Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-11-26
THE EVENING STAR.
DEFERRED LOCAL ARTICLES.


s~AssI Books az, I.e-tia1ly /" L~s..si.''-Rs es.'t
.e ne Hang efH Tie Thirty. aoiea
rcte,s Epsteal faI; and tf Hsrei.rsiy IN he DARK
Gkost fAe Tro-eent (per d11) td< to boy Pre.ssfs
nv tie r.oe4s-.-.f." ~ a s..i y.-y ,s,,,srIv.-
~ Edii-r: You have published, lately, a de-
scT.ptton OF n building designed % ~ erected rs
public school hoss- In the Sixth Ward. ca
e1hic OF accommodating rome SO pupils At
Grst l could scarcely credit tha .uch design
could be seriously entsrtained, ia view or the
many objections 10 which IL is open.
The third sch; 4ei districts . very large enc.
Rn5 the population much scattered. insfnd OF
CEs. they a.cd many school houses. aad IL d;t-
ferrnt parts ofthe dis met IN. s2o."D wnicn
d "a proposed TO cxpsud on this on building
would furnish mt least six buildings b,:trr
aEspied 10 the Object in view. The proposed
plan would have the effect or d-pri wing those
living In rrrno.e sections Of the benefit OF the
public schools, particularly in the wIntsr
season, when our neglected and nithy streets
are almost impossible. Another objection Is
tie trnd. ncy Co decentralization conc eluent upon
bringing such large masses Of children rogcthar
Al one place. In other cities these large school
Geusee have prov I'd, in rcne unfortunate. cases
e.. housGs, killing, manning, and mangling the
urfor,uBata victims confined within them.
Ert have very iIttle hope OF inducing such
ac;ion on the yart OF thr trustees may look
sol. " 10 thG public interest. My children have
been attending these schools, more or less, for
tha past Ave years, and, am sorry 70 say, with
very little profit TO them.
A: the commencement OF every scholastic
year there las ben = change of books, not asked
for BY the public, nor in their interest. do
not know what influences have effected these
ehsnCes, hut do know that book makers are
g~a.rsliy willing 20 pay for having their books
introduced into schools.
Recently, too, music or singing was intro
tuced ar a regular branch OF study, but
haYs been unable TO learn that u was asked for
1s the public, or by any one but the "pfofes-
sor'' are rs nsr-onai friends. This study il
forced upon the pupils, without regard to their
talent "a ..Ste fer music, and the thirty i've
ventstsx foT the singing book vigorously ~ acted
fTca paT.nts, nci>ns roi,ns. If h-ir chill iren
f-N" So0s' ~oe"s .nd an ear FIR must, their
talents will he sufficiently cultivated 10 enabl-
the par. nts 70 JOY iii- fellC I, Of So ing and
h a. .i:s Il at t4t - annual concertsS upon
Ray rl-ui of the usual f-- Tor admission.
c:iiz' N sending his children to on OF our
pt.ishc SthOcis, Was recently soundiy tsciaF>I
Ter caring TO question the pTOpriety Of this
nlusic Businessf and that in Lang uag- neither
. lady like nor granmati" 81. Taking occasion
TO AK iCr " hat purpose the chiidi en att-n ling
that school we're requested 10 'Iprin two cents
every dey. he wac informed by the SAM lady
teacher that II was for the purpose OF procuring
a tiTis mas present for the other teachers. II
the '1otlrr TEACHERS" adopt the plan We
viii hav. the ssyOu tickle me- amt III ii kie
you adopted as an OBLIGATORY branch Of public
taa hing ~ The public expense. Last year,
Ell told. there Were some OF these 4. surprise
Christmas presents" Eoi up IN th,. caIn:. way
when muffs, furs. and other useful articles
wee handed round with carefully rrh-arsed
-impTompiu speeches and r-plies.
HolCiHg the opinion that TIN, public schools
arr not Intended solely fer the education of
pauprr ch ldrrn, and the support of panprr
TEACHER, but public institutions supported By
the public for the public good, have Yentured
90 call sts p;;On 20 soTnP abuses that Snrm 10 be
growing up because Of the general apathy az
listing IN this community in r'gard 20 It's edu-
eatonai lnteres'F 7.
TIE HnsPITA!-s.-I xoEY Hospital, Eaxk-
avg or. ID. e., Nov. 2, le61.-Edifor Star: Think
i.g that communication from old r. nd r.
I'll. lat Tot be amss. we have taken IN. liberty 10
give yCG i sketch OF our hospital. Emory Hos
r!-al, As you are probably aware, was built for
tra original pUr pose ofquarerS for troops arry-
tnsl washington. and Is &C. u;iItd .rinci,pai-
J. by cavalry and artillery until aisott the nth
o! .iGn' last, whtn ,he buildings wern renova-
I'd ana Converted into bcspi ais. They are
divided mto WARTS OF a:,out equal cal,acity for
teds-e=cli ward bring un,ter tia care OF an
sb!e physician ami SURG on, and ali under tue
1nlH eCiste supervision OF Dr. VIM. Ci-.denna:i,
u. =. Army. 4 lie wards are DIVIDED out ls
follow: Ward A, superintendent by Dr. Geo
y cCoy: " ards IL ana j, Dr CoOmbs; Wards &
AUD l., Dr. tIo1dv in; Il and +, Dir Swami. T.
and par: OF J. Er. Mathis W.; part Of J. ami Il
IL. Z O@ CTS; y ard l., Dr. q; i...r Ia. :, noie
Eumbtr OF Fat ents generally amount 10 a:,out
81 or i,'et, aisd who are well at nded to.
b. re ar but two ward masters at present
e:Ie-tEs general ward-pIas;cr. Mr. Josiah
Cmas, and Thr waTd-mastrr of Ward A.
Nj jnstIcr Asi.inwalI. For Some rr;lso Oh ali
Tic othrF ware masters have been done aHay
with lately. The dutirs of these officers con-
sist an 80 ing that the nursrs and them 1t
trn0 la Their GGitrs; they arr r., pon>iti. for
IRE cleanlinrsS of The wards under their Ciyrs,.
Keep record Of all their patient5. ami See IN =
TIE PERSONAL goods Of all those VINO die are re-
turned u thrIr families, etc. The nIir-es of
each ward average about six. There ar. very
Il " dfdts occur M the hospital, ~ iii,.iI speaks
well Ter nte 50 IN CharE". Every week there
are prCfatdy Fifty or sixty returned L, ,tu;y
end on IN, average about the same num5rr
Gem m The several wards are conf ,rrihIy
h' afeC and furnish q, three lir.s. coal stoyrs
40 each sending forth genial warmth, and
around fhsse the boys gather and discus. the
ia~dlhg topics of tie day, with the gusto of old
1oSirs.
1hevneal hours are, respectively, G, ~ and :.
and al these ho@rs you will find q hungry
crowd D. isg ina Ssh doors Of the q ling ri, an,
u has very much the appearance of YOUR hui.
i%un, on The news of ..snother vIctofy:''-and
an OLD G1tnn feralds forth thn VIZ lone notes
Oh "grub rt ady-waIk in The ..rood Times
CT ans life that fitttfu on here cous,s, of
eoifse and bread for hreskfas:, salt Junk and
Po'a'oes Tor dluner, and bread and tea for
thr Wilderness. - IN
Ano'Etr feature Of our hospital life, and by
Ia The pleasantpst-iS the Kindness and genpr-
osity OF our visiting friends-especially the
Ibofs; you VIII see them fitting about like
angels of mercy, with their baskets of deli
cacles. and with q smile ard a kind word TO all
anG mile lights up the face of some d or
sun, rcrs and blessing is called down on the
mead OF the donor when one of these mi mi .tering
anstls approach his bed with the question:
Nv III you nave some Of this. my dear frsen1,''
othrr kind-hearJed Inquiries
Never viii the soifirrs of the Union who
nave hecE laid sick beds in Washin-tSn
iOrssl the ladies OF this place while they hive.
Typo.
PoITCE EFP6RTs-Secoad Pr,riac!-SsrnueI
DefaEen, cunning on sunday; fined a. Ch1s
krhase, Alfonso Swan, Butler G oldsmith, do
90 oh"r!cs Bowen, -. aling a baton: dis
missed h Trunl, drunk and disorderly; do
~n Cammeil. drunk. do.
7Atrd ITscircf-t has. Psskpr, gambling on
SSrhay: lined S5.ti. John Hamilton do: io
X Darnrr, nuisence: dismissed. III. Nelson.
lar enY: DO. l.. q. smith, selling On Sunday:
hE.u s2.14. John Brooks, disorderIy; fiucd
S5if Jenny Eliett, do; workhouse FIIrn
torhcI. drunk: do. George Mahornay d;sor
a. y nn'd S2i4. Elsey Curtis, do: do. ].
b lndley, drunk dismissed
iStr-k FTtctact.-MarY T.. Brooks. larceny.
~ Nc Alister, riding on pavement, fined
80. y Parker. do; do. Nancy Mc(Suire
ltoTG'Ily; fined s.. Mary Handley do. do
Sfth LunsioTd. do; do, and all workousn
ssiztb i'reciacs.-M. II. HoIInes fraudinp dis
missed Peter Ross, Ii. Ross, pitching cents:
Lned SIS each. W. NJ. Brown. do; fined s 30.
i'arsey Harris. do; fined Si5G T. Atchi on
csorderly; fined 81. s. Robinson, larceny Jail
mr. n