Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-10-12

THE GOAL TRADE during the week has been
dull, owing to the low Wser in the canal.
SALEs.-O1o thousand Sushcls Of goOI red
wheat sold yesterday at tl.TAp per bushei.
GENERAL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. steamer
meroha ndlse for District merchants.
W, II. DOuGALb, accompanied by his two
daughters LEFT yesterday for Fort Wayne, In.
diana.
RAY s. II. HOWE, the newly.appoIntsd pastor
of thg Brdge-street Presbyterian church, will
prePIh his irst sermon Tomorrow morning.
arrival or GRAIN.-MessFs. Hartley h Bro
| rceived yesterday, per schooner Margaret Ella,
RON A Alex LOO bushels Of W9eTt Jos
1850 bushels Of wheat, $50 bushelsoi corn, and
800 bushels Of mill feed.
The receipts and shipments Of coal by the
the different companies during the week ending
yesterday were as follows: Borden mining com.
pany, receipts 1900 and shipments 500 tOnsi
Agnew's wharf, receipts 800 and shipments bOO
tons; Rays docks, receipts e,2l4, and shipments
500 tons; Consolidation company, receipts 1904
and shipments o,IjS tons.
tbs CATTLE MARKET.-At DrOyeTs' Rest
Thursday, $50 cattle on sale, as follows; 7. Fra
zier, OF head, from Fauquier county, J. L. Yates,
~ SOii a. sish LoS n mo c ~ hgA D To-
a. Fauquior county; BuTsOn Il Lee 70, Loudoun
county; Means Weaver, los, do; Mr.. Fergu.
son, y, Fauquier county; MIR. smoOt, IS, do; Mr.
skinner, 10, do; Mr.. lIamer, %, do; MIR. Lynn,
100, various sections; Mr., Powell, - head from
FauquieT county, others, 20, various sections.
The cattle offered this week were In much
better condition than those IN market last week.
Messrs. deans, Lynn and Frazier each had
cattle among their herds that were In prime con-
ditlon $50 cattle sold to butchers at 3l46D6lS;
a few extra sold at Ok; ~ driven to Baltimore;
los LETT Oyer 0O sold tor stock purposes 80 mich
cOWI and calves were on sale and sold from so to
S55i !, ls3 sheep and lambs wero otered-hmbs
sold for Is. bOGif5, sheep sold for bISd6S eontEi
l02 left over UOndenmed-One homer.
Tur punfrC Srunofa Thu FennFt NJ Mr. I
o. Wilson, superintendent Of public schools for
tho year ending August 81, 1872, has been pre-
sentsd TO the Governor by MIR. W. w. Uuftis,
secretary Of tho board Of trustees Of the George.
town public schools, In which It is shown that
according to the census Of 1870, the white popu:
lAtion Of Georgetown Is s,iiB, aud the iohOOl
population (iTOm the age Of TO II years inolu-
siVel 0Os6. The value OF school property, in.
GLIDING sites buildings, furniture, sc, i set
down at 80, 100. The number Of grammar
schools ls Z intermediate 2, secondary 2, and
primary a. and the total number Of teachers
employed Including the muEio teacheT) II. Tho
whole number Of boys enrolled Is 2sa and girls
3O7. The valuation Of Georgetown in 1871 was
-, 900, 600; the tax for schools, 20 cents on tho
hundred dollars; the amount received from
school tax, l2,67O3 30; aud the amount received
from United States hnes, $40 %, Tho total
amount paid for the ordinary expenses OF tho
schools was sll,Og5,7s, and the amount paid to
the colored schools, F3,l7O22 The total cost per
pupil was S2i.2s.
The superintendent states that tho schools
II
and says: "a glance at the statistics will show
the marked inadCquacy Of the provisions thus
far made for educating tho two thousand school
children residing In the city. Tho public
schools OF Georgetown cannot take their proper
place In tho esteem and affection Of the people
until they present to them good accommodations
for at least twice the number Of children for
whom seats are now furnished. And while the
present buildings, located 10 tho suburbs OF tho
town, are suitable, and will DO required In the
future for tho primary schools, large central
building, embOdylnB the latest improvements
In school architecture, and presenting 10 tho
eye evidence OF the Importance and dignity Of
the Institution which II represents, should be
provided at once for tho advanced grades. II
the Ilnthloum aud Peabody funds = bequosts
made by worthy beneiactOgs whose names they
bear, TO aid IN the work Of education, the
one TO be applied In furnishing gTatultOus In.
structiOn, and the other In providing u free
library can also be satisfactorily combined
with this advanced public school, thus fully 40.
complaining the designs Of the generous donors,
and at the same time rendering most valuable
aid to that system Of education which Is Of para.
mount Importance In every community the pub.
lie schools Of Georgetown will then DO elevated
10 position that will enable them to enlist the
interest and command the respect OF the best
citizens. Tho payments Of the expense to DO In,
CURED for this purpose should be distributed
over several years, go that they may not be too
heavy burden upon the taxpayer. The
school tax for tho present yeaT-hity-thTae cents
on euch one hundred dollars Of valuation, ono
half OF which Is to DO set apart for new build,
lng-it continued for u half dozen years, would
DO suticient for the purpose, ] most heartily
approve the measures you have already taken
towards the accomplishment Of the work sug.
forts will not cease until complete success crowns
your undertaking.