The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-08-16

The Commissioner of Education at
Washington. in his third annual report,
exhibits some very interesting statistics
relating to the educational condition Of
the peoplu of the United States. It ap-
pears from the report that the total
number of male adults in 1870 was
8, 443. .001, of whom 1,6l9, 147 were ILL
terates; and that OF the female adult
population, (9,O92,999.) there we're
2,O96, 049 illiterates. Estimating the
status of the children on the same
basis. it is found that out of the total
population OF the United States of all
ages, (36, ,55S. .371.) there are II, 2,135, ,799
who can neither read nor write. In re-
spect to public school expenditures, it is
shown that Massachusetts expends the
largest amount per capita-S20. 05-and
that Nevada comes next. with $19.89;
Colorado next, with SID Co; and the
District OF Columbia next, with S15.15
The amounts paid in other States range
from Is cents North Carolina) to
Sl2. 10, California; In the Northern,
Eastern and Western States, the pro.
gress Of education has been steady; but
in Delaware and kentucky, where the
Legislatures have made no provision for
colored children, the progress has not
been 60 marked, though the interest in
and agitation OF educational interests
have greatly increased. In Virginia,
the progress has been very great in o
majority of the Counties; but in North
Carolina, South Carolina. Georgia and
Tennessee, the inaction in country dis.
tricts is deplorablc. The towns and
cities show much improvement. In Ar.
Kansas, Alabama and Florida, not much
advance has been made; and though the
prospects i'll Texas were favorable some
time ego, the free school system has
since been all ';shed by the Legislature.
There were 1870, in the United
States, oll academies, with 95,920 stu
dents, and 29S colleges, 80 of which
were preparatory, tho remaining 2l7 re.
porting -, 2G0 students, Of whom 1,419
were females The humber Of institu.
tioas for the superior education of fc.
mules was l15, with l2,2sS students
The Commissioner closes by calling ut
tention to the lack OF proper veterinary
instruction, which was we'll illustrated
during the late cpizootic excitement,
and he recommends the establishment
by the Government OF good veterinary
schools i'll connection with other iustitu-
tions.
The insurgents Of Spain have little
regard for the rights of foreigners
The consuls ut Carthagena have been
compelled to take refuge on board
man-ot-wAr for protection. Tho effect
will no doubt hasten an interference in
the complexities Of The unhappy land OF
the hidalgocs.
Paris has escaped The cholera, bnL it
has got the Conservatives, a. ad is threat
cned with the Legtimists and tho Bona
partists, Which are worse than the
plague.
An exchange thinks there is danger
that the Republican party will outlive its
usefulness. But there is really no such
danger, the party having no usefulness
to outlive.
A Lancaster (pa.) builder accom-.
plishcd the feat OF building three-story
brick house in that city in fourteen
hours.
Mrs. l.. /. Doies, OF Boston, Massa-
chusetts, who was on visit to Mr.. W.
{. Parker's family at Ncwbcrry, died
last Tuesday at noon