New-York tribune., 1882-03-04

"1hcn yOu think there Is no proSPcou WI '"' i'''
luton becoming n law y
Think! | know there is none. You may say
from me cmUhatically that the Board Is certain 10
take no step IN the matter Mt the present time;
'N hat are your own views on the matterp
II think things very well as they are Some OF
the very best teachers we have III the puDG schools
ore married women. Why should we make law
excluding such as these OF course there may be-
and perhaps are eases where married women should
step down and out TO make room for Others. But
then there will be hardshiDs under any law. great
deal has been said about the injustice done Normal
College graduates by retaining married teachers !;
but il must he remembered that teachers are
not employed on sentimental grounds Teachers
are chosen not because they are married or single
but because they are the test for the position that
can he found. SO if the young unmarried graduates
prove that they the best teachers because they
are single they will be employed. And i'm so far as
the married state docs not unfit them for their po-
sitons it will not be considered
MISSING VESSELS AND OCEAN VOYAGES.
The many days which have elapsed since the
steamships 1itania and America should have
reached their ports of destination have caused
muck alarm for their safety. The Titania sailed
from this port on January ~ for Newcastle and
Dundee. She carried no paSsengcrs, but she
had crew Of thIrty-fOur men in all She had freight
for both Newcastle and Dundee; that for the
former port consisting of 7O2 cases OF canned
goods 1874, 800 pounds of bacon; l39,sOS
pounds of lard G,6l7 pounds of tallow 63lO
pounds Of cheese; 52G barrels of pork ~ barrels
of varnish ! package manufactured wood 4O3
bundles of shocks 800 ticrces OF beef; 81 oars
1000 bushels of wheat; 272 packages of lime and
packages OF provisions for Dundee, 200 cases of
canned goods and 600 sacks of -four The Tltania
an iron screw vessel, barScntine rig; 27O feet
IN cngth 80 10 feet beam; pig feet
depth of hold, and 1878 tons capacity, She
was built for freight carrying only, at Mddlesbro,
England. and owned by G. T. Bowring x Co.,
of Liverpool She was double bottom, or water
ballast vessel with four transverse bul kheads.
The America sailed from this port for Hamburg
on February /, with cargo for that port. Her
crew numbered about "a there were no passengers.
Her cargo consisted of $50 bags of clover seed,
1011 ,17O pounds of lard % eases of hardware, 80
barrels and 10 cases OF ubrcating on, l,OOO boxes
of starch 400 pounds of cheese u ,532 pounds OF
butter and $4,000 bushels of corn. The
America an iron iron screw steamer, built
at Low Walker, England, in 1881, and owned by
Edward Carr, of Hamburg. She was bark rugged
300 feet in length 80 feet beam; 22 feot depth
of hole; 1897 tons capacity; was water DaIast;
had double decks and beams, and four transverse
bulkheads. The agents of the two steamships assert
that they are not alarmed for their safety.
Very few people called at the Inman Line Office
yesterday to make inquiries with regard to the de-
lay of the steamship City of Berlin, now five days
overdue from Liverpool. A cable dispatch was re-
ceived by General Manager Dale, from the owners,
stating that there no need of any alarm, rs the
City of Berlin had encountered the ice. Instruc-
tions had been given to Captain Leach to 60 south
of the ice fields. The steamship City of Lincoln
arrived from Cardiff yesterday, having been nine
teen days making the voyage. On February 26, in
latitude 4Go north, longitude AZ "a west she
encountered huge fields of ice The vessels course
was changed to the southwark and she for
fifteen and half hours before she got into clear
water.
The bark Alice, which arrived from London yes
terday, had tempestuous voyage: For two weeks
previous to February II she had succession OF
westerly gales While hOye-tO on February 10
heavy SEA broke over her, filing the forecaste and
cabin with water, denOlishing the life-boats and
carrying away the catheads and rails One Of the
sailors had his leg broken and four Others were
injured.