The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-09-18
Ovv,os grArH surr, Pm, Ebucar'os
September / 9Th 1860

In this mornings Comet, On Public Schools
ynn make some ratdrm assertions ealrulat-
ell IL u,islead persons mol hettes acquainted
with The subject than you appea' to he Az
for instance. YOU say neatfy f"o hnn0tfd
hnp sspd aptlsrs is spent every quarter Of
he vsu, b. which however is about as near
rortepi az son,p oihef statements in The
same article
II is or should be known 10 ycn-Very
little nnrs than that amount is distributed
during the wheie year, VIZ. Two bundled
and eteify thousand dollars, making some
seventy thousand per quarter instead OF
Two hundred thousand as slated by ycn.
Yours Very Respectfully,
A, N Eootn Clerk
We are obliged to Mr.. Booth for
the above letter. Mr. Booth repre-
scr la. the Hon Bard, in the office of
State Superintendent Of education
Mr. Both is an ahable end courteous
gentleman. and we have ever found
him at his post during business hours,
10 attend to the business Of his office.
Tie article he refers to above, was
written TO call out some one. on the
interesting subject therein treated OF,
upon which wo should like 10 have a
daily communication some CT
citemen., to arouse the people 10 the
fnrt that thousands uf dollars are an
nual!y thrown awav ON the present
abortion Of q public school system
Mr.. Booth says, We make random as-
serlions calculated to mislead persons
not better acquainted with il, than The
Comet appears 10 be- " Mislead y
Why Sir, he public il already mislead,
and has b, en- for season back II is
mistake according to our informant,
that two. hundred thousand dollars are
spent every quarter of the year. Well
sir, as our reputation for truth rests
upon, this we will add fifty thousand
more to il, and then guessing ut the
amount, fall short Of the actual note.
How much in addition. il expended by
the city Of New Orleans, Il, the amount
obtained from the State Treasury p
How mucb is raised by taxation, the
directors Of schools have right 10
levy, for building, house rent fuel, etc :
How much il obtained by individual
subscription, in many parishes to aus
tain the public schools? How much
10 annually given by the Legislature tc
private institutions. for the cause O
publ;c education aud how much is an
nually expended for that great hum
bug ON Red River which is part anc
parcel Of this stupendous system o
humbuggery9 II Mr.. Booth will fur
nish the statistcs--wbich he may M
doubt lay bis hands on, in the " vel
regulated"---but yet, "unfurnfshcd'
ofI,ce Of State Superintendent be vii
| find that we are not wide tho marx
when NC say that three hundred thou
sand dolIa,s are expended every quar-
ter Of the year, for Pubiic education
in this State. Give us the figures Mr.
Booth, and we will cheerfully sprea'
them before the public.
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CArHAR1NE HAyEs.-At last &C
counts from Ireland. the eminenll
Fortunate Catharine Hayes was dale
looked for, She had left Australi
, on board the ship Royal Charter an
in her pntal cily--that Of the violated
treaty--it is very probable, will re
, ceive n more welcome reception an
hilarious and general greeting, canta
trice as she is, than did Smith q 'Brie
of Mononla's regal line So muct
by way Of distinction, between til
j., popular and opulent singer and th
unsuccessful yet noble patriot.