Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-01-18

t ment Of the statute anneIing pei
atty by way of damages to appeal
: from judgments for money, Wi
, discourage appeals that are not mel
itorious."
The condition of the dockets
unchanged, and subsequent event
have satisfied me of the wisdom G
the recommendation then made
which 1 renew with the utmos
earnestness.
MOB LAW.
1t is to be regretted that, I'm a few
localities, the county jails have heeI
violated by the removal and mur
der of prisoners by armed mobS
The power with which the Execu
tive il clothed has been employed
to bring these outlaws to trial anC
punishment, and the local authori
ties are exhibiting a eommendabl'
zeal in their efforts to discover tht
authors of the outrages.
The provisions of the Crinlina
Code are adequate for the punish
ment ofjail-breakers and murderers
all that is wanted is the develop
ment Of a public sentiment that vii
stimulate and give courage to loca
officials.
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.
Under the authority of the ac;
approved 26th of March, 1877, pro-
viding for State Board of Health,
| commissioned Drs. j. ID. Plunket,
T. A. Atchison and j. Nj. Stafford,
of the county of Davidson, DIR. f.
( M. Wight, of the county of Hamil-
ton, and DIR. r. B. Maury, of the
county OF Shelby. Recent events
have demonstrated the importance
of more efficient organization OF
this Board. 1t should be provided
with money, and with authority to
publish and enforce intelligent san
itary regulations. Earlier attention
to this subject, it is believed, would
have secured "A more general immu-
nifty to the State from the late fever
epidemic, and saved many citizens
from the suffering and destitution
of which they were the helpless
victims. The cholera, in epidemic
form, has made its appearance on
the eastern coast of China, at q point
with which the United States main
tain close commercial relations. Its
march, so far, is upon its usual line
of travel, and it will be criminal
negligence in the State if no meas
ures are adopted to exclude it from
her borders. The obligation of the
State to protect the person and
property of the citizen is not more
binding than it is to protect him
against the ravages of epidemic dis
eases, and there is certainly no bur-
den for the taxpayer that will be
carried with so much cheerfulness
as that created for the preservation
Of the health Of his family.
A State SO desolated as Tennessee
has been by cholera and yellow
fever, and threatened as il is still
by these terrible plaques, should ap-
propriate not less than ten thousand
dollars per annum for the current
work Of the Board Of Health, and
clothe it with authority to quaran-
tine the whole or any pIrt Of the
State against infected points.
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The enumeration of the children
of the State within the ages of six
and eighteen, for the scholastic year
ending Aug. 81, 1877, shows-white,
320,93 colored, Ill ,523; grand to-
tai, 49,, 2,45S. The number enrolled
in the schools for the same period
was-white, III ,53j; colored, 43, ,043;
total, pa ,578; which was an increase
of 80, ,463 over the enrolment for the
rollment for the scholastic year end
ing the 3lst of August, 1878, shows
an increase of Il per cent. over the
previous year; the average~dally
attendance upon The schools for 1877
was l42, 2,266, an increase Of 16,35S
over the year 1876, with n further
increase Of 1S per cent. for the year
1878; the number of schools for the
wear 1877 was !, 4,604, which was an
increase of S07 over the year 1876
the number of teachers employed
for the year 1877 was 5,001, an in
crease Of 70 over the previous year
and l am gratified TO state that the
improvement in the character and
scholarship ofthc teachers employed
is very marked.
The public schools received for
the year 1877 from the State $l62,-
280.2S from the counties, S244, ,503.-
80; from other sources, ST.
923.28; total, S71S, ,423. 4S, a de
crease, as compared with the
year 1876, of SI20,31I.67. But the
shows an increase
in the receipt of school money for
the year 1878 to be nearly ten per
cent, with q promising increase for
the next year. The private schools
in the State, exclusive Of universi-
ties and colleges, number about
900, with / 200 teachers and an en-
rollment of about 10000. There is
in the State not less than 10000
persons within the scholastic age,
who were not enrolled in any school,
public or private, for the past year.
result is in some cases charge
able to the indifference of the parent
or guardian, and very often to a
that demands the services
of the child at home but while this
large per cent. of the children of the
State is not enrolled, it does not fol-
low that the same children have not
been heretofore, or will not here
after, be enrolled. Very nearly all
of them have been in attendance
upon the schools at some time dur
Ing the past six years, and have !
something in the way of an
The same facilities for
all the children of the State are pro-
vided, and the result shows a steady
increase in the enrolment and at
tendance. Our school system is
q wise one. Its sue
cess is assured, and its results are
full of encouragement to the friends
of popular education. The only
recommendation ! make concerning
ii is to repeat one made by com
mittee appointed by the State |
Association to the Forti-
eth General Assembly, of which
one of my most distinguished pre-
ex-Gov. Neill s.. Brown,
was Chairman, that it be "letalone."
The teachers institutes and con-
Of county uperintendents,
held in the several Congressional
districts, and presided over by the
State Superintendent, were attended
by many of the best teachers and
thinkers in the State. These insti-
tutes have elevated the standard of
teaching, and have added much to
The popularity of the school system.
For the satisfactory condition Of
the public schools during the past
four years, the people of the State