Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-12-17

intends TO resign before being confirmed,
as not entirely satisfied or pleased with
his present position.
One of the most serious difficulties en-
countered in the representation OF ed
ucation at the Centennial, is the deter
minasion OF space 10 be allotted to It
The Commissioner of Education reports
that the several State Executive School
Officers desire TO know the amount oil
space which each can have for this re-
presentation; but the Centennial Com
mission are so embarrassed that they
desire each State to prepare the material
Of its exhibition as best il can, they hav-
ing to accommodate the space to the arti-
cles 10 be exhibited. Some States are
remarkably well under way in their pre-
paralion.
The distinguished professor, Lyon
PlayfAir, member of Parliament, ana
for some time Postmaster General under
Mr.. Gladstone, writes the Commissioner
of Education on the receipt of the Cen
trnnisl circulars from the Bureau of Ed
ucstion. that if the proposals made by
the educators OF the United States for
promoting the educational exhibit in
Philadelphia, are carried out, they will
secure more methodical and lasting
result than arY exhibit of education
yet made in Grea; Britain.
The Commissioner of Education has
been informed that the educational de-
partment Of Japan is engaged in maxim 6
an exceedingly interesting collection
Illustrative of the history of education
in that country, under the old and new
regime. 1t is expected that there will be
model schoolhouses and appliances OF
education going back five hundred
years.
Considerable anxle'y is manifested in
regard to the coming decision of the
Secretary of the Treasury upon the re-
vised rate of draw back on refined sugar.
The Committee Of Exports lately ap-
pointed TO take testimony, have reported
a small reduction of rate on crystalline
sugar which. will not be sufficient to
destroy our growing business of refining
sugar for expectation. British refners
whose trade has been spoiled in pro-
portion as our own has prosperej, have
attempted q very unseemly interference
in matters that concern this country only,
and as the Secretary has rescinded his
provisional order, practically stopping
sugar exports, II IS not likely that he
viii go further in reducing rates than the
committee of investigation recommend
in which event this large refining aud
shipping trade will be saved to the
country, despite the clamor of foreign
interests TO The prejudice Of American
trade and commerce.
The new Jail in the District of Colum-
bis is nearly complete, sufficiently so
that they are now transferring to il the
prisonrrs of the old Jail. The appro-
priatiOn of 5000. 600 which Congress made
some two years since. is nearly exhaust
ed, and it will require an appropriation oi
al least $75, 700 to complete it. There
are now more than two hundred prison
ers in Jail awaiting trial. larger number
than ever before Statistics show that
the increase is at the rate of about tWent y
per cent. per annum, more than double
10 prop )rtion to the increase in popula
ton of the District of Columbia. This
is doubtless owing to the scarcity ofem-
plOyment for the laboring population
1t is expected that during Congress and
the Centennial, this number will be
greatly increased. LIFE.