The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-06-20

THE BIBLE IN SCHooLs.-The action of the Board
of Education on Wednesday night requiring that
hereafter that every school within their control
shall be daily opened by the reading of the Holy
Scriptures, is which naturally exctes deep in
terest. whether considered in its moral or political
bearings but it appears to be the common impress
sion among the members of the Board, that no
factious opposition will be offered. The Bible is
now read in 200 schools, while from only ten is it
excluded
The bylaw which makes it obligatory to read the
Bible in all the schools of this city, was passed BY
% to &c. and takes effect on the st of August next
1t was reported at the meeting of the previous
week, as follows :-JoarnaL of Commerce.
Article s. page %, of the bylaws, strike out the
present section IL, and insert as follows:
Sec. IL. All the public schools of this city, under
the jurisdiction of the Board of Education shall be
opened with the reading of portion of the Holy
scriptures, without note or comment; and it shall
be the duty of the Principal of each department of
the schools under the Jurisdiction of this Board to
report to the proper Board of Trustees and to this
Board any violation of this bylaw, which report
shall be annexed to the pay roll. The following
sections are added to the article by the committee:
Sec. H. The situation of q teacher shall be for
feited by wiful violation of any rule or regula-
ton Of this Board, and such teacher shall there
after be employed in any school unless the forfeiture
is remitted by this Board. Every principal shall
report to the proper Board of Trustees and to this
Board all violations by teachers of the rules and
regulations of this Board of which the teacher NAV
be cognizant, and each report of absence annexed
to pay roll shall contain allegation that the
principal has duly reported each case of the viola
tion by a teacher included in the payroll of the
rules and regulations Of this Board.
Sec. l3. No payment shall be made to teacher
in whose case the provisions of this bylaw have not
been complied with.
Sec IA. Section IL of article aforesaid shall
take effect from and after the first day of August
1853, and sections II and Is of the said article
shall take effect Immediately.
OF course, the payment of salaries to teachers is
m thai anpfn fNt tbo,
bylaw, and any opposition which may be offered,
will appear in suit to recover salaries withheld;
thus bringing to immediate test the power to en-
force Bible-reading. Mr.. Tucker, of the Sth ward
in the debate of Wednesday night, predicted that
the question would not stop short of the Court Of
Appeals. 1t was upon this point, as to the legal
power of the Board to order the reading of the BIZ
BILE in the schools that several pro-Bibe based
their negative votes.
1t is satisfactory to know that at least the pre-
liminary step has been taken towards setting at
rest long yexed question, removing a dangerou:
element from the arena of local politics.
OYSTERS AND THEIR ENEMrEs.-A report has lately
been published by the French Government, setting
forth the dangers to which old gastronomic
friend, the OYSTER is exposed in its pilgrimage from
the parental shell to the ishmongers STALL together
with the suggestions of scientific for its pro-
lection and support. On reading this report we
must confess our astonishment that they ever find
their way to our tables at ALL many thousands
are there born, so few units preserved. Indeed
the destruction of oysters is so much on the in
crease, that whole beds have been completely
ruined. Out of twenty-three beds which have beer
successfully worked for years the coast of Ro-
chele, only five now remain, and these also are
greatly deteriorated From numerous well-directed
researches that have been made, it is pretty vel
established that this deterioration is attributable
to the invasion of mussels. Similar effects have
been observed along the Atlantic and Mediterra
mean shores.
The oyster is extraordinarily prolific, each pro
duclng as many as a million or two millions O
young. If out of this number twelve remain OF
the parent she'll it is all that be expected ever
| in times of abundance. The number reared, is
| therefore, almost nothing compared with the mum
| ber destroyed; and the problem now before tn,
scientific of France is, how to retain this small
| proportion at the bottom of the sea, and pro
| tect them from the mussels2 Several zOolo
| gists have been making experiments with
view to the solution of this problem, and the plar
at present most in favor is that which has beer
practised, with considerable degree of success b,
| MN. Carbonnel, Mallet and Ackermann. Thes
| gentlemen form framework of branches stripped
of their bark, and made so fat that, when let dowl
to the bottom, they present no obstacle to nayiga
| tion. The brot of developed ova will rise in
| cloud of jelly like powder across these branches
| and the embryos will encrust them on all Sides
The framework is to be left in its place. not only du
ring the time of reproduction, but until the youn,
are sufficiently large to be removed to other beds
The pieces of framework thus loaded with youn,
| may be towed by vessels wherever they NAV b
wanted; and after little time the young oyster
will detach themselves and fall to the bottom pre-
viously prepared for them by means of the drag
1t is recommended that this transfer should
made in the months of February or March, becaus
the young oysters are then large enough to b
easily seen.
Although the method here described is one appa
rently the most successful, the Government bav
not yet determined on any line of action; it pre-
poses to take upon itself the repeopling of the
hausted beds, and in order to elicit the opinion
| practical biologists and promote discussion, ha
given publicity to the report, which issued, we b.
lieve, from the Geological section of the Academy
| Sciences Titan.
ARRIVAL OF SCHOONER FROM MLwAUKIE.-Tf
schooner Indus, Capt Humphrey, from Miwauki
via Quebec, with a cargo of lumber, is the fir
vessel that has ever arrived here from Miwauki