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I'm correspondent 4" D. X. r. who under
lakes Co give the Jefferson Culiy news 10 ,ha,
Radical Organ To ths Lss issue is a Letter,
caring date Cbarlcstova, Jan. es,h' ia
Which The following maryjoas passage occu5s;
The cou,mi,tee appointed vudcr aa act Of
the last Legislature o. cysEine the sccoaats o!
school affairs. bas bsd occasional sessions Tor
severn weeks past There has been S1spi-
,;on thar The majority Of Tire committee were
DELAYING action until 1859. So as to get nd o.
the Republican county Superintendent, BracG-
stt. As the COMMITTEES now stands % IS rather a
rarpet-bag concsrn. Mr.. Mason. ,s0n 90 Jas
Y. Mssonl being but recently from Virginia,
sad Mr. Wilson from Washington. ID. c.
doat know as /, Is possible lor Democrat to
ho carpet-baggcr. lf the committee viii do
is work impariially. without regard to the po-
E,ical status Of de,iuQueuts. the friends OF free
schools viii rejoice Ou schools have done a
good work Or US but The ignorance and selfish
,ess Of school officers have robbed them Of the
greater nart Of their value Unfortunately we
lave two much Bourbon Democracy here.
i. may not be known 10 an Of our readers
that the last Legislature authorised the State
Superintendent Of Free Schools 80 appoint q
committee, IN any county he deemed proper to
investigate the accounts Of an parties who, at
any time since the organization Of the State,
have controlled or handled the school moneys.
Uuder this act Superintendent Lewis appointed
q committee for jefferson, consisting Of John
W. McCusdy, and Joseph Trapuc,l-the
county Superintendent, Bracket, being er
ofrrio tho other member. The committee be-
gan its work last FlIl and made some progress,
bu. the task was found abosioUs and difficult,
aud SIR. Tnpuel was forced 10 withdraw from
the committee, for want Of time % give 20 It's
work. The committee now consists Of John
W. McCuriy, James IT, Mason, who was ap-
pointed by the State Superintendent TO succeed
Mr Tmpucll, and Mr. Wilson, che county Su-
perintendeut, who, by virtue OF his clice, sue
ceejs Mr. Bracket, and We learn that steps
have been taken to push through a complete
and searching investigation under the very ex-
tsnsivc authority conferred by the Legislature.
ltis the common eSpe3ieut Of half learned
carpet-baegers Ike o. d. X. T." when other
themes ofabuss fail % tu.n % thcsglo.lsys,eu
and libel both the Democratic patty and the
South. II the Free Schools Of Jefferson have
been wre,chejly managed, during most Of the
period this investigation is to cover, the blame
aud tie cause are both with the Radicals. whose
proscriptivs laws excluded. for TINE, an the
intelligence Of the county FROM any share In
their control. while they used them, as every
thing else 10 their power, to advance the party
and TO enrich its minions. We dare say that
an investigation Of the School aarrs Of Jeiier-
son since 1865 will show that the " Ignorance
Of school officers Co uss The writers own
words has beon only surpassed by Tie
sel6shness Of those entrusted with the
school fuuJs-bat we confidently look forward
10 de day not very remote, when under the
rule Of tho " Bourbon Democracy these de-
linq0eu,s shall be held 70 answer 70, ,heir
mjsiceds, aud when our Fee Schools shall be
wsT-eq1ipped and m,el.igcnuy oaicerel over
tie whole county
cd. X. E." Ike all radicals seems more
anxious 90 malgn our people t'an 20 ten the
truth. and by bis sllusioo 10 tue committee,
himself betrays the ignorance Of the Carpet
tsgger-ons Of i,s members whom be charac-
terizes as such. beng from our sister county
Frederick, whose carPe;-baggers wa are always
glad 20 welcome, while the other vas born, ana
reared aud has always had bis home 80 this
couoty.