Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-12-12

SOUTHERN NEGROES.-The white teach
ers in the colored schools are supplied
by the American Missionary Association,
and are, as rule, very competent.
They live by themselves, have church
of their own. and do not mingle in soci-
ETY. in Montgomery. This seems to me
unfortunate, but see no way at present
to change it. The rules OF the Mission
airy Association require their teachers to
treat the negroes in every way as their
social equals. This Of itself shuts them
out from all society here, as it would in
almost any Northern community. l be-
lieve that any white gentleman or lady of
independent character who should come
here to teach a colored school, and who
should be ready on oil occasions to de-
fend the profession as respectable one,
and to choose associates as they would
be chosen in the North. could soou win
a position in society here. But the pres
ent teachers, though they engage in the
work from q sense of duty, feel that by
teaching the negroes they are degrading
themselves In the estimation of the peo-
ple and show it in their department.
Some of the most aristocratic ladies in
the South, before the wal, promptd by the
same sense OF duty which sends these
ladies and gentlemen here to-day, used
to instruct the negroes in their religious
duties, and they never lost caste by it;
and to-day the teachers of colored schools
in some of the border States move in the
"best circle" of society. have been
interested to ascertain whether any gen.
eral improvement in the negroes has
been discovered by the teachers since the
| close of the war. The almost universal
reply is in the negative. The negroes as
class are poorer and more degraded to-
day than they were nine years ago. A
number of young men have gone from
the Montgomery schools to Harvard Uni
versity, to Oberlin, and to other Nothern
institutions, and am assured by those
who took the greatest interest in them
that only one or two have turned out
we'll. The remainder have all contracted
bad habits, and two have recently died
OF disease caused by dissipation. While
think that they furnish any argument fol
the discontinuence of the colored schools.
The deterioration of the negroes is due
to other known causes, and is inspite OF
the schools, not result of them. The
people of this State, and Of the entire
South, must make the education OF all
classes one Of the fundamental principles
of their policy, if they expect to raise the
South again from the dust into which i
has fallen.-[ Cor. Of the N. Y. Tribune
PETER L. WEIMAB, the old pioneer who
was at work in the Suffer Mill whel
J Marshall picked up the first gold nugget
is in town with his wife, a venerable
lady. and q mother of fifteen children
The old gentleman has brought tn
identical nugget with him, which b
: wishes the California Pioneers to pur
/, chase ut any reasonable price. He de
sires that the relic shall remain in Cali
fornia, and has refused several temptin
, offers from Eastern curiosity seekers an
] museums, and even from the Unite
] States Patent Office. The old man
hale and hearty, with prospect of liv
ing many years.-fS. F. Examiner, 80
! Ex-SENAToR YuLEs. OF Florida, writel
saying: 1.-THE statement now going th
rounds OF the press to the effect that
am engaged in buying up slave claim
{ in hopes that Congress will ultimatel
pay for the emancipated negroes, Is al
surdly false" He says the loss Of slav
property is one Of the irremeidable losse
Q Of the war, and the idea Of any possibl
1 reclamation is too wild toybs eptertaine
4 by any sane man.-[N. Y. Herald.
WILLIAM L. BARRY, Of st. Louis, VII
r was doubtless the oldest printer in II
t country, died one day last week. havir
attained the good old age Of ninety.si
years. He had over seventy years acti,
J. service at the case, and the first iregull
0 "take," after he had become fnl
d fledged printer. which he ''set" was
I, notice OF the death of George Washin
y ton. Like many Of our ancestors. Il
!. deceased was . native Of virginia.--[l
y Y. Republic.