The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-08-01
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Tuesday Morning. August \ 1871.
South Carolina Educational Institute.
sOns columns, this, morning, oontain7a
notice from Capt. Hugh s. Thompson,
President of the Educational Institute
OF South. Carolina. announcing that the
annual meeting Of this association Of tho
teachers Of the State will be- held at
.Gfeenville, on the 23d- instant. It will
beiseen that the tifforont .railroads will
pass the delegates to and from Green
vil1e for ono fare, apd that the oitizens OF
Greenville, with characteristic hospitnli-
ty, will entertain all who attend. The
annual orator, Gen. W. K, .Easley, is
we'll known as Rne writer audga grace
!. fnl speaker, and us other distinguished
speakers are expected. the occasion will
:be;gne OF unusual interest. This asso-
.oiation is capable of doing much to pro-
note the cause OF educatiou' and we
trust that the different papers will extend
this notices 50 that teachers from all parts
,of the State may be informed of the
meeting in time to bo present. The
generous hospitality of tho people Of
/, ,Graenville. and the fine climate. and
scenery, will amply repay those who, az
tend for the trouble and the small e1-
pense incident to tA9thp.
: We omitted. to state that all persons
intendingto be preset s'f 5are requested to
notify PfSt: B. spstiGk; at ;Greenville,
by mail, seYi esments for their
receptionnby 80 mn before the meet.
Ing. fsfgS I 1.Si
s This eduuafibnal Institute is project
shat should be put, upon q 'lasting busis,
It has in view 6ne or The prime needs Of
Ahe times Other States ars moving ID
this direction. Recently. meetings. Of
this kind have been held both in Yifgi-
mia and Alabama. In each case an able
I bodY assembled and the proceedings
were interesting and we'll calculated to
promote the cause OF education. Let us
do our part in.South Carolina. LIKE.
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EKPoRTs AND ,IMpoRTs. According to
the last monthly report of the Bureau Of
Statiatics, the Imports into the United
S3tases. specie included, during the
month Of April, amounted to $50, $780,
600. The corresponding month of last
year the imports were $4s. AGO, O00-
showing q gain Of So. 200. 900. The en-
tire exports for the whole, country in
April reached $1,000, 900. being gain
Of $40, 100000 over last year. For the
ten months ending April 80, the imports
and exports combined are in advance of
the same period last year, S126. 900, 900
which, at similar rate Of. increase,
wonld give $l52. 600, 600 for the whole
twslve.month. Examining more close
y. We find that the imports have in
CREASED 5s,O09,ooo. and the exports
$73, 900. .000-the latter, however, being
seinforced by S32. 1000. 900 specie. We
haveimported in merchandise $61 ,OOO.-
600 more than Inst year. and exported
s41. 900. 900 more; but although the i'm
ports have thus gained on the exports in
the neighborhood of $4,000, ,0e0, the
antter are increased by the movement of
specie alluded to. Taking the 'first ten
months OF the fiscal year 1e69-'70, and
we discover that the imports exceeded
the exports by about $1,000, 600, while
the same. months in the fiscal year Just
ended. give $l3. 900, 900 exports over the
imports-which is evidence that the ba-
lance OF trade is more in our favor than
heretofore.
THREE EMpERoRs. The Emperor Will
liam. OF Germany, after having met the
Emperor Alexander Mt Ingenheim, will
go, so the Atlantic cable tells ns, to Gas
tein, where he will meet the Emperor
Francis Joseph, Of Austria. This trio
of Emperors embraces all the available
European Imperial stock. The Emperor
Napoleon is at the present time out OF
business, and q moatinn with hin, won11