Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-02-25
CINCINNATI CORRESPONDENCE.
CINCINNATI, Fob. go, 1854

CINCINNATI, Fob. 90, 1854
Dear Sr-According to Judge J. Bur-
nets notes in ",he Northwestern Terri,
:ory," the question whether North b %;a'
fourteen miles below this city, or C!n,
cinnati should be the great commerce.,
town of the Miami Valley. was decided
thus The commandment of the Militia
nv Station at North Bend became en-
amored of 4 "black.eyed lady," who
with her husband, lived at the Bend
The husband, becoming alarmed at the
attention paid by the commanda IN, to NJ, !,
wife, removed to Cincinnati. The bird
flown, the officer thought North Bend
unfit for commercial town. or even
military station, and moved with his
troops to Cincinnati; and from that day
the glory of the Bend departed, and tho
fortunes of this city doomed above Tho
horizon. A woman of beauty caused a
ten wears war, and the destruction OF
Troy, and who will say that, many a
time, nations have not boen convulsed
with war, or blessed with peace, all be-
cause of the frowns or smiles OF tho
gentler sex, which, as well, have over
turned the fortunes OF cities, or origina'
ted their growth, enterprise and wealth.
The twenty-fourth annual report OF
the Trustees and Visitors ofthe Common
Schools of Cincinnati hasjnst been pub.
lished. This city has reason to be proud
of her system of Common School, for l
believe a more complete one does not
exist. The whole city is divided into
fifteen districts, in each Of which there
is large and commodious School edi-
fee. The report shows the whole num-
Der enrolled at these Schools during the
year, to have been 15,s0S, and the ave.
rage attendance 1874. Accompanying
the report is on interesting statement of
the number Of teachers employed, and
the amount of wages paid them fiom
1880 up TO the present time. In 1880,
there we're 90 teachers employed at an
aggregate salary ofS5,l96, and in 1858,
1873 teachers,t TO whom werepaid s64,025.
Ofthese l57 werefemales. and SO males.
In addition to the Common Schools,
there are two Free High Scholastic
Woodward and Hughes High Schools.
For the latter, beautiful Gothic struc-
ture has been erected, at cost of about
$4,000. and plans and specifications
for building an edifice for the Wood
ward, (at present the Woodward Col.
lego is used) during the Summer, have
been adopted. Both these are built and
supported by the libcrality of the two
citizens whose names the respective
Schools bear, and tho city, by certain
amount contributed by tho city and the
rents accruing from property devoted to
that purpose by Mr.. Woodward and Mr..
Hughes.
To these Schools every child has &C.
cess, and can acquire as thorough aud
complete an education, as is given in
most Western Colleges, free Of cost, by
being qualified and pass the required
examination before admission. And
the example Of this city has been fol
lowed by an oct Of the Legislature o.
Ohio, authorizing the construction of a
High School in every county, supported
by the State.
Tho Catholics ere not to be outdone
in this matter. tits well known 10 youl
readers, that they charge these Schools
with sectarianism; that is, that they are
Protestant and have made repeated
efforts to get the control of the School
fund, and to prescribe the course OF in
struction and the text books, In the e
efforts they have not succeeded. They
have, therefore, some two or three free
schools, where they have things .thoil
own way-the ediliccs built by theil
own money and supported by their own
means; and they are well attended, By
the children of Catholics ofcourse.
The Grand Jury have found bills o.
Indictment against Capt. Lukcns, Chic
of Police, for manslaughter, and anolh
er police officer, for shooting with inten
to kill-growing out of the "Freemen'
demonstration against Bedini, mention
cd in my last. .lsH
The Boards of Directors of the Gin
cinnati, Hillsborough (Nlarietta) ant
Cincinnati and Parkersburg Railroads
have just consolidated, and the Difficult
ties between them are adjusted. un
derstand the roads are TO be completed
as early as practicable-one by way o
Hillsborough, the other by way of Chill
cothe, and meet somewhere near Par
kcrsburg, aud then single track to Ma
rietta. OHIO.