The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-06-13

The written examinations OF the intermediate
schools were 10 progress Yesterday, and there
were but few absentees noted. The following
were the question. the answers OF which the
Spelling Book-what ii speilinEi when are
" and y consonAntst Give examples. What
o,. ds,.ph EnsT g What name. do
prefix and afix, and give word having both.
the name and use OF the marks In the paren-
lowing sbbreviations used Et., Ed, /. O.,
'S ass6gsispiy-who have an equal length Of
and and We Wssiefn HemI.phsIs.i dive the iesson
for its adoption. When 10 the rainy season In
the West Indiesi Mention the seas In and
around Asia. From what d latitude and longl.
which are the ave Great Powers OF Europe
Bound New York, and give i've OF Its more
important cities.
Ing numbers. What 10 the quotientt How
does q prime differ from q composite number |
Find the least common multiple and greatest
common diyi.or Of ., SO, % ga and s as2; Upon ,n
the analysis Of nine-eleyenths. From the sum
Of one-third, plus three and q NTH, plus seven
fourths Of sixteen twenty-eights, take three.
three-sevenths Of eighteen, multiplied BY three
aud one.seventh. Mr.. p. bought 10 hundred
weight OF iron, at t7.2t cwt., lour-nfths OF
which he paid IN sugar At es,as ewt', and
drammar-How many ways OF distinguish.
Ing sext Dive an example OF each. What
parts OF speech admit Of oomparlson1 Com
pare old, equal. rough and unlucky. Give tho
classification OF verbs, both according to form
and In regard to objects. Verbs have what
sss%pie. what !. nesr seG "erb Essspie
Define a sentence. Write one. Correct and
parse the following sentence; my brothers.
dog done the trick nicely"
EXAMINATION OF THE CoLoRsD SCHOOLS
CONTINUED the superinte ndent, A.
Z. Newton, esq, and Mr.. ]. NJ. Langston, col
ored, general Inspector, visited the primary
streets, Island.l which is taught BY Miss q.
wilmington. There are forty:hve pupils con-
nected with this school, OF which forty-three
in Primers and Second Readers, and In the Iu.
diments OF arithmetic and geography. The
pupils acquitted themselves very satisfactorily
S hs and sss
the school building Is u poor and inoonyenient
The examiners then visited, very briefly, the
street, near NJ south. Here are four schools,
Johnston, Jamison, and Trnmbull, Anx under
report that they found these schools In a bad
sondition In many or all Of Its branches, there
being some one hundred and forty pupils 81
unwsrds but for the want OF competent teach.
ers, &C., they were making very slow progress
In their studies.
The Potomac NAVIGATION CoMrAsY.-Mr
Patterson, OF New Hampshire, introduced In
the Senate yesterday, a bill (Which was re-
ferred to the District Committee) to ineorpo-
rate the Potomac Navigation Company
Messrs. Richard WallAch, Alex. II. Shepherd,
s, p. Brown, Geo, s, Gideon, John X, ElvAns
and others, are named a. incorPoratoIs, WIN WIN
Potomac river, In the District OF Columbia,
between Easby's wharf and the southern ter
minus OF the sea wall enclosing the groundi
the Georgetown channel. Capital stock 70 Be
"a 0o0, 900, with privilege OF Increasing IT V
Si0, ooo, 900, In shares Of 900 each. The eill
| er OF the House, few days since, IS stated
In the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, at the time.l