Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-04-23


e' cry effort to save the artillery. While |
endesvUring TO get The Chicago Mercantile
Battery eff safely he was severely wounded
in the leg. Captain Cyrus f d ckey, his
! adjnian', VAS instantly killed Our loss
is Ia ge. probably 2 600 The Mercantile
Battery Ioet al its guns. Ciptoin Whie
IS a prisoner
Lieut. Throop and Mob de were killed
while The 4lh division was falling back in
DISC dr.. The ) division, nnmheriIg on
ly 1890 men. car1e up and was mnedj
attly routed Finally, the l9h army
corps, with 600 men. came rp, formed
in line. checked theenemy, and held them
IN check until We got all the trains eff ex.
cept the cavsl y The whole army is fall
ing back in disorder, where it must wait
! ther toward, Shreveport.
LATER from the fight al Grand Ecore, makes
the number of.prisoners taken at the close by
Smiths rei.Gvrcemenis, 2C00 and l6 guns.
| OuE UXIoS ScnooLs perhaps from modes
ty, or carelessness, or both, we have not given
oGr schools The prominent and frequent atten.
tion to which their merits entile them. We
have thought, that this inattention might be
miscons,rued, and thai the conclusion might
be drawn from it that We we're not deeply i'm
pressed with their superiority aud excellence
| We, therefore, wish to give uneqnivical testi-
mony to the fact, that If there is one institution
connected with our village of paramount inter-
es', ard which appeals more strongly to our 10
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| thoroughness OF our school syste n, and the in.
6uence which that system is exertng in mould
| ing the characters Of our children and youth.
We may po.nt 10 the schools Of the place and
diIec, the uttention of the visitor or stranger
seeking for a location, to this important feature.
We do it too, without any misgvirgs or reser-
vat iions, for we feel thai they are not whit be-
! hind the best in the land. Thanks. 10 tho abi-
! ity, energy and interest OF tie Board Of Educa
tion, The machinery Of The system has been
reduced to q state OF great perfection and har.
mopy. We have superintendent, from that
sectinn, to which schools matters are irdiguious,
aud their fitness matter Of intuition. Mr. w aite
enjoys new adaptation to his VOCATION the
best evidences Of which is gathered from the
quiet steady success Of the schools, and deport-
ment of The schools While be has the respect
and Difference ofthe scholar regularity and order
follow without the seeking or show Of authori-
! ty. Possessing also the confidence and appro-
baton Of parents. the elements Of success are
apparent.
The corps Of teachers re The hest that the
jrdcious foresight aud energy of he board
have been able to secure, ard 10 competence
aud generous cooperation with the superintend
ent, are the community mainly indebted for the
star ding AID licietcy Of The schools.
Parents ard guardians either at home or
abroad can fnd 10 more thorough and econ.
omicai means Of education, than may be here
eLioyed
We give below the recent annual repor; OF
the super intendent, omitiing however the pre-
/ ambe, and tables which we bad not show for.
SECOND PRIMARY DEPARTMENT.
Tie seco, ytar Of this school has just closed
In my Report o. last year | said that this De-
partmcnt had It's origin in the overcrowded
con1iion OF the Primary scLoOl-room If two
crowded scboolroems are Letter than one we
| have found remedy for the evil we sought to
oh bviaiei ifnot oar condition is at present doub'
| ly worse" This Department has been under
the care Of Miss Emily Ensign during the two
years that il has been in operation. Miss 4 is
deseryiugof much credit. for patient and per-
severing eforls for The good of her pupils as
well as for services rendered ia other Depirt
menis TheEaveroge daily attendance upon
this school lor the year is 80 aud The dinep.
sioOs of the schoolroom l2a by l9a feet.
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT.
Miss Susan NJ. Wilder has continued IL
charge Of this Department during the past wear
ard, IN spite of the Disadvantages attendant 10.
on o:ererowded. ill.yentilated school rooms has
won for herself an ehviabIe position In our
corps OF teachers. The great desideratum il
connection with this Department, a spsciou,
aDd commodious school room, is yet to be sup
piled. The average daily attendance upou tbi
school for the year is 40 and the dimensions 0
the school room ia by 20 feet
SECOND INTERMEDIATE DEPARraEsT.
This Department still maintains a position
second 10 nope Of the others. lis success is
Daiural result Of the hearty sympathy whcl
exists between the teacher and scholars and 0
patient endeasor. ou tine part OF ihe ieacher--
1 The average daily attendance upon this schoo
for the year is 70. So latgs an attendance ha
lof course repaired Of the teacher corresponding
labor The scholars In this Department al,
arraDged In fur classes and are instructed il
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