New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-01-26
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r,,,r-A Special Election for Member of
Nl -.oos was held in the With far Eastern
Ooa .s;et Of Maine on Monday, 22d inst. The
D D.s Wing of Tuesday evening has returns
49,, Is towns, showing gam of 1874 for Robin
n0l' The Wing candidate. The vote is heavy.
coruoS SCHOOLS OF NEw-Y oRK.-From the
,.nn,l Report of the Superintendent of Com
- Schools we learn that there are 1885 Dis
.-.,e in the State, and during the year ending
o..,her last, 657,7S2 children had been taught
:. .ssm of which Al, 428 were in this city. This
u increase of $4,000 over last year. Besides
there are 81, 900 in private schools, of which
on emo are in New-York. Last year in the WIN
,.,.boos there were ), 70 male and 635 female
..,,hers. In the summer schools there were
O94 male and $500 female teachers.
Tho average compensation of male teachers in
,he winter was sl4 % per month exclusive of
ho.rd of female s. 50. In the summer the
.,;ces average for male teachers SIS per month,
e. female Sc. Out Of 1868 school houses visited
Nv the superintendcnts,. 707 were oflogs and 1919
-, IT for beasts to house in. The school fund
aronnted on the 30th Sept. to Sl,975,O93 ID
The public money received and expended in the
.sveral districts heard from during the year end
mo the first of January, was $660,727 4l-$5G5,-
7q3 rs of this were applied to the payment Of
teachers wages, and S94,933 65 to the purchase
If hooks for the district libraries The inhabitants
If the several districts have paid on rate bills
s5O9,376 81, making in all Sl,075,l7O 73paid
for teachers
In conclusion the report says
ain 1888, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars
from the avas of the u. S. Deposite Fund was
gnnted to three colleges annually for five years.
Sand until otherwise directed by law This sum-
divided among the students Of these Institutions
gives to each, annually the sum of about forty-se
ven dollars. strong contrast is here presented TO
the forty-two cents bestowed annually from the
funds of the State upon the children of the poor
To add to the wealth of the rich and the poverty of
the poor, seems to have formed prominent feature
in the policy of past legislation. Has not the time
come to abandon this policy The five years for
which this large sum was granted has fully EXPIRED
and will not three institutions now willing ly reln
uush this sum in order that it may be applied to
the establishment of normal schools, and thus accee-
rate the moral and intellectual development of the
six hundred thousand children of this Slater
HaYT1-We are indebted to friend for O copy
of the new Constitution of the Republic Of Hayti.
Tie first section provides for the political division
Of the Republic, and declares that Africans and In
dians or the descendants of either, by one or the
other parent may become citizens; but no white
person can become citizen, or hold real estate
The second section provides for the civil and pc
litical rights
The third section provides for equality in the eyes
of the world. AHmodes Of acorsiip shall be equally
free. The freedom of the press is guaranteed
Schools to be established for both sexes, the teach
ING free. Trial by jury is granted. The PEG.
pie have right to assemble peaceaby, and
without arms. The powers ofthe Legislature, Elk
ecutve, and Judiciary, are defined. The Executive
is President. The Legislature is composed OF u
Senate and House of Commons. One third OF the
Senate is renewable every two years. The whole OF
these however, much resemble those of the same
bodies in the United States. The heads of the four
Departments are called Secretaries of State. The |
qualifications of voters are fixed.
Thecolors of the Republic are blue and red, placed
horizontally.
The arms are the Palm, surmounted by the Liber-
ty Cap, and ornamen'ed with trophy OF arms, with
the legend, In union there is strength"
Port au Prince is the seat of Government, under
the name of Port Republican.
The national fetes are, the independence OF Hay
IT, lst of January that of Agriculture, the lst OF
May that of Alexander Potion, lst of April that
of Regeneration the 9th of January.
Every stranger in Hayti TO enjoy protection to his
person and goods. Phil. u. 5. Gaz
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