The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-07-17

AS soon as she can discharge the water from her
| mouth she must excaim, "Let me die" But as
he will have to tug hard to get to the shore with
her, he will have no breath to make reply. As
| as he has landed her safely he will excaim. "Oh,
| Mary, how could you!" She must then reply,
''For you, Bill, for you!'' He will then exclaiIn.
''Then live for me, dearest" She should then
make no answer, butcry hysterically. A wedding
will soon follow, and, in remembrance of the Joy
Gus day of her reecue, Bill will always call her
"My Duck;" and in every storm of life he will find
her looking up like true duck.
| This is the true way. Henceforth let no respect
able colored sentimenalist sort to vile drug for
| the purpose of committing suicide. II ID abomn-
| able. Wehave sometimes thought should have
been madly in love with Cleopatra Mark
Antony was if we had not heard Of that horrd asp.
But who could, even in Imagination, love woman
who would bloat and deform herself with vile poi
SOM Cupid can laugh at a cool BATH but the very
thought Of poison throws him into paroxysm of
| disgust
| PUBLIC ScHooLs.-The combined free and pay
| system of public school instruction in this city
went into operation on the lst of January lS45 and
continued till the lst of September, lS4S, Two
buildings were erected, at a cost Of S6,300 four
principal teachers and five assistants were en-
ployed, and accommodations were provided for
| seven hundred pupils. When the schools were
| first opened, and for some time thereafter the
schools nearly full and the sum received from
the pay pupils amounted to nearly enough S ,050)
to pay the assistants. But each year after the first
| the total number of pupils diminished, as well as
the receipts for tuition, till in lS4S the trustees
ported to the councils that they had dismissed the
assistant teachers in consequence of the tuition fees
to which they restricted being inadequate for
| he'll ne
schools on this system was about S4,65o. AS the
| system which had been in operation till lS45
defective, in educating only portion of the youth
full population, and at the same time fastening upon
it the badge OF poverty, and upon the schools the
stigma of charity or pauper schools, 80 the system
afterwards adopted was bad, in bringing social dis
| tinctons into the school ROOM The pupils
| ascertained who of their number were pay and
who were free scholars, and it led to heart burn
| ngs and to ill-natured remarks between them
selves and their respective parents. Injustice
often committed, through the natural pride of the
extremely INDECENT, in preferring to pay the tut
ton fee rather than suffer the feelings of their chill
dren to be constantly wounded, while very many
| in better circumstances avoided the payment if
| possible.
This state of things continued but short time
after the renewal of the charter by Congress, in
| which provision made for the imposition of
school tax, and also capitation tax of dollar
annually on each voter, which ID appropriated to
| the use of the public schools.
By several acts, passed since November |, 1913,
and the regulations of the board of trustees in
cordance Herewith, the schools of Washin ton are
now conducted essentially the principles
as those in the larger towns of Massachusetts. The
schools are open freely all white children in the
order of application, over the age of six years.
They divided into primary district schools,
with high school to go into operation in 1851.
There are fifteen primary schools taught by sew
enteen females and three males, and four district
schools taught by four male principal teachers. and
three female and two male assstants-in all twenty
nine teachers to each ofwhom is assigned from sixty
to seventy pupils. In portion OF the primaries fe-
males arc only rcceived in Others males; and in the
| remainder males and females. II has been found,
wherever the have been separated, that great
er satisfaction has been given TO the parents and
teachers, and more rapid improvement effected by
| the pupils.
The studies in the primary schools reading
writing, spelling, punctuation, mental and writ
ten arithmetic, geography, with landscape, linear
and map-drawing, lessons on flowers, minerals,
&c, and vocal music, at the discretion of the
teachers.
To gain admittances to the district schools, the
frcading easy prose, of spelling we'll acquainted
with the punctuation and abbreviation marks,
with arithmetica figures and characters, notation,
Enumeration, with the tables far as ten of addi-
ton, subtraction, multiplication and division,
and capable of performing simple operations in
those rules.
The studies Of the district schools include the
above, with the powers of the letters analysis and
definitions of words, English grammar, with com
position, history, arithmetic and algebra, both
mental and written, geometry, with its application
to the measurement of surfaces and solids, phi
| losophy and book keeping.
The expense of the present number of schools is
about S 1000, Of which $4,000 is derived from
the interest of the school fund; about s 900
from the capitation tax, and the remainder from
| the general fund of the city.
The system is highly popular, the schools arc
| all full, and many applicants the list wait
ing for admission The city having embarked in
| this enterprise, must continue to extend the sys
tenn to meet the wants of the population. Addi
tional primary schools are needed in all the dis
| tricts Of the city, well and commodious
buildings, furnished with comfortable seats and
desSs, and all the modern improvements instead
Of the present i'll arranged, unyentilated and in
| convenient rooms which rented large
| expenditure will be needed to erect and put in OPP
Grafton the High School which is authorized to be
| opened N 1851.
For all these objects, in view Of what has already
been accomplished even with limited means the
popularity of the system with all classes, the per-
ceptble improvement that has been effected in the
character Of the youthful population Of the city by
| the public schools, and the importance Of estab-
fishing, at the seat of the General Government,
system Of public instruction, worthy of our inst-
tutions, Of the city that bears the name Of Wash
| ington, which may be held up TO all who assemble
here from all parts Of the country, and from for
eign lsnds, with pride and satisfaction-the
appeal is confidently made TO the libcrality Of
the Councils, and the Congress Of the United
States.