The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-03-17


cal information in regard to Schools, though
complaint is made Of the irregularity and
imperfections in the returns which have
been made by the officers Of many School
Districts. High anticipations Of the benefits
likely TO result from the adoption OF the new
School Law are EXPRESSED. We avail our.
selves of the synopsis Of the Report furn-
ished by the Cincinnati Gazette:
The construction OF school houses with
reference to health Is urgently insisted up
on aud a recommendation made OF an nbrigd-
ment of Mr.. Barnard's books upon this sub
|ject for general circulation throughout the
State. A dry location, away from stOghant
waters, abundant space, ample room and
proper ventilation, are essential 10 good
school houses. The superiority of the
"Free Union System" over the unclassifed
schools is strikingly indicated in the differ
ent expense Of the two plans in towns con-
tanning the same amount of population. In
the first case the cost ofschools was 6,252,
while in the latter it was S25,l20, being a
saving of more than 33 per cent. 10 favor of
the classified schools. The Secretnry's Re-
port closes with the recommendation Of lib
eral appropriations for the cause Of educa-
ton, in the hope ofsupplanting by its means,
ignorance, idleness, and vice, the costly &C.
casions of Penitentiaries and Jails.
The whole number Of youth in the State
is 83S 500. The entire. number Of pupils en-
rolled, male and female, is 437,4l2. The
average daily attendance during the year has
been but 266,267. These figures certainly
arc not very creditable to the State, even
though every allowance be made for atten-
dance upon private schools. Nearly four
hundred thousand children entitled to attend
these schools but who do not! There is a
defect somewhere. The difference between
the number of pupils enrolled and the ave-
rage attendance is a still more painful fact.
Either parents or teachers are in fault when
less than fve.eights Of the scholars Of all
the schools of the State are present. 1t is
a significant fact that the enrolled number
of boys exceed that of girls by more than
forty thousand. There are 9,9l6 schools,
with 70, 1854 teachers in the State, to the lat
ter of whom STILL are paid as wages. III
school houses have been built during the
year at n cost of $6l,s37.
The statistics are given Of forty-fve I'm
ion Schools in towns varying in population
from 326 inhabitants to 100000, and which
paw from 97O to $1,000 each for teachers.--
Most of these schools are free to the chill.
dren of residents, but with an annual tuition
fee of from 7 to $l5 for non residents. The
expenses are met by a special school tax Of
from | to 4 mills. Ten of them possess dis
trict libraries varying IN value from l2l
cents to $500. -.
There are 81 Teachers Institutes in the
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ton.
fCorrespondence of the Lancaster Gazette.
COLUMBUS, March IL, 1863
EDITOR GAzErTE:-I have just looked
upon the dying agonies Of the Filtieth Cen
eral Assembly. II expired this morning at
precisely s O'Clock and has become the food
for history. What that history will write it
down, public sentiment to-day foreshadows,
II will ever be regarded as IN al! respects
the weakest and most inefficient body of men
ever clothed by this State in the sacred gar
ments Of Legislation, and will be looked
back TO by all coming generations whom its
annals reach, as the most unprincipled and
profligate congregation Of sitter political
partizans and ignorant adventures and
montebanks that ever disgraced the Legisla-
tive Halls Of the CupitOi Of Ohio. A course
80 consistent and urdeviatingi in the ways OF
moral and intellectual bankruptcy, without
even the rnor paliiation oFhuving al s0me-
time stumbled into the right, cannot fail ia
become provcrbial, and its ground of dis
~tinctiun will be that it never did 4 good thing
even by way of b'under.
The Sub Treasury bill ut last failed by a
disagreement between the two Houses, and
thus Breslin and his adherents come cut OIL
that controversy with banners flying and
plumes erect. Pugh and Morgan brought
every thing to bear to carry the measure ant
sat in the Senate ChFnber all night Of Sat
urday, watching the progress of the fight anC
cheering the Sub Treasurers on. But
time failed them and the shrewd manage
ment of Gen. Wilson carried the day fol
, Breslin. Then there was "dreadful swear
ing" as Uncle Toby would say, but the bes'
oath cannot catch a fish and the Sub Treas
ury is as dead (speaking Of fish, as a her
ring.
The militia bill was losti a similar man
ner. The appropriation bill passed. /
gives one hundred and ten thousand dollarl
to the new State House and FIVE thousand t.
Alfred p Edgerton. The first item is for
worthy object and the people will sustain it
, but why we should be taxed to give a grntu
ity of five thousand dollars to a Locofoct
Congressman for services that the bes
houses in New York will render for one
t fifth of that amount, it is more difficult t
understand. Perhaps it can be cxplainel
upon some principle of Locofoco econom,
and by some professor Of L.ocofoco faith, bn
the dull comprehension of the people vii
: want an explicit explanation.
An attempt was made in the Senate durini
, the thin attendance. Immediately before tn
adjournment, TO put through n resolution t.
; pay Sam Medary his old rejected bill ngains
: the State for the printing of last winter.
will be remembered that Sam went TO wor
: without any authority of law or contract, t
print the journals, and expected the Audit
or to recognize the validity of the proceed
ing upon the ground of good Locofoco fel
. lowship. The Auditor got frightened a
D well he might, and declined 10 carry out tn
project, and Sam now brings his account t
g the Legislature. 1t was almost consum
t mated, but was beaten at last. See to
r that it Stays beaten.
a In parting from the readers ofthe Gazette
Encothnes cannot make his final bow with
out first expressing u hope that he will neve
G again be called upon to chronicle and, tina
n you may never be called upon to read tn
II history Of another Legislature in all respecti
II or indeed in any respect, similar to tn
e one that closed its course to-day. He cal
II think uf no better valediction and givin
TINT. he saws farewell! EYCoTuFEs.