Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-04-18

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drew Johnson for Governor CT Tennes-
aea. and in an editorial upon the Nash
vile speech of that gentleman, Gays:
"The speech of the eX. President viii
ba Esd et home and scT0ss the waters,
as line exposition Ct the views and opin-
ions OF the abiest living American states
man, The c0mpeers Of MT. Johnson
hsve retired from political life broken
and overwhelmed by the storms OF state
At the ripe age Of sixty, TeDnessee'5 Ia
vnrjte son assumes the role Of q ooio,
faerIees and earnest advocate Of constitu
tjoDsI liberty. Our prayer is that Hes-
ven may vouchsafe TO him the power to
oyarthroW the enemies Of his country
before he departs TO the Hereafter"
where, Oh! Where is the school Money?
1t seems, ssys the Knoxville Press and
Herald, that the grand School Fund rob-
berry has been taken es q precedent in
regard to other funds collected for school
purposes in Tennessee. We nave hearc
many and g%rievOus complaints ger
sons who have been employed &c U&eh-
ers in the public schools, in regard 10 the
non-paymeut If their dues for sergices
rardsrsd. but we have said nothing ss
vet on the subject, hoping that those
personally interested would put them
selves to the trouble of ferreting cut the
viliainy. Rev L o. T4de, Superinten-
dent Of Public Instruction for Hamilton
county, has borne with the mi5apfTo
priation of the school monies, sc long as
human nature, on his part, can stand II.
He publishes the following ia the Chat
tauoogs Republican:
"Hear heavens; and give ear o earth"
What has bscOme OF the chlldren's oread?'
The following letter, just received from
our faithful and laboTiOus State SlpeTtn-
tendent, is both sad and grave, and viii
explain itself:
NASHVILLE, TENN, April 9, 1869.
Dear Sir: There Is no money in the
Treasury, and all the Fiscal agencies are
o~verdrawn. Yours in distress.
JOHN EATON, superintendent.
Our wise Legislators wisely required
the State Superintendent to give ponds
FIR one hundred thousand dollars, and
hen very wisely kept the money where
ne eould not handle 1.-THE County Su
p~sriptepdents have seen but little OF it
but the people Of Tennessee have paid
more than a million Of dollars for tchOO!
purposes. Where IS it? Who has Absorb
edit? Let these questions echo from
nfSuutain top to mountain top, Til every
valley il this commonwealth shall hear
till g Just Indignation shall give . with
eriDg rebuke to every State official who
cannot show q clear record az to his &C
lion concerning the School Funds.
Shall not the friends OF education be
heard? Have We not reached that point
where patience and silence cease TO be
virtues? S}mbody is guilty-ventilste +!
ventllate! No quarter for the guilty.
Vours for Lruth and iuatic6.
E. o. TADE, County Sup.
The Republican, in connection with
Mr.. Tade's publication, gives the follow
ing statement Of facts aud figures:
~ The first scholastic enumeration, on
record, OF Hamilton county, was made
in December, 1867, and showed OF school
age-over six and under twenty pop
ulation OF 5467.
The next enumeration completed in
September, 1868, showed 6007 entitled to
the benefit OF a free school.
The first session Of Ave months en-
ployed forty-four teachers, anu these
teachers had under their instruction 2l80
pupils, or an average of nearly fifty
each.
They lsbored in good faith, and they
did a good work. Many of them have
taught q second term, although not paid
AOE tDc nhoe OCCUNoC bh1y AutM LUeH
we're paying a heavy school tar. Do
you ask what is the amount of the
school tax for 1867? Ask the honest Ceun-
ty Clerk and he will tell you over $1,000.
And Mr.. County Superintendent, how
much have you received towards these
aver faithful and efficient teachers ?
Just S24S2 50-s small part only of the
tag, the school tax of Hamilton county
for 1855.
We have some facts and figures on
this subject, ourselves, which we propose
to present at the proper time. The new
school arrangement in Tennessee will
soon appear to the people as one OF the
most impudent and systematic swindles
yet perpetrsted in theState. II is a huge
enterprise by which csrpet-bsggsrs have
peel fleeing the people, aud putting
their money into their own pockets.
Tade, whose card we give above, is q
Radical of the deepest dye, and nothing
hut a failure to make "a fair divide 81
could have induced him to expose the
villaiDy as ne has done.
Miscellaneous,
We regret to learn that Mr.. George
Netherland, n OF the oldest and most
prominent citizens Of upper East Ten
nessee, died at his residence in Sullivan
county on the Ali inst. The deceased
was AN elder BROTHER Of the Hon. John
Netherla1d.-KnoIUW Press and Her
aid.