The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-02-01


be called into the field Sheridan could handle them with the
of division Should Grant be President would not
be difficult to oresee who would be put the head of the
armies.
General Hancock out of regard for the feelings of the
rebels in New Orleans has decided not to his uniform
in that city, and for this decision he commended by the
Washington organ of the President acting wisely in
irritating the feelings of the rebel Louisianians. Having
changed his principles to suit the rebels why not also change
his coat?
A. T. Stewart if offered it. will not decline the nomination
for VcePresdent the ticket with Grant, the candidate
of the no-patform party
General Sckles made hit few days ago, at the New
England dinner in New York. when he suggested that
Government should surrender the Alabama claims to Great
Britain provided the latter would leave Ireland the Irish
=" which case said the General our Hibernan friends
would get the offices of the Emerald Isle for themselves and
leave New York city under the partial control of its
native people"
The emigration statistics of the year show the arrival of
emigrants at the port of New York The largest
number is from Germany-117 sol; next in numbers
Ireland with IS 1884, and England with 1912. Of semi
barbarous countries Japan has furnished the port with
China II; Turkey s. the East Indies and Africa to
add to the variety of the and increase the complication
of social problems.
In the city of New York there are ninety-nine public
school buildings, in which taught during the year
1867, 1S8643 pupils in the regular sessions making
average of 1885 scholars to each school, In the city of
Brooklyn forty separate edces occupied for public
school purposes In these schools 46413 children
enrolled during the year 1857 the average attendance being
As of this number about 81 00 being average
of 525 to each school,
In Wisconsin, the whole number of private schools in 1867
1885, of pupils in hem Is 403; of teachers ST. The
number of academies number of students attending them
1885, cash value of the land and buildings $32 800 The
number of colleges reported members of faculties, 5S
graduates during the year, 69 students in attendance in
acres land owned by the institutions 34 cash
of lands $S7909 of buildings 1916 800 of endow
ment funds except real estate 9049 amount of income
from buttons, $71 1856; from other sources, $3S2S7
TheSuperntenden estimates that there 2 900 persons
six and under years of age Wisconsin who
have attended school the past year, that 10000 of these
by law provide food and clothing for his children it is
urged that he may justly be required by law to feed the
mind the body TheSuperntendent distinguishes between
requiring the attendance of children at school and requiring
for every child good education He favors the latter
requirement by law since it leaves the parents the power
obtain education for their children where and how they
please and the subject of compulsory education
from the battlefield of secs and parties and nnges upon
the rights of no individual.
We learn from the report of MajorGenera Wilson,
specng the government survey for ship canal between
Lake Michigan and the Mississippi that after careful surveys
of the different which have been proposed for canal
and river improvement adapted to naval and commercial
purposes with capacity to pass river steamers of one thou
sand uns BURDEN route be compared with that by the
Illinois and Michigan canal He recommends, therefore
that the present channel from Chicago to the head of Lake
Joliet with the exception of section of eleven miles, where
it will be cheaper to excavate channel be wldened
and deepened that from Lake Joliet Marsees the route
should follow the bed of the river the necessary depth to be
secured by locks and dams that canal be excayated
round the Grand Rapids of the Illinois, from point
below Ottawa that from Ottawa the mouth of the Illinois
river the necessary depth of water should be secured by
dams and locks The report recommends further that the
CANAL throughout its entire length should be not less than
100 feet wide and to feet Deep with minimum navgabe
depth of feet The estimated of the entire work is
$1S217 242 of which $11 would be incurred in the
enlargement the Illinois and Michigan canal from Chicago
to Lockport.
Italy.
Advices from Rome state that after the Pontfcal Mass
the Cardinals offered their compliments to the Pope the
occasion of the opening of the Christian church His
unprecedented reply compared the moral position Of Jer
salem and of Rome the time of the advent of Christ AT
that epoch udea was profoundly divided and torn by ppos
ing factions while Rome presented the image of strength and
power At the present moment Rome still offers the ex
ample of the most perfect unity that of the Church concen
trating all the forces of the faithful of the earth her ene
miles, the contrary broken into factions which must
hasten their RUM but they WILL no doubt attempt nna
pared all The Pope has blessed the hat and sword
honor best deserving