The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-09-26
cITY INTELLIGENCE.I
THE SEASON.

and i dust and are fast drifting into the shiyerng at
ssphcro az winter The signing wind no longer pre-
1900 o,ateful cooling sensation but is inygorating,
and ere long will become chilling in its effects. These
ara the sadest days of tho year Tho sun is not SO ire
ouenty visible now it has been and when it shines
~ brghtcst and the sky is cleares the warming effect
Of Us rays IL countected by the more powerful blasts OF
old Boreas The green grass Is whitening ana dying
.nd Ire graceful foliage Of the trees h falling Nature is
Ios,o tbat holiday appearance which 1t in the
,,det season. and preparing for wintry aspect Each
season brings its pleasure and its pain but though
th,e are many who look forward to the winter with
iions e. gayety and tho cosy comfortable hreside en-
;ovments Of home there others to whom the pros
ac a ono Of pinching want of cold and hunger to be
endured In each season, too there are opportunities
for the prsce OF beneyolcnce but the approaching IN
ent season appeals most forcibly for the exercise Of
this virtue The world has been called cold and uneel
ing This Ii true great extent but yet there are
few who mnge in the daily scenes OF life who have not
herts 90 feel aud the win to relieve the necessities Of
their suffering fellow-men. Tho reason why men arc
called uneeing Is because they arc often imposed upon
Nv those who really will do nothing to help themselves.
II there were no mposo there would be fewer Of those
Who need assistance that would be permitted to go with
out It,
But if the weather Is clustering without, streets
esen scene OF activity that is unknown during the
intense heat of the Men seen hurrying from
Mace 10 place and longer sanner along with slow
and lazy pace and longer use their pocket handker
chiefs to wipe the perspiraton from their foreheads
Whatever Is done now is done quickly and the change
may be ascrbed to the effects Of the weather overcoats
which have long been out of fashion, sought for
and shaws the most questionable garment that gen
teman can now wear still frequently seen upon our
avenue Fires breaking ont in almost every house,
and STILL people abroad may wonder that the buildings
are not consumed and the insurance companies called
mon for their value Our hotels, too looking up.
Most Of them have been reprinted and reuvenated in
side and out An extra number Of servants have been
employed and the landlords themselves than
usually polite and attentive and in than their usual
flow of good spirits The winter throng of guests
making their appearance and Congress looms up in the
distance 1t is only whilst the legislators of this great
nation are here that the landlord is himself and dispenses
his inequalities with his most winning grace.
TRUSTEES or PUBLIC Schools. The Board held adj
iourned meeting yesterday afternoon Col Randolph in
the chair Present, Ressrs. Ironsdc, Van santvoord,
Brandt Chaplin Iaurenson, Walsh, Willet, Wilson, and
Whyte. '"'''@
Several bills were submitted by the treasurer which
were ordered to BIO paid. .,. ~. ul
bill was also presented from r. j. Magruder for fifty
Board of Trustees Of the Public Schools from July LIST to
October lst 1857 the former Mayor having refused to
nav it, on tho ground that by decision of the Circuit
Court the election of that officer was Illegally conducted
On motion by Mr. BaAaDr the bill rejected, and the
secretary was directed to notify Mr. Mruder that the
Board decline to override the decision OF the former Mayor
He will therefore DO obliged to seek relief through the
City Councils. e.u #aea ON En@ 5#4I a... ". z
The treasurer then made report showing the state of
his accounts from which it appears that the receipts aud
expenditures during the past year have been as follows
Received for tho payment of salaries and all contingent
expenses of the schools ---------- Sis, $50 90
Received from tho late treasurer ----- 81 IL
Making the total receipts ----.- 1907 IL
Expended for salaries of teachers ----- 1880 Is
Rent and care Of rooms, fuel books, contin-
gent expenses &c., for the first district 1917 81
Do ~, do for the second district 1852 81
Do do for the third district 1926 SO
Do do for the fourth district CTS 81
For premiums medals, &c--------a 293 81
Salary of the secretary from October to
July $50 90
Printing of educational statistics 90 so
Total expenditures NJ. l8,54S 90
Thus it will be seen that the expenditures have exceed
ed tho receipts by the amount of SAT- 49, In addition to
the Expenditures above mentioned there has been paid at
the Mayor office for the salaries Of teachers $50 90
And for contingent expenses OF the schools 26S 05
which, being added to the above mentioned
sum oi---------------------- 54s Wy
makes total expenditure for the year Of "a, 2G7 o.
There bills due TO the amount of about So 400,
and there balance of appropriations standing to the
credit of the board Of $3,S00 .a.sa. a1a a-.~ "a
committee was appointed to exame the treasurer
accounts consisting of Messrs Van Slntvoord Chaplin,
Wilson, and Brandt. 4a., sr s,' q, 3, ..i y.a
Mr. WILSON submitted the following preamble and res
olution which were adopted ~ '-.1
Whereas there two hundred children
awaiting admission into the public schools of the fourth
district and with the present accommodations they
not be received for long tme and hundred and
twenty be provided for by appropriation of $3.50
for furniture and contingencies and yearly appropria
ton of $3.50 hereafter Therefore, a#
Beareoed by The Board Of Tts,ees Of Public Schools That
we respectfully petition the councils to authorize the ap
pointment of two assistant teachers of male primary
schools of the 4th district at salaries of $500 and $3.50
per respectively and appropriate $500 for their sal
aries for the remainder of the present fiscal year, and
$3.50 for furniture and contingent expenses.
Mr. IRoSsDR moved that the sub-boards be authorized
to furnish INDECENT scholars with music books in those
schools where music is taught. The motion not
agreed to- g..
The PnEsDENT pro tenn left the chair which taken
by DR.. Walsh. Mr.. BRANDT then moved that the board
tender to Colonel Randolph their president pro n their
which he has presided the board during the past
year and express their hope that in the reorganization
of the board next year they may again him occupy
the same position whether the other members be-
longing to the board be there or not. rI-% a-a
The resolution was unanimously adopted. af,s.a ~
Colonel RANDOLPH then returned thanks for this
pliment in . few pertinent and appropriate remarks