Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-07-02
LOCAL NEWS.

oxamn,tio, began. promptly at 9 clock, yes
,ord,v ot the Relief Truck House, and was
a,n,lnctnd nv MIR. John S. Beach, OF the City
Shoot Ro,rl The children of the lower classes
nne,ny;rr this room, and taughtby Miss Phoebe
I;ttLfrll, were thoroughly examined IN
Sncll;uv Reading and Arithmetic, and the ex-
,m;nrr cxrresscJ in brief address, his salts
f,,t;nn ar the result \ handsome premium
furnished by the teacher was presented by the
Superintendent to Miss Fanny DrlScoll, as the
most diligcnt pupil:
The examiner and visitors then proceeded to
the school room at the Orphan Asylum, where
the higher classes are located, under the charge
of Mis-, Margarcita Law Here u large COM
nanv was assembled, comprising all the teachers
of white schools but one, and a large number of
Indies and gentlemen interested In the school.
Mr. Beach examined the pupils who are most
X Young ladies of more advanced age than
those attending Lee Cchoo in Spelling, Read
ing Geography, Grammar and Arithmetic.
They appeared to be much embarrassed by the
prescuce OF so many strangers, but showed much
IMPROVEMENT over their examination of last
year, and were warmly congratulated by Mr..
Beach, who pronounced their appearance aud
department equal to those of any female school
in the city, of whatever grade Indeed both in
this and Ice School, the girls were dressed IN
excellent taste, mostly in white with sashes, &c
OF various bright colorS, and presented very
neat and crcditable appearance, whilst the order
preserved in the upper divisions oiboth schools
was perfect. The picture presented to a spec
,ator was IL beautiful one and we'll calculated to-
gvca favorable impression OF the public schools.
The Superintendent gave his medal to Miss
Mary Entwisle, and presented elegant prcm.-
umS, on behalf OF the teacher, to Misses Ida
Wilkins Mary y. Campbell, and Lilly Ward
Misses Ida Cushing Leila johnson, Lilly Phil
lips. Annie Shies Annie Richards Mary
Campbell and Amanda Davis, of the first class;
Henrietta Windsor, Ida Moore and lizzie Bell,
Of the o,l class and Isabella Staunton, Ellie
Ralnrv, LILY Rudd and Emma Entwisle, Of the
third class, were honorably mentioned
Tx Mayor Latham then made Il brel address,
and presented Il handsome gold medal, provided
l,y himself, to Miss Ida Cushing, who had been
a,ljuigcd to have made the greatest improve
ncut in writing, after careful examination OF
the COPY books from all the schools in the city,
sent in for competition.
Superintendent Carne, ut the conclusion OF
the exercises, made briefcxplauation OF some
remarks which he had made ut Snowdcn School
On Saturday. and which, he said, he understood
had been strangely miSinterpreted as rejecting
ON the capacity and faithtulncSs OF the teachers
81 white schools. Nothing could have been
farther from his intention, lnr everybody knew
that those tca..hcr$ had, in almost every case,
opportunities of education superior 10 those at
the culliiillnd al the colorcd teachers, and that
they had improved those opportunities, as hat
been shown in their own examinations. They
had ali uonc their duty faithfully, but the color
ed trarlrrS, melted by attacks madeupon them
l,y portion of the people OF their own race,
who said they were not competent instructors,
had not only performed such work as the law
and regulations required of them, but had done
ui their own accord extra work which he would
never have thought of requiring OF any teacher.
To sand to the facts that their schools were
smaller that the colnrcd children. as IL general
rule had attended better; and that the co!orcd
people had required their children to submit to
Il very strict, he mi ght say, severe discipline,
WA due the undenablc fact, that, in many
points, they had made greater progress than the
white >chnnls
Miss Law pupils presented her lin their in
dIvliua capacity with IL handsome silver cup,
ant many other elegant tokens of their regard,
intending some beautiful bouquets. She Is
Greatly loved By the girls.
PEINcE WILLIAM COUNTY. The County
Court Of Prince William, was attended ycstcr-
day by many OF the citizens of the county aud
others
The contested matter relative to the county
seat was taken up, .jud &c Smith Of fauqulcr
on the bench. aud the case finally dismissed for
want of jurisdiction. The legal points were
argued by Mr.. Forbes, of Fauquier in behalf Of
Manassas and MIR. Brooke Of the same county,
Tor Brcntsviilc. The latter place remains the
county seat.
n.G Greene Radical from Petersburg made
speech on political affairs, on the Court green,
in favor Of Grant and Wilson, and was replied
to by Mr., Meredith.
Delegates, understood to be favorable to the
nomination of Mr.. Braxton. were appointed to
attend the Congressional Nominating Couvcn-
u"n of the first district. to meet in Tappahan-
uoch, on Tuesday after the lst Monday in
August
GEORGETOWN COLLEGE, d. C-Thc cata-
ogne of this venerable school. just published
shows a total of l79 students in academic
studies for the past year. There were 80 from
the District of Columbia, 26 from Maryland,
~ from Pennsylvania, II from louisiana, -
from Virginia. II from Georgia, 6 each from
Ohio and Missouri, from Indiana, each
from New York, Massachusetts and Nicarau-
qua :; each from North Carolina Texas New
Mexico and the island of Cuba, each from
Mississippi, Alabama, Minnesota, West Eir-
Glnla Bucnos Ayres, Mexico and the u. S. of
Colombia and one each from Arkansas Mich
iran, kentucky, Maine and Ireland Thus
=; states and territories and six foreign coun-
tries are represented. In the. schools of Nlcdi-
cine and Pharmacy, there were 63 students,
and in the Law School, 4G; making total Of
2SS.
MAYORS OFFlCE.-An Irish lady by the
name Of Foley, living near the canal basin, for
a>s.ultng officer Nightingale, was dismissed
upon the payment Of costs. Her goat had been
seized for going at large, and was on its way to
the Aims House when she made II disturbance
by her efforts to rescue it, and the officer was
attempting to quiet this disturbance when she
attacked him turiously with broom stick.
MAGISTRATES OFFICE. VIM. Eek, for steal
ing carpct-bag from colorcd man named
Saul, was discharged by Justice White, as the