The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-06-29

Second District-The Male Grammar school
OF this district, In charge Of MT Hunt, was ex.
amlncd on Friday afternoon In the presence OF
| very large number Of persons, including
many OF the teachers, Mt the Bcrrett school.
house, Sixth street and New York avenue.
,.nSo were ptesen. mes'rs Wilson, Croggon,
trusteest 3. y. Thompson, John E. Thompson
and Mr.. Mirick, Of the Male Grammar schools,
Major }. q. Jewell, MI. 3. X. Bond, ex-Coun.
Gilman CLARK, W. Q. Lipscomb, and others,
The examination was commenced about 1
o'clock, and was conducted principally by Mr..
J.: 7. Thompson and Mr.. Wilson, and eontin.
reading, geography and grammar. Several
pieces were spoken BY the scholars, as follows
Speech Of Cataline before the Roman Senate,
IN opposition to the Declaration Of fndepen.
denoe, by Frank Newton, Mr. Adams reply 70
the above-named, Frank Hobbs, "UnIon and
aFaii Of Poisiid,S Albert Wise, a b, sn "
Ambition Theo. J. King. These boys ali
the opinion OF many, the last named was the
best speaker-this portion Of the exercises
showing that defamation 10 one Of the fea.
lures Of this school. The school now numbers
In arithmetic the examination was very hne,
and the reading was also good, In some In.
year q gentleman having offered a prize OF a
gold medal to tho best pupil in arithmetic
tmental and wrttten,l some timo was spent
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claim to the medal rested between A. wise
and T. J. King. The first named stated that
he would not receive the medal unless the lat
yer received one, and MT. woodward, q the
conclusion of the exercises Mr. Wilson ad.
dressed the assemblsge congratulating the pu.
Biiss on the Improvement they had made They
| and elocution no doubt was as satisfactory to
the audience as to himself He had not OK.
peetcd to lind the pupil. well advanced IN gram.
school we'll up in that study. Mr.. Rhees fol.
lowed, abiding to the fact that there had not
been one case q punishment during the year,
the trustees. Mr.. Woodward remarked that
there was no school In the District more or.
DERBY, and he bore testimony to the faithful.
Secondary No. 0, (female,) was examined on
Thursday morning, by Mr.. Fox, In the school
room on T street, near seventh, which was
handsomely decorated for the occasion, and
the friends Of the school and pupils were well
pleased with the result. The number on the
roll is forty.one, OF whom but one was absent
| and they were In two classes, each passing a
very creditable examination, and every one
being on their best behavior. AT the close, Mr.
Fox made some appropriate remarks compli.
Qualification at the progress made.
Third Dlstrict-Oho OF the most satisfactory
school examinations that has taken place this
Female intermediate No. 1, OF the Third dis
triet, yesterday afternoon, at Wallaeh build
Ing.
Edward Clark, ex-trustee, wero present, the
hfst;namcd Officiating As principal conductor
Of the examination. Forty-six scholars, the
ranging In ages from 10 to is years, and each
one was attired In white illusion, trimmed
with ribbons and flowers.
gramme; Song, aTeil not Of Bowers." " Second pU
class-Mental arithmetic and photography
song, "Thc Snow.n First class Practica
and P5ssSnS I, .2 zGT
logues. First class photography, mental
srithmetic, and geography; song, "The Eagle
SSSns slInsi S and seoSf.pny; song
dialogue. Second class = Grammari song
Take Me Home,n and at the close the dialogu,
Of "Sir Peter and Lady Tcszle,n the parts be
two. young misses. In all the departments Of
study the scholars exhibited = high degree OIL
proficiency but more especially In grammar
and geography. A solo was sung before tn,
close by Hiss Annie Cox, q little girl OF petit,
stature, about ten years Of age, assisted By
Misses Alice Williams, Delphia Jenkins, Bell
Kelsey, and Maggie Bean, For her age, Mis-
Cox has n most remarkably rich and sweet
voice, the cultivation OF which has already
been far advanced.
were made by DR.. Walsh and Alderman Gu
lick, both Of whom expressed unqualified sat
isfaction at the manner In which the younl
complimented Miss Thompson for her yea
!. and efficiency as a teacher. Both gentlemen
! said that while they had been much gratife
ticular case they could not refrain from say
ing that 1t far exceeded any Of Its grad
which they had ever witnessed. Professo
Daniel was present, to whom 10 due the higl
character OF vocal cultivation manifested b,
the scholars. Bouquets were distributed al
the visitors passed out, and then Miss Thomp
son bade each scholar farewell with an aifec
tionatc kiss,
In the forenoon, Secondary sch ools Nos.
and 3, with Miss Lusby aud Miss Morphy a
Ing, by Mr.. W. T. johnson, trustee. At tn,
lrst, hfty-seven scholars were present, and a
tho second, hfty-hve. The clauses were ex
ing, geography, arithmetic, and singing, ant
from those who were present we learn tina
the scholars were well up to the mark. Tn
. OF the children Indicated that the teachers ha,
not given their attention solely to the menta
culture Of their little charges.
POLICE MATrERs.--o1lcer McDermott, O
the Second precinct, arranged Henry Wheele
and Andrew chatham, both colored, befor
Justice Thompson for profanity and maxim
, tho first offence, and held In security to kee
Conrad Rasner, grocer, was arrested In tn
Fourth precinct, by Officer Greer, for scllin
liquor without a proper license, for which h
, was fined f20.6b by Justice Mofsell
] Sanitary Omcer johnson arrested Henr
, Eliza Redmond. Justice CLARK committed hi
for court.
Bridget ORiley, shopkcepsr, in the Eigh,
, Tor selling without u license. She was relieve
of $40 by Justice Lynch.
The same Justice lined Levi Fowler and Jas
johnson, both colored, sl.25 each for contemp
, Sanitary Oaicer Fairchild took J. Psxsoi
/ before the same justice, and he was hned a
for indecent exposure OF his person.
, About lO;3O O'Clock, SATURDAY. night. n
{ the Northern Liberty market, Robert Lane,
notorious colored man, approached Charlie
G9iSTaG az grabbed
currency, and made or with It at a rapid rate
Washington pursued the accused for some din
anos when h ne wheeled s nMos struck Washing
Sixth precinct, who is always on the alert
Enabled" him and took HIM to the Third war
y Taef oo hS had Sm before JSs
, berry and committed him to Jail to answer tn
charge at court
, cinct, by Officer Skelly, aud was fined ~ by tn
same Justice, for running his wagon withou
, n license.
Peter Purdy, colored, before Justice Harper
who fined him % for violating corporation
Joseph Anderson and VIM. Mcfarland wer
violating a corporation law, the hrst.nAme
for making an excavation in a street, and til
latter for obstrueting street. They wer
onleer Fairchild, OF the sane force, arreste
Eliza Watson, colored, for creating a nuisance
for which she was aned " by Justice Lynch
Thomas Greer. was arrested In the Seventh
, precinct, by Oflcer Hollihberger. Justice HaI
per held him for hearing.
, Ofeer Borden, OF the Fourth precinct, al
rested Mary Curren,. aged 10 years, for va
graDcy, and Justice Morsell committed her Il
the workhouse.