The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-01-10

hr fAhists ueN should suppress any truth.
~h'rh The public interest," required 20 be
promulgated.
The inability of The Board 10 obtain
The full and accurate knowledge indi.prn.
sable % eomplisnee With The command
IL The General Assembly. In digest plan
Tor GoHimOh Schools. .. suited 20 The con-
diIinn aud resources Of The state" siIl
constitute the most appropriate apology
far the partial aud defective statements
which will be offered in regard 10 them.
/ Anrill Carolina extends over an area
Of $4,000 square miles. or q. 600. 900 Of
aerfs. Ia 1890 her population consisted
81 az $40 whites. 1888 free persons
II rninr. aud 2i5. 60I slaves. The ave-
rags ssgregaie population 10 The square
mile was about - Z 10. and Of white po-
! pUlaiiaa 0 40. The aggregate popuia.
'ion ia 1910 will prob.bly be about $50,
600. ar II 10 the square mile. and the
White population $4,000 or n 10 the
square mIIr. The number Of uhile chill
dfen between the ages nf five and fifteen
years Sas in 1890 100. 5s3-in 1910 the
number viii be about Isl. 900. or 3 TO The
square nile.
/ Accurate information with respect 20
the proportion ol our citizens who have
received the benrfii uf a common school
education. from their own resources.
would shed great light upon our inqui-
ries. The data AT our command 10 vague
and uncertain. The Hon. W. e. John
snn. ri Mary land. in the course of . Sc
ries Of interesting obssrrs:inns on the sub,
iest of common schools. made in the
House Of Representatives of The United
States. in February last. remarks that he
has seen M report from North Caralina
On this subject. but that il is obsious that
che stands greatly ia need ii an inprnv
/ ell system ~ education. from the fact That.
out of one hundred and elcven voters ahu
gave testimony in relation 10 the contest.
ed sleeiInn in the irsi session of the 22l
Congress. twenty-eisht made their marks;
IN other words. nne third could not wri,e
their npmes. Il must be remembered.
hosevrr. Iht, the Congressional district
| referred To is on our western frontier. and
that sllhough IL certainly yields To no see
tim al the state in ihe exhibition nj men.
tai and physical slgnr. nevertheless. ON
ing IN its comparatively recent settlement
aud the sparseness OF it, population. ih.
means Of education are less generally dif
fused Than elsewhere. The class Of in
dIriduals tim. whose votes sre most likel,
10 be challenged. are not always the mos
intelligent portion Of The community
but after oil proper allowances are made
The existence Ol such Iact in the mos
pnpulous Congressional district in H.,
state. and the one for which il will b,
most difficult 10 provide. in any genera
scheme Of education, is startling. Il
1870. mare than one-eighIh ~ the voter
uf the state will be found in this region
Ia tie same district of country there ar
not more than two we'll regulated semi
naIies, where instruction 10 gwen in elias
steal learning: anil IN these no means ar
provided for The illustration Of the ply
siral sciences. Win The exception q
the University. We have but one inslitu
ton in the state possessed Of philusophi
/ cal aud chemical apparatus; third will i
short time be supplied. There are NJ
probably a dozen srsdemies prepared
give instruction IN the use Of the map
, aud glnbPs. or half OI this number fui
ni-hed with libraries.
The average number Of Students q
the catalogues of the University fnr III
last t~en,y years. is one hundred an
, eighteen, or in the ratio of about one I
every four thousand OF our white popu
Ialion in 1880. Daring this whole period
howevet. many oi our young men, pre-
baby third. were eduraied al the co
leRes of olher states. and il 50, the ratio Z
, students n, college 10 the white populauo
a.. would be as one To three thousand.
Such il the only iniorma,ion that ha
2 been Obtained with respect 10 the cond
= Tim Of The state.
I More full and precise details can b
p furnished on the cubjecl ol our resources
4 but much, very much, will be LEFT TO b
4 desired. The avarage value Of The EMIT
d surface Of the state. 10 not less Than NV
il dollars per acre. making the aggrega'
u sun of $4,000. 900 dollars. The Tot
). value Of other species Of property hi
!, been computed from satisfactory data.
. be a, least 1876 600. 900 dollars; whir
= added IN the estimate Of lands. amount
s two hundred millions OF dollars.
e The small proportions Of the annu
e productions Of the state which finds
;, market within our own borders, renie
e |, impossible to submit any calculation
i. upon this subject which would have re
l. sonable claims To accuracay.
{. The state of the fund set apart for u
is support Of common schonls, is exhIbit'
4. IN the following statement of the perm
e neai property and other sources Of rec
ID nue., committed TO the management