The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-09

portions OF the city. What he says Is sub
stantially what Mr. WooD, the President of
the Board OF Education, said some time
since, and what The SUN had declared long
before. He confesses also that the sanitary
rule OF the Board cannot he strictly OBJ
served without sending many children away
from the schools" Already they are over
crowded, the boys and girls are packed rs
closely as even decent regard for health
will allow them to be packed, and therefore
new corners must be turned away to learn
their A B C's at the expense OF the churches
or the charitable societies. As VIC have
shown a comparison Of the seating capacity
Of the schools with the attendance proves
that this must be the case.
II is interesting TO find that Of the total
number OF pupils enrolled, GO per cent. belong
TO the primary grades and 81 per cent. TO tho
grammar school grades, and that only 1,9ll
belong to the highest grammar school
grades. Tho lesson of these figures is obvi-
GUS The chief demand Of the people is for
the elementary instruction Of their children.
The great mass Of the parents OF the city
cannot afford TO spare the time OF their boys
and girls, except while they are learning TO
read and write and cipher. Onlya compare
lively very small number can send their
children to the highest grades OF grammar
schools. This is why 1t is that while we
hear so many complaints Of the crowding OF
the elementary schools, the ones which it is
the special province Of a system OF FREQ pub
lie education to provide. we get no reports
Of lack OF seats in the higher grades OF
schools the ones which less properly belong
- a. %
tion is that it takes too much interest in the
latter, which make handsome appearance,
and too little in the former the truo objects
for its solicitude, though they may be
crowded with youngsters whose faces are
not quite so clean.
The Superintendent gives many interest
ing facts and figures in his report, and he
justiiies all we have said touching the over
crowding Of the schools; but he omits any
reference TO the proper remedy for the evils
he dcplores, though we have frequently
pointed it out. The money paid by the peo-
pie Of New York for common school educa-
tion amounts TO several millions annually.
IL Is enough. and more than enough; TO pro-
vide a seat in the schools for every child in
the city who seeks free elementary instruc-
ton, and none Of the buildings need be too
much crowded
First. get rid OF the College OF the City OF
New York which costs more than dozen
primary schools, and trains young men who
can afford to pay for their classical and
mathematical training. Then Top of the
highest grade grammar schools, which have
50 small an attendance, and let young wo-
mon get their fancy accomplishments at
The result will bc that the youngsters will
have plenty Of room and the people will be
saved considerable proportion OF what
they now pay for free education.
Substantial progress was made Yesterday
by both Houses Of Congress. Tho Senate re-
coded from its amendments to the Indian Ap-
preparation bill-giving $4,000 to Sioux and
Cheyennes the bill was passed. 1t appro-
PIRATES 81 7l3. 200 SO. being s33.OGS.sl less than
the amount for the current year. The Senate
also passed the bill providing for three months
extra pay to officers and soldiers Of the Mexican
war. Many bills on the private calendar were
likewise disposed Of.
Mr.. WHITTHoRNE made an unsuccessful effort
to present to the House the Naval Committees
report on the RoBEsoS investigation. That
body resumed work on the Army Appropria-
ton bill. and after long debate rejected Mr..
BooNE's amendment transferring tho Indian
! Bureau to the War Department. the vote stand
ing IS to l0l; adopted Mr.. BUTLER's amend
mcnt permitting railroad companies 10 trans
init over their telegraph wires messages for the
general public agreed to the army reorganiza-
ton amendment. ll6 to %. and TO Mr.. HEwITr's
amendment eXpunging from the Revised
! Statutes tho authority 10 have troops at the
| polls on election day. 10 % 95. The bill as
thus amended, was then passed.
Yesterday morning the stones OF Broad
| way were covered with a composition that mad,
them as smooth ~ the best asphatum pnve.
ment. and over which even the numbering
stages rolled almost noisecssy Where the
sun shone on this composition. however II
proved inferior to asphalum; indeed. it soon
became a filthy slough. through which unfortu.
naic pedestrians splashed. to the dctrimcnt Of
| polished boots. white skirts. and good tcmpers
CHARLES ETHERIDGE Of st. Paul. Minr
! defrauded n bank OF forty thousand dollars
| and fed from the State. He was overtaken by
| remorse. and has fully reimbursed the swim.
died institution by turning over TO 1t the bulk o
his real and personal property. and he nov
asks 20 be rcinstatcd in the church OF which h,
WAS member. In letter to his former pastor
! ne says ol MS crime mat the step was one bOrf
Of desperation. leaping blndly ms 1t were of
the high ground 81 integrity into the deep an,
| 10 me unknown abyss of crime and he add.
that atonement for weakness in yielding {,
temptation and prayer TO be sustained in tina
object aud to keep me from temptation will be
daily and hourly self-imposed duty"
ETHERDdE appears to be really peniten
man. proving his repentance by works.
Although PATRICK BUTLER, the MOLLY
Mcguire Body Master. who turned States ev
dcnce in the trial Of DoNNELLy. at Pottsyile in
1876 has escaped tho gallows. his lot is hare
one and he is not only Stunned by decen
people for his crimes, but abhorred and pcrse
| cuted by his former associates on account %
his trcachery. So far does this persecution ex
tend that girl who was accepting BUTLERi
attentions was warned by her employer. M
oficeholdcr, to discard him. Even joins L
BUTLER brother of PATRICK. is similarly an
noyed Tho Philadelphia Times says tina
shortly after the arrest Of PATRICK BUTLER
JACK KEHoE, and others. JoHN +. BUTLER cam
TO New York with instructions from KEUoE L
obtain $4,000 from tho Ancient Order Of liber
mans in New York and Brooklyn for the ex