Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1866-02-07
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buildine yesterday afternoon, a three o'clock.
Mayor wallaeh was present and welcomed the
yisitorn 70 our city. i'D 90 Hi .yIa1f 1. -
ar. Northrop responded, expressing, on behalf |
s,sa .iissuess q their frisnd. q the Distris, o.
The ss.re,.s. were opened With prayer By Tn.
Rsx -Dr. ersy, o. the street b.pas. ohureh;
session IN Harrisburg, Pa, are .. ,. northrup, Of
Msss., president and Rev. L.Vsn Bokelsh' Of
Ma, sssfstary. ..l.t
their names. under the restrictions Of the eonsti
tuition and ~ laws, were enrolled a. members Of
the association;
o. J. EorshIep, ss.e. q TIE Board @ Bdgca;
a Public Instructioa, Pa. L. Van Bokkelin, do,
M. !, o. Hsrsford, do, Mich d. p De Wolf, do,
Ohio; J. A. Nichols. do, N. Y. =. A. Hubbard,
dos Mas. Ass%. DO, W e p 9; e. j r:,as,
Henry, Smithsonian Isstitutton Rev v. A. Fisk,
Capt. q. y. Needham, and Rev. A. T. Newton,
superiutsndents Of FREEDMEN Schools In the Dis
trict Of Columbia; Rev. @. N. Blake, Pa Rev. |
n n. Gray, D. D., Chaplain United statss SEN
ate; Duane Doty, Michigan.
on motion 81 Hon 4 4 white, ofeehio, the
following members Of the eonysntion were APP
Il The signatures Of all supsrintepdsnts through
outths country,a memorial 70 Congress for the
es,abiishmsnt o. . National Bureau Of Edues-
tiou, u. Rev. L, ysa sckt,les. o. hsryiasd
n.
Hon, n n white, Of OHIO. ..
Mr. Coburn and Mr. Van Bokkelen were APP
pointed, also, % . committee to prepare oon-
stitution and BY laws for the association, and 10
esSreseond with state superintendents on mat
ters pertaining 10 the interests Of the assooiaton
TAs Dom ittee On Organization were ordered 10
i6slads Alt city as we'll rs State superintendenss
in the equalization.
Letter. were then resa, one from Edward Bal
lard, supsriutendent Of Schools In Maine and
smother from WIN. R. Douglass, superintendent
Of Public Instruction in the city Of Matches,
Mas resrettiug their inability 10 be present,
and expressing o deep interest I'm the cause.
In connection with the reading Of these letters
Mr.. Northrop.remarked that macy letters from
the soath hsa been Ieeeiyed, expressing an Ia
forest IN this enterprise, and that one gentleman
in particular writes that he was believer In
slavery, and fought for It that the cause in
which he srbarked was . failure, and that the
ouly hone for the South now, and the country at
large, was . thorough system o. general edaes-
tios.' eaI-Iat 20 - .T....f -. "' q"
Mr.. Coburn. from the committee for that pur.
pose, reported constitution and by laws for the
adopted.
Nj. Cohurn also read paper showing the I'm
portanse Of school statistics, and offered the fol.
lowing resolutions, which were adopted:
]. Resolred, That the importance Of the edu-
eational interests Of the country demapds that
there be prepared accurate Statistical tables en-
braeinE clear, comprehensive statement OF the
whole educational msohinery Of the nation
L.
formity in regard to the items to be embraced In
educatlonal reports, the manner Of collecting the
facts and the basis upon which the estimates are
made, such tables cannot be made.
s. ResoIvsd, That, to secure this uniformity,
there should be connected with the Department
Of the Interior an educational bureau, whose
duty IL shall be to prepare blank. sud fOrms for
the annual state reports to be made to the super
futsndeut Of such bureau, with proper and suit
able Instructions, receive said annual reports
from the superintendent Of public Instruction Of
the several States, and form statistical tables,
which shall embody so mueh Of said reports as
he shall deem advisable to present to the public.
The president announced there was present an
eminent iahorer In the cause Of public education.
He took the liberty OF announcing the name Of
gsn.iue Minister to the United states; AND the
distNnauishea sehu s ~ wa, uouaue'eo W 'no
ssEe sna mr. .s.,,a5 ~. - ,un.,s.,,
IN Iesponse ~. ~ ps,ssn . ,y .aaa ~
~. az - 1870. bi,essIf IN M prsnoh
haa peen esneu W eNPie n,,, M nra,
win when ne was more Iam,isr, ne .nsnset I
tne assoe hs ,Ss ,So t.hot.p in ~ Az
of sspsp. LED education n the South American Re
ne anuaeo 70 ms oNn nan, ~. .h't J., ~
had modenea ,hen eons' u nna pu1n9 Jaw
snsr .noss Q, tne uia .,nnt,x nv
the friend Of TIT. country, and in honor Of on
lamen'ed islen leader MI hsI W. MeSs 'a'o =, %
emn mousnns W Is.no'n ~, nSu M All c,,x ,Ss
soW nv hauiS " 80 fo--.-s. - 81 -
should tneteayet IN 'nen oouuuy W iouaooo
HIS remhks tnoueh IN prosen hnsnn, W.,
uttered WIN unausa ssu my aaa nss,,nn
emouon sno ue1 - ~, 49,,
arSusn nnsrstian I in Chi in BSenos Xyre,
pIsese1 SP1ia'i'n IN N"''' ~ D1'A'' NJ
ana o. yonn .t,,o. ,-.-. .u,.,u,oa 4,
me iohowins eVmn,eo VIZ aPP ~ ~ '
prepares PIosIams y, P,ooDoo,ssn w 'ue -
soeiaton: Proi. y. hosioru, y. f. pe"oi'
ONO, ana =. a huppaia, Vi mas
On motion OF mt honr' " vmn, eI NJ
mtttee OF thIee, eonsng Oh MI. Aa mi
Northrop,and mr.. OopuIn, was hppointea 70 Pr
pare seneme lor eA'nseins ana ~ ~ y
Sasnes, ana report .no se " w SUI, III
The convention then adjourned 70 meet thi
morning, al nine CLOCK
The ALEXANDRIA RI0TERs.-l esterda
Samuel N Chipley, for defence, testified that h
saw difnculty on the corner Of King and Alfre
strs.t, about half past one o 'clock on Chris,ma
day' Witness was at the corner Of King an,
Patrick streets, and when he reached the spo
the ditacuity was over. He hvard no pistol
fred, and made NO remark 10 relation to KILN
Robert Coilngsworth testinsd that he was Q
the corner Oh hing anu Aniea ss.ee. , V %nt ~
one ana Two soes, "n nI.sa $780, n. 90, ,hs,,
disturpsS ~ hAa taA s api,h ~ $3.50 ssnS h.
ulipert slmps9n wa' WIN 'n' '''"o' AAu A~
on plaek cIotnins. Wa. m, l., ,ha on,
tns '1 %f auS " 10 a., VIII wha ssSs
the Commission, from WIN, ar - 90,
req, 70 lnstues sne .s,o,ast. thsm or snbis,
lions whion wou Ts rn.rt $1,000 hs, the ~,
them 70 Mres. nv ~ 49, SS,asa, 80, ar
ness snail exeroise u" wv LUZ an.itsS ~
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