Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-08
NEW CIRCUITJUDGES
JUDGE L 1. LEWIS STRONGLY BACK
60 FOR A JUocestlP.
Other Probahis Apprentices, which Nay
Inciuds Three Democrats--Lynoh-
burg's Postmaster.
rrrom Our Regular Correspondent

trrom Our heguler C0rrospondonkl
WASHINGTON, March Tho President
had largo number Of callers againt to-day.
and the matter which was most discussed
was the appointment of the new circuit
judges provided for by tho bill passed re-
Gently by Congress. 1t is believed here by
many well-informed persons thatJudge l..
L. Lewis. of the Virginia Court of Appeals,
will receive one of the judgeships. He is
being backed strongly. and the President
is said to recognize his fitness for the posi-
ton.
OTHER AsprRAsTs.
Ex-ConRreesman Morrow. of California
is also believed to be certain to receive
the appointment for the Pacific Slope cir
cult. Ex-Congressman Payson, OF Illinois,
will either receive the appointment for the
Chicago circuit or else he will be one OF
the judges of the new Land Court: Con-
gresham Culberson, of Texas, is thought
to be favorably considered for the South
west circait. in spite Of the fact that he Is
Democrat.
HARRISON WILLING.
The President is said to be willing to
appoint two or three Democrats. Judge
Culberson. who is one of the finest lawyers
in the United States, is endorsed by nearly
every Senator and Representative who
served in the last Congress, and, regardless
of political utilization, they regard him as
one of the best qualified men in the coun-
try. Judge Culberson was chairman of
the House Judiciary Committee during
the Fiftieth Congress, and il he remains in
the next House will again be chairman OF
that committee. II he goes on the bench
Colonel Oates, of Alabama, will be chair
man of the Judiciary Committee.
STILL IN ABEYANoE.
The President has not yet indicated
whether or not he will reappoint Nc
Laughlin postmaster at Lynchburg. 1t will
be remembered that he sent this nomina-
ton TO the Senate about week before
Congress adjourned. and the case was held
up. OF course the Democratic postmaster
holds over. inasmuch as the Senate did not
act on the nomination of Mclaughlin.
The opponents of Mclaughlin are hoping
to induce the President to appoint some
one else, but the chances are that he will
still stick by Mclaughlin. He may not do
anything, however. for several weeks,
though the friends of Mclaughlin are
urging prompt action.
PosTMAsrERs.
Postmasters for North Carolina were ap-
PoiuIeu tO-uay hs ioho"S. ~. e D"'io'
Bliss. Surry county, rice p. b. Davis, re-
signed +. Wetherington, Jasper, Craven
county. rice ]. J. Speir. resigned; A. Z.
Styers, Rural Hall, Forsyth county. rice j.
S. futile, resigned; ]. G. Ross. Wilson's
Store. Stokes county, rtce j. w. Tuttle, re-
signed.
PUBLIC EDUCATION IN VIRGINIA AND NORTH
CAROLINA.
The Census Bureau has issued bulletin
in regard to public education, from which
the following extracts are taken in regard
to Virginia and North Carolina:
snrollod in public schools........... geo, 9sS
i6Q0-Populatior. i,bo59s
Enrolled in public schools...":.:: $4,000
Gain Of Enrolment IN public scnools5s cs per cent
Hon. John z. Massey. Superintendent of
Public instruction, furnished in manu-
script the material relative to the public
schools of Virginia.
The parochIal schools of Virginia 30 far
reported comprise O little over fourteen
hundred Catholic, little over five hun
bred Episcopal, and some Lutheran pupils.
NORTH CAROLINA.
ISS0-Populaton ......l, 3g9 Ion
Enrolled in public schools......"... 95652s
Enrolled in public schools. ............ s2o.sel
Gain Of population ,1s.59 per cent
Gain In enrolment in public schoels-s.Os per cen,
Hon. s. NJ. Finger, superintendent of
Public instruction. has done much to
facilitate census inquiries in this State.
His recent report Odds the distinction by
sex, and he gives by name the private
schools in the seventy-two counties which
made reports, showing. an aggregate at
tapdonca of 10 ia pupils of which % 3fl
are white and 4,413 colored. He estimates
that there are 32,4o2 white and 1884 col
ored pupils in the private schools in the
State.
WITH PRIVATE TEACHERS.
In North Carolina the rubiic-school
officers are legally authorized to contract
with private schools for the instruction OF
the pupils of tho vicinity during An agreed
term for the public fund. The teachers
are to hold certificates from public officers
and in general are to be responsible fol
them.
Croatans, under Robson county in the
table. are a peculiar people. for whom the
State has established special schools. They
are of marked Indian type. and have an in
terest to students of history in claim OF
descent from the Hstteras Indians and Sil
Walter Raleigh's lost colony.
The number of teachers in North Caro-
| lima is not given in direct form. but the
Superintendent thinks it will approximate
| the number of schools with an allowance
of perhaps $50 additional teachers Tor the
| towns and cities.
The parochial schools of this State
hitherto reported comprise over 700 pupil:
in Episcopal schools. with smaller numbers
in Catholic. Lutheran, and MoraviaI
schools