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MY BABY, (Lessons of chkistian FAith.) It a holy hour—which even now Brii - tender musing— when our father rent A biased Angel down to lay my sweet Young babe within niy aims. Hie shining One Let tall on me the glory ol his love, And breathed the ene.woid, “Peace !” and from us passed Into the deep, still night. The little one Close nestled to my side, and slept its tirst Sweet sleep beneath a mother's watelilul eye. How strong that sleeper was, to bind our souls With golden choids that never can be broke! No time, no change, no sad reverse ol'years, No lortune good or ill, nor hand of Death, Nor all combined, can equal in their might The giant power ol a helpless child. My little sleeper won my heart; and T, Through all its days on earth, followed it still, A eapuve led by love. It grew in strength Ana beauty, both of body and ol mind— And grew in love tor me. About my neck AVereolten twine the liny aims, the eyes Uplift to mine were lull of love. How bright That young intelligence, how the dawning soul Caught new bright colors of thought! V hat artless ways And witching smiles, and looks of eager light! W bat joy to me to look on all the chat ms And nameless graces of my child, and lcel My lile bound up with tins lair being: to press Its innocent lovnness to my throbbing heart. And whisper w ith deep giatitude and joy “THE LORD GAVE.” II. H Another Angel came to my sweet he me— Lown through ihe quiet stais it came, and stood In all its brightness near my sleeping chnd 1 saw it in w tat seemed a vision lair; It bent above the sleeper, touched its brow, And printtd on the parted lips a kiss. Then like the first, it spake the oBe word, “Peace!” And vanished in m my sight. My heart was glad, And waimeu With giatitude to God. I thought The Angel came to guard the helpless life W hich 1 couid not. Ho not such w atchers come, And take their stations by our little ones, To save licm death, and guide them into life? "While thus my soul rejoiced, and lelt secuie Beneath the watelilul care ol it inless Ones, And, snong in laitli, believed that God’s good band Would keep us Item all haim, and bless us still With good through many years to come, sleep wove A deeper, dreamless spell. The morning came. My child was dead! It hat could 1 do, but stand With broken heart beneath the avvtui blow? "My darling's gone! JJy baby's dead !'' I moaned And pressed wild kisses on the silent lips. My Leart giew bitter. Death, the enemy I thought, had tune in angel lotni, with word Oi peace, to rob me ol my ebitd. Alas ! Alas ! my btuutilul, my light had lied! fco days ol gloom went by, and I still mourned And murmured at my lot. Yet God still looked W itb pity on me, as lie looks on all, His love "was mine although I knew it not. Once more I dreamed. Alone and desolate It seemed I went to lay lush wreaths upon T he grave of my sweet sleeper, hut what sight W as there ! an angel sal within the tomb, And filled its darkness with celestial light. The bright One knew my <iuest and spoke in Jove, “It is not here, but risen Jibe the Loid.” I turned togo, with trembling and great joy, W hen, lo! 1 saw another Olivet, And Horn it rise my dead, my living child. W itli steadfast gaze I looked, until a cloud Parted it Hem my sight. And then again An Angei near n.e spoke the one worn, “Peace !” And vanished. Light ieli on my soul Amid those vondious scenes, and love bade all My bitter thoughts be gone. I ltaincd to say: “THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY.” III. Still life w as lone. With baby gone I lived On lamias, banished Item my joys, I saw Ko moie tlie little busy one, nor heard Tbeilnging laugh that tilled the house with joy. 1 did not chale, but bowed to God. I saw His hand, but couid not see my lot was best. A Sabbath on this I'aimos shore ! itbiouglit The Spirit and its holy peace. My soul W as steeped in rest ana hope. The grace el' God Came soltly dow n, in tenderness, to win My soul to Him, and to a happy life. Bay more. An .Angel came and talked with me, And boie me lo a mountain gieat and high, A 1 itgali ot the soul, above earth’s giot m And sbade, and showed to n e the Land of Rest— The Canaan that we love, Oh.visitn blest! In waves alar ran golden plains away, And distant still the spirit hills laistd high Their glimm’ring crests. The sunlight moved o'er wood Andlield, andjoyousiy poured down thedewy slopes, Then smiling stoid by cbrystal streams to watch The silver waters run. O'er all the land Peace held her mystic l eign, while sky on earth Threw beauty’s blush, aud radiant earth gave back Her sw eels. Our Ltav in, host med in the depths ! On ail its slopes the shining squadrons moved, Ol thobetbat dtil not sin, and tansemeu ones I rem earth, with Jesus in iheir midst. 1 saw The blight throng rest, and my sweet babe, with harp Of gold in its young hands, a crown of life On its lair blow, in raiment clear and w hite, Sit dow n among the company, and near The blessed Master's leet. And then it sang— My yearning heart thrilled t< that soft, sweet voice— Heard it amid the mighty thunderlngs, And heatd the broken woius— “Letus be glad.” And “Alleluia!” Then I felt and said : “BLESS!D BE T HE NAME OF THE LORD.” IV. My Sabbath gone, I went to life again, With cheerlul heart, lo fill its mission well. My soul rejoiced—its sw ii-t and tender thoughts, And precious numoiies, lieni God's good hand Sent down by Angel ministry, filled my soul With lest and coiulort One other lesson tame. Not now an Angel teacher, but the Lord, By that same couth on which my dear one died. He stood as in the olden time, He stood Among His iriends, and said, “Peace be to you !” Then to n y soul He gav e another Pope. It sweetens toil, and animates and cheers. It clots not bring my lost one back to' me lt leaves it in the sinless land, and leads Me to that liebet, higher, grander lile. It is the wotd oi chtistian hope which Be, The loving Cne, has taught me now lo say: “I SHALL GO TO HIM.” W. H. D. High Faur I uni a feulfttn— ,In de- sciibing a dinner at tlie soitan’B paJace- Mr. Drew Gay writes: ‘And now ctmts the crit ical moment icr you if you, are present at thiB feast as a sturper. You will have placed your meat tn ycur plate, and be cerelully cutting it up, wLtn suddtnly a more ttan ordinarily jui cy mcnel will te (utbed info your mouth by a pair of very greasy fingers. You must not rtsenl tbis. It is a token cl loving j kindness, a sign that you are respected, esteemed, beloved. Eat it, you are a l&vored mortal.’ Ibis is worse than the milk and water at the tVhiteBcuse. Don’t know, come to think of if, both are bo had there is no choice. The Paeis Ixeiuitios.—All wlo have visited the Paris Exhibition and lave taken the trouble 0 going through the small cilecticn clGermn- 1 timings which, notwithstanding its limited ex tent, may aaiely pronounced to be the pearl of all the Art sections in the Exhibition, wiil Lave been struck with two celebrated pictures by the Ger man artist Enas. They ate : “Ihe old Jew in structing a boy in the secrete of trade,” and the ptimant to it, “Ihe boy s fiist profit.” Not only connoietuis, but even the gerunl yi-v;,- at _ traded by tLcse two pictures winch wilt be liuly described as marvels of stedy and design. It is interesting to learn who it is who has served aB a model lor these j ictuses. The head oi an old Jew with a fine lace, painted in so masterly a manner by Enaas, is that ot Elen Stein, ioimeiJy a dealer in hides and now a baker in the Eaj enstraste of lierlin, sujplying most of his Jewish compatriots with fc&LLath Liead—larthu. Ihe likeness is ’iriking. ‘The strongest propensity in a women s na ture.’ says a careful student of the sex, ‘is to to know what is going em, and the next is to boas the job.’ EEUCATIQKAIi DEPARTMENT. Organ of the Georgia Teachers Association- Organ of ihe State School Commissioner, G. J, Orr, B. W. BObNBLL, Editor. Mutation aud tlie Mate. In the Constitutional Convention of 1877, when the subject of education came up for dis cussion, there were several able speeches made. The result was the article bow embodied in tlie tundamentai law of the State. Among those w ho were most earnest ana elcqueni in their ad vocacy ot liberal measures lor education was Mr. Guerrard ol Columbus. The t olio wing is the substance of one of his speeches, and we commend it to the careful con sideration ot every citizen ol Georgia: T do not think there can ccme before this house a question during the discussion of which the eyes of the Slate and the country at large would be more nearly fixed than during that discussion. One ol the theories advanced by the manager of the great Peabody iuna was thai the people should not go backward upon the sub ject of education. We have a tendency in that direction. Let U6 pause belore we lake ihe step. One of the reasons why tbe State of Georgia is not richer than the ib, is because the people are not better educated than they are. Knowledge is power, and power ta wealth. The man ot ed ucation puts money into the treasuiy where the ignorant man taktb it out. What man is there who withes to succeed in his tiade who does not ute the best tools;! 1 The^ citizen is the tool ol the State, and it is education that makes this tcoi the best one. The gentleman says ihe State bhould not pay lor tuts education; but i say it is to thejiiiltitsi ol the State to pay lor it, and the State 4 ib reimbursed lor the outlay. Look at the recent war in Eutope between Piut- sia and E’rance. Do not ah thinking men know tLat ihe reason why Prussia ciusheu ETance al most in a week was Lecause the peasantry of France had not betn educated and the soldiery of Prussia was educated in the service ot the State ? 1 w ant C eorgia to hat e that soil of power in reserve. 1 am only htie to appiopnate our money wisely and not wasteluliy, and without stint. It is not under the present school sys tem of Georgia that the young miss comes home with her head lull ol notions and an education that Las no practical benefits in it. JudgeLong- street, in Lis • Gecigia Scenes’ atsciibes her with vivid accuracy long btiore it was ever at tempted by the people ot Georgia lo educate their childien in public schools. I have betn a tax payer, but neiiher i nor mine have re ceived any benefits licm ibe school system, but 1 Lave been benefiued in not being taxed to support jails ana pcor-Louste. I nope this people will give a suppoit to these schools. Letter li t in Jriol. Mears. Stumbling Blocks in IhePaUi ol tbe r ltaclitr. Ibe Bible m htiiboi, eic. Are we in t anger or educating the poor too much? Is the cry to be raised in thib country that tbe poor by education will get above their station? Even wLtn opportuniiies aie multi plied ani put within their tab} itaeb, are there so nibDy ol tLat class willing and ulie to avail tbemstivts ot their opportunities, ub to warrant the tear tbit the ranhb el toileis will be uncom- lortabiv diminished? Dots education bring dis gust oi'bonest toil in any sphere? Ihtn n is not education, but our pervtise ana imperitci methods and wrong spirit, which are rtally to blame. Ihtre is no uepaitmeni or tailing ol lile, however Lumbie, wmch the rightly educa ted man or woman may not occupy with honor to themselves and with p refit to the catling. Hole we may hope lor valuable assistance in the various ltiin ot industrial art education which have long Leen in vogue in the older countries of the world, and which Lave enjoy ed such a vigorous lile and development in iiusbia. Rus sia, that lriend and ally ol America in the uark period of the civil war, who teaches her advan ced pupils ihe Ameiicen it ther than the English language, whose emancipation policy was car ried out peacefully while we were woiking out ours in bleed; that gigantic nation, the scene or a thousand years of despotism, always an otject of peculiar interest to this youtblui republic, wbese Centennial the older nation aided to cel ebrate with such lavish and goigeous display; Kussia, who has at last driven tne lurk from his lour-ceniuiy encampment on the Danube, and whose great seivices for Christendom, no unwoitby diplomatic Bliategy, e=ven though met with large concessions Hem ihe victor, can nul lity or eflace licm the memories ot men or lrom the map of the world. Whatever may be said ot the backwardness of Russian civilization, the grand oevelopment of her industrial ait education, joined with the well-known docility ot her people, will prove elements ol a iapia progitss; ana even now her museum of educational appaiatus, and her im mense pedagogic library at St. Petersburg, rival Flevna itself in reputation and interest. Ihepowtiluianu contioiling tendency towards an increase of personal liberty, effects all lanks, classes and ages, and gieatly mcitases the bur den and responsibility ol the teacher’s work. It iB part ot tbe indcciluy of the age, that it is so impatient of restraint, so ready to remonstrate against tbe just exercise of authority, so quick to tevolt, so violent and bloody m rebellion. Even a liee republic like our own was not sate lrom the deaoiy assaults of organized lawless ness. The deep wounds given and received in the memorable struggle lor law and authority and national life, which ended in an act of assas sination thirtetn yeais ago, aie far from healed to thiB day. The pain and inconvenience of seme of thtse wounds are more keenly felt as time lolls on. And such a lesson cf the value ol law, and of the unspeakable importance and sacredness of civil government, was given, as one would think, sufficient to restrain the tur bulent and to pat (town lawlessness for a *ife time at least. Quite different are tbe faclB that fsce us to day. At the last meeting of the N6W York State Teacher’B Association, held in that picturesque region ol mingled lake and mountain scenery in the northeastern corner ol the State, where hospitable tlattsbuig with its gray church tow er looka out upon the placid waters of Cham- plaign, all begirt and laden with choice memo ries of Ameman heioiem; where every nook and headland has been enriched with patriotic blood, shed in establishment or maintenance of Amer ican liberty, there, in that peacelnl scene there leached us the ltmors ot a new and a vast up rising against the wholesome restraints of law, a revolt against the lew, and theielore the more necessary , principles ol order lelt in the struc ture ot our system oi seil-government. It looked tor a time as if the representative teachers of tbe Empire State would be quartered indefinite ly upon their hospitable Pittbburg hosts,or would have to woik thtir way home by slow and doubt- lui metbeos ol pedestnamsm. Rut the teachers themselves weie ltamers in the school of Provi- dence cunng that tventlul, though brief, term taken licm the summer vacation. It was a sort of institute in moiais and political economy. And tbe lessen, il not cnloiced by repetition, Las been kept lresh in cur minus by a threaten ing underground rumble, prolonged through all the intefvenir. g monihs, as il lore running a sim ilar and even more formidable social convulsion > tPan the last, incitaible as it may seem, the free air of the American republic is not free enough to satisfy the restlesB and defeated die- organizers of the old world, and the followers among the masses here whom they have infect ed with their own fanaticism. They indeed are not likely to succeed in their wild assaults against law and justice, but whence even the slight ground of encouragement which sustains them, if it be not in the restless, intractable spirit of the age itself? The passive virtues of Christianity are disparaged; patience, tempe rance, contentment, are at a discount; authority is challenge! and criticised; every one would be his own master; submission is not yielded to law, but to one’s own good opinion of the law. Republicanism, if uuchastened by a regard for the inherent sacredness of government as a Di vine ordinance, is morally certain to develop in just such disorderly tendencies. They have invaded our colleges, academies, schools aud households. The educational annals of the past, year have been border, ed with disci editable re ports of rowdyism which Bound like echoes of the larger, bloodier uprising of the dangerous classes. , I am proud to say of the schools and acade mies and colleges of the Empire State, that they have not shared in the bad eminence gained by colleges in other parts of the land during the past year. Whatever have been our troubles, they have not been considerable enough to at tain noteriety. But has any of us quite escaped manifestations of the same disorderly spirit which in other places has broken out into open violence ? The eartl quake, the eruption, has been confined to ceitain localities, but bas not tLe whole surface of the ground trembled in un- ccmiortable sympathy? Have not educators themselves been to some degree demoralized, and caught by the infection of disorder? have there not been instances cf unworthy conces sion and tolerance,tending to the hi eakmg down of discipline among the authorities themselves? Has there net been too great a disposition to ltave our youth to themselves, to dispense with authority in our treatment of them, and to put moral suasion in the place of law ? Instead of insisting upon submission as in it self one of the best lessens youth can learn, have we not rather petted their crude reason and judgement, and taken it into council with ouxsePves ? Has not our whole educational mtthed, reacting from the monkish, jesuitical, and pietistic repression of former times, swung over too far towards the fake liberalism of Rousseau ? Is net the entire abolrtion of corporal punishment net only an unwise thing in itself, but asymptem of a gen eral weakening in tbe matter ot discipline among educators ? bays Rosenkraiz, the philosopher of educa tion : ’borne kind of corporal punishment is most suitable for children, and this kind of pun ishment, provided always tbit it is riot too often administered, or with undue seventy, is the proper way ol dealing with wiillul defiance, with obstinate carelessness, or with a really per verted will, so long or so often as the higher percep tion is closed sg&inst appeal.’—Miss Brac kett’s Translation, p. 21. When a democracy, says Plato,w hich is thirtt- ing lor more freedom, has evil cupbearers pre siding over tbe feast, ind has drunk too deeply of the strong wine ot freedom, theD, unless tier ruleis are veiy complaisant and give plentiful diaugbt, she calls them to account and punish es thtm, and curse:- them as oligarchs; and loy al citizens are insulted by her as lovers of slav ery and men of naught; she would have subjects who are like ruleis and rulers who are like sub jects; the anarchy <giows and finds a way into private houses; the father gets accustomed to descend to the irv&I of his sons and to fear them, and the son to be cn tbe level with his lather, he having no shame or fear of either of his pa rents; :Lc master leaib and flatters his scholars, and the scholars despise their masters and tu tors; and in genetal young and old are alike, and the young man is on a level with the old, and the old men condescend to the young. They do not like to be thought morose and authori- tive, and therefore they imitate the young. Even jhe horses and asses come to have a way of march ing along witn all the rights and dignities of lretmen, and they will run at anybody whom tLey meet in the street if he does Dot get out of their way, and all things are just ready to burst with liberty.’ If we seek for deeper grounds for this relaxa tion cn the one side ana hostility on the other towards the principles of order in our education al system, we may find them in part at least in the unfortunate divorce which is being effected between education and religion. I wish to lay the blame on no one; ldo not intend here to ar gue that sualr a divorce can be prevented by any means in our power. But I do affirm that it is a most unfortunate dissolution ot two par ties whom God and reason have joined together. Education, without a clearly recognized basis of dit ine authority, without reference to a divine government and revelation, and without a broad and clear admission of the duty of the educator to cultivate the religious feeling as the highest exercise of the human spirit, loses its most ef ficient means of controlling the pupil and of securing his faithlulness and loyalty, in a word, his docility. *TLe youth of the age will become unteachable in proportion as the age itself be comes unbelieving, skeptical, and critical to wards a positive religion. We have seen a thing unprecedented in our age and country during the past winter—a Biuart and showy lecturer, a native of Central New York, but now a resident of Illinois, passing lrom city to city and pour ing out to crowds of applauding listeners tbe bitterest tirades and the most unqualified invec tives, not only against Christianity, but against religion itself, against the idea of retribution, and the very name of the Deity. The bearing of all this upon the tone ot public sentiment in general, including our youth, was clear enough S' those who were willing to see; but even the blindest must have been convinced, when they learned that the name of Robert Ingetsoll was signed to the extraordinary petition presented to Congress lastwinter, in lavor of repealing the law againbt the circulation of obscene matter through the mails. It is well known that the youth of our land are the chief objects sought by those who would use the mails in the manner lorbidden by the law, and these clandestine,and dangerous, and diabolical panderers to unholy lust, naturally enough find an ally in the man who has the effrontery publicly to declare his hatred of God and religion. School Hints. The following excellent hints were given by a practical speaker at the recent meeting of tbe Detroit teachers: Have a clear, well-defined idea of the kind of a school you want. Have in mind an imaginary model school, but do not be discouraged if you tail many fimts before you attain this; each day’s determined work will bring it nearer. Teach pupils how to study. Teach them how to get irom a beck thoughts which the bcok con tains. Much time is wasted in getting ready lor work. Too often when yqu enter the room there is the appearance of getting ready for in spection. Teach pupils to attend to business, and do the wcik assigned them at the proper time, and to do one thing at a time. In hearing recitations be interested yourself; be enthusias tic yourself; Lave a soul in the work. If you are obliged to punish, do it out of school. If anything unpleasant bas occurred during tbe dsy between the,teacher end any of the pupils, never allow the school'to close without dropping some pleasapt word which will c&tire all to leave the room with^goolj lteling. Cultivate in pupils aB far as possible, self-r«pect and s^li-govern- ment. Never attempt to ferret out mischief without certainty of success; better let it pass than fail in the attempt. In governing your school do not lower yourself to the level of your pupils, but always be dignified and gentlemanly in your deportment in all the little thiDgs that pertain to the government of your school, thus silently and imperceptibly lifting them up into a higher manhood. STATE JNEWS. GEORGIA. One hundred and four students have matric ulated at the tall term of Mercer University. The closing exercises of Farmers’ High School, under Prof. Leonidas Jones, occurred on the 1st. instant. This is one of the best schools in Troup county. The Salphur Springs High School closed dur ing the second week in November. The Following is a part of Governor Colquitt’s message to the Legislature, now in session. Oar educational outlook is by no means discourag ing, though much remains to be accomplished in order to place Georgia in the fore front of Southern education. THE STATE UNIVESITY. The condition of thb state university, of the college of agricultural and the mechanical arts, and of the North Georgia agricultural col lege, is shown in the accompanying reports. The receipts for 1876- 7 were $40,529 54, which, with the balance on hand July the 1st.. 1876, made revenue for the year $46,518.8o. The dis bursements were $34,880 44, leaving the balance on hand July, 1877, $11,995.10, which, with scrip fund and tuition due, would run the balance to $15,000.00. The amount of $15,000,- 00 voted by the general assembly to supplement the experimental and mechanical departments of the university has been received, and judi- ciouly used as far as expended. For the year 1877-78, the receipts not includ ing the balance lrom the previous year, were $33,862 61, and the disbursments, including purchase of apparatus, were $33,206 98, leaving a cash balance of $9,686.79, belonging to the li brary, apparatus, land scrip and general funds. The leport gives the details of receipts and ex penditures, and says that leaving out the expen ditures for apparatus, the total debasements were $67.22, in excess of the total receipts, and including refunded tuition, $990 70 less than the appropriation made in August, 1S77. The decline in the number of students, and in consequent income from tuition, caused the board of trustees to examine closely into the cause of such decline. There is no reason why this venerable and illustrous institution should fall into decadence, but, on the contrary, every good ground for its increasing in usefulness and prosperity. The university has an able and full faculty; it is provided with $22,560,000 worth of apparatus for the instruction ot science; it presents facilities lor the education of our youth surpassed by no college in the country, in the increased number of pupils in attendance, there is an indication of a more prosperous con dition • The plan of utilizing the public buildings at Hilledgeville, by establishing in them a branch agricultural college, like the one at Dahlcnega, is one that presents strong merits, and is re spectfully brought to the consideration of the general assembly. To show the value of the Dahlcnega college, it may be stated that the re port of the president, submitted June the 10th, 1878 and approved by the board, tor the scholas tic year, shows that three hundred pupils re ceived instructions in the various departments ot the institution, at a total expense of the small sum of $4,440.00. If like favorable results can be reached by the establishment of a similar in stitution in the unoccupied public buildings at Milledgeville, it would be both a wise policy for the state and a gratelul lavor to the citizens of the old capital. ACADEMY FOE THE BLIND. The twenty-sixth annual report of the trustees of the Georgia academy for the blind, at Macon, ler the year 1877, is herewith submitted. It shows the attendance of sixty-three pupils. The receipts lor maintenance were $12,632.07, including balance of $33.07 for the year 1876, and the expenditures were $12,438.14. In ad dition, $1,173.62 was expended lor building a cistern. THE DEAF AND DUMB ASYLUM. The institution for tbe deaf and dumb, at Gave Springs, is in excellent condition. The report of the trustees covers the operations from July the 1st, 1877 to July 30, 1878. The pupils numbered 73, the largest number at one time being 71, and the average 65, or 25 mo.e than the previous year. Of these 37 were males and 36 females. The asylum appears to have been managed economically. Tbe trustees urge that the legislature make provisions for completing the departments for colored deaf mutes, and lor increasing the accommodation for white mutes. The quarters are alleged to be inconvenient for the number of pupils now iD the institution. There are said to be fully 300 deaf mutes in the state needing the benefits of tbis institution. The trustees ask an increased appropriation lor the sustenance of pupils. THE COMMON SCHOOLS. The report of the state Bchool commissioner shows an encouraging condition of the pub lic schools in the state. In 1877 the attendance was 190,626; in 1876, 179.405; in 1875, 167,394, and in 1873, 83 677. These figures show the steady growth cf the common school system. In 1878 the attendance of white children was 126,963, and of colored 61,664. The statistics for 1878 are not yet obtainable, as some of the schools are still in operation, and reports are not made until the close of the term. The state school fund, including the poll tax, is about $300,090. The counties and cities rais ed by local taxation, under local laws, in 1877, the sum of $100,153.19, making the entire tree school fund for that year about $400,00.009. The enumeration of the school population in 1878 6hows 546,318 whites and 197,125 colored; total 433,444. This is a total increase over the enumeration of 1874 of 38,407; whites, 19,856; colored, 21,821. While there has been an increase in the school population, there has been a decrease in the illit eracy in the state. In 1873, the numbeT of per sons between ten and eighteen nnable to read was 106,444, of which tho whites were 26 552, and the colored 79,69.2 The returns for 178 show a total of theso illiterates of 85,630; whites, 22,- 323; colored, 63,307; showing a decrease of 20,- 614; whites, 4,229; colored, 16385. This is an encouraging result of the free school system. The report reccommends amendments of the school law, looking to an increased income for the support ot the public schools. KEN1UCKY. Tbe foflowing items are taken from that ex cellent journal the eclectic teaches, published in Carlisle, Ky.,and *C. ’we percieve, is that most genial gentleman and accomplished educator, Prof. Geo. A.Chase, Principal of the GirlB High School in Louisville. [Ed.]. The school board is calm again. Tbe fight over the geographies resulted in a victory tor Monteith. The public schools of the city opened on the 2d of September with the prospect ol a larger attendance than ever. Mr. W. W. Penniston has been elected to the principalship of the Ninth Ward School; Mr. Spencer to that of Portland, Mr. Saulsbury having been transferred from that school to the Tenth Ward School. One question seems to have been settled, viz: That, while it would be dishonorable for a mem ber of the state board of education to act as a paid agent for the introduction of any text-book, a member of the state board of examiners may do so without incurring public censure. Louisville training School.—This institu tion bas been indefinitely suspended by the board of trustees. The school uuilding is to be- occupied as the other public school buildings. The principal, Mr. Hiram Roberts, and the critic teachers have positions in the same buildiDg. Miss L. D. Hampton, the chief assis tant, has opened a private school for girls in the city. Some of the ablest educators of the South were in attendance upon the Southern Educational Association, at Chattanooga. Among them may be mentioned tfie earnest, active Mallon, of Atlanta; the sprightly Bonnell, of the same city; tbe scientific Campbell of Rome; the scholarly Meek, of Tuscaloosa; the genial Smith, of Alabama, Agricultural College, one of the few mathematicians who mingles overflowing hnmor with common sense; the vig orous, business-like Dr. Kerr, cf Mississippi; the industrious and cultured Chappell, of Co lumbus, Ga,; the modest but invaluable Dick son, of Mobile; the successful organizer, Wyatt, of Chattanooga; the live, indefatigable editor of the eclectic, with a head much larger than his beard; the distinguished Prof. Seamans, of the New Orleans High School, and others who might be named. One who must not be forgot ten is Miss Mary Bowen, of Montgomery, Ala- This lady delighted all who heard her exquisite readings of some of the choicest selections of English and American literature. 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