Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-07-06
CONVICTION NEWS.


CASE OF LARcENY.--A man named James
Hall was held over in the sum Of $l00, by
Judge Mooar yesterday, on charge of lar
ceny. ......
ARREST OF FuGITIvE SLAvE.--A fugitive
slave, belonging to .. B. Ward, Of Woodford
County, was arrested near Mullins Station,
a day or two since, and lodged in Jail. He
will be returned TO his master to-day.
TARGET SHOOTING by THE KENTUCKY
RovERs. - The independent Kentucky
Rovers had grand picnic and shooting
match, on the Fourth, ut the Piatt farm,
twenty-five miles below the city. The prize
WAS silver cup, which was won by Robert
Fleming The company numbers thirty-fve
men. -,.......l.,. .... .
CRIMINALS TO BE TAKEN TO THE PENITEN-
TIARY.---Five persons, Bridget McMahon,
Bridget Dunnigan, Frederick Baker, David
Hale and James Ransom, convicted of felony
ut the recent term of the Circuit Court, will
be taken to the penitentiary, by Sheriff Ash
brook, on Monday next. .............
SCHOOL FNANCEs.-The following COM
munication, which appears in the last num-
Der Of the Kenton County Democrat, will be
read with interest, as II comes from an official
source;
To the Citizens of Co0iagton-At the first
meeting of the present School Board, in JAN
uary last, a committee was appointed to take
into consideration the practice of issuing
scrip, and to report upon the propriety OF
endeavoring to abolish the system. This
committee went to work with view OF
ascertaining the financial condition of the
Board, and, after performing much labor,
they presented the only report upon the
finances of the Public Schools that has been
made for the last ten or twelve years. This
| report showed that the Indebtedness of the
Board was being gradually diminished, and
| stated that at the end of the present school
| year, June 80, 1860, all the scrip would be
redeemed, and that there would be a balance
| left i'll the Treasury of one thousand dollars
| When this report made its appearance, il
became the subject of considerable comment
in certain quarters, and the flcts set forth in
| II were quite surprise to most of our citi-
zens, as It tshowed up our school affairs in d
very different light to what they were accus.
toned to look upon them in, and was SC
much at variance with statements made by
members of the former Board who, il will
be remembered, called meeting of the citi.
zens for the purpose of getting their opinion
in regard to 'suspending the schools. Thi
meeting was called only few months befor,
this report was made and the Chairman
stated that the Board was much embarrassed
| by Indebtedness and that they felt il impoS
sible to carry on the schools without NOR,
| money.
| The citizens asked for report, giving
statement of their financial condition; they
did not feel like stopping the wheels of thu
car of education unless il could not b,
| avoided. The Board had no report, and tn,
meeting was adjourned for two weeks, anC
the Chairman of the Board requested to hav
report ready by that time. The Chairman
| stated that owing to the fact that no regula
account of the receipts and disbursements haC
| been kept, it was impossible to make repor
with any degree of correctness but that the,
were many thousands of dollars in debt, ant
here the matter rested until new Board wa
elected, and they Immediately set about get
ting up "a statement of their affairs, which
when it appeared, contained facts that seemed
so different FROM the settled opinion Of th
people, that they appeared almost incredible
and many predicted that not one word in |
would ever be verified.
The committee were ridieuled by gentle
men that were once members of the Board
who pronounced their report "a documen
that looked we'll on paper, but entirely des
titute of truth" The report came in direc
conflict with the interests of another class o
persons, who, Of course, could see nothing il
Il that was acknowledgements engage,
in the purchase of scrip. The committee eX
pected some left-handed compliments fron
this source, and would have been dislppointe
had they not received them. The price q
scrip advanced upon the appearance of tn
report and, of course, it injured the trade.
That report has been fully verified; all tn
scrip has been redeemed that has been pre-
sented, and after paying all the allowance
made up TO the end of the year, there is ore
ttesLve hundred dollars left in the treasury.
All the friends of education will be graf
fed at this intelligence, and 1t is to be hope
that our citizens will manifest more interes
in the public schools than they have hereto
fore done, as it is now evident that they ar
not yet hOpelessly bankrupt. F.