The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-09-16
G5e Gully Gon1et.
BATON ROUGE..#sEPT. 10, 1855.


THE PUBLIC ScHooLs.--The pub
lie school system now in force, is sucl
miserable abortion, that the public
eeem to have lost all interest IN it
Yet the quarterly distribution Of Z
large amout Of money regularly take;
place Indeed this is about oil tbs
duty devolyipg upon the onerous posi-
ton Of State Superintendent copy
The names Of the parishes On slip 81
paper, and show by complex calcu'a-
lion that each Parish is entitled to So
much one doiior per head, for each
e1ucable Guild. This list is handed to
the Auditor where The accounts with
the several parishes are kept; and il
the Parish Treasurers do not receive
the amounts coming to them from the
SheritFs and tax collectors, they can
draw their warrants on the State Treas
ury and obtain The money Il is n
standing shame that nearly two hun
bred thousand dollars should be spent
every quarter Ia the year, with no ad-
equate return in the way of benefit TO
the generation marching up behind US.
and The public press might occasional
ly turn aside from the muddy current
of politics to bestow few thoughts on
this subject which is of much more
Importance in an American" point Of
view than who shall be President. The
very geography OF our State, with its
peculiar institutions and sparce popu-
lation, renders it difficult matter to
devise working system of public
schools; but this much might be said
all east that the public treasure shall
not be squapdered away without some
return.
We see no reason why the public
school system as lame and deficient as
it is, might not be made 70 work, here
q. the capital, with something Of the
order il has in the Commercial Metrop-
oils. Our citizens seem to have lost
all interest in the matter. From a
copy Of the law before US, on the first
Monday in October, there should be
an election of directors, of which the
Clerk Of the Board is required to give
ten days notice, 1t has been an age
since an election Of this kind was held
and the present board is acting under
appointment from the President Of the
Police Jury.
Ia SUDDEN AFFAIR. On Saturday
after the Red Stick delegation. had
left for jackson, IL seems that an erron-
euos impression prevailed in town
madame rumor, had circulated, to
the effect, that all the FILLMORE, men
about the Capitol had left. TO cor
rect an erroneous impression Of this
kind. a notice appeared on the street
corners. for the friends Of F1LLMoRE.
10 meet ut the ourt-house. Though
The notice was short, a number ofgen-
tlemen assembled at tho Franklin
House, at night and marched under
our fellow. citizen Col, ANDREW MAT
IA, marched to the music of drum
and fife 10 the Court House, where
DR.. G. r. FRENCH, was called 10
preside, aud VIM. MARKHAM and }. W.
CAMERON, appointed Vice.Presidenfs.
The meeting was addressed BY DR.
PERKINS and Mn. CRENsHAw. DR.
r Fl. DAY, also made q few remarks.
The meeting seemed to think, that
their own resolutions individually .
was sufficient for them for which
reason they passed no long string OF
preamble for publication. Whilst the
affair was going on some Of the friends
of the "o.her side" got up a demon
stration in the street-marched to the
a. hu.ks horns'' in Bnlevard street