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Camden Gazette AMURSOdY* w4uguM& 1, 18 1 In the last number Ljjpinisfcd to take some notice subsequently of subjects of general improvemtrnt, fcc. Jgonccim, ^Ltucb Importance,! 3 a aware t mcqfc alMho?aU?ntion yhicb could poteibl|. be bestowed on them by experienced states ? jnegdand able |poft^iciansa ? fk?t a* hints frequently Jead to enquiries, it ?oay not be amiasibra mete tyro to laytside that dif* * . . . . . fidence which prevents investigation, and elicit trmh. IrfrfWi humble attempt, it ^rtll not .hf f "xprrtrrt that hr will hp found adequate to the la^of. unfolding the many accomplishment of, perhaps, the satne de *lfcni/ nor can it be expected that he will entef%ito an ctlMi^MBiPiiaiioaof the ? ? ?? - ^ ? - ? j to authentic history, from m periods of Antiquity up me,** find that & diffusion is ever been foremost in government, and that good rVe uniformly been encot^V he necessity! this branch of general im* er oWfyvtMWWt e education of who<c chil (evolves upon themselves ; ?to*ducate others, some e adopted, calculated to MfltP* WndrespettaMe.* Wt^tt of education than Mh Jtrrcaso*, but the ptior, ha* been atteptf* vantage, ami admitting wrfed to, Is Inadequate ided- According to a ed with tote ittp* 'V'-i f ?^jA/m their country*! c?|K$ipd vealous in U*? execution of th^ ttfckrus depacmiettts of kivil government. Bjr diffusing a generous emulation, gleaming was not long confined to academies, th*tyc^*m *f)d portico, but bccamgas^^xteoiute and general as ithe spiritflf Liberty. It prostrated the ascend ancy wtrahh had given to a few indi* ? ja* ' * MB m SB ? mi .? I .. ? ? J - i . 4 ^ ? MhAA. ~^m mm mm. ?% m 1 1 vtuujtS) i^ktnoutcu amtocmc y y unci rt^yt^i ce<f patrician suplemfecyfcT a Jttti with pkbian right). ' This lute ml on, Smoultf - ? "!*93pEC m there ever t*: a necessity, could never be I answered in ou?^6nuntry, without pufsu^ so totnee^ with a ^ iylyiduals, as affording the educating their Children well at e efcpense; Money arising Iron* his Source, in addition, cootribu** il i fin ? ll> jfc tivXTft j ' ijpfchoftT district ; th^L it to thu instruction of of a Mtf Uf> i?*vy arismg c hildren. whose flarents are able to sustain the expenses of education, would afford in income adtquute to the payment of teaefc tib apd the sun* ^gpropriated by the leg islature woulil be sufficient to defray the. | expenses of thtfce instructed I gratuitously. I >eHPfe would not incur of dottung. ATI pa irentsof children in our country are able to of ## SK'^uId ? be required* It thftt the cost 'of hopsfes sufficiently commodious would be such tfeat the** State could not meet the charges. This do*a not neces sarily follow. Theriy|^0- necessity of e reeling such ^ and I am oro|)iriio?.,|hut a sufficient sum might be raised m cach tH*uitt fcy> pri nations* ?JIM iXii . ? ott ourselves tq It in possession] Pjj^iet us estitoajtihe pro bable We will say that two teach' employed lor Boarding 30 poor Scholars dollars pei" head?] j$gr > 00 -ph ;<4jM mr?>. of sucli ? school, sup- t Sooo 00 there ^irefe 60 otb'er icated at jUO ,f i"'i W, V - ?-w2t - 1! AmdNNt allowed tlns ^^nct^ W**9?" fgj v-t 9 V. ? nf -PtJLc' W* -HJ"4 1 -?vNS* ? J t 4rt *JU11 children ^totalled at pres?nt. But admitting for AjBomtnulialtlify ?re generally In such clKumttiMn NjMt to be able to Mucate tWtlr children without this small legialarfta, *%t<ti?taiM;?; ' What advantage do they rf? rirr hijtftt tiftg such a school in thair im asadWrta jne^j^hbourho^ *1, once hi fire or tht j I ftti% fbf It eoutf dbl it* regular cir cuit in a much shorwt time ? Taking eve ry view tj f the sub^, * and id milling ?very objection to the proposed plan, they are render^ nugatory by an im jfrmial investigation* Should this scheme "of education ever W adopted, it would be advisable to liaveJLlCP distinct houses boittj for accommodation, one as a school house, jLhe ofhee foi^hbarding in. iVWP^ The best method of boarding* and'Tmay say, lite most economical-; "Would be to employ a few decent white women in ne-^ cessitous circumstances to attend to wash ? ing, cooking, kc. They would require nothing more than a support with a small compensation. Let ' a yeara provision be monthlyhj a committee rits of audi a school w< ty of opinion now ^conflictVngpyjgthe pubrs Kck BB^id. ? It would become lo each d tfict a college in miniature. The tight knowledge would soon irradiate the mind of heathenish darkness* an emulation would be diffused* calculated to induce pa j ? .-?? *V ? *. \jjL* r> . . . ? > *<" . , * rents o ( every^ description to become fore most, in conducting tbetr children to thi? | fountain of knowledge* Away wkh nomi nal distinction in otir country, away wj?b pomp, pageantry and the self importance of < wealth. Our constitution declares us equal ly iFVee, &c. and he who wotfld tread under- ^ loot the sacred maxim, deserves to be point ed at by the finger of scbrn. Let ui em ulate the noble SjUptan, whose bosom, warmed by tbe fire of patriotism, equality and magnanWtyy Itwife for no ofchefr dis^ tinction than that arising from superior merit* 4fc*et every liberal minded citizen ^jom in forwarding soma improved ylan* &r my part, having devoted but little It Mention to subjects of this kind* t cannot the model wfcich I have , presented to the publick is the best that ^xould bedesigned. > Willing to receive in* ^TOtftijPtt all times, and glad to see even LI$.*tU3fipt i!_ imptovement ; snjr one who would suggest a better system would receive rtiy warmest acknowledgements. Much im pends upon imUvidtMA^ertkma,. more up fam exatijpksof influential* persons. Let them therefore contribute their united ? exertions in Achieving a i^tlch desired cdnv, M Once tofe.or tw<4ri* 1 4 to 16 yt* M or age Priming Bii??ne?X Aug. tv teUigent LADSJ n? apprentice* to t.n*]tiirc at trris m TLe urufual burry of business U?t week ex. caponed u? to utc! look the Allowing iyp? ^raphi l^~eFrori_uudCT the C^imicn he*d7*L?.? Tor mo Bigabeli read ratmoofr*hcU? fprhcaeTf d read ?peaking of petty larceny the Editor thould ha*e A Li- peTScm liabhr to d*rduty tit, the Camden Meat Com fumy, arc ordeicd to appear at the .Court-house, o%Sttard?f& next, precisely at 10 o'clock) A. Kt. r- By order of the Captain, r~ WMi S. MOTT, Ord. Strfrh Camden, July 29, \9J6. The muskets drawn from the Ar senal are to t* retygjfd on that day. Royal Bullard ? Endorsee. * . Alexandkr Spears,) \i%/Hfc-REAS the Pramiff,. in t$ \ y lion, did on the 1 3th day oi vember, in the yeat of our Loira 4 tie sand eight hundi^d fend fifteen ; (i declaration inUuTwIicc ofthis Hutu Court, against the Defendant, fcho sent from, and without t^f UinlCs ol State, khd hath neither wife nor att< . known within the same, upon?ih| copy of the said declaration', with j to plead thereto, within a year and i might be served. ^ ?J h tortherefore ordered in pursuat the act of the General- Assembly *j case, made and provided, that, the I dant do appear and plead to UvejM olaration, on or befoie^&L' aixteent of April ; which will be In the year. Lord one thousand eight hundred ai ?entfcih * ^otherwise, final andab judgment will b* '< given, ".and aw ajcauwft him. Or net of Commom Piutav^W^ "t Thomas Sif ' mmm iSTATEjO*' SJOOtH-CAROLlN 8 H, file i&rteclaration id the ,>?k -tetji of tlilt Honorablt Cook^kk ^B^aMTfI.0 it iibMHpBM^E his limits of this sinie, o?>il hath ^uMtlftv cea-ied. and to mtte ?mone . ^ S;;V- > PP C'owriU'u'on*.? 8ix nxxkht cwdit fj? b?j and on the balance 12 months P giving approved security, or ? I"? "-r? ^ 1