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The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-11-27
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
INTERESTING REPORT OF THE COUS-
TT SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.
The Cause Of Education in the County
and City OF Charleston.

We publish below the annual report OF the
schsol commissioner Of Charleston County,
for he school year ending June 80, 1871, lately
submitted to the State superintendent OF
education. The statistical tables accompany
inr the reports are too voluminous for our
columns. We haze collated the following
facts, which will be of interest to the general
reader. The City of Charleston, by the act
passed at the last session of the Legislature,
has been removed from the jurisdiction OF the
county school commissioner, and the statis'
tics here presented are for the county, e2cfu-
sive OF the city.
Charleston County contains 1886 square
miles. and is divided into sixteen scnool dis
tricts.
SCHOLASTIC POPULATION.
White males between and 16 years.. 9l7
White females between and l6 years. SCI
Total whites. ..i''el
Colored males between aud 10 years: 4,ls3
Colored females between and 10
years. .....''''''''''''4'-'o
Total colored. 3 AGO
Grand total. .---1o,@s'
WHOLE NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL.
White males. W
White females. ........................ ii-
IOt-l whites. .............'.'... AVA
Coorei males. ..too1
Coored females. ...i,oo@
Total coored a,2ls
Grand total. 3,423
Average number attending school. ......... ,9Ss
Number OF schools in operation. ............ 81
TEACHERS EMPLOYED.
White femaleS.. Observation-Disclosures. ~
=. Total whites. .........................: 10
ROred males. 40
COl0red females. s...........-............ IL
Total colored. ....................'..... 80
Grand total Observation-Disclosures. u
AVERAGE MONTHLY WAGES PAID TO TEACHES.
To male t66clerS.. So' w
To female teachers. .................... II 20
whole amount paid teachers. ......... SO $50 10
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-11-27

MADAME ISABEL tMcCuLLocH) BR1GSoLE is
announced TO give two concerts in Columbia
on Friday and Saturday next.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-11-27

Nemspaprrs, masa,gfs, 0r.
nURAL CA R % L N I A N.
AS NOVEMBER NUMBER
NO W B E A D z.
Among the contents are:
To "a NORTH SANTEE PLANTER" By F. W.
Johnstone.
va,ne Of Education to the Farmer.
The Probable Future OF Cotton Culture. BY J. N.
CardoZa.
Farmers Must Organize.
prenaration and Enrichment OF Soil.
The Chinese Wistora as Tree.
a Word about Cotton Caterpl!lars. Illustrated.
Price-Single number. er...................26 .26 cents
Per annum.. w
For sale by
WALKER, EVANS d COGsWELL
Publishers. No. 8 Broad street.
AND BY BOOKSELLERS EVERYWHERE.
mar26
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-22
A Corner In Grain.

The Chicago grain market has recently
been in a highly demoraliEed condition,
owing 20 the operations Of a clique II
grain spectators who succeeded IN work
ing mp n corner in wheat These grain
spectators make contracts 10 buy or
deliver grain In immense quantities,
often without owning or expecting 20
own A bushel Of the commodity. For
instance, the battle which ragged between
the long and short interests in Chicago
brought loss upon thousands of innocent
parties, and IN many instances, doubtless,
utter ruin. Vessels were lying at the
wharves unable 20 load because shippers
could not afford 10 buy grain at the arti.
fetal prices produced by the excitement
The owners of Touring mills were obliged
10 suspend operations because millers
could not buy wheat at the prices then
ruling, and sell -four at the price il would
be likely 10 command when the furry
caused by the corner should snbside.
Country shippers who had legitimately
sold their grain 10 arrive Ia August,
found themselves unable 10 reach the
market in time, owing 20 the pressure
existing for cars TO bring in grain for
sale before the high price should disAp-
pear, and were obliged 20 lose twenty or
twenty-five cents hushel on their own
property, rs they could only ill their
contracts by purchasing wheat az an ex-
orbitant price from the combination.
The grain business was also deranged in
many other ways 10y this corner values
were unsettled. and the interests both OF
producers and consumers seriously pre-
JUDGED The people Of Illinois have q
realizing sense OF the mischievous effects
OF fictitious operations in grain. and the
Legislature has passed laws prohibiting
sales without actual delivery, but they
have been OF no eject
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-22
At Saratoga.

have a very great deal Of trouble,
writes correspondent at Saratoga, in
getting at the ages OF the young ladies
here. Yesterday remarked 10 mother,
"Ah, / had the pleasure of meeting
your daughter here five years ago.
Yes, she said, Mary was fourteen
years old, then" / took Mary To the
ball that summer, and she wore court
train dress thought she was young
lady, but / must have been a victim OF
misplaced confidence IL she was only
fourteen. / must have had n queer
taste tl.en. don't look ut young lady
now under nineteen.
There is one young lady here reported
to be worth Sl4, 900, 000 She hes sixty
nine beaux. Yesterday one dropped of.
He said he'd been fooled by the stats.
tics. The young lady's father is a WELL
to-do-grocer, and he showed me a letter
from New Orleans to prove it. II is
wrong thus to deceive unsuspecting
young men. Up at the Clarendon they
never talk about wealth. Their forte Is
pedigree. One lady said her family had
fought in the Revolution for twenty-dne
generations-one uncle was still fighting.
These are the kind Of people / like.
They don't gloat over the multiplication
table. Commerce is vulgar.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-22

On the Cold Spring course at Milwau-
kce, the great race between Goldsmith
Maid and Lucy lately took place. The
start Was effected after much difficulty.
The Maid was rank, and insisted upon
forging ahead Sithout word, and Lucy
was unfortunate in getting place. After
three or four efforts they got of, the
Maid slightly leading around the turn.
She worked very smoothly, but ON the
back stretch Lucy caught her. For sew
cral hundred yards they trotted nearly
neck aud neck. AT the three-quarter
pole the Maid began 30 draw away from
the other and show considerable. Of a
gap, winch wns closed up again, how
ever, as they whirled into the home
stretch. Up the stretch they trotted
very evenly, but the Maid lead by a
length. and steadily kept il TO the end.
When the time was announced, 220i,
The spectators seemed very much sur
prised.
On the second heat the start WAS
effected without trouble, and the bell
sounded at the first effort. Both mares
irotted very fast TO the quarter, but here
the pace was too hot for Lucy, and
she slackened her speed. The Maid
WAS dashing down the course like highs
ming. She drew round the quarter
pole, and flew away from the other like
q kite before the wind. IL was evident
10 all that Budd was driving for time,
and instantly every neck was stretched
TO catch his movements. He bent down
in the sulky and encouraged the little
fiyer hy gentle words and manipulation
Of the reins Goldsmith Maid and her
flying feet were eagerly watched as she
swept into the home stretch. On she
came like flying fawn, her driver never
casting his eve TO the night or to the
left. He was driving the mare for speed.
not merely to win the heat He had
never touched her with his whip, never
called 20 her in q loud voice, but simply
let her slip along in her own way. She
passed under the string with perfect
ease six lengths ahead of Lucy. As she
did so, long, lank, lean badger crossed
the track. holding in his hand an old
silver watch. He was almost crazy With
excitement. He gcsticulated wildly,
and shouted, Il bet thousand dollars
that's the best time ever made The
spectators looked at the badger end
laughed in jeriSion nevertheless every
one was satisfied that fast time had been
made. All ewes were turned toward the
judges stand There seemed 20 be
some hesitation there about announcing
the time. Presently the board was hung
out. and on il was written the astonish-
ing figures, Alt. Dexter's best time was
2. ia, and il was beaten by the Maid
by one-fourth Of a second. The Maid
was driven by Budd Doble. She is
owned In New York.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-22
The Question Of Strikes.

I There was recently a strike Of car
penters in Dublin. One OF the strikers
wrote TO Mr.. John Stuart Mn for ad-
vice. In his letter he stated that one OF
the employers had offered to re-engsge
his men at the old rate Of five shillings a
a day and participation in the profits
of the establishment, guaranteeing that
/ the increase OF their wages would be
greater than the sixpence day demand
ed by the trade. He was OF the opinion,
however, that the men would not under
stand this system, and therefore would
not accept il. Mr.. Mill wrote in reply :
I" IL is difficult for any one who is not
on the spot and acquainted with local
| feelings and the characters of individuals
TO advise in the matter in which you ask
my opinion. NV impression is, how
FEVER, in favor of trying the experiment
of the participation Of the work-people
in profits-what Is now called industrial
partnership. That system appears 10
me both great improvement in itself
and the road 10 something still better
hereafter. You say that the terms offer
ed would far exceed the advance in
wages which has been demanded. III
this be so, as a strike, when il does not
prove a failure, generally ends in a
compromise, this kind Of compromise
seems 10 be the most favorable 10 the
operative
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-22

ToBAooo AND INSANITY. DIR. Boyd
in the ABlerioDi BHiIder. traces some re.
markable proportions between the con
sumption Of tobacco and the prevalence
of insanity. He cites two Belgian ply.
sicians, MessrS Grislian and Hagon, foi
the statement that from 1918 10 1880 the
production Of tobacco being $4,000, ,00C
kilogrammes, there were 10000 insane
reported annually. In lS42, with pro.
duction Of so, 100000 kilogrammes Of to-
bacco, there we're 1900 insane. In
1852, the tobacco product being 100
600, 900 kilogrammes, the number Of ma.
MACS had irSreased 10 $4,000. In 1894
with tobacco product Of 10000, ,00C
kilogrammea, there we're "A, 900 crazy
BelgianA
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-22

A SMALL TRTcK.-A man in human
shape is haunting the streets of Cincin.
natl and extracting the change from the
pockets Of small boys by a novel expedi.
ent. He accosts an urchin and proceeds to
convince him that il is essential TO his
best interests that he should be indelibly
marked with India ink, in order that his
body may be recognized il he should be
accidentally drowned. When he IN sue
cessful in his design he sends his youth.
ful victim home 10 his astonished parents
tattooed into a resemblance to a Feejee
Islander in a degree greater or less, &C
cording TO the pecuniary resources OF
the younRster.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-22
Marriages ExiraordlnarN .

The New York correspondent OF the
Chicago Journal SAYS two rather novel
marriages have recently been brought TO
his attention. Not long ago the head Of Il
very old business firm in the metropolis
died-soon after the wife OF the other
member of the firm was taken away by
death. The surviving widover with nine
unmarried children has now married the
surviving widow with seven unmarried
children. The firm in thus perpetuated
in the family, and sixteen children are
brought into the family fold. Not long
ago a rich widower bordering on sixty,
without children, married a widow few
miles up the Hudson River having thir-
teen children, some OF the older ones be-
ing married. His wife died over thirty
years ago. and during that time he kept
aloof from society, devoting himself en-
tirely 10 business. When, therefore, he
was married into the bosom OF family
all of whose members endeavored to
make ii as agreeable and pleasant as pos
sible for him, he experienced the most
agreeable emotions, and became a decid-
edly happy man. The other day one OF
Of his old acquaintances in New York
jokingly asked him how il seemed, 10 be
surrounded with thirteen children, all
drawing support from him. 81 wish the
Lord there were thirteen more Of them, s.
was the immediate reply.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-22

We drove ont Ia Kansas farm, SAYS
q correspondent to look ne hard Of A60
Texas heeves nearly ready 30 go Fast,
They came across the Indian Territory
last October, and wore so thin and travel
worn that they sold slow, not much over
$40 all around. The owner has kept
them partly on the open prairie, and
part of the time in u corral, They eat
about - worth OF hay each. and he pays
two herds -one $40 and the other $50 a
month. His outlay for labor and hay
will be 81, $50, His gain, il he realizes
so head profit, viii be $1,000, De-
duct expenses, and he has T,AT0 net
profit This stock handler made s25, 900
last year, so his neiehhors tell me.
This herd was obtained at very low
figure, because they came late aud
| looked bad the Texas maa who drove
then probably lost ON them.
The same correspondent adds; A
calf is lassooed and branded in Texas
Probably he does not come within half
a.mila oi man from then till he iSready
10 start on bis long journey "a the
North. He costs no mors than goose
or spring chicken. II the Texas
anehero gets $40 for him when he is Is
months old he can afford to sell for that,
/ for one man can easily tend 100, and his
annual sale would give him 81 900 IN
gold The kansian can buy at SO,
and in year make him worth $50.
1 The corn grower of Eastern Kansas,
Iowa and Illinois buys al $50 or SS5,
and by skilltul handling can in nine
months make him worth four 500 10 $40,
These are the Average tigures on which
/ to base an estimate OF the protit of the
/ Western stock business. But il must
not be inferred that Kansas depends on
| the broad-horns. On the contrary,
through Northern Kansas the stock Is
widely marked with the shoFt-horn
4 features The best way fcr poor man
/ 20 begin in the stock business is thus
marked out by man who has Is years
experience handling stock between the
valley Of the Red and prairies Of the
kaw Let him buy 10 Texas COWS,
they win cost him $40 eaen-S400, and
put into the range with them a good
three quarter blooded short-horn. He
can homestead or preempt some land
I where he can cut ton TO the acre of
good hlue-joint prairie grass In Is
months he will have 20 young animals
worth SIS each-S360, and 20 coming
ON. With no hired help he can in y
few years sell 100 animals year at $50
each-S2, COO He is supposed, OF
course, 10 be industrious he raises corn
and plows his corn land for winter grain
and improves his claim.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-22

TIcKRT-oF. LEAVE WOMEN. Nearly four
thousand female criminals are at large in
England, with tickets-of-leave. The ma
iority live in London. A very large pro-
portion consists OF hardened offenders.
More than one is q murderess Women
who have been sentenced 10 death for
murder, and whose sentence is after.
wards COMMITTED into penal servitude for
life, are not, as IS commonly supposed,
removed forever from the scene OF their
criminal exploits. After having served q
term OF twelve years, and conducted her
self b the satisfaction OF the prison au-
thorities, the convicted murderess easily
obtains her ticket-0f.leave, and becomes
n free woman again. In one OF the west
ern and most fashionable districts OF
London many hundreds OF domestic SER
wants are ticket-of-leave women. Several
Of them have run through the entire
scale of crime, from petty larceny up to
burglary and murder. Their employers
engage them with full knowledge Of
their antecedents. Strange to say, the
worst criminals are not unfrequently
transformed into extremely good domes-
tic servants,
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-22

THE WEsrFTELD INDICTMENTS. Dis
trict-Attorney Garvin, Of New York, has
made public the indictments against
Captain Jacob Vanderbilt, Henry Rob-
inson, and Superintendent Braisted. The
indictment of Mr.. Vanderbilt charges
him with having wilfully and maliciously
neglected to have the boiler and appa-
ratus OF the Westfeld sound, strong,
and in good order, and with having viii.
fully and unlawfully put the boiler and
apparatus in the care, charge and man
agement Of Henry Robinson, he being
an incompetent, negligent, unskillful
and unreliable person, whereby certain
passengers were feloniously killed and
slain. In other words, Vanderbilt is
charged with manslaughter. The in
dictments against Braisted, uperinten-
dent, and Robinson, engineer, also charge
them with neglect and ignorance of their
duties.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-22

II Ia asaerted that we are profoundly
ignorant Of the origin Of the motcoric
matter that falls 10 the earth from the
sky.
The fact Is that the origin OF the meto-
orites, erolites, uranolites, bolides, or
star-dust, as they arc called by various
writer's, IL now we'll known. lt has been
demonstrated, as foIeihly ~ the fact Of
the earth'a diurnal rotation. that they
are neither thrown out from lunar volca-
noes, nor the results OF whirlwind nor
volcanic action on the earth's surface.
They are genuine planetary phenom-
ena, c0nfsing in orbits around the sun,
till drawn therefrom by the earth's at
traction. when tho motion in the orbits
cause them 10 approach 80 near 20 us
that the terrene attraction ON the little
planets overpowers the solar force that
has hitherto kept these minor worlds in
orbits of their own. Further ID ID
known that untold millions of these
bodies revolya within the boundaries OF
the solar system in elliptic orbits, just as
the planets and comets, many of them
forming large bands OF matter which
spread out over a great part Of the cir
eumteronce OF the orbit.
The orbits of these bands interseoi
that Of the earth, and our globe some
times passes through one Of them,
when some Of its constituent particles
are drawn 10 the earth by her superior
attraction. and give up their separate
world existence. The form and extent,
aad position, the time of revolution, and
the rate of motion in the orbit, has been
calculated for several of these groups,
and We really know as much and more
about them than We do about the
comets some Of which form parts oi
these erolitio bands.
II has been often asserted that il
these little masses are really of inter
planetary origin, they must be fragments
Of some world which has been bursi
asunder br an internal convulSion. Not
only is there no necessity for accepting
this theory, but We have good reasons
10 suppose that exactly the reverse il
the truth.
The universe of what we may call eos.
mieal matter is still segregating nebu,
lous masses are forming into worlds, and
the greater world masses which have
been formed in the past from similai
nehulous aggregatons have left behind
them greater percentage OF still un'
formed matter, which is being gathered
in slowly 20 the large centers OF gravi,
tatiye energy
Tho million Of notes that dance in
the sunshine probably present very
close analogy 10 the unaccountable bill
lions of specks Of matter that have vel
20 be gathered in TO swell the masses
which were long since formed, and have
annually grown larger at the expense OF
this matter, as they encounter il in jour
noying round the sun.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-22
Adrin In an Open Boat.

The following has just been received
from Pensacola, Fla, from the copy OF
n memorandum made in pencil by part
Of the crew OF the British ship Lillian
lost the 18th Of January, 1871, off the
coast of Brazil and picked up in the
Gulf of Mexico. 1t may be n hoax,
but If not it is of so much Importance
as to be though worthy of publication.
This is TO certify we three are the only
survivors Of the English ship Lillian,
lost ON the night Of the 10Th this month.
We have now been drifting in the open
boat for six days, suffering hunger, thirst
and hardships, which none but those
that has experienced can illustrate. We
have been looking out for sail since
ship went down. What became OF Cap
tain and rest men, God can only tell
The note was signed by the ID mate and
two seamen OF the i'll fated vessel.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-22

A LITTLE HERO. Anecdotes OF heroic
boys are always very pleasant reading.
The S,oiss Times tells very nice story OF
a shepherd lad, fourteen years OF age, in
the Canton GrisonS On the Monte di
Campo the youthful shepherd fed his
flock, when 0huge bear made his appear,
ance and unceremoniously began TO feed
himself on that same flock. When he
had seized one Of the finest sheep, the
courageous boy began to beat him about
the head with his stick in order 10 drive
him away. The infuriated beast turned
upon his slender assailant determined
TO finish his mutton on him. The youth
turned and ran, and remembering that
there was not far of gorge nearly 2OC
feet deep, but SO narrow that he might
clear it by vigorous leap, started for il
with bruin close at his heels. He reached
the edge OF the ravine, and, by despe.
rate bound, landed safely on the other
side, while the stupid brute behind him,
not noticing his danger, stumbled head.
long to the bottom. The boy descending
the gorge, found his enemy disabled by
his bruises, and soon dispatched him by
beating out his brains with stones
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-22

DIFFERENCE IN EoGs. The German.
town Telegraph remarks that "there is q
vast difference in the favor of eggs.
Hens fed on clean, sound grain and kept
on clean grass run, give much finer
favored eggs than those that have ac-
cess to stables and manure heaps and
eat all kinds Of filthy food. Hens feed
ing on fish or onions flavor their eggs
accordingly-the same as cows eating
onions or cabbages, or drinking offensive
water, impart bad taste TO the milk and
butter The richer the food the higher
the color Of the egg. Wheat and corn
give the best color, while feeding on
buckwheat makes the eggs colorless, rem
dering them unfit for some confectionery
purposes.