Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-07-18
DAIH EVENING STAR.
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STATE OF TIE THERxoxsrEp Tn. th..
Home'er, In our counting room, at IL o'oloc,
r-day, stood at 81 degrees above zero.
s-50 b. 49,; -
MALE PRIMARY ScKooL-FIRsr Dfsr,,c.zo
> This school is under the care of Mr., Rnd;.,
principal. and Mrs Kelly, assistant te.chs.
ars hoaleF mas long enjoyed the repu,at;n,
VI oelns an active ana Efficient teach e., and ,
soou ulse,Pn,narian- After instructing maos
years private school, she was snpoioted ~
assistant IN one Of the public primary schoo1
when they hrst went into operation: .aftsrwsrJ,
was promoted to be principal teaeber of Min :.
~ school and last autumn was apno,ntef LII
an increased salary, principal teacher Of ON,
oftne lou! male primary schools This REQUIRED
'ne sanction not only Of the Trustees, Bat of
tDe Cny Souncas, as by special act females
se.s p.''iuaeI rom bsing placed in charge
o. these schools, as it was supposed, when
they we're established, only males could COW.
err them, As they were originally Intended
for those boys who had passed the ago M,
when they can DO received into the famaaI..
pFiusry schools, and had not sufieentiv ID
vsnced IN tnelr studiel to pass the examina >.
t'on required Tor sdmission into the dist1;ct
schools. Inc experiment of giving TO a lad
.as manaSemen. OF one Of these schools is be-.
heyed 10 Dc entirely successful To $40 ~.
least it Will compare favoraNy With s,v ,n "
me mares taught BY males, either in dis
= <le' OF advancement: and Improvement in
lG/Fs.udles pursued. Although The SnhoaI
Gmoers iO2 pupils, and is kent in the h.ss
nen' OF churcht in thickly settled pa-t Of
the cny' no Complaints whatever haze hear
maue 10 tos Trustees, Of noise or of misehiev
zoOp Of boys. : pow VI snis
Inc number under Mrs Rodier's immed;s,s
care Is 45 npnber at the sxsminat;on es
Inc auenuancs at this season is smaller thar
IN me winter, as many of the larger how, = -
Withdrawn at this season to bs emnIoysd -
nanpai laoor.l The class in Coiburn's Mental
Arnhme'lc. passed an excellent Examination
the oe't, without exception, that we nave ever
SNassseu IN any ct our schools. This book
/ 0y TUG way, Is q model school book The
classes IN geography, grammar, spelling and
alc.suon, appeared to good advantage, and in
/ written ARITHMETIC, too, 20 far as thsy hsd 81
raneed, me work bad been thoroughly done
] Inc division OF the school under The care of
aIs, hehy, formerly Miss Deyaughan,) num-
eeh % average attendance, Al number at
| the examination, 81. This lady ia favorahly
remembered as having been the medal ,choIsy,
f'f several successive years, while puniI in
or public schools This fact operated in bc-
favor Wnen she became q Candidate a.
teaehership. SessEal Of our moet nromis;ns
teachers received most of their school ,dpcse
ton In the public schools. 1t is gratifying to
Kn0" mat they now furnish the best teacher,
Inc e4e!cases OF the pupils in reading spell.
ING, dlctation, mental arithmetic and Seoora.
Pny, were very satisfactory. In this school
! IA pupils are Learning the alphabet, SO attend
&o readings IS spelling, So written aritbmet;c
Tsmental arithmetic, 43 geography, 9 gram
mar, % In copy books, and IS to exercises in
dictation. go . = S''9' Al
The exercises closed with a very interesting
ODD hU Rar- n =
duuIe's oy hev; MI. Davis, TO which the pu-
pills listened with marked attention.
PARADE AND TARGET PRACTICE OF TIE
GREYs.-feslerday morning the National
Greys, Capt. Lemuel Towers, paraded early
and marched to the country seat of Mr.. Louis
'EaDs, where they were received In the most
hospitable manner. Mr. " is an honorary
member OF tho company, proud of his asso-
ciaies, ana On their entering his premises made
taen a. nome indeed, taking command of the
corps while there, and conducting them to the
sweetest spring and coolest shade of the prem.
ses. There they engaged In target exercise,
ID WHICH the dreys surpassed all their former
eaort. Out OF sixty shots they put thirty one
balls IN the target. The exercise was What ia
called string shooting" not line. The con-
'e'i was ior the best Two shots out of three.
and the hrst prize was won By private J. II.
Thompson Private Johnson won the second
j. Beard, who hit the target three times
out not In The right places, and therefore had
the leather honor conferred upon him. The
company then buried in mock funeral the
worthy Captain and others, with all the hono,s
Of war, after which the liberal proprietor in
Vitsd 70 all to feast, which none but gen.
uine french eNst'se could prepare. Itwas rich
sach acknowledgements as were due to the gen.
crosby ct the worthy host The two prizes
we're beautifully made silver cups, and are
much priced Of course by the sharp shooting
winners, The Greys returned TO the civ in
me afternoon much pleased with their visit.
and full OF soldiers gratitude" to Mr.. Vivian.
theiE liberal entertainer.
YANKEE MADE WArcHEs-RIcH JEwELRY.
We have been Shown beautifully made sill
yer lever hunting watch, full jeWelsd, made in
hoIbury, Massachusetts,, at The manufactory
opened there by Mr.. Samuel Curtis. This gen.
temsn has entered on the American watch.
making business, the first establishment ever
opened IN the country, and the watch before
SIS one Of the first made The whole works
ct the watch, case and all, are of Yankee man.
ufacture, but the escapementis regarded as su-
psrior to those of English watches. As an
evidence OF the success Vt this new article of
American workmanship, We learn that the
proprietor has received orders that will keep
Lis hands busy for year hence. Gold as well
I. silver watches are here manufactured equal,
# not superior, to those of European nake.-|
Aessrs. Warrener & Semken, jewelers., Penn
aylvania avenue. between 9Th and 10th streets,
are supplied with these excellent American
watches, where they can be seen and purchas-
ed; and there also, we may add by the way. is
10 be had all other kinds of fine watches, rich
ieHelry, and splendid silver ware. But this
American watch is most worthy Of the public
attention, and We therefore suggest a visit to
the jewelry palace of the Messrs w. & S. to
see this first specimen of American watch man
ufactQre.
CHANCE FOR MARRYING LADY.-We are
authorized to amour that a gentleman Of
handsome appearance, and about twenty-five
years Of age, has plenty of money, that is
an income of 81 D0O a weary ia in want of .