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SCHOOL EXHIBITION AT MT. CAR
MEL.

Since the war, the Savannah side OF
the County has been remarkable for
its quiet and good order; and since
VIC are living under the benign infu-
ences Of peace, we are doing all that
we can in q quiet way to sustain
schools, churches and such other in
stitutions as contribute to the religious
and moral character Of the country.
In The Savannah Valley VIC can boast
Of two, frst-class schools--one under
1.-THE management Of Rev. O. T. Por-
cher at Wilmington, the other under
the care and supervision Of Mrs. Jane
Ritchey, at Mt. Carmel. Tho former
teacher is known from the seaboard
to the mountains, and for upwards of
twenty years has devoted his time
and talents to teaching in our midst.
His system of instruction is peculiarly
his own, recognizing the important
fact of educating the heart as we'll as
the head. Mrs. Ritchcy is lady of
largo experience in teaching, and has
been the instrument Of doing incalcu
liable good in our community. The
children Of this neighborhood will
ever hold her in grateful remem-
brance, as being worthy and faithful
teacher, not only in leading them
through the intricate paths of science,
but directing their youthful minds to
Him who said, Suffer Little children
to come unto Nc"
On last Friday evening, 18th inst,
the fathers and mothers Of the com
|muni'y, together with all interested,
were invited to assemble at the Ma
sonic Hall TO witness an Exhibition
| of her school, which consisted of Com
position, Defamation, Dialogue, Tab
lcaux and Charadcs. The tableaux
scenes were revealed amid the richest
drapery, and were truly beautiful to
Pook upon. The characters person
ated werc of the highest order. An
elegance foatcd round tho whole that
vas truly electrical. None looked
upon the silent panorama that passed
in review before them but what were
Impressed with higher conceptions of
tho 'bright, the fair and the .beauti-
full" The dialogues and charadcs
stood forth conspicuous as the eclat Of
the occasion. The tragedian tread Of
tho actors upon the stage, the accu-
rate manner in which the recitals
were mado, together with the ease Of
feesture, voice and style, eloquently
testified to the fact that these new
fedgelings Of the drama had been
under the artistic touch Of one who
fully knew the force of the stage and
the witchery of its requirements.
This part of the programme being
pvcr, class of young Americas were
called. At this juncture the shades
pf Demosthenes and Cicero were i'm
mcdiately invoked. The dead orators
pf an hundred years were once more
heard through these living, breathing
little boys of the nineteenth century.
Some Of them spoke with the fire and
tnergy of Chatham, while others
made the school walls ring with the
thunder and lightning Of Demos
) themes. AS We beheld them in their
Pratorical grandeur grasping for the
beautiful and sublime, their littlo, eyes
DETECTING tho impress of divinity, our
bwn impulses reached the question,
may not these some day be our VEN
rablc statesmen, our erudite philoso-
bhers, our learned school masters, our
: Eloquent preachers? This part of the
exercise was truly the eliminating
tar of the scene. The vast audience
cit the inspiration ofthe hour, while
aint glimmerings of futnre greatness
dashed from the school boys breast.
The next part of the programme
opened up to us some fine specimens
bf composition. The themes were all
veil chosen, and abounded with flow
rs Of the richest imagery. "Hope,
he Strongest Passion Of the Human
boul," was clothed in new habiliments
~ Miss Ellen Scott. "The Advan-
ages of knowledge" were truthfully
portrayed by Miss Cumie Agner. A
ust tribute was paid to Music by
Mss Janio Scott. housekeeping,
md it's Delightful Pleasures, by Miss
Corrie McCallister, found happy re.
ponse in every bosom. 'The Love.
mess of Twilight" was POLITICALLY told
by Miss Rebecca Mcbride. "The
Character Of Joan Dare" was strip.
ped of all censure and reproach by
Miss Fannie Rogers. "Thc Queen Of
Fashion" by Miss Lizzie McCallister
vas complete pen picture Of the
Dolly Warden DAYS in which we 1--we