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EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS. 
We give this week further extracts from the 
Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruc¬ 
tion. In regard to the apportionment of the 
State Funds, the Superintendent says : 
“ The school moneys apportioned to the seve¬ 
ral towns and counties consist, first, of the pro¬ 
portionate share of each town (according to its 
population,) in $310,000 derived from the in- /<• 
comes of the School Fund and of the IT. S. l)e- ’'A 
posit Fund ; and, second, its proportionate share 
in the $800,000 raised by taxation for the sup¬ 
port of schools. It is the general fact (to which 
but two or three counties in the State offer ex¬ 
ceptions) that the share received from the State 
treasury considerably exceeds the amount to be 
levied upon the county by tax. It has been 
the practice to pay the excess to each county 
treasurer, upon his filing an acknowledgment 
that he had received from the State treasury the 
amount which ought to have been actually col¬ 
lected from the county for school tax, and which 
it would seem to be but a useless formality, to S. 
transmit, in point of fact, to Albany only for the fL 
purpose of being immediately returned to the 
county whence it came. It has been found, . y 
however, that the county treasurers are very 
willing to go through a ceremony which ends 
in the actual reception by them of substantial 
funds while some of them, upon being called t 
upon by the town superintendents for the share 
of school moneys apportioned to their respective 
towns refuse to pay, and set up the fact that the 
school tax of the county has not actually been 
collected. The result is, that while the county 
treasurers receive the benefit of an actual dis¬ 
tribution of the $310,000 upon the earliest day 
permitted by law, and. have it in their power to 
apply the money to the payment of any out¬ 
standing county orders, the town superintend¬ 
ents are postponed often till late in the summer 
before receiving any portion of the funds out of 
which they must pay the scanty and hard- 
earned wages of the teachers. ' '-- ' ’ mm m rear, own uiuugm i, uisgusung ami 
m i . , loathsome object as he is, he maybe dear to 
v, enty - 1 \e c is nc s m\c jcen oiganize THE YAIv, OF HI MM AL AY A. somebody even now. Ah ! he was dear to some- 
under chapter 433 of the Laws of 18o3, for the , , , 
,, r . „ TT . -r, c , , T i . _ . body once. O, how dear! When a baby he 
establishment of Union Free Schools. It is . J . J ,, , ,, , , 
, , ., t\ i i ., i r ,, „ , slept, peacefully cradled on a mothers knee ; 
known to the Department that measures for the The Yak, presented in the above engraving, ted flats is too deep for him to get at the scanty the musquitoes. It is sold at a high price, and ^ wben wbb baby smiles he returned the earn- 
organization of several others have been aban- lives i n the most elevated part of the globe ; the herbage, it is said that lie rolls himself down fixed in an ivory or metal handle is the well- ^ j oy | no . ()t - t p ose eyes t p at were never 
doned, in consequence of the great obscurity of table land of Pamir, among the Himmalaya the slopes and eats his way up again, in the known chowrie of that country. If we add the of°lookin" 'it him How dear he then 
the statute in several vital points. Its main ranges, called emphatically by the Tartars, the path he thus partially clears away. use which is made of its flesh as food, its hide ^ ^ none but a mother may tell! 
purpose appears to have been to enable the in- « Roof of the World.” It is of the bovine or ox From the shoulders of the Yak, a mass of long for boots and other articles of dress, and its 
habitants of any school district, either singly or species, and stands about three and a half feet hair falls almost to the ground, something like horns for drinking vessels, we may say that this 111 ^ ° s ia sa ^ ut t at w en e giew to 
in conjunction with other districts, to provide high—its belly reaching within six inches of the mane of a Lion. This hair is clipped every -animal, like the Reindeer of the Laplanders, is be a man he was “ear to another, who commit- 
for free instruction in the primary departments, t he ground. It has the Latin name of Grim- spring, and is applied to various purposes, by able to satisfy nearly all the primitive wants of ted to hls keeping a kind and loving heart, and 
and to defray the expense by tax instead of de- n i ens> or « grunting” ox, from the peculiar sound the Tartars. It is strong, wiry, and pliant, and the inhabitants of the regions where it makes whom he promised to provide for, protect and 
pending upon a rate-bill for any portion. it utters. It is a very hardy animal, and de- makes ropes of great strength and lightness.— its abode. It is besides used for riding, and love through all the coming years ; and it she 
By an act of the Legislature, passed March lights in snowy climes. Most domestic animals The hair of the body is woven into cloth, of can go with its burden wherever a man can ives,v 10 'nows ut he is eai to ei sti , 
30, 1849, the sum of $250 per annum was ap- require the provident care of man t(\ subsist which they form articles of dress, and even the walk. It has great sagacity in avoiding the 01 10 iei 1US am,an t le ait u , Lusting 
propriated to each of the academies that might them through the winter, but the Yak is left tents of which they m.-rke their homes. The chasms hidden by snow, and is often driven eait o woman c mgs to t e o ject o its a ec 
be designated by the Regents, in the several entirely to itself. It frequents the mountain I milk of the female Yakjs very rich, but less in ahead to open the mountain passes after a storm. tlon > c\en to t ie \eij ast. lose t oug its 
counties, on condition that gratuitous instrnc- slopes and level summits, and is best suited quantity than that of the*common cow. We compile the foregoing account from vari- maue me pity lm, ant wa ve a ong neai to 
tion in the science and arts of school teaching, with a climate where the mean annual temper- The tail of the Yak is very long and fine, and ous sources, to satisfy the curiosity of our read- kim le^t again Ins ieet might slip , and as he 
should be given in such academies to at least ature is about 32°. If the snow on 'the eleva- is used in India as a fan or whisk to keep off ers as to the character of this curious animal. kfft me, I tlioug it it theie was none on earth 
twenty individuals during four months in the ‘ -— to whom he was dear ’ surel 7 there was one 
: __ . _____ who loved him still, vile as he was. 
y ear - 7. That school districts be made quasi cor- other commercial nation. And this will ac- IMPORTANCE On RECREATION. . ,. 
For the Rural New-Yorker. 
THE SABBATH MORNING. 
BY HENRY A. KENDALL. 
Hark ! the Sabbath bell is pealing, 
Calling to the house of prayer ; 
Now, its silver notes are ringing, 
Floating on the morning air. 
Now it breaks the solemn stillness 
Which the Sabbath day has brought; 
Hush’d the songs of mirth and gladness, 
Blessings from above are sought. 
Yesterday the world was throbbing— 
Throbbing with a weight of care ; 
Now its pulse has ceased its beating, 
Man now seeks the house of prayer. 
See, they come from hill and valley— 
From the mansion and the cot, 
And the rich, the poor, the lowly, 
Joyful for a happy lot. 
Ere another Sabbath morning, 
Sheds its silver beams of light, 
Voices which now swell the chorus 
May be hushed in silent night. 
But another Sabbath’s dawning. 
Never, never shall it end ; 
Where the watching, worn and weary 
A blest eternity may spend. 
Homer, N. Y., 1856. 
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For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
^ SOMEBODY LOVES HIM. 
While walking through one of the less fre¬ 
quented streets of our city not long since, I met 
a poor wreck of humanity, whose uncertain 
step and wavering gait, but too plainly told the 
story of his intemperance. The walk was slip¬ 
pery, and, tottering he fell heavily upon the . 
pavement. Before I had reached him, he had 
clambered up and was holding fast by the fence 
for a support. I watched him for a moment as 
he stood there. O, what a picture! Face 
bloated ! lips swollen ! eyes glassy, vacant and 
almost starting from their sockets ! his frame 
trembling as he clung to his support. Men 
passed by him in disgust, and women fled from 
- •—— --—- - • him in fear. Still thought I, disgusting and 
loathsome object as he is, he may be dear to 
'1' H 1C Y A K , O F HIMMALAYA. somebody even now. Ah ! he was dear to some- 
_ . body once. O, how dear! When a baby he 
. . , . ' , slept, peacefully cradled on a mother’s knee ; 
The Yak, presented in the above engraving, •, ted flats is too deep for him to get at the scanty I the musquitoes. It is sold at a ugh price, and when with bab smiles he returned the earn _ 
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y ear - 7. That school districts be made quasi cor- other commercial nation. And this will ac- 
This act embiaces the yeais 1850 and 1851. p 0ra ti 0n s, like towns and be enabled to sue and count in a measure for the fact that various 
By subsequent acts, passed Apiil 1~, 1852, and to be sued in their corporate name and character, complaints, generally the concomitants of in- 
June I?, 1853, this patronage was continued, ex- That gQ mucb of tbe library money appro- sufficient physical exercise, are more prevalent 
cepting that the amount was xet a $ o pi . iated to eacb c i isfcrict tbo present year as may here than elsewhere. Our young men being 
each scholar, to the number o wen y- vein b e necessary to defray the expense of furnish- thus confined to the limits of a counting room. 
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each scholar, to the number of twenty-five in j . , , ,, 1 
, , ... ,,. . ~ , , . . be necessary to defray the expense of turnish- 
each academy ; and the obligation of obtaining . ..r 1 ... , , 
, „, J , . . . mg each district with a copy of the amended 
a class of twenty was not required. ° 1J 
Code of .1 nolle Instruction, &nd Oldest of De - 
The expenses inclined undci the above acts c j s p )ns thereupon, be retained and applied to 
have been as follows:: that purpose. 
1850, Forty-three Academies at $250 each.$10,750 „ . . ._, . ,, ,_, . . 
„ ,, ,’or a 9. That provision be made for the election of 
1852,1552 pupils at$10 each. 15,520 superintendents for each county or Assembly 
1853,1570 “ “ “ 15,700 district, with sufficient compensation to secure 
1854,1990 “ “ “ 19,850 the devotion by capable and zealous men, of 
1855, 1803 “ “ “ 17,850 tb eir whole enemies to the work of local suner- 
The tail of the Yak is very long and fine, and ous sources, to satisfy the curiosity of our read- kirn lest a S am lu s feet might slip ; and as he 
is used in India as a fan or whisk to keep off ers as to the character of this curious animal. left rae ’ 1 thought if there was none on earth 
_•_to whom he was dear, surely there was one 
. who loved him still, vile as he was. 
other commercial nation. And this will ac- IMPORTANCE OP RECREATION. , 
, . . ,, . , , . _ Clear away the rubbish! brush off the mould 
count in a measure for the tact that various m . ,, , 
... „ ,, , „ . The following felicitous passage occurs in the and accumulated dust of years from about the 
complaints, generally the concomitants of in- T r , , ,, , .... ,, . . . ... 
J . , , speech of Hon. Edward Everett, at the Webster heart, that still, though reluctantly, sends the life 
sufficient physical exercise, are more prevalent * _ ’ , ", 
here than elsewhere Our young men hem- Festival at the Revere House last week. The pulsations through the veins. Lo! there isapnce- 
, J n n orator, in referring to Mr. Webster’s taste for less pearl—animmortalspiritforwhichtheSa- 
thus confined to the limits of a counting room, i § . K.. , . , , , r .. . 
,. , . manlv snorts, added these words: vior died. And does he not love it ? Shall he 
1)0 necessary to defray tlie expense of fnrnisli- tlius confined to tlie limits of a counting ioom> y ^ •i*iaii i <.i •, 0 n •. 
oe neccssaiy to ticnay me expense oi iurmsn . “• ’ manly sports, added these words : vior died. And does he not love it ? Shall he 
ing each district with a copy of the amended at a time of life when the open air and constant . , , not love dearlv that for which he naid the nrice 
n , f t> , r t t 1,7 , tv . v tv motion of the bodv are indisnensable it is not The Americans, as a people—at least the pro- not love aeaily mat tor wmen ne paid the pi ice 
Code of Public Instruction, and Digest of De- motion oi me Dociy are maispensame, n is not ’ ./ / , , , of his own dear blood ? Ah ves I he does love 
,, , , ■ , , r , , suit) risins- that thev should be in manhood so fessional and mercantile classes—have too little 01 ms own aeai dioo i t a , yes ne aoes love 
cisions thereupon, be retained and applied to in^ museffiar vior Td exhiffit considered the importance of healthful, gene- it; he will continue to love it as long as it pul- 
9ThT •• 1 de f r the electio of sHittle^athletic ^velopments thatMelooked rous recreation. They have not learned the sates in that ribbed casemen,. And shall we 
9. That provision be nrnde foi the election of . 1 contained in the very word which teach- not then love the poor inebriate, and seek to 
a. piovision oe maue 10 me eiecuun oi , With many such their lesson contained in the very word which teach- not then love m 
superintendents for each county nr Assembly J es that the worn-out man ts WenM, made over bring bun back b 
district, with sufficient, comnensation to secure ’ i J ... , , , ,• fell mn line i 
to innocence again ? Perhaps 
These appropriations .have been made from y^fon. 
15,700 district, with sufficient compensation to secure ^ ^ . g no ^ ^ for tbcs ; again, by the seasonable relaxation of the strain- you tell me this is a familiar tale. Alas ! alas ! 
19,8o0 the devotion by capable and zealous men, of . b d faculties The old world learned this lesson So familiar that the reality has almost ceased to 
17,850 ,r • -ii • , ,, i n_i ___ there is some excuse for the loss of health and eaiacuiues. rne oiu vonu leaineu mis lesbou J 
from 8 p ■ life. But u-hat shall be said of those who make years ago, and found out (Herod. 1,173) that a, mako the heart ache. Is the agony of the bro¬ 
ker- ... r... „„„.. no effort to ameliorate their condition, or of that tbo bow always bent will at last break, so the ken-hearted wife and mother less keen to-day 
the United States Deposit Fund, and the Liter- !0. That the State tax for the support of 
ature Fund, not otherwise appropriated. schools be made three-quarters of a mill on each 
The teachers’ classes in the academies have dollar of the assessed valuation of property in- 
usually been taught during^one-third of the stead of the fixed sum of $800,000. 
academic year, or four calendar months.” -— 
The report discusses at length many other PHYSICAL EDUCATION, 
interesting topics which our limited space pre- 
vents us from noticing ; and concludes with the Tiiere ls i a S^at lack of attention in our 
10. That the State tax for the support of no enormo ameliorate meir conumon, ui ui muu 
schools be made three-quarters of a mill on each sti11 more cul P able cbl ' ss wll ° from mere ind °- 
still more culpable class wbo from mere indo- man, forever on the strain of thought and action, than it was a hundred years ago V Is the death- 
lence suffer their bodies to waste away, to sink will at last go mad or break down. Thrown less spirit of less account to-day than when the 
T 1 • 3 ,,1.7 ...i+ifti.n There is a great lack of attention in our In Germany the old men thought they saw tjauuai J w newnuuBi UIC * lu “7 °J rco T ",' *77 n „,i ,,i- ti, a o „„i 
vents us from noticing, and concludes with the ... , , . ... ,, , , ’• ,, i and finders, the powers of the body and the drunkard s grave, and as the value of the soul 
r n • ;<• i„n„„ _ _j _boarding schools and seminaries to a proper the youth degenerating both physically and so- ° 7 . ^ 
following lBcs/pitnlcitiori oi tUn^ncliTiGiitb lo iiig . . . . . . , * k *■ dowpvs of flip iyutkI ?h*p in sD&smodic merciless infinite^ it Ccin. nevei be less t]in»n. liinnite* 
1 11 I-,, i w/wfi, ti o training of the physical powers. The mind is cially, and, after severe study and mature re- powers ot tne mina are m spasmodic, merciless 
“ S HcnHo^ developed at the expense of the body, and the flection, recommended, bv eloquent appeals activit F There is no lack of a few tasteless How fearfully will that woe be executed 
I Th^the a^udmeeUng* of all the school <*>**V™<* to. often is, disappointed hopes, throngl. the public prints,'the adoption of vocal andsonllcssd.ssipationswlucl, aroca ledamnse- wh.ch has been pt-ononneed open h,m wbo 
and an early grave—frail buds of promise that and gyntnastie cerci^,^ characteristic ofthe ‘ PS ' 
day early in October, tbe tot Tuesday for «. {»«* » »!>'»■"§ *» ™ ~ ^ 
i hoped for maturity. But it is not in the schools vocal societies were organized throughout the counLI •>' _ „_ Lie like a shaft of lieht across the land. 
into premature old age, actually paying a pre- upon a new continent eager to do the work of amor ung on a yaiy oi i s re emp ion 
mium for crooked spines, humped backs, round twenty centuries in two the Anglo-American c soirow o t a wh ovoi icy , en ng 
abnnbfora attp.mintp.d limbs, and droonim? population bas overworked, and is daily over- mournfully over the dead body ol her drunken 
shoulders, attenuated limbs, and drooping population has overworked, and is daily over¬ 
heads ? working itself. From morning to night—from 
working itself. From morning to night—from husband, is no less poignant than that of the 
January tfi December—brain and hands, eyes first widow who followed her husband to a 
and fingers, the powers of the body and the drunkard s grave ; and as the value of the soul 
powers of the mind are in spasmodic, merciless is infinite, it can never be less than innnite. 
activity. There is no lack of a few tasteless How fearfully will that woe be executed 
districts shall be held oil a fixed and uniform auu au “““ gymnastic 
day early in October, the first Tuesday for ex- P erish in the °P enln g and never come to the German race. In a short time gymnastic and 
i hoped for maturity. But it is notin the schools vocal societies were organized throughout the 
2 That the school year shall be for all pur- alone tbat a neglect, of physical education is at- whole extent of Germany, which have resulted 
poses, regarded as terminating on the 30th day tcnded with disastrous consequences ; for per- in a highly favorable revolution in the physical 
of September, corresponding with the fiscal sons e ”S a S ed ilp sedentary employments too condition of the people.” 
__ L ti,ni oil a _ often suffer from the same cause. ____ 
ODD AMUSEMENT. 
“ Ah, when shall all men’s good 
Be each man’s rule, and universal peace 
Lie like a shaft of light across the land, 
And like a lane of beams athwart the sea, 
Through all the circle of the golden year.” 
Rochester, N. Y., 1856. S. A. E. 
SELF-REFORM. 
of SeDtember corresponding with the fiscal sons engaged in sedentary employments too condition of the people.” The “ladies” of New-Zealand, according to j Rochester, in . i, isoo. s. a. e. 
year7tbe Stated andtbat all suffer from tbo same cause. -_- in English missionary, bare away «f their own ! TH EY aumvTwHO WA IT. 
cial or otherwise, shall have reference to that Our fellow townsman, D. M. Dewey, publish- self-reform. to divert themselves. The chief amusement ot ; ’ 
y ear . ed last season a work entitled, “ The Exhibition the females was, and still is, the tangi, or cry- j «And therefore will the Lord wait, that he 
3. That such statistics be reported directly to Speaker and Gymnastic Book,” which was fa- In the midst of all the astonishing thirst for i n g. The ladies pride themselves on their may be gracious nnto yom * * Blessed are 
the Department by the town superintendents, vorably noticed by us at tbe time, and which alteration and improvement, none, not even the doing this in the most affecting way, so that a all they that wait for him.”—Isaiah 30 : 18. 
unless the Legislature shall provide some inter- we deem worthy the attention of Teachers and most voluble of the reformers, ever speaks or stranger would be deceived, and not think it « They also serve who only stand and wait.” 
Our fellow townsman, D. M. Dewey, publish¬ 
ed last season a work entitled, “ The Exhibition 
THEY SERVE WHO WAIT. 
“And therefore will the Lord wait, that he 
3. That such statistics he reported directly to Speaker and Gymnastic Book,” which was fa- 
mediate school officers qualified for the duty of Educators of youth. It contains all that can be thinks of reforming himself. All are for better- possible that it could be a mere mockery of How fully is Milton here borne out by Scripture, 
digesting them. required of any speaking book, and has also ing this, that, or the other; not one is heard of woe, and yet it is nothing more ; tears are shed wherein waiting is so frequently commended, 
4. That the sum appropriated for equal dis- plays, farces, dialogues, tableaux, &c., <fcc.., new who proposes any amendment of his life or bl abundance, and the hands are wrung, as if as 0 ne of the highest and most difficult duties, 
tribution among the school districts, be reduced and original, designed for School Exhibitions ; opinions! Alas! alas! it is easy—there is no suffering the most poignant grief, whilst the The captain of an army knows full well that he 
to the income of the School Fund, and the ap- also a perfect system of Gymnastics and Calis- denying it, vastly more easy to cure, at, least mos t heart-rending cries excite the sympathy has given the most trying order, when he has 
propriation from the revenue of the U. S. De- thenics, illustrated with sixty engravings. The prescribe for other people, than ourselves ; to 0 f the company. The ladies have their heads commanded his troops to endure and not return 
posit Fund, and that a rule based upon the work contains 2G8 pages, and will be sent by point out defects in others’ systems, than amend adorncd with fillets of leaves, or of dogs’s hair, the enemy’s fire. This is the highest proof of 
number of teachers be prescribed for the enu- mail free ot postage for 75 cents to any address, our own. Our very eyes are placed so as to look and s0 miy <b joy do they experience in this ex- discipline. And we have the blessed assurance. 
mcration of districts at least in cities and villa- The following article on Gymnastic Exercises at objects outside, and we, therefore, are natu- cit i ng amusement, that they look forward to a not merely that the general conduct of our 
ges, where no territorial division by districts we clip from its columns : ” rally occupied with spying out their defects.— good crying with the same desire a young lady « corps ” shall be observed, but that each mo- 
exists. “ One of the principal causes, if not the cause, ^ r e knew a person w ho did nothing all day in England does to a dance or ball. mentary and individual act is under the irame- 
5. That the law for the establishment of Union of the attenuated and pallid appearance of long, but overlook an opposite neigliboi. His diate eye of our great Captain, for “ The eyes 
Free Schools, be amended, and that its principle Americans is doubtless tbe neglect, or rather passion knew no bounds in relating how lazy As ll0 rses start aside from objects they see of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears 
be so extended as to permit any district to levy the violation, the habitual violation, of the rules tbat neighbor was, doing almost nothing, or else imperfectly, S o do men. Enmities are excited are opened unto their cry.” Their cry, not their 
a tax, for the purpose of defraying teachers’ laid down by nature for muscular development, something wrong,.from morning to night. And by an indistinct view ; they would be allayed prayer here, in set words; but the wishful 
wages. The class of men in this country whose occupa- what was the critic himself doing all the while ! by conference. moan, the faintest dependant look, he knows 
6. That the power of taxing real estate for tions are such as almost necessarily lead to the was Phay ing the part of censoi and lcfoi niei -^ - and answers. Bickersteth. 
district purposes be confined strictly to its ter- formation of sedentary habits, is very large; an employment not quite so pi ofitable as it is Oxb angry word sometimes raises a storm 
moan, the faintest dependant look, he knows 
and answers.— Bickersteth. 
ritorial limits. 
larger, perhaps, in proportion, than that of any pleasing. Newark Advertiser. 
One angry word sometimes raises a storm 
that time itself cannot allav. 
Eternity— an ocean without a shore. 
