Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-04-19

male Principals, ut $500 each 81, wv
3 female do ut $3.50 each ......: 1850
10 Assistant Teachers, ut S35O............. $500
Especial Teachers for Colored Schools
in winter, S35 each for six months. 40
Rent of School rooms ........ 1875
Probable paw of Janitors 900
Probable cost of fuel 4O5
Printing, &c. books for Clerk, books for
INDECENT children, repairs to furniture
and contingencies Observation-Disclosures. SUI
Sl0,l5O
Deduct State School Fund . 4 1872
Leaving to be provided ...................S G,03o
On motion of the Superintendent, Mrs.
Schuman and Mrs Garrett were allowed COM
pensation at the rate of S. month as Janltres-
ses from the beginning Of their terms Of servi-
ces, and Mrs. Sweeney, ST. and Mrs Clements,
$40 month from May lst, in consideration OF
extra services to be performed in connexlon
with the new schools
The Superintendent reported that one OF the
rooms for the new grades was ready, and that
the other would be by the lst Of May, where
upon the Board proceeded to an election for
two additional assistant teachers. Misses Mary
j. Walsh, Virginia +. Clarkson, Mary Evans
and Alice G. Thomas were placed in nomina-
ton, and the first two named were elected on
the first ballot. Both are teachers Of long ex-
perienoe, and served as teachers of free schools
before the war, under the SUPPLEMENTARY OF
Sylvester Scott, esq.
The Superintendent having expressed his
desire to separate the female from the male
schools in name, as they are separated in fact,
motion of MIR. Wilmer, he was authorized
to assign them a separate organization and
suitable names.
Letters from Messrs VIM. U. Herbert and
John Thompson, complaining Of the treatment
of their children by the Principal Of Washing
ton Female school, were then read, and long
discussion arose thereon. The Superintendent
stated that he had declined intervening without
the previous action Of the Board, because the
regulations left the discipline of the schools in
the hands Of the teachers and he was OF opln-
ion that no good teaching could be done IT
the authority of the teachers was lntertered
with, otherwise than by general rules. IT
teacher should be found unfit for the place, the
remedy was change He was inclined to doubt
the necessity of corporal punishment IN female
schools, except as very extreme case, put he
doubted the propriety of rule absolutely pro,
hibiting it, as then, the only alternative would
be expulsion As to keeping in after school,
both he and the clerk were OF opinion that IN
the regulations as adopted by the Board, there
was proviso limiting the time to one hour,
which had been accidentally omitted in the
printed copies. Messrs. Burke and w. +.
tarne thought that it would not dotonterefere
in the internal government Of schools without
greater reason than was alleged in the COM
plants. Both, however, thought corporal pun
ishment in female schools of doubtful proprle-
IT, Messrs Wilmington and }. 5. Beach,
were of opinion that there should be an lnves-
tigation of some sort, in justice to the teacher,
as there had been much public talk about the
matter, and finally on motion Of Mr.. W hitting
fnI n nv
anime into the affair, and take such action and
rive such advice as he might consider judicious.
On motion of Mr. Blackburn, it was
Ordered, That no pupil in the public schools
be detained after school for Il longer term than
one hour on any one day.
On motion of the Superintendent, 4 commit
tee was ordered to be appointed to draft BY
Laws for the Board, as prescribed by. the new
law, The chair appointed the Superintendent.
and Messrs. Blackburn and Whittlesey.
On motion of Mr. W. +. Carne, it was
Ordered, That the Clerk be authorized to pro.
cure the necessary books and stationery needed
by him and the Board.
On motion of the Superintendent, an order
was passed for the pay of the teachers and jan
itors for April, May and June, pay orders to DC
issued by the clerk upon the presentation OF
certificates of the approval OF reports by the
Superintendent.
Mr. Entwisle stated that great Inconvenience
was experienced in Gusts School, No. +, tol
want of curtains and other members maklngthe
same statement relative to other schools, or
motion of Mr. W. F. Carnc, the city authorl
ties were requested to furnish curtains where
they were POUNDS to be necessary.
On motion of Mr. Wilmer, the Board ad
iourned until Friday the 18th inst.
PORT or PoTo,IAC The House, yesterday,
passed Senate bill providing that all the waters.
shores, bays, harbors, creeks and inlets on the
south side Of the river Potomac, comprehended
between Boyd's Hole and Cockpit Point, now
part of the collection district of Tappahan.
mock, Virginia, be annexed to the collection
district of Alexandria, and that Potomac, Vir-
snia be constituted and created port of de-
livery within the collection district of Alexau
dria, and that there shall be appointed, at i
compensation not exceeding the rate of one
thousand dollars per annum, a deputy, collec
tor Of customs, to reside ut SAID port, who shall
uerform such duties as may be conferred upol
hun, in pursuance OF law, by the Secretary o
the Treasury. Ali acts and parts OF acts es
tabiShing at Dumfries, in the collection dlStrlc
Of Tappahannock, port Of delivery: are re
p.aled The object of this bill is to enable Ger
tuiu railroad interests to land imported iron ri
Potomac, where it is to be used, instead OF de
lirering it in Alexandria or Washington, DC
STEAM ON CANALs--The Washington Re
publican says "Castleman steam canal boat
lsuow running regularly on the canal and max
Ing good time A few days ago she landed
with one hundred tons of Duke. marble, and
made the trip to Washington, sixty-four miles,
III eighteen hours.