Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-08-10

PUBLIC SCHooLs.-Ihe usual monthly mee,.
Ing Of the Trustees Of the Public Schools No,
held last evening Alarge number of montbiv
and annua! reports WIRE received from tba
teacheTs BY unanimous consent. Messrs
Howard, Bacon and Altemus, who were not
Plessns WEN 'ne vote was taken at tie last
meeting OF the board ncceptipy a dona,ion ~
Bibles from the Bible Society. and recommend
ing TO the teachers that selections sboul5 h.
read oy them daily, without uote or comment
on opening the schools, were allowed To have
Their names entered on the journal as voting
In he Affirmative
The COMMITTEES on examination Of Teaehers
reported favorsbly on the application of sey.
eral ladies' for places as teachers. who bad
passed satisfactory examination. Among
them were two former pupils of the Female
department or the Second Distri t School
Miss Ward and Mics Hoover, who having su.'
cessTully complete the pre- seri bed course have
pursued their studies for year past at a north.
ern academy, with especial reference to nre.
pare themselves 10 become teachers in our
public schools Several gentlemen snoka of
the high character ;hese young ladies en,. -
tanned while pupils iu the school one of them
MISS " ard, having carried eff last yea, tine
highest honors of the District lis apra,ifr-
ing feature In our public school system. tbs,
Ii Is beginning to furnish teachers for the
/s,holars Of those employed last wear. .ix
were formerly pupils of these schools Various
testimonials IN favor OF the applicants were
read and ordered to he filed
The Board proceeded to elect teacher, e.,
the coming school year. OF the thirty.six
teachers, thirty-fv were eau iidates for ye
election, and were re cleo tod Mr.. H. Gran,
Of the male primary school in the second dis,
trict, was transferred to the district school "a
assistant, vice Mr.. Cummings; and Mrs Dc.
den, we'll known IS one of our most successfn,
mn
ed to take charge Of the male primary. vice
Mr.. Grant Two Of the four male primaries
are now in charge of ladies. A fair e.neri.
ment will thus be made whether this class of
schools can best be conducted by males or f.
males. The result will be watched with in.
serest Mrs. Connell was promoted from an
assistants place in the primary school near
the navy YARD 10 be principal of The now
school near the Capitol, and Miss Hcpshay
elected to I'll the vacancy thus created
In the course OF an animated discussion i,
WAS stated that, in the selection of teachers
the Board have been heretofore guided by the
following principles: LIST, to transfer to a va
cant place any teacher of the same grade who
may desire it, when the public interest will
not be injured thereby; ID, TO promote teachers
from lower TO a higher grade az vacancies
occur; Sd, to give preference in the appoint.
ment OF assistant teachers 20 those who have
been pupils of the public schools, where the
qualifications of the candidates are equal: 4th.
10 appoint citizens 10 preference to non. resi-.
dents of equal qualifications.
Notice was given 10 the Board by the owners
of several buildings now rented for school
houses, that the rent would be increased. after
September next, from twenty five to seventy.
FIVE per cent. When will the city authorities
see that the public interest will be promoted
by building rather than by renting school
houses These notices were ordered to be
laid before the Councils with the annual re-
port The annual rent for school houses in
the First and Second Wards alone is over $500.
After ordering the payment Of sundry bills,
the Board adjourned to wedne sda y next. when
Ii is understood the sub-boarls will present
their annual reports.
The members present at this meeting were
Messrs Randolph, (Chairmsn) Davis, (Secre-
tsry) Abbot, Howard, Bacon. Donoho, Har
baugh, Atenus, Russell, Walsh, Pearson, and
AtLee.
Plan OF NUMBERING TIE Hou sks, &c.-En7-
rortant TO Citi<sns.-The plan consists in
numbering the houses of the streets and ave
nues in the following manner The extremity
Of each street on the western boundary line
Of the city shall be the beginning or starting
point for numbering all those streets running
.easterly, and tho northern extremity Of each
street on the boundary line Of the same for
numbering streets running southerly. The
avenues shall be numbered from their most
northern extremity. Every street and avenue
shall be numbered by itself and on each side
Of the same aiterna tely, where public proper
~ does not intervene, thus placing the odd
numbers on one side, and the even on the other,
entirely through TO the opposite extremity Of
each respectively, and allowing q number fol-
every % feet, in ali eases of open spaces of
unimproyed private lots, and for every frac-
donal remainder of Is feet or mora after the
division Of each space by said distance. All
smaller fractional remainders to be unnoticed,
and considered as accounted for by preceding
rambc-s
The smallest number permitted to designate
any building, house or tenement, shall be q
properly painted figure on a tin plate, of q
different color, of not iess than q inches
square, the price Of which to be paid by the
hCuseholders or owners in all cases. e4cep ting
only those Of non-residents or tenantiess
houses, in which case the expenses thereof
shall be paid by the city and added to the city
tax on Raid property for the ensuing year;
provided nothing In the act shall be 81 con-
etrued as to prevent any owner or occupant Of
house, dwelling, or tenement to purchase
numbers 1t his own expense. The law 1t
should be remembered, fixes penalty which
expressed in the following words of tho act:
See 3. Those persons refusing to designate
their houses by number, as provided in this
AIs dAlol iu6J nave otcA nOuueQ OF tue pkopet
number Of the same, for four days thereafter,
saall have Q number furnished by the city at
their expense, TO be levied rs aforesaid, TO-
gether with the penalty in addition of five dol
lars for the use Of the city, to be collected as
other penalties %
Al the contractors for furnishing the mum.
sers, Aessrs. Ten Eyck L Palmer, with their
assistants, are now engaged in the work, the
above is pdbiished for the information of house
keepers, who should be prepared when the
numbereTs call to meet the Just requirements
Of the law. The corporation numbers are
furnished and put up at six cents per figure,
twelve cents for two figures and so on up to
thousands, which mus. be the numbers at the
eXtremities Those who may want fancy
numbers can be supplied by the contractors
and them alone, at various prices, they navin ?
q choiee selection. On AL streets the even
numbers are put on the left hand side and The
odd On the right, from the places of begi ming.
The work, We learn, is going on vigorously a
large force being engaged and it is the deter.
niRatien Of the contractors to Complete the
business as soon as possible.
The CRY INFESTED With BURGLARS
directed attention a week ago to the numbers
Of burglaries committed in this city and sug.
gestsd the formation of voluntary patrols as
il seems the midnight providers entirely evade
the eyes of the watch. Of the many burgl aries
co0mitteed not one Of tho fellows engaged
therein has been ares, ed, signifying that the
thieves must be very sdroiI or the officers very
remiss. Those having dogs to protect their
preuisos nnf .fo from, he Trt he