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the possibility of obtaining any extended account of the other schools in the State. Efforts will be made, however, to furnish a correct list of teachers for the next volume.

SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS.

NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

The first meeting of this Society was held November 20, 1804. A constitution was adopted in January of the following year. The library was founded in the spring of 1807. In 1809 the Society occupied the Government House, and the first meeting there was in September. The anniversary of the third century of the discovery of New Amsterdam by Hendrick Hudson was celebrated by the members of the Society, who, according to the minutes, "dined on shell-fish, wild M pigeons, and succotash, the favorite dish of the season." This festival brought out the first volumes of the Society's "Collections." The annual festival that year was held on St. Nicholas's day, December 6; the dining-hall was Kent's Hotel, 42 Broad Street. De Witt Clinton, in 1814, drafted a memorial to Congress in behalf of the Society, and a grant was made of $12,000. In 1815 the Government House was sold, and the Society removed to the New York Institution building. The Government House was at the lower end of Bowling Green, originally Fort Amsterdam. In 1828 four volumes of Collections were published. The Society removed, April 19, 1832, to the corner of Broadway and Chambers Streets. The fiftieth anniversary of Washington's birthday was celebrated with due pomp. John Quincy Adams delivered the oration. Two lots were now offered to the Society to build upon by Peter G. Stuyvesant, but declined until the amount of money could be raised with which the offer was conditioned. The new building, however, was completed in the fall of 1857, and the first meeting held in it on the evening of November 3d. It occupies a commanding situation at the corner of Second Avenue and Eleventh Street, opposite the venerable St. Mark's Church. Its entire cost, including furniture, was about $ 85,000, which was paid by voluntary subscription. — Historical Magazine, pp. 21, 369.

The officers for 1858 (chosen January 6th, 1858) are as follows:- Luther Bradish, LL.D., President; Thomas De Witt, D.D., First Vice-President; Frederic De Peyster, Second Vice-President; Edward Robinson, D.D., Foreign Correspond ing Secretary; Samuel Osgood, D.D., Domestic Corresponding Secretary; Andrew Warner, Recording Secretary; William Chauncey, Treasurer; George Henry Moore, Librarian.

AMERICAN ETHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY, NEW YORK.

This Society has been in existence about twelve years, and, under the presi dency of the late Hon. Albert Gallatin, published two large volumes of Transactions, which are known in Europe as well as in America. The first part of the third volume, which was printed three or four years ago, was unfortunately destroyed by fire before its publication. The Society now propose soon to com

mence the publication of frequent bulletins, to contain their original papers and foreign correspondence. The Society have directed their researches primarily to American antiquities, customs, and languages, as their first duty; and, by confining themselves to facts, and passing by theories, have done their part to repair the faults of past times, and to lay a solid basis for future investigations in that interesting department. They have availed themselves of some of the facilities offered by the commercial position of New York, to obtain information from remote and secluded portions of the human family, from which individuals are sometimes brought by vessels visiting the centre of American commerce.

Officers for 1858: - President, E. Robinson, D.D.; Vice-Presidents, F. L. Hawkes, D.D., and John R. Bartlett; Recording Secretary, Theodore Dwight; Treasurer, Alexander Cotheal; Librarian, George H. Moore.

AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL AND STATISTICAL SOCIETY, NEW YORK.

(Incorporated April 13, 1854.)

The object of this Society is the advancement of Geographical and Statistical Science, by the collection and diffusion of knowledge in those branches. Among the measures contemplated for this purpose are the following:

1. A collection of the most valuable maps and books of reference on Geography and Statistics, from all countries, to be deposited and kept for public use, under proper regulations.

2. Stated meetings, open to the public, for the reading of papers, discussions, &c. 3. A Bulletin of the Society's transactions and collections furnished to members, and exchanged with kindred societies.

4. To obtain, through foreign ministers and consuls resident here, information, public documents, etc. from their respective countries.

5. By correspondence with missionaries and others, to increase the extent and accuracy of Geographical and Statistical knowledge.

6. Originating and assisting in explorations of undescribed regions of the globe. List of officers elected December 3, 1857:- President, Francis L. Hawks, D.D., LL.D.; Vice-Presidents, John C. Fremont, Henry Grinnell, Archibald Russell; Corresponding Secretary (Foreign), John Jay; Corresponding Secretary (Domestic), George Folsom; Recording Secretary, J. C. Adamson, D.D.; Treasurer, Frederick A. Conkling; Librarian, Marshall Lefferts; Council, Hiram Barney, Henry V. Poor, Richard A. Witthaus, Henry E. Pierrepont, Alexander W. Bradford, Joseph P. Thompson, D.D., Egbert L. Viele, M. Dudley Bean, Samuel P. Dinsmore.

The Society comprises about four hundred and fifty resident members, and corresponds with other institutions of a similar nature in this country and abroad. Meetings to hear papers and for discussion are held monthly. To forward systematically the range of inquiries which the Society has undertaken, it has been divided into sections. These sections meet separately, as they find it advisable. Besides publishing occasional papers of great value, the Society has issued two volumes of a Bulletin, containing a narrative of its proceedings and a series of papers selected from those read before it.

NEW YORK LYCEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, NEW YORK.

This Society, founded in 1818, is believed to be the second in age of the Natural History Societies of America. Its transactions have been issued from time to time, under the title of Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History. Of these, five volumes have been published, and the sixth is nearly completed. It has a very valuable library, consisting mainly of works in its special department, and of the Transactions and Proceedings of the various learned Academies of Europe and America. Its collection of objects of Natural History, in the several departments of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, and Geology, is also rich and extensive. Officers for 1857-58:- President, Joseph Delafield; First Vice-President, William Cooper; Second Vice-President, I. C. Brevoort; Corresponding Secretary, John H. Redfield; Recording Secretary, R. H. Brownne; Treasurer, C. M. Wheatley; Librarian, O. W. Morris.

TROY LYCEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, TROY.

(Incorporated 1820.)

This society has an extensive Cabinet of Mineralogy, Geology, Zoölogy, &c., and a valuable Library. Annual meeting on the second Monday of November. Hon. Isaac McConihe, President.

NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION.

This Association has already held twelve annual meetings, at which lectures have been read and discussions held with the design to promote the cause of public education. It sustains a monthly publication (The New York Teacher), of which six volumes have already been issued.

The officers for 1857-58 (chosen August 6, 1857) are as follows: — G. L. Farnham, Syracuse, President. H. G. Abbey of New York, James Atwater of Lockport, A. McMillan of Utica, and D. M. Pitcher of Oswego, Vice-Presidents. James Cruikshank of Albany, Corresponding Sec. W. A. Welch of Catskill, and E. Danforth of Buffalo, Recording Secs. E. S. Adams of Brooklyn, Treasurer. The next meeting of the Association will be held at Lockport on the first Tuesday of August, 1858.

EDUCATIONAL PUBLICATIONS.

THE NEW YORK TEACHER is the organ of the State Teachers' Association. It was established in October, 1852, conducted by a Board of twelve Editors, elected annually. Circulation, 4,500. Octavo. 48 pp. $1 per annum. James Cruikshank, Resident Editor and Publisher.

THE HISTORICAL MAGAZINE, and Notes and Queries concerning the Antiquities, History, and Biography of America. Published monthly at New York, No. 348 Broadway, at $2 per annum. C. Benj. Richardson, Publisher.

VIII. NEW JERSEY.

Capital, Trenton. — Area, 6,871 square miles. Population, 1850, 489,555. THERE is no regular Board of Education in this State. The State Superintendent, however, appointed by the Trustees of the School Fund, has the general supervision of public education, and reports to the General Assembly. An effort is now being made to have a better organized code of school laws, and a more efficient system of Common School Education.

Teachers' Institutes are organized in every county in the State, twenty in number, conducted by the State Superintendent, and such teachers as he is able to command. These Institutes receive $100 annually from the State.

The whole amount of the School Fund, January 1, 1857, was $479,806.10, being an increase over that of the preceding year of $4,362.58.

"By an act of the General Assembly in 1851, $40,000 are annually appropriated from the School Fund, and $ 40,000 from the State Treasury, to the support of public schools. This amount is distributed to the counties according to population, and through the County Superintendents reaches the towns according to a similar apportionment, being less than fifty cents each to every person between the ages of five and eighteen years. The towns are then authorized by law to raise such sums as may be deemed necessary to carry on the public schools, either, at their own option, free to all attendants, or supported by rate-bills, from the payment of which the children of poor parents must be exempted."

State Superintendent of Common Schools.

Hon. JOHN H. PHILLIPS, Pennington.

SUMMARY OF STATISTICS RELATING TO COMMON SCHOOLS IN NEW JERSEY FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 15, 1856.

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THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF THE REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH, New Brunswick.

FACULTY. -Rev. Samuel A. Van Vranken, D.D., Prof. of Didact. and Polem. Theol. Rev. William H. Campbell, D.D., Prof. of Orient. and Bibl. Lit. and Exeg. Theol. Rev. John Ludlow, D.D., LL.D., Prof. of Past. Theol. and Eccles. Hist. and Govern.

Founded 1784. The year is divided into two sessions; the first beginning on the third Tuesday in September, and ending December 23d; the second beginning Jan

uary 2d, and ending on the third Tuesday in May. Library embraces upwards of 10,000 volumes.

Number of students, 1857, 35.

THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, Princeton.

FACULTY. - Rev. Charles Hodge, D.D., Prof. of Exeg., Didact., and Polem. Theol. Rev. Joseph A. Alexander, D.D., Prof. of Bibl. and Eccles. Hist. Rev. Alexander T.

McGill, D.D., Prof. of Past. Theol., Church Govern., and Homil. Rev. Wm. H. Green, D.D., Prof. of Orient. and Bibl. Literature.

Founded 1812. The academical year opens on the first Thursday of September, and closes on the second Thursday of May. Library contains about 11,000 volumes. Tuition and room-rent in the Seminary, free. Number of students, 1857-58, 130.

THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT OF BURLINGTON COLLEGE, Burlington. FACULTY.

- Rt. Rev. George W. Doane,

D.D., LL.D., Bishop of the Diocese, Pres. of the College, Instr. in Homil. and Past. Work. Rev. Milo Mahan, D.D., Lect. on Eccles. Hist. Rev. M. F. Hyde, A.M., Instr. in Bibl. Learn. and Patrist. Lit. Rev. D. C. Millett, A.M., Instr. in Dogmat. Theol. Rev. P. Van Pelt, D.D., Instr. in Hebrew, Syriac, and Chaldec. Rev. William Croswell Doane, A.M., Instr. in the Evidences of Christianity, and Liturgies. Rev. Hobart Chetwood, A.M., Instr. in Ecclesiastical History.

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