Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-08-10

[ hcrewlcn seud you tor publication, as re-
auircd by law, synopsis OF my annual report
for The county of Alexandria, just forwarded TO
the Superintendent OF Public instruction.
Respectfully,
RICHARD l.. CARNE,
County Superintendent Public Schools.
Synopsis Of the Annuui Report Of the Super
ustendeut Of PnjNc Schools for the County Of
-lh.canlriu for the ye,r ending Juty 81,
1876
Whole number enrolled for the year GAO;
white 22O, colored APO. Average enrolment
40: white 1872, co!orcd 3lS. Average attend
ance 343; white a. colorcd 229 Percentage
of school population (pcrSons rom to 2l) en-
rolled during the year; white "a, colored %;
10 average attendance, white -, colored 80.
Percentage of average Attendance 10 average
enrolment; white 75 coored -. Studying
higher branches History United otatcs); white
s colored zone. Average enrolment 10 each
teacher So; average aye about ii years; FUR
nished with books at public expense :. over
81 years OF age, one coored.
SCHOOLS AND sCHOOLHOUSES.
Schools opened 9; white A. cclorcd 5. Aver
age number Of days taught l72; number OF
mouths IL (of 20 school days each. including
christmas vacation and hclldays.) Nouc of the
schools are graded Schoolhouses used 9, oil
which all are frame; nave proper outhouS' 5;
proper grounds, and good furniture. Two
belong to districts. There arr nine rooms IN
them all, aud the school property belonging to
districts is valued u. 81 l25.
TEACHERS
Nine are employed; TWO white male, two
white female, one c1lorcd male. and four color
ed female. The average salary paid male
teachers was $3S 80 a month; that paid female
teachers S30,O9.
SUPERINTENDENT.
The County Superintendent gave 100 hours,
or q: days, exclusively to county school busl-
ness; Travelled "a miles, and wrote 40 letters on
that bu .iness; examined IA teachers; attended
two meetings OF County Board anu palu -
visits to schools. He received a salary OF $50,
out of which be paid 1923. 30 for expenses.
RECEIPTS.
There was baauce in the treasury last year
of S9SO.S5 There was received from State
fund $l,074.00; from county tax, 1926. %;
from district taxes, 3,47.20; in ali. S. S2l .27.
EXPENDITURES.
There was expended: For salaries of teach
ers, SO 33S. 50 (stII due S22.5O); tor maps,
globes, &C., $24. Is; Tor iu-i, rent, repairs,
books anu contingent expenses, $500 IS (stil
due SIT ~; for pay Of clerks, So Us (stlti due
$l5l; for pay of treasurer, S323.39: III all, 81,
3SS. II; leaving a balaacc OF 81 1872. 50 III the
treasury.
The expense Of teaching each pupil enrolled
for the year was rs cents school mouth; eu-
tire expense of education, 81 1892; being ca
cents month for each pupil enrolled. The
population of the county Is ), lS4. There are
three school districts, aud the school tax is =!
cents on the $500 tor the county, aud averages
80 cents in the districts.
INSTRUMENTATION The Washington CORES
D ,ndent of the Baltimore Gazette says:
"a respectable aud good looking white girl,
employed 10 a confccLloncr's store ID George
town, few days since eloped with q brawny
negro buck who had been employed In the same
store as a porter. 1t appears that this modern
Desdemona loved mot wisely, but two well,
aud when the consequences OF ner lason were
made apparent both The lovers elopcd for parts
unknown. Whether they are married yet or
not has not yet TRANSFERRED, although the friends
of the porter claim that be has made his white
sweetheart an honest woman. This is the
second miscegenatlon case that has occurred 10
the district since the edict of emancipation was
promulgated
During one of the expeditions into the eau
c4sus, Ignaticf ordered battery Of artillery,
under a captain named Scrgueef, to shell
column of the enemy that threatened to out
faux his forces. The order was obeyed, but
the shells did not explode and produced m
more effect than round shot. lgnaietf gallop.
ed to the battery and addressed the captain in
language RAJ her more vigorous than compll
meDtary. He calmly IlfI ed shell 10 one hand
and applied a p9rt6re to the fuse with the
other, then remark to the general "As you
see, general, the powder is bld.' The general
sprang from his horse and embraced him, cry
ing: "Serguieh, my son, you are drawer
than |.
The Richmo nd State says several days ago
negro mau accepted a wager OF twenty dollars
that be could eat twelve dozen hard boiled eggs
at one meal. H commenced the repast at b
o clock, and was getting away with them pretty
lively when our reporter Left having consumed
VT up in mimi