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; RAI.EIOII, '(N; fc.) FRIDAY, - AUOUST- 0," iM4.." Vol. XV: jrili36.TA !?;''.; :l vBELL & LAWRENCE?; ...'' . 1 ' aWrip'i r per ii- pa - . net wiltfcK"l kbont at Wast ft t fO it pate J lis" as'"" " rd H,rretrri '.'k pM,' eie!ioy St". ' y, liaea, tnrr4 tdnpe shate f' rloiler, ' ---i .aaii4n lb el aanlkMiaaee . Antciuntethe 1il.inMi b pf paid. -. " UL U' -J l-l-L. , 1 i "gl . THE caucus. v r rota s aa. .- , '. .: Jiftri. Effort, -The tame motives, 'int't? Mm assumed facts, which at ' first wer 6tate4. fl jrouuds forboUIing the late Congrtssihnal Cavrras, corttin to be.jirge J in the Crawford papers. TW kTB be'1 IIwa'net upon their merits, and their falsehood exposed be fore the public. , . v Ia4he first p!ae the; imposition ptife4 oft, that the caucus system is the old Republican mode, bj which their Candidate 4iave ucce9dedV are f'boldl infimned; (hat Jeflfterson, Maili- eon and Monfoe - Vera itec ted , bjits ""mean. I as boldlydenr that any of ' theoi wcrej and it can only be urged in fivoi of a CofigcesHionai Caucus, that a partial effect can i "ipver be produced to effect any end by, jt; while, in the cases mentioned, aatbaf tan .be sup posed to have resulted in' any of them, iwds'thc exposure of tho feebleneRS.of opposition, and that in but-one,. the case of Mr. Madrso'nV ,s i t ' 1 now boldly fharge the Caucus men with vilfuXfalsehooxl in." asserting that Mr. Jefferson :was ever presented to th , jxwple by the rtieaas of a great toncen- trated or Nationa Caucus. ,"1 If the par tisans "oof the-'-Cj&nressio'nat ' Caucus , mew'1' to iit tbat ''Mr.T Jefferson : was named by meetings of jdiiferei?t desc'f ip- Tio'wc auinvr ino tact; and o nave 'been- aty the pandidates, j)ot etcepthi . asniuwn.. ,ror tnis .mode -we ':x : tengr : we contend . that -,jne popular voice shall bb spoken.: uhdef "ttnv cjr- cum-tancci the petipU Jn different isec- lions ui wie cwuHiry ihbjt tnuohc iiiiW) af any,thinj likef afConressionalCau- cua was held to miaiuale Jefferson: the i,i Crawforditea arealted upon to state lits numbers, Iwhen and Vhere; it met; jlf'vhether it-. was' composed elc4u&ivelv f Merobers oCContes9, and in A.hat ' manner they published their reepmmen ' dation; or stand charged with-falsehood. . Alt that could be said .with regard UtutH)ii meant to trac . M. Tbctr irfiitK thr ctiuld Ure raid. Nt fur tie uhole ftlot ald bavt bren rraitratcil.lfollvoflk Ktnlir aim! hit firum: IV y ; had leptUe Crawford- talanj, te United Sutes JrWa all the HQwtheird up, anl been collectin Imhl mdltvns of tUilars which Uiey Uded lo luri ever since tnt erii Aloaroe caucus; I to.'' . and; had the' Electors been et; trusted Titn we ace the circolar letter of ith;an unbiassed choice, all tbe.r our Memler-.of Coacms.rartio1 work; would have been lost, and all their how . thuv have disappointed the meat rising hope wuh it.. Brrs of die War Secretary, (measure . If the Constitution Tiad been amend- of the must necessary and wise deftcrrp edr th Caucus could not have found tion,) by refusing to vote a petty suta tocuJ to stand opon,nd the' in- "of owner, and find these men the in triguera would have . been, dissolved.! trWinsr and clamorous partisana of tlit They took care to prtyent the amend- Treasury Secretary, what mut be t ie meat to the Constitution being adopted; indignation ' of an 'insulted People? and they now stand forth the con lede- This land bosmess in ' the Western rate dictattire of the Presidential Elec- Country has created a multitude ofpar tion. e-They are met, however,' by the tisans for the Secretiry of tlie Treasu contpmnt of the eeonle: and the dodu- rv. while thev have enlv been the dupes oi qi mantigemenr, anu ia pori 01 nis mumanaquncru, without denvinr one solitwrv benefit to themselves bv the lar voice wilt be heard in opposition A JEFrEHSOMAN REPLBUCAX. ?ea.,THK STAR. siruiEiri nr Mil i inv f " . T, " LI" i- . ' .1 . . . I uuuuc irvasure. Mtitn: JJdtfon, TUt fiscal policy 1 Mvielf.the suDnorter of radical Re of tlie Secretary ol the Iceasury, which publican principles, no Virginia ariste- njescnoed in my iai, deserves to oe Crat. I look with contemp upon those more fulir uevelnoeu before the bublic. Ra.ii-iil .litirUn. lwi wnnt.1 nn Such a system "denunciation is pursu- down every system of wise policy,' and ed by thef Caucus Party : that self-de- Uppone every plan, for promoting the fence requires Iron theadvocates Oil credit, the nrosneritv. and the security General Jackson, that the dements, at Uf the country, and scatter their ashes east as a paoiic man, 01 me. aecreiary i before trte throne ot a nSinz demasoffue should be examined.' ".V-.. . - , . SOUND TOLICV . I have stated the ou tune of hn system . t CJ. V I il L ill 1 1 i i i i im. M r.'iiii ikB amniT n . n wards the interests ot the great body ol I I U&ve not unrreqoently heard well luform the community; in coincidence with the d persons wonder how tha otic caocc professed system of his . partiaain to could hve crept into our poUtical nomoncla leavealhhrnes to chance.Vad in.sub , w . 4. i cunic. ur c incur n iib ii.ckiiu m iue wmw unnnraiv, wuiiuc.n.1 uu j i ci; i tinir .Tmeinir ureut dewra to be acoualn. only its own particular advantages; thus I ted with the etymolo'cry of a term ss e-trane- leavinq: the. credit of the nation to be I ous to the purity. & propriety four phnweolo .innrfur' rhftWM whir.h will T-r And RY as the praeUso whiohit dewgnates is to the anon ccur wliere commerce is exteh- no?c, c f Sn?mFPJ ow .,M, V1 .'"T'' v'T utir:. 1 politics. '-''What to me-wM.al.ay acircum sively.carned on, wherepaper obla-1 ofihc urprue that per- nons are maae to lacimate, useiujiy its i (0nt should enterv-m a nioment' hcwuuon onerationsV and whef a the Government 1 or doubt- about the derivation of a word which a.. '.s . . m . aftbrds no guardian preservation of whatr carnea npon its face 4U own aeiinition ana evemay.be thelegalbasUofits cur- wba,;pca ; wpw tu e tourcewom . ' ' . , . ' I which it Dranjr. the word itself atfordmir the reney? ior xi woi necessary ro aestroy explication of it. origin and import, bo- me i cuuir c&isicuvc wi tiruii, vuav inci c i jngr most obviously a radical vuigaruin. oj loe should be an evident want of propertVvlold Greek word KAKOS, which is interpre- bUt thatthat property tuntiot be made t4 in Latin pemidiun$,in.fntut paujKtt available and If.specie'is the only sign "'". JwWJ'' itrituMiSistimidu,, and ronWntjitiveof nronertv' as in this wh,ch raon? od,er ?b,tt ,n E"K1,sh' ana repiesentatiye oi property, as in mis . destmcUve,' -cowardly. Ae. ; The Country, a SUlhCient quantity Ot It mUSt I ir.-.l-tion and amilication of the rest- I leave be stationary amongst us, or oni pr'oper- every one to make from his knowledge of the . - 1 1 I 1 i ... J ' I - 1 I . .. . I I . A.njlnlniut. .'it n Aa rv iiisp.i its srauormrv vaiue. iihu cuiiiu- uritfiimi, ww vuu.ihumhai kw d..,n '.n.nod thrnnn'h all fl.a .lanartmAl.to 1 principled and CaUOUS practices. oi iraue auu extiiaiize, uui pnuciuai where-no great leading interests and confederations liave the power, by. their iniluence.to prevent the mischief.' Thus U. S. MILITARY ACADEMY. to M r. Madison's nomination was, that tlie wanton sufferance of the exportation ft anncared ht.te&iirv at the time, iod of specie, at the sugsestion of the ocer- the Caucus showed-a regaid to the real wine Solomon who has held the purse- state ot the popular 6etitm seemetl lo ea its language. sentiment, and strings of the Union, has palsied the cur lp rfardto:the Caucus which nonn- perty ot precarious -lhr rency of the cnuotry,,and rendered pro- their perty of precarious valne- This effect annexed Jc as been most felt "at the greatest dis- tance from the combinations of foreign commerce; for amongst those combina tions tnere is a power .of, self preserva- dates, whan the perple; thought of but tion, which prevents any part Irom tie one Republican- Candidate. Would stroving the whole. Ilence,v while thi patcd IMr. 3lonroe, it was a ciear evi dence of what the thihg leads to. It created J he' very .elements of division It had like to have made two Candi -'i'ois "Mr. Crawford ever have attracted " the affrntkn, pf the American people, if he had come forward against Mr. Monroe upon 'the footiii of his ow opularitvi t And yet the great minori ty in the .Caucus had like to have turn ed the scale In lav orf Jiia nominition. ine lastcaucds AVa9 compoaeci ot,tne fcrganized: elements of the minority of the one above mentioned , and their par tisans., The pr(grcss of this kind of caucusing has been short and baneful. Ithas no sooner risen, than it is becom ing a spontaneoos, self-moved, arrogant despotism'. -T llf ; -But the slroni-hold of the Caucus .Wcstpoiriti SOtll June, 1824. Tt the Seottarvof War. Sir: In compliance with your invitation, the undersigned, actintr as a Board of VUi- tors have attended the examination of th,4 Institution, and have now the honor to report cectlmirs, which will be round in tlie Journal: and to "which they add the followins' remarks:' - 1. The position of the U. S. Military Acade my combines advantages possessed by few, if any oxuer niacc, ior me preservation oi ucaiui, the cntorctment ot subordination, and the attainment and diffusion tf knowledge in the elementary and hiAer branches of fixed and mom Science, all important To our civil in stitutions. Military Defence, and National character. The Cadets, coming from every the irroat iiitpiriV nf flip Union hft lost' it fiscal enersv'. and suffered- nearly all the distress, the great cities, b?ing the section of the country, contribute much in reservoirs lllio wuil Ulc BJictic una irccu i men uiuvusi iu uiuicu cuuiuui uk I'uisuii collected for exportation, have found of this knowedge, to the txwrpaUon of local ; r.: . ;lcl preiudices and sectional antipathies; and they uic incaua u.. .u.g in u....,. --,;th them. ;.. feerinlr. .rf nrin. utleti tfi 6ufhient measure to prevent rf enua natriotiaiA. with habits of inetr iuu.parucipauou in me iiijuij. i temperance ana ; industry, adUel to an eau Ve look through every part- of agri-1 catioU the most useful to themselves, and to CUltUcal America, and find derange- e Itepuuup iMr wuusc service u.ejrareoe :' .r 4Wm. unU I tinedv -" : ' i ' ..M:..t m v. "I '"VrVki H.Tlie examination, enerajly, has been resulting from no other causettan the conducte(1 with a rAtient;: minitfeness that folly of the 1 rcasurr, and Us partisans I i,a9 Kirento each Cadet ample means to de in rnncrrPHi. In the Western regions. I develobe the. character aud extent of his ac lh milfinns which had been credited for quirements in the various branches of study public lands have yielded but avsmalt f&Jrtf party is the -unequal mode of election fraction to the Government; while that bjtrf att(;ntied the exan.inaUon of the 4th by slates in the Hotse of Uenresenta fraction" has been twisted and turned a-1 cWl fcflT(.rde4 undoubtedly evidence of pre tives. ' On this noint we 3are furnished bout by tlie Secretary of the Treasury, vious apptcalion, and approved progrew in with ca culaior, ofwhai miht doss'i- upon his own discretion, where accom- their studies ana otner duties assigned -bly bc.if all the smali States should get modatlcns have been allowed-upon his Won one slde'of the post. And pray, own responsibility, while the great mass ' ' ."'Messrs. ; Edrtors, is" any ihin like this of the" Debts contracted on th Missii iout to hnrtnp'n? None'of fue calcula- s'lDDi have been UNCOLLECTED! lions which I have seen make but such And what then, Messrs; Editors? Do case. However: jit s admit all the Lyoti suppose tlKse uots remain aue to maeeu; ioi to them respectively. The Cadets not only afforded satisfactory evidence, of their accurate knowledge of the . .1 1,. .f. i! A ei? most important urar.cnenui menxea sciencco, upon which they were extensively examined but many of them exhibited, moreover, fa cility and perspicuity ot expression ana lustration manifesting the most promising trail or a 'icn eiucuviun. ' Anyn uie in- force of the nltitrtiom and how stands I the Government? No, the matter? . Dues notthe Federal Con- they: tressed Dy tne universal wrecit deU belontriiT? to the upper Classes, stitufion propose .a remedy where it is of credit amongst them, after the united shades of difference in then4 attainments, and deiectiver , Nay: were not amendments States Bank had carried off their spe- by wmch their wlatve rank is fixed, appear, sed in bih hotisea Congress cie,andthi -PJ atSltS lasi session?, ; How, thendid the!. merchants to a land whence it could, ne- of 1ankj , howeTe a)nmt cua . men show themselves? Cr : they'lver return, aa,Bnaing,inemseive re-ithe opinioju, that the .anrngemeM of each the- prime advocates , of the district'jduced trom ft feasonaoie prospect oi i ciaw m the accompanying Cotalogu is sub urstemr- Vpritv- tiiiknhU,.t wnn'l har 1 mi vtnlr their debts to a Drosoect of beg-! stantially correct - , " i6n.;n.iu. m . i -t .1 v.i.i fttlL.. tUAVpitpm rwnnU l.nVi rpneat-1 HI. -TMcourse of instruction In the French Canr mte Vo T.n"rT.-0r ti.l tlli W.tionfcrf for teln: and Instead oXU". SRPWto have resulud in giving j Jon Will see that they were no more the the tvise Secretary proposing .measures cminj0.,and a facility ih rendering the sen- frfiftids of a change in this ednstituUon-' to uphold the Credit of he countryV he tences into 'English suulcieni to enable them al mode than tliase who w ere opposed has" proposed to forgive their obtigatipns! w pursue they Mtary studie, without in- , live Cautuiand Us Candidate. Tliey ,Hi-w,doe8?th Work, .Gentlemen? cOnvenin th Lanpsp. , :i, '; wr ouietlv in their W,:nd let thi ThusVhile-the (Secretary, by his ig Sft6 tmendrocnt lo tJie Constitution Imgour norance, baa broiightthe western Jaou'hed numeroHs and very aatialkctoi along, without administering scarcely a Iple to the brink of nun,' he has eiretcbr junpiet VmBcieaey iaTppcrgnipby, 4jraulitBTenerrv.tinnprTlfpni1ofthefed'out his bands as. their .benefactor; I scape, and t'lan Dra-xlng, MSHutn thon Urir.,i. n..ini .Ul, rv.n ili.m lhi rharwe ot .leavifi'' I V, ihe in . orunt advamarres ansm . , .- iuvi WWII a.H,lUU VEIWIf I uM 0 - . C- 1 , . . , ( , Land- from iSO.Gct!emwiiit.trftnll nni tliif- ed" diose "aiTogant artisai-to'have t)"ued , an amendment to die Constitn- V on, throwing tbfc "election fairly 'into .. W . ' " " . Q rj . O ----- a.ifu: fix K nf hup in na. I the connection of mathematical science and ,f VT j'4unA 4 mifity education being univemlly ackoow. body and receiye;ther: lands &t the 7. . of wouliar saJsractionto . . .: t iVt ,kaw i.ai-a f ii I . . ... . . .... tP the" uovernnTent for the homes ,they J uiut iti every, biunch of Hatbamatical knl- Cadcta. the wmmI satvUkcfary pfvndiiav VeVe kJofdrd, that tWtr attainments rrficct kinc upon thccsMhrtf aadtha laaoinrild iawhtcli Ue cdocatioq H recrrved. - - Aa accwrale an faswliar aeuaiataBe with, this essential part ot the covm of duea!'tOA it at wmly Jenred from the tmisdiaU fianinattoa ot' the abrtract Ma heatatka, brt tlte Infcrcwee k also forcibly and Concl'iirlv dedd' from toe rraiuncaa ana taeiur wnn inrr have bee applied to the vaneoe brache ef JSatural nuaaophy. . Ja tha pure (UtACBie- tiea, the evidences of their advaaeea are oe rivable from the accuracy and rapidity of their eperatiori Mon the BiackboAnl: the fcae Wit winch the vanou subttituuona. anatn out ot the different values in tlie calculatioa. have been effected: the variety of xprraion necessary to be employed the methodical ar range me a in the demonktrations of the pro- w ... . ? i. . i the intelfirtnce evinced In aasigniitf the rationalia for every step of the operatMMi.. A close attention to the examinations has con. viuced the Poard (hai the Cadet are Uiti'dia ty acooarnted with, a coaaidtmble poriioa ol the D . ccattaJ ansT Interral Calculu; Ui appKcauoai of AJrebre to (eosnetr i ie two Honoaicuicv uesenpuve .omru-y, anu the other parts of Elementary Mathema tics. If it were necessary to refer to any par. ticular portion of the- Mathematical' course, we would, with satisfaction, allude to the dis cussion of curved lines, and transformation ui rectilinear co-ordinates, the general discussion of the equations to the three diatinct classes of Curves of the second order, to the hoe theory of Perspectivei the application of the Differential Calculus to tlie theory ot Curved Surfaces, and to Transcendental Curves; and that of the tnteirral Calculus to the Quadra tut-c of Curves, and their rectification) to Cur ved Surfaces, and the measurement of their vo lumes. Hie'.' ready application of Mathematical knowledge to every section of Natural Pin lottOphy to Military and Civil Eng'neering has afforded the most ample proofs that toe means" of deriving practical utilities from Physical Science are possessed by the Cadets of the Institution. ' The variety, ranee, and dijlicuky of the question proposed. T)y the examiners; tnc general correctness ana Juuir- mcnt iu the answers; the' evident eaae, facili ty of reply, connected whli a logical preci sion which could only be attained by patient and intense application of the mental powers. arc accurate tests that the n tterent sections of this important brarym of the course have been conducted with skill and perseverance. Where so much excellence has been arma- rent, it is, perliapt, unnecessary to allude to any particular department ot tli9 - Physical course) jve will, however presume to at- Arm, that the propositions relating to accele. rated and, retarded motion, to the theory of Frojecuies,, strength ot materials, theory ot arches, spout. n& ot nuids,oscmauon o noat rng bodies, and nhyncat astronomy, were illustrated aixV demonstrated under circum stances of peculiar excellence. The propo sitions relating to the attraction of solids, from Newton's Principio, were demonstrated with much ability. , , - . ' it accords with the sentiments of the Hoard to state, that the attainments witnessed in the juaiuciraiiciu snu rnysicai trusses were, IT possible, discovered in a hi (flier order wi the tections of Military arid Civil Engineering. it was satisfactorily exhibited, by the diver sity of questions proposed, that the very essential knowledge relating to mortars, ce ments, uses of wood, its defects, construction of arches, ruvl determination! of the Voussa- les on the principles of Descriptive Geome try, to the mode of constructing roads, head gates of dams, lock and canals; uses and r Utive strengths of the different kinds of Iron, classification of soils m regard to foundations, and the operation of piling, had beeu acqui red, it will, perhaps, assist in lornnng con ceptions of the acquiremeriU of the, Class, by stating a few propositions, to whose construe, tions and demonstrations the IJoard gave the sU-ictcst attention., . ' " ', Jir Civil,' EnoiiiEsaiso. To' explain the appariel of A groin, formed by the. intersec tion ot an unnular Vault, with a radiant vault: to explain the appareif of the common groin, and of the cloistered ceiling: to explain the appareil of an oblique rampart vault. ' ' I.v MiuT4Br KiremitaiHB. To explain the defilement of a fortified Front on irregular ground; to explain MOnge'S system of mines, and the theory pt mining generall ; to ex plain the construction of Mauze'a Front in Fo-Ufication. ' 1 , ' v i u . : .: ' In all the Demonstrations and Elucidatihrvs of Civil and ifilitary Engineering, the evi dent and important advantages arisinir from the course of Descriptive Geometry adopted in tne Acaucmy, were lorcioiy exposed. In this branch, the profound attainments pos sessed tjy toe oadets, were exhibited in a high degree of perfection, by the construe- tions performed on the Black Board. -The precision in drawinr the line bv hartd. wilh out the assistioce of Rulers, and the correct relative proportions of tlie parts of the figures, are proois oi judgment and much industry. W 7 wIa. - L 1 . .a a m vi. i ne exniDiiion wnicn toe Class ot Engineering has made before the Board of me general principles pi tiieoreuo military aeience, and civil and military constructions, has been highly satisfactory. The course of instruction jo this class embraces, '. ( v 1st- A development f the theory of that description of the scienca of war which de pends upon the selection of proper positions for defence, by fortifications, and upon the ! planning and adaptation of these works to the positions, including the estimates of the expepse ot construction called engineering. 2d. Ah illustration, of the maxims of milita ry V:fence ;ad offence."' : y SiX. 4 theoretic explanation ot the con struction Jof Fortifications, and of civil con structions, embracing caijali, roadsj bridges, and public edifices.-. , . . - K ; 4tb,'A'he graphic execution of the various syatems of plans for these constructions, and for ornamental architecture. In the demon stration of which We have seen the applied tiorf of Descriptive' Geometry, ' a-modern simplification ot I'trspective Plane .Drawing, and of resolving Solids and their sections to plane; In the coumvof wexamhiatlpp of this Class, Uie large majority have discover; ed an intimate acquaintance With the theories . , . . ...i ..... i , . , . . Thtf emim is the tret sup ef iprXcatiort of UM HatberAstical tbeery totkatdeacnptiosi ' of practice hkh is esaentiai t a ljt ' ' i . .L . k. v . , rvnt.iwiw w ww iw,tt Uf ruginwnsf v ptwetscaj use) - a ad Dn wt concuter Htm riwnf dcsMorlie our countrr for civil Ef eer, art must adnut that ihe.fuU estdanicDt ' of this brandr ef study weoU be a trreat na-. tmul Hcmmri wit threfiM would aivia.. that toUuscaurM tnere ahuuld I akW.t4 . . ?' mrctianieai exveutiosi a4 models la lo&e-ca . tWig, aod carpentry, and wacUrm iking ta . -rft'eet which It would be necessary to pro- - vdt a veeksriori, tools, aad saatenaH leach- . er in achioe dratichtinr. and a master mod. l-maker, two nvst-vnt teach CM of engineer , . a a a mg, ana a craw inj cnamoer ana a mooci- linr room both to receive light rom the ; t X ceiling. , v t- - Oj, , wear of opinion that the rrado of mrntr In the-' Academic scale of this branch ia too'. ' ' low to exotic a proper degree of emulation, '' nence in to a mmute paru ot the Couraci ea- . pccially when it it considered that this i PC-, f 7 cuiiariy proieealonal branch Snr Which the la-' titution as first intended, and also, that ami nenre la attainment In thi department, fixf the Cadet' particular puruf ia life. Ve won Id also observe that it doe not appear to ' na. a desirable to continue the practice of ta- Vnfc caaetswtiii course rof Assistant T.cacu-,, tr u other branches; such employment de-' A pnve the brrt of them of the time to give m"'c undivided attention to the course. It were ,;, " better; a a general ruli to off er sufficient lit. dueemcQta to Graduates to take the statidna of Aa 4stat Teachers. , t ; f . w In the course of Natural and Experiment ,Hr Philosophy, th theory of Mechanics, and of ; 1v , 1 If . Astronomy.' and. of Physics sjeneKdlr, have been ably illustrated, by the Class pursuing ; this branch, at the Black Board. ''But," it ap pears to us, that more attention should be paid to the practical illustration of this course, es- 1 pecially in Astronomy, to which desirable end a lurcher endowment of the Proftsserate lai . requisite in an increased number of the in ' trumenu and appdratus, such as one exhibi ted upon an accompanying memorandum of, those now hi tlie Academy, and snch alab a : we conceive to he necessary to add to tbe v.' present oollection. ,a ".' vi. '' ; In the department bf History, Moral Bofc v ence and Geoiaphy, the Beard observe that the Student, nave acquired a, commendable collcotion of facts) but the Board feci it a. du ty to state, tltat the mind of these young men do not appear lb have been sufficiently d'tccV l ed to a nhiloaophical view of these brahche of. history. aijd moral science. Far the .more ' tr ' ' "; convenient accommodation, of the Professors , -" Y of Chemistry snd Philosophy, in giving in--i- v tg atruction to their classes', tlie Board deem it ; w p v desirable to have two room constructed audi;;'' . -lr added to the present Academy, of about 40' ; $V by :J feet each, the expense of which would ' i. ,. be about g4,000w ; .? --'-. ;' ' . Comfortable 1 flUarters are wantiher for the' "v ; . irofessotot Chemistry, and for the officer of :a tho Stan connected with the supplies, trans- , i $ pqrtation, and Keeping ine academic proper- ty such quarters could be erected for about V K y ' .!. '.; VII. The Ditdplint of thi institution isf . ., ", . ; tlie first order, lt excellence is, dcaionti-v . " " ' ted, 1st. By an. exejplary Folic pervading . ; every department, Irom the' kitchen to the , batTscis4ront the' necessary refreshments cthe table, to the highest vocation pf the , .;'; military Academic StaftL ' M. Bylthe, variou . courses of instruction, si well moral as scien-' , :J',:v;A. title and miliUryH-both thepretjeal and pracV t - ",. -. cab. affording conclusive evidence of aeaf, yU , . , gilance, and uperior quaKftcation da the i ', part Of the Superintendent, and great Indus!, try, subordination and promise on the part of V JV. f the Cadets." ;: t;-V;;"S.?0:l,j The Drills--The position of the ,Cadct fini t -y -vy der arms, and thoir movement Uti. company y ' , ! and batulion exercise, were found to be strict- ; : ; v V ly conformable to the regulations; governing ,- Ulcm, and to present an "aspect of regular 'V ; ' fr't- '--.: tactical knowledge on the'part of the? Cadets, -t ",$,-' unequalled by any ttoop- the iioard of Van. Xw tor have evr seen, f The evolution ot the ; m; , v -line were performed with'; all the accuracy ,r; and proljsaidnal abil .ty that the ve'ry limited i- , ' numner oi caoeu coma possioiy aamit,. ine , ; . .., Field Artlllcryi'a welt a the ltifle-exercise, , were likewise performed in a manner highly We have- the honour to be, respe your obedient servants. , uny EDMUND P. OAIXES, w i JS. JOHNSTON, - lU'y JOHN CHESTER, v'1 . ; J a. s, ii. surges; -.;." J , . ,3. G. 8VIFT, ' .-,, . IV: HENttY. R. WAETIELD, J. ? r , ss, o; apstin;:Tsv' ' W. H. SUMNER, j Stt THOS. C. LEVINS ; . t i .- vVviJV'v nroitoturwr no ncr i r - f- :,'l.,i" ft ': i 1te RlecturaJ CoMetey'. where tlie Con-1 ptimU ; tt cost f edgebicb Jtas'i "' 1 July 1, mt ' 'Sfff-l have received and read with muff! satisfaction tlie Deport of the Board of VW- " , tor on the last general examination of the' Ca-e r, dets of the Military Aademy, and ptif the or- ' ganizatjon', adniinltraon,andpolice of the. , Institirtipn.; iH-t-V "'A , t1 ''i -.. While the Kcport, rounded as it i,' on; the minute examination and inspection of verv ' department, of the Institution, furnishes the most satisfactory , evidence of its excellent condition, it at the same time affords eoncin .f . ..C ii. 1 - , t . ti- . ... ' ! wre uruin uiiut msi i)U intelligence WlU .; ' - wiucatne gentlemen .composing toe Hoard i " ' w ' , ment had uu view, in -inviting. tb.clr attend-, anceaf the examination. ' jl avail niysciTthis'.mcasio'nVW nidu'iif -. through you, my ackpowlodgment to the l$7 gentlemen consmuung toe vpara, ior me time j . . , ' ano pioour xuey nave gratuitously bestowed,'' -j, r : . iug rcMUCTi ui tnc sscparuncni, on iius im - . portarirNatiOiial InStltutiOnf and the tatMfW K -: A -? : tion which I have experienced from so auihen j " ,:? I " us a oiute, iiim a uas sv cunipictci uiuun , dth edthe objects which the Legislature bail In 1. ' t view Bi"h eatabliabroeiic? -'f v have the honor to le,'Very respectlully M 5 V i 'jit fir FP moiit obedient epam 'i; (Slgnedl 'J. d. CAiJXOiTK.;;' i aiajor ucnerai ju, r. uames, presioeiK -f 'v-"v.iX4 lecupiM me attntioa ot ia.. wr toe rrorcMor and Assutant, c ' my. , . it v;--. . v -T W w ' - "X'
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Aug. 6, 1824, edition 1
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