Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-06-30

dressed and were very orderly in Their ~
havior. In reading, spelling and ayitAraeties
(mental and written,) the examination wa6
good and the dictation was remarkably good
The singing was very good, and the exercises
generally called forth the compliments Of those
present. 3 --s. 8
Primary No. Q, (Female,l Third District,
taught by Miss Mary A. Hill, in the old market
house building, AZ the corner Of Cd and south n
streets, Capitol HILL in the absence of MI. Fee
snson- was examined by Mr.. +. ID. Stuart, fora
merly OF the trustees. There were dfty nine
Scholars present, the sixtieth being absent ON
SsSSoont of an affiction Of family, and the uni.
I'm SIZE Of the children, whose average age ia
au4". ,., elgnt years, was remarked. The reading
ain.se ,n" speMins ss exercises was good In all The
s; aSss SnHe IN the dictation exercises, arith~
ie.i., usnni,ens, IONS, rules for use of capitals and
p.ncIuatioi, tne scholars appeared to be as far
has been teacher in the sehools ~ ,n - S;st-;s$
for the past four years, and wear this schncS
was mixed one, but at The besinnins OF thS
year It was divided, the male poston being
turned over TO Miss Wheatley. There Ara az
present not over a dozen of last years scnoSarS
in the school, and many of those now in ne
have been in the schooi~ There are about forty
applications for admission here. We had Of.
most forgot to mention that in some instances
the teachers and trustees got cheated this year,
scme Of the little scholars who yesterday did
so We'll having by some nlears got into tho
school before they Were Of the required age.
Ofe feature III this examination was that among
the spectators were number Of children from
sons behave better.
This ends the examination 'of the primary
schools in this district. and il is but ust 70 say
that they are all weil up to the standard.
roo% ON ih N0 o0r Inrd DS in
Building, by Miss J. A. Ramsey, was examined
by Mr.. HitZ- This school is a first class male
secondary, and has on its rolls 81 nance, -
scholars were present, order excellent. The
scholars We're examined in geography, mentaI
and written arithmetic. grammar in class, &C.,
and acquitted themselves creditabiy, especially
the nrSt class written arithmetic
second class in mental. The reading and
spelling of the first class was exceedingly good.
Secondary No. Q, Third District in the same
building as No. ,, was examined by Mr.. stuart,
and although the scholars are not as far ad-
vanced as those in some of the secondary
schools yet the examination was q very fair
one. The reading of the first class was very
good, spelling and arithmetic (mental and
written) fair. The reading of the second class
was first rate, spelling passable and arithmetic
very good. The boys are well advanced in
punctuation and rules for capitals, and their
dictation exercises showed well During tha
year this school has had three teachers, Miss
Williams, now in charge OF male Intermediate
having had charge of it the most of the year.
Miss Alberta Bright, now acting teacher Of
Miss Josephine Bird, Of primary No was
transferred to it. There are SIS scholars on tne
roll, so Of whom were present.
Female Grammar School. Fourth District,
Mrs. Amidon, teacher, was examined Wednes-
day by Messrs. Holmead, Murtagh, Ellis.
Trustees. assisted by MI z. Richards, conduc-
tor of the Teachers Institute, Prof Daniel.
musical instructor and Mr.. e. Thompson.
principal of the Male Grammar School. Thurs
day, July 9th, was the time fixed for the eI.
animation of this school, but owing to the fall.
ing health of Mrs. A, her school was examined
in place Of the male intermediate, Miss NJ. A.
Lee, the examination Of which will take place
on Saturday, commencing at 2 O'CLOCK. fof'y-
three (all) pupils were present.
Among the large number Of visitors were
Rev Mr. Hamilton, of Ryland Chapel, Rev.
MI Smith Of ,h the PTssSyteo,a SpIeS AZ
dermen Lloyd and Noyes, of the TN ward, Ors
Allen, T. X. Gray, Mr.. A. Hyde, OF Georse-
town, and also numerous representatives oIaAo
Although the regretted state Of health oftms
excellent teacher (Mrs. Amidon) renderea neg
her her pupils that has. been her wont, yet ssSnss
persisted despi!s hfs elyis peysiisa N to tss eae
alxinh and thus W hey show mo apparent falnhe s3
from their usual high standing and as OH last
year, they are so nearly uniformly COCA az tp
classes in arithmetic, rhetoric, and music
ELECTED however, very marked appreciation.
The singing Of 'The Bridge of Sighs' by Misses
ton, and Clara and Emma Thomas, would
have done credit to professional singers. Orig
inal contributions as follows received very
Grave Yard, Miss Emma Thomas; Industry,
Miss Matte Gray: Politeness, Miss Rachex
Miss Isabel Peyton; 1ntemperance, composed
by Alice Milburn, read by Amanda Thompson;
Washing Day, "a dialogue) Laura Wells and
wzte Tsas sisss Ss sxsm,nas,on, sasrssses
Chapel, T. Z. Lloyd, Esq, President Of tho
Board of Aldermen, Mr.. E Richards, conductor
of the Teachers Institute, Mr.. Hyde, Of George
town College, the examining trustees and
others.
Male Secondary, No 6, Fourth District, Miss
Hattie Magee teacher, was examined by Mr..
Ellis, assisted by Mr.. j. f. Thompson. This
school has fifty-three pupils on the roll, ffty-
two Of whom were present. The exercises
consisted in part Of photography, spelling,
reading, notation, mental and written arith-
metic, dctation, geography, &c. The mental
arithmetic and written do. was first class; die
tation and other exercises meritorious; reading
of first class admirable order exceedingly good.
The room, one of the corporation shed edifiees,
was made cheerful as possible, trimmed
tastefully with flags, evergreens, flowers, xc,
This school ranks high of its class, and tie fn..
the number of visitors present. Tnis is onlv
the second year of Miss Magee as a teacher,
and she shows all the requisites for most sue
cessful one. About t~ enty Of the boys Will be-
transferred to ..sner grade of school at the
commencen"Snt of the next term.
Male Intermediate, Fourth District, Miss
Geneva A. Reed teacher. This school was ex -
amined by Messrs. Holmead and Murtapghs
sthirty six pupils present. The classes were in
| mar very good, and in reading and spelling
good. The attendance OF parents and others
showed proper interest in the success Of tho
school. Miss Reed is one of or most promise
ing young teachers.
Y. S. Decentralization is called 70 tpe
announcement elsewhere by the u. s. AssessoE
for this District, p NJ. Pearson, Esq, concern :.
ing appeals from the assessments of the
Assistant Assessors, and also in reference TO
licenses and to extra tax Of 25 per cent upon
those not making assessment returns within
ten days
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CROPS IN VIRGINIA.--The Richmond Re-
publican, in an article on the agricultural con -
dition of the country on James river below
Richmond, says: At Curtis Neck, Taylor's and
Turkey Island, the plantations just below
| Graveyard Bend, where formerly there were
ten thousand acres of wheat and corn, there ia