of ap- Lockport, N. Y., Feb., 1853. 
iZyILkbpa fhfl Bnmnnra. to have danced a reel thereon. ’Twould give a pleasant smile, ancl you will receive 
tivelv small additional cost to the institu- By sympathy we make others’ miseries have been rather a slippery, floor, though the same in return. Thehappiness yoube- 
tionsthemselves,accuringfrom tho increase our own; and so by relieving them, we at and I think a dancer would have wanted stow upon others is reflected back to your 
of scholars.” the same time relieve ourselves also. nails in his shoes— Boston Post. own bosom. 
own bosom. 
