Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1845-12-03
The SENTINEL
YPsILANTi. WEDNESDAY DEC. ). 1876.
TERMs-$l,5O Cash in Advance,

lERMS-$l,oO Cash IN Advance,
INJUSTICE To ScuooI. TEAcHERs.-We are constrained
TO mention piece OF injustice under which we have
seen many of friends engaged in teaching suffer- in
the hope that there is the ability to remedy it some
where among the powers that be-" The evil we refer
to, arises simply from the time of disribu ing the pub
lie money. This, we be.ieve.is the first Monday in
April. AS Farmers close their Auiun's work,
the Schools generally commence. This is about the
FIRST of November. At this time the Director sets
about obtaining teacher. His mode of proceeding is
as follows; he strives to obtain the teacher Who will be
content with the smallest pay. in order that the
for which he is be hired. may be long possible
and that the disrics proportion of the public money
may be spun out to the utmost in payment The result
of all his prudence is. that teacher is hired for
term OF from three to FIVE months. the majority for
three considerable number for four and a very few
for FIVE, at from twelve fifteen dollars per month
About the 6rsI Of IL. -. = 49,,
the difficulty begins. The public money not di5trib
ufed until april, and the Districts, knowing how
much they receive prepared to levy their
tax for the balance. The teacher is accordingly
PEELED to seek other employment at an idle asoa
Of the year, squander the small pittance due him,
while waiting TO receive it. AT The close of February,
the four months schools close, and the teachers of these
have month to wait, while the Ave months schools
linger on till April. The public money at length,
very few dollars to each district. and thon
ces the collection of taxes, the and fall, after,
his S36 or SISafer three for months labor and eight
or nine fpatient waiting. istf-
Under these circumstances. who wonder at the
low character and ineficency of our schools. Much
is said about the hun,bug Of our Militia system. Our
Militia system is perfection itself compared to our
school system and we hope to see it speedily amend
ed. We are glad to that writer in tn Oakland
Gazette has taken hold Of this subject land hope that
every press the will say least word in
behalf OF this useful, but Infused class ocommunity.
ALL SoRTs.-Congress met on Monday last
PROFESSIONALLY the Presidents message was de-
lvered yesterday, and is now on its way huher.--
Many guesses are made in regard to its character.
The latest one is made by correspondent of the
Tribune, who thinks that MIR. Polk will say little
of Oegon; and throw himself" on the question
of the revival of The Sub Treasury and the reduc.
lioa of the Tariff. The "Erening Express" is
discontinued. We are sorry for this, for we hoped
it would live down the prophices OF its enemies
Hon. Warner Wing of (ihe independent State)
Monroe has been appointed TO the judgeship made
vacant by the election of Judge Felch to the CUB
ernatoriaI chair. The HIberuia OH her passage
struck on Point Cape Race, New Fonndland and
sprung leak. She was run ashore, for want of
a dock al st. Johns, aud repaired by boxing of
small apartment around The leak; may be that will
answer the purpose. The ladies of Virginia have
done illusiriOus honor To their HEADS and HEARTS;
to the former, by resolving 10 erect statue of
Henry Clay, and 10 the latter, by giving the job to
The Native artist. Mr.. Joel 5. Hart Of Ken:uc-
ky. Hart Is rising genius as yet unknown TO
fame. Singuarly enough this young man had
followed Mr.. Clay from place 10 place. until he so
caught his manner add expression, that he has
produced bust of HIM which excltes the admira-
,,on of all who see it.. What more fitting than
that the champion of American industry, should
be scuptured by IN American artist. veritabIe
"wesiern'' form Of introduction runs thus: Miss
Wiggings, let me make you acquainted with an
sncle of HIsN just come do wn from Ionia county,
The town of FreemantevilIe. village of Breadal.
bane. Come away up here to mill, they balm;
got any mills there yet:--uncle, this is mss Wig
gings. John Wigging's wife, up yonder on the hill,
'tother side of the marsh--you can see the house
from here-she's come down here to meetiDg.--
"HIs'N' means the inlroducer's husband. Loss
by the late fire in Sag Harbor, between 100000
aud S25O.00O, considerable of It was covered by
Insurance. The Tribune calls on Michigan to
pass an anti.cence law, similar to the law
of the State Of New York. swell, we did
that thug" last winter friend Greedy. A string
of EN- seventy five canal boats. seventy three OF
which were loaded with -four, were counted with
in ten miles of Utica not long since. A miller at
Rochester purchased an acre Of Old scows sunk
in The basin, aud raised aud freighled them Tor the
east. Van SeenburgI. and o Conner, have re-
ceived executive cIeniency in the form of a COM
mutation of their sentence from death to imprison
ment for life. Lest may unwilIingiy encour-
age some incipien. villain in his downward course.
by giving this item of news. we wish il distinctly
understood that these men were not proved TO have
fired The fatal shot, bat only TO have been on the
ground, armed and disguised. Under these cir
cu,nstauces. cemency may not be inexcusabIe.-
ErBut now let US hear nothing about an uncon-
ditIona pardon. in year or iwo.-C A cores
poudent of tbs Cncinaatti Herald, writing from
Kentucky, says: "lhe mob has more than trbled