The Cecil Whig., 1865-11-04
ColaI affairs.
TIE LECTURE ON Public INsrRUo-


House, on Monday evening last, on that sub.
ject. F. A. Ellis, Esq, President of the
Board of School Commissioners for this
| county, opened the meeting by giving an ac-
count of the county school fund, with other,
matters of local interest, in regard to the
county system of Public Schools, &C., &C.
Several school districts have built school
houses by private enterprise, aided by a
! small donation from the school fund of the
county,-the School Commissioners having
in their hands but little to appropriate for
that object. Elkton district has fallen be-
hind in this matter Of private enterprise, for
school purposes, not having contributed one
cent to the cause of education.
We would like to give synopsis of the
| Superintendent lecture, which occupied an
hour and quarter, but our space will not
permit. 1t was, however, one of the most
| interesting on the subject that we have ever
had the pleasure of hearing. Mr.. Van Box
klein considers the present school law of the
State one of the very best systems in the
country, and must result in advancing the
cause of public education, rapidly, if an in
terest is taken in the matter by the people.
commensurate to the great and overshadow-
ing importance of the subject.
The school tax, however, is not sufficient
to build schoohouses, and that important
part Of the machinery of public education
must be supplied by the people by contribu-
tons, or as the reverend gentleman suggest
ed, bp raising schoolhouse fund, as the la
dies Of congregation raise funds to build
churches-by fair. The lecturer argued,
and very reasonably too, that if one congre.
CATION, unassisted by others, could hold
fair and collect money sufficient to build a
church, that the ladies without regard to de.
nomination could easily raise, by such means
sufficient to build schoolhouses. for, contin-
ued the lecturer, first seek to have good
schoolhouscs and public schools and all else
will follow; thrift, enterprise. wealth, moral
lty all belong to an educated community
AT the close of Mr.. Van Bokkelen's re.
marks, James 7. Mccullough, Esq, Presi-
dent of the meeting, was invited to speak.
but he declined in favor of James McCauley,
Esq, Secretary of the meeting, who respond
ed to the invitation. In the course of the
latter gentlemens remarks, he compared
property to stream passing through the
lands of many propreors. belonging, ex-
clusvey to no one, but all having an inter.
est in it. So property does not belong solely
to the present owners, but the coming gen
eratons have right in all property, which
right takes effect at its birth. The rising
generation claims from the preceding one
food, raiment, and education.
The occasion was quite an interesting one
to the friends of education. and we hope the
suggestion by the State Superintendent of
the holding Of fairs and festivals by the la.
dies for the purposes Of education will not
be forgotten but acted Upon and rs Elkton
has done nothing for school purposes in Il
private way let the first fair be held here
The Public School building very much needs
extension, not being sufficiently large to &C.
commodate the pupils.
ARREST OF AN EsCArED PRISONER.
Sheriff Price, assisted by Mr.. James Den
ny, arrested in Blackbird Forest. Delaware.
on Tuesday night last, and brought back to
Jail, one Of the parties Ia colored man. nam.
ed James Owens,) who escaped from Jail
along with James Davis, convicted at last
February term of Court, Of stealing L. Now.
lands hogs, who resides on Bohemia Manor.
in this county. There were three persons
arrested for the larceny of the gs,-James
Davis, white, and two colored men. One of
the latter was convicted and sentenced to
the pententiary. The other coored man.
Owens, who escaped with Davis, was held
for trial. The sheriff and his posse of one
would have captured Davis also, but the lat
ter was warned by friend of the approach
of the officers, and made his escape. Owens
showed fight by attacking the sheriff as soon
as he entered the house. He was thrown
and tied, however, after short scuffle A
white man, of herculean proportions whom
the negro accuses of assisting to steal the
hogs was at the house of the negro, and got
into fight with the sheriff, but was soon
''settled' by that officer and his assistant.
The evidence against this party was not suf-
fcient to dctan him on and he was released.
Great praise is due sheriff Price, for the fear
less manner in which he pursues and takes
into custody outlaws.
DEATH OF JUDGE STUMp.-Intelli-
gence reached this city last night to the ef
feet that the Hon. Henry Stump, formerly
Judge of the Criminal Court in this city,
died suddenly at the residence of his brother
in Cecil county, yesterday afternoon. The
deceased was the first Judge of the Criminal
Court elected under the altered State Con-