Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-08-29
For the Stand
THE RALEIGH REGISTER.
Yours respectfully,

INessrs Holden Dc HiIson:
GENTLEMEN The Register of Monday the 10Th
instant quotes paragraph from kindred sheet,
the Baltimore Patriot relative to certain Counties
which voted for Wise. The Register, which is never
remarkable for knowledge in its original articles,
Jumps at the above mention ed paragraph, and prints
it in large letters. 1t gives the number oil whte
sdults who cannot read write in the Counties OF
Rockingham, Shenandoah, and Page. little ex-
animation will show, it would have shown the
editor of the Register that the facts not astound-
ing. Thepopu!ation OF Rockingham is II .49o. Inc
number of persons 90 years of age who are I'M
able to read or write, is 1880 about one in seven
The population of Shenandoah is l2,565-ilhterate
only 279 or about in forty7fre. The population
of Page is 6,3s2-illiterate 993, or nearly one in
seven. The total population of the three Counties
is Sc 393-the number of itcrate, !, 500.
In looking the statistics OF Virginia, find
that those Counties will compare favorably IN this
respect with the vast majority of the other Counties
in Virginia and are far superior to some. 1t would
be worth while take few of those Counties which
gave the largest vote for Flournoy and examine the
state of education amongst them. At any rate 1T
will not do to talk about matter which an eXatn-
nation of the census report will show to be more
delicate, particularly at the South than Is gen
orally supposed. The above three Counties give.
d fair average Of the state of educatlonn Virginia.
which has nevertheless one of the largest School
funds in the Union. But it has been remarked OF
Virginia that ' it would require perhaps ten times
the number of persons in Virginia as in Massachu-
sets Census rep 149) The late Professor Tucker
saws 1.-THE social intercourse of the South coniPen
safes to some extent for its want of schools. The
people are taught to think and to converse, in the
reunions which frequent on the occasions OF
interchanging opinion and of diffusng Intelligence.
The Register mad better inform itself better upon
that and variety of other uGJectS upon which It
is lamentably ignorant.
While speaking of tine Register 1 would like to
enquire of that paper where it got that " extract
from letter purporting to be written by the Pope
to Archbishop lIughcss No authority was given
for it by the RegiSfer and other papers, which CO.
pied it with avdity, give other authority than the
Raleigh Register. 1t is an i..tlntous Jn6ricatt0''
wherever it comes from; and If the Register will own
no authority, it must be considered its invention
and he will have to stand up and receive its brand
\ private letter from Pope Plus to Archbishop
Hughes, | think would be published in Catholic
paper but that letter containing such an extract
(even supposng the Pope did write such stuff would
be published by Archbishop Hughes for mis- enemies
to circulate, is preposterous! Does any sensible
man believe that such letter was ever writen:-
Let us have your AUTHORITY, Mr. Gales, If you h@ce
any, and if not, know epithet low enough to
tix upon you'll
These are the arms Know Nothingism fights with
CENSOR.