Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-12-06

prero.ed" bat "a MEX d..ps.ed. for J.ek,on
eH@s snfe enough, aad h@n those gallant haep
VINO had been 6khting for their (the prisoner ~
Liberty took the hack track, ana parf65uSea tina
Greatest retreat that hiAtory had ever reeorded.
IAen their spirits sank, and various questions
away = And u Jackson had ben kep. I'm cnacr
McCfellRn would have fulfilled his mart ma
perform'd one Of the most glorious deeds ever
Enc, I'M. wa our second great defeat the
hTst being At Bull Bun. Our army retire ted.
and thersoels seofnfully told them 70 get ready
and Try IL again. -,
Afterwards word came to them that the Con.
fed<rass judge had decided that all who would
take The oath should b. rele&eed A day WAS
set to onfr the prisoners In tho s,nisser jsIi"
thrir freedom on these terms, and about II
mp in line, and Capt Alexander, the ofiiccr in
command, read the proposed oath, as near as
he could recollsct, al follows: :
glance to H.. Cons.d.ra,. st., sefss ,n us ALE
mics, particularly the present enemies"
Alexander gave them three minutes In which
, % maae mp their minds: He wa; on the block,
once; viii you take 1t, twice. Third aud last
time, wiz you take IL Going, going, gomez
70 Salisbury. Old John Winder Thoughts that
thfy were . hard set Some prisoners had
been released before from SALISBURY, but thay
werc the 6rst lot. - =
He referred to the manner in which their re-
lease bad osen enected Gen. Thomas was arst
appointed to arrange the e1 chanse Of prisoners,
ter Gen. Stonemxn, but net until Gen. W ada,
worth wa charged With that duty had any
prisoners been released When Wood, the true
VirGinian, came to see them, IL raised new life
IN tbs m He came not in gold lace, FOR he
would not have been allowed to see them, but
in the simple and plain garb Of citizen When
they reached Richmond It was found. that IA
prisOners had been sent from Was hinston, and
they were only sending 81 This was their
not the first time the Government had been
cheated by them E..-. - =
Their late comrades were ye. In Salisbury,
where they are kept In An old cotton factory
without windows, and some Of them have no,
changed their clothes since they have been con-
hnsd; forced to lay on hard boards, and eat
orsaa raised by deeoetion OF peach leaves,
which makes it SO sour that none but sec-sh
stomach can hold II. They must be removed IL
rcrslbie; and il they could not secure their Oh.
jet here, they could work through the people
OF the North.
Hon. Joseph SeSar being called on, con.
graduated ths m on their arrival, and xpressel
me nope that the objects OF the meeting would
ts spec Oily carried out.
Major Williams, Of Alexandria, enumerated
some OF the atrocities perpetrated by the rebsls
he knew OF four men who died in Salisbury
from starvation, and were not allowed light
0urlrE their last hours. He belle we'd if Proyi.
dence ever interposrd, 1t was last winter for
Inc prisoners IN Salisbury.
MELTING OF THR SCHOOL TRCsTEYs-R.r;
ston 81 Board and School Ruies-Tdrious Amcn-f-
ments Hddr-CiconIincss in the school Rooms De,
mdnded-7o6o Geo cheping Teachers Reoucst.d In
Dry tp-t'upaIs Debdrred from Peddl,ng Concert
11chefs-Nec Regulations for the Night Schools
sps cal meeting of the Board of Public School
trustees was held last night, for the purpose
OF considering the report Of the committee ap-
pointed TO revise the rules for the governments
OF TIE Board of the Public Schools.
Among the changes made in the rules for the
y.Tnment Of the Board, was one important
one, belne the addition of new committee on
supplies, whose duty il shall be TO make ali
purchases Of supplies necessary for the schools,
including furniture, fuel, stationary, &c The
purchase OF these articles heretofore deyolyed
upon the treas urer alone.
Various amendments were made TO the gem
rrai regulations for the government of the
SCHOOLS. All white children, between six and
sey' ntcen years of age shall be entitled to adj
mission under certain regulations. No teacher
shall have more than sixty pupils, but NAV
nave less. The schools are an properly graded
ard no child under ten years Of age will be ad
nittSd into The grammar school For the pre-.
serYation OF health it is necessary that all ap-
pllcants shall have been vaccinated before adj
mission az pupil in any school, and the parent
or guardian OF said applicant must be a bona
.fde resident Of Washington. The schools are
and grammar.
No teacher Of a grammar school shall be- EN-.
ployed who is under the age Of twenty.one
Years; ard OF the other schools who il less
than eighteen. No promotion shall be made
excerpt after examination. Teachers are re-
qnird 10 bp at the school room at least fifteen
minutes before the hour of opening, and no
teacher shall be absent during the scholastic
year, for any time, except by written permits
sion OF q member of the Board. The allow.
ance OF stationery for each teacher shall not
exceed $3.50 per annum. No text books shall
be used except those prescribed by the Board
OF Trustees. The physical education and com.
iort OF the scholars is also under the care OF
the teacher heading newspapers, magazines
&c, conversation with other teachers or WIS.,
tiers for more than Ave minutes Is forbidden.
and no teacher shall use tobacco at any time
during school hours or any time In or about
the building. Corporal punishment is TO be
avoided as far rs possible. No teacher shall
De PERMITTED to present premiums gifts 20
any pupils at the public examinations Sub
assistants shall have charge, under tn super
vi.icn Of the preceptOrs. Of the record hooks of
the GRAMMAR schools In which they are pupils,
and hey sball be employed to give instruction
In ary school during the temporary absence OF
the teacher Each teacher is Responsible for
the safe-keering Of the furniture and other
Pupil are required to heep all books clean.
ard the conts nis Of desks neatly arranged; to
enter and leave the room In respectful and
quiet manner and without noise; and TO Quit
tie neishborhoOd Of the school In q quiet and
orderly manner, Immediately on bel ~ dis
missed. No pupil shall be allowed to throw
pens, paper, or any thing hateve on the floor:
TO mark out, scratch, or otherwise di n eure or
inJure, any portien Of the school building: to
use tobacco; to use profane or indecent Ian.
tt.aes, Or TO act In any di' orderly manner.
AIfeoce Tour days IN any one month, except on
account OF sickness, subjects tho pupil to dr.
missal- Pupils OF female schools are not al.
billions, &c. The schools shall bs opened at 9
a. NJ, and closed At p. m. The vacations are
evrry saturday; from the 18th Of July until the
frst Monday in September; tho 32d of Febru-
airy: Good Friday and Easter Monday; Fourth
OF July; Thanksgiving day; and Christmas and
New Years days.
Night schools may be opened and continued
for four months, from the middle OF October
The cbool-hohses are to re used for no other
than school-purposes, without the consent Of
tvo-thirds of the board.
After the adoption Of the rules, q resolution
WAS adopted. making it incumbent upon the
t~acher Of the grammar school In the Frat Ds.
trict to assst ut the night rchool Of tho Fourth
die rict-ths latter school being the largest one
In the city. Adjourned.
An OLD HAND AT THE BrsiSEss-Yesterday
afternoon, Mr.. Peter Palmer Of Schenectady,
n. u, was riding in one Of tbs city railroad
cars, and IL " Is 70 crowded that he and many
oihsrs wers Obliged 70 stand. Mr.. Palmer no
ocsd arespeetably dressed old gentleman, who
was cr0wd. next him. and that he had In serted
his hand under his fMY AZ IL