Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1872-07-09
The Peabody Educational Fund,

BosToN, June 27.-The trustees Of the
Peabody educational fund reasserbled at the
Revere House to>day, when the general agent,
Rev. Barnes Sears, ID. D., presented his am
nual report. in which he sayslthe general as
pect of education in the South has undergone
no material change during the past year
Great progress has been made in the public
mind, but various causes have been in opera
ton in the several States TO hinder correspond.
ing action.
The experiment of free schools in every
part of the country has not yet EN- irely cleared
away the doubt and removed the opposition
which has existed, but the principal agents,
measure, have had sufficient degree of sue
cess in extending, improving. and cheapening
education, aud thus awakening general in
terest, and winning popular favor to strengthen
their confidence, and place them and their en-.
terpEise beyond the fear of failure. In regard
to aid rendered DIR. Sears that donations are
not made to colleges, academies or any private
sectarian or charity schools" For well-regu.
lated public free schools, continued about ten
months of the year, and having a regular at
tendance of not less than 100 pupils, ay-
eraging So per cent, we pay $500; $50 pu-
pills, averaging 80 per cent, we pay $500;
$50 pupils, averaging SIS per cent, we paw
$500; 300 pupils, averaging IS per cent, we
pay $1,000. For colored schools two-thirds
of the above rates are paid at present. In all
other respects the regulations are the same as
for the white schools" Appropriations made
to the schools in the several States from the
fund are conditional, aud most of them have
been already paid, the terms having been
complied with. the total amount appropriated
since the last meeting, February Is, 1871, is
S14l.350. The amount contributed by the
people themselves, in connection with these
donations, is probably not less than 100000
Nor Fon JAcoB.-Ohio county responds
to theDemocratic slogan that is sounding from
every county in the State, by the unanimous
adoption of the following resolution:
Resolee1, That the Democracy Of Ohio
county do most hartily indorse the nomination
of johnson N. Camden and the entire State
ticket nominated at Petersburg. and pledge
to it our hearty, earnest and undivided sup
port from now until the close of the polls on
the day of the election.
The above resolution was adopted in the
Democratic County Convention, yesterday,
,oit'tout a dissenting Uoice. Itshows how COM
pletely Governor Jacobs Radical advisers in
this county deluded him when they promised
him Democratic support in his abandonment
of the patty Wheeling Register, Ju!y2.
D9- At the recent Greedy and Brown mass
meeting in Richmond, Gen. Jno. D. Imboden
read extract from letter received from
Hon. Horace Greeley in which he stated that
in the heated days of 1865, when the whole
North had been embittered by the assassina-
ton of Lincoln against every Southern man,
he (Horace Greeley being asked by Pres-
dent johnson to suggest measure Of peace,
advised that Robert i. Lee be invited to con.
fer with the Cabinet on the subject.
Gs- The Philadelphia Aye puts it this
way:
Governor Jacob, of West Virginia, has an
nounced himself as an Independent candidate
for re election, in opposition to Mr.. Camden,
the Democratic nominee. He expects to be
Endorsed by the Radicals. Even that won't
save him in West Virginia The people in
that section have had enough of Radicalism
plain or diluted
- Jacob was in secret caucus, the other
day, with Foreman, Stevenson and other
Radical Proscri ptionists. at Parkersburg. He
has hargained to assist in returning the con-
troll Of this State to their hands,
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