Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-08-20

4uz school Bill provides tlat
each county shall Be q school dis
sFict, aud that every city with a
population Of oEer Eve thousand
inhabitants shall also constitute a
separate school district This is
found in the second section Of the
bill. In another section it pro-
yides for the election of Directors
for each district, who are 70 be
elected by the Board Of County
Supervisors, and in cities, as above
described, by the Board of Mayor
and Aldermen. The law is clear
and explicit on this head, and
plainly shows that in this county
and city we are entitled to two sets
Of Directors. Yet our wise, and
profound Mayor seems TO be 9TH
erWise impressed. He clung so
tenaciOusly and persistently about
the Legislature as a lobbyist that
he became perfectly blOated with
parliamentary usages, and has en-
deavored to graft much Of it as he
was there taught, upon the leg
islative action of the city and
county officers. Among others,
in plain and unwarrantable viola
ton ofa charter provision,is that OF
having the Board of Mayor and AL.
dermen 60 into secret session from
time to time. Having in his con.
control a Board of Aldermen who
do not seem to posses q mind Of
their own, he has succeeded in
making this q permanent feature
Of city Legislation, and in so doing
has made the Board Of Mayor and
Aldermen the laughing-stock OF
the city. Not content with this,
however, he desires to tackle on
some new devices in the consider
alton of the Board Of County Su.
pervisors, and at the last meeting
addressed q note to the President
Of the Board stating that the Board
Of Mayor and Aldermen was pre-.
prepared to go into joint session
with the Board of Supervisors fol
the election Of School Directors.
Such unsuflerable ignorance and
impudence is disgusting in the
extreme. He is evidently i'm.
pressed with the idea that these
two bodies, the Board Of Board
of Mayor and Aldermen and
Board Of Supervisors, are the leg
islature for this locality. W.
presume the city branch is "a
constitute the Senate, and Super.
visors the lower house. MagniG
cent idea is it not. Some of the
Supervisors were ninnies enough
to be hoodwinked by him ant
, evinced great eagerness to perpe
l trate this farce. What a pity tina
: if Governor Alcorn must fore
, officers over us who are not tn,
choice Of the people he shoulC
select those so devoid of common
sense. General Webber seems t
be a sort of fuss and feather
character, who delights in POM
and parade. Fortunately, Hon
Albert johnson had sense ant
discretion sufficient to comprc
hend the ludicrous position il
which they were about to b,
placed and prevented this join
session. In the first place there i
no necessity whatever for haste il
these selections and when thel
are to be selected, each body i
required to act alone. The cit
and county constitute seperat'
and distinct Districts. His Homo
the Mayor, may as we'll insist tina
there should be a joint session
between the proper officers o
Kinds and Warren counties TO
this purpose as the proposition
which he made. We know he i
a wise man but he is sadly givel
to making mistakes.
REFERRING to the naval opera
tions of the war, the LondoI
Times remarks that a French at
tack on the Elbe might certainl,