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The Publie Schools.
The-followinig circular has been
sent to the School Commissioners of
the several countiest
The fist regular meeting of. the
Ptate Board of Examiners was held
May 1st and 2d. The following re
solutions are taken from the minutes
of the board:
RESOLVED, That 2n those -localities
in which the number of children de
siring to attend school is less than
the minimum number prescribed by
the various boards of trustees for the
establishment of schools, teachers
should if possible be procured, the
compensation in such cases to be less
than tLat usually allowed to the grade
of certifibate held by the teacher.
RESOLVED, That the various school
officers of this Stale be urged to ee
cure the services of the most compe
tent teachers to -instruct the colored'
children, and that this b-oard heartily
commends the white teachers who
have heretofore engaged in their in
struction.
RRSOLVED, That this boai d has re-,
ceived with gratification the encour
aging repo'ts of the progress in edu,
cation made by tho colored, children
in certain portions of the State, espes
cially in Charleston.
The following rules, f)r the exams
ination of applicants for the position
of teacher in the public schools were
adopted under the autthority given
t) the State Bo.trd of Examiners in
sub divisions 2 and 3 of secion 5 of
"An act to alter and amend the
school law of Sonth Carolina," ap%
proved M%rch 22d. 1878:
1. All examinations before County
Boards of Examiners must bo in
writing, except examintaiions in read.
ing, and must be condtcted on ques
tions lepared by the State Superin
tendVnt ef Edtication; seperate ques
tions to be prepared for each of the
three grades.
2. The number 10 to be the max
imum mark, and no applicant wlose
average at an exam)inatio 101s less
than 8 on all branches to receive a
certificate.
3. '1lbst at all examiniations before
County B3oards, at least t wo members
of the board mnust be presenit.
4. That applicants before counlty
boards shall ho examined in orthog
raphy, reading, writing, arithmetic
geography, English grammer, history
of the Uniited States and of this
S.ate.
5. That applicants for teachers'
S ate cer tificate must appear befor'e
the State B3oar&sExaminers at tihe
reguilar' meeting, which will be held
in Columbia during the first week in
May and the first week in September
of ea.h year; and that in addition to
the branches of stud'y mentioned in
the foregoing rules, said appl.licants
must be examined in algebra,iinattiral
philosophy and physiology.
Ly ac.pordance with the p)rovisions
of Rule 1. School Commissioners will
ho furnishedl with questions, before
each examnination, onIl ap)plicationI to
this office. Trhe questions wiii be
sent in sealed envelopes, w bicb
should be opened on the day of ex
amninat ion in the pr'esence of the
County Board of 'Examiners. Eadh
applicant should be rdquired to state
in ,writing, at tye clode of the exami
nation, that no lssistance hlas been
receiv~ed from any sourice whateter.
These p)recaut ions should be observed
to prevent applicants from ob'aining
copies of the questions before the ex
amination, and also from receiving
assistance after the examination beh.
gins,
The great want in our public
schools is for better teachers. Until
training schools for teachers can 'be
established, the State Board and tihe
county boards must be relied on t'o
secure competent iristr'uction, and4 for
this Teason great care ebould be exer.,
cised in ti.0 examinldnie. I would
eopccially urge that no person b)e
granted a certificate who, in addition
,to other requirements, has not the
high moral qualifications which
should be poesebsed by every one who
is entrusted with the important work
of teaching the youth of our State
The school lav gives to the State
Board of Examiners authority to se
lect a uniform series of text books to
be used in the public schools. The
books will be selected at thi next
meeting of the board, which will be
held during the first -veek in%Opten.
ber, and it is hoped that by the * be"
ginning of the next school year th.ere
will be in use in all counties of the
State books well adapted to the ag
sistance of teachers and the instruc
t00n of'pupils.
Huou S. THoMpsoN,
State Superinten dent Education.
A CASE OF CIROUMSTANTIAL EvI
DENCE.-Nearly a year ago a wealthy
merchant named Rozier was robbed
and murdered near Sparta, Georgia,
whilst on his way from- his store to
his resilence in the evening. The
body was alleged to hafe been dis
covered by the town marshal, a man
named Griggs, and two companiotis,
named Lovett and Barnes. It was
found that Mr. Rozier had been
struck on the head with some blunt
instru met, wiich had crushed in
without brerking the skull. The
stoi ies told by the tihree men did
not agree, supposed iNonsi stencies
were. de'ected in them, and the sus
picion was excited that Griggs and
Jis friends were themselves the i mr
derers, and a nminibel of circumn
stancCs havi n g been, adduced caltt
lated to eswablish the guilt of ite pris
o-)n)el, they we e convic'ed and sell
teced to death. The en.rcemient
of the penally has beni postponed
from tim1e to time, Inainly I brough
the earnest and dovoted eib ris of
Marshall Gigg's wife, who has per
sisted in avowig her convic'ion of
her hju-band's innm.cence. 11cr plead
ing inlduCced anr experieced detciU
hive to take h14old of the case, antd it
is niow tolerably certaini that t he
murder was coimmnitt ed, tnot by the
c(ndemnied men, but by two, roughis
attaiched to a circus that was at theo
time playing in thle neighborhood.
Mr. Rozier was known to have had
a valuable watch atnd a revolver in his
>ossession, and these could not be
traced. The .watch has now beeni
recovered, and every ting points to
the certainty that the mur:derers were
the~ circus men against whomi sus
picion hae for some time been dis
rected.
It is said of Spurgeon that in his
pointed way he cr ied out from the
pulpit, "There's a shoemuker. Last
bunday he sold shoes thait amounitedl
to ninepence, and there was four
pence profit on it." In the audience
there was a shoemaker who had dotne
that very thing. .The mnystery both
ered him all the week, so on the unext
Sunday he had his girl open the shop
w hie he again went to chureb. "A hi,
sinner," Spurgeon began, "sit. iiin g
by proxy is just as bad as though y'ou
had sinned yourself. It's no use for
you to come here yourself and leave
your daughter to keep shop." The
shoemaker, was dutmfonnded. It set
him thinking, and he was converted.
Spiurgeon, hearing of the circum
stances, said lie believed the IIoly
Spirit inspired his words.
There was a littlo fellow who know
Mother Goose better than ho knew
his .Bibble. One Sunday he was asked
i his class, "Who were thrown into
the firey furnace?" That was, too
much for him. The question was
passed; the answer came promptly,
"Shadraeh, Meshack and A bednego.'"
This was a nr.ortification to the little
fellow, and when the next question
oame, "Who put them in?',: he ans,
wered with a jump, "Little Johnny
Gron!"-.Sunday School Times.
.&- Republican Pronuncjamento.
The Republican Congressional
Committee have issued the followilIg
address to the voters.of the United
States:
The Democratia House of Repre
sentatives has to day, by a party
vote, Odopted a resolution which,
under the pretenee of an investiga
tion, is to lay the foundation for a
I evolutionary expulsion of the Pres
ident from his office. This is the
culmination of a plot that has been
on foot from the day that Hayes and
Wheeler were constitutionally de
clared elected. It made its first
public appearance in the resolution
of the last Democratic House, adop
ted at the cose of the session, de
clar,ing that Tilden and Hendricks
were elected. Tilden and Hendricks
subsequently M'ade similar public
declarations themselves. A few
timid members have lng held back,
and some of them after being co
erced to the final vote, still pretend
that they will halt as soon as their
partial and one-sided investigation
shall.have ended. In other words
they intend, aifter hearing suborned
evidence, to bring in a verdict that
Hayes is a usurpeir, and that he
shall not remain in oflice. Thesc
men iave no control in the Demo
cratic party; &hcy dar'ed not even
fo'low Alexander 11. S'ephens in a
revolt aj(ailjst cauctis dictation to the
extent of showing Sc)me0 seiblan1ce of
faCirl l".;y. They - %i ill be im potent
i!i the fhiie as they have been -Ii
the pa-t. Morcover, it is difficulb
to believe inl their si icerity, in view
of the public avowal of thieir party
tha- ilheir purpose is, if possilo, to
disiace the Presidenf.
It is a mIlatter (Of L.itory that the
Treshiion juzt adopted was objected
to. Tie Speaker of the l1use was
counsul;ed in ndvai!ce as t. u hether
he would rItle Ihat it was a p'rivi.
leged queslion. The party nanageis
Wlwee anios to conceal their pcilr
p' se it poissible. In this t hey were
deieated by the Speiiker,,who would
niot rule it a questIin of privilege,
uLie.CSs it c!early assailedl the titje ot
the Presidenit. T6e~' resolumt ion beinrg,
offered, hie'read a carefully .repared
opinion, declaing it to be a question
of' highest privilege, becauise it in
vol ve(I the qm.st ion of the validity
of' layes' title. there are his ver'y
words: "A higher pr ivilege than the
one- her'ein involved, and broadly
arnd direcily pre'senIted as to the
rightful uceupanicy of the chief' ex
ecutive chair of' the government, and
the connection of high government
oflicials with the frauds alleged, the
chair is uinable to conceive. The
chair fin ds en ameri'ated am6ng- the
quest ions of p)rivilege set down in
the mahuimal the followinig: 'Election
of President.' The preamble and
r'esolut ion em brace questions of pri
vilege of' the h'ighest character, and
the chair r'eccgnizes tIme rigat of the
gentleman from New York to offer
the same."
UJpon thmis the Republicans Com
menced ai sti uggle against the r'evo
intionary echmene, which, after' five
dam s' duration, tejriated in the
success of the conspir'ator's. . The
Republicans (offer'ed to favor the fci.,
lest in vestigation in alleed frauds,
by ub ichever party charged to have
been coImmiittedl; but the Democracy
pursued its cour'se shamelessly and
recklessly, aind sti fle& all inqiryi' into
the attemir ts at bribery ini Oreg'on,
So.ut h Carolina arid Louisiania, and
miuider and violence in several of thme
States. Neither anmendrment nor
debate was8 allowed. The ineCxor'ai
ble previous question wats aplied
arnd enftorced.
The scheme,'it pulrsued, and it is
now fully inaugur'ated, carn only
have the effect of further para'flyzing
business oh aill kinds, pr'even)t the
restortioni of conafdence which seemn.
ed promising, cas3tinig a gloom over
every household and bringing our
nation into reproach before the civ
ilized world. The peace of the
country is the first consideration of
patriote. This iew effirt of the De
mocracy to inaugurate anarchy and
Mexicanize the government by throw
ing dubts upon the legitimacy of
the title of the President, is in keep
ing with the record of that party, one
wing of which rebelled against the
government, while the other wing
gave them aid and comfort.
We call, therefore, upononll Iwho
oppoged the rebellion of 1861, with
out Iistinction of party, to rally well
to the s'upport of law, order arid
stable government, and to over
whelm with defeat the reekless agi
tators who, to gain'.political power,
would add to tho present distress of
the country by shaking lhe-fouinda
lions of a government they failed in
a fouir yea:-s' war to destroy. *
By unanimous order of the com
mittee. EuaENE jIALE,
Chairman.
GRo. C. GILLIAM, Sec'y.
Convention in Chester.
The Democratic Club of Chester
Township met hero to day. The body
Xas called to order by President John
J. Hemphill, late:member of the lower
House of .Representatives froim our
county- A constitution of the usual
tenor wts read and adopted.
The next business in order was the
discusrion of the pritnary election
Nsystem, as indicated in our last letter.
Judge T. J. Machey was present,
and with appairent reluciance roso to
offer his views on the Subject. lie
said in substance that Patriotis,n was
one of the chief features and greatest
virtues of "our people." So interested
were they for the public good, that no
sooner would the time conio to elect
mien to the public service Lhan five
hundred, Cognizant of the burden Of
oflice and of the responsibilities to be
met, of the sleepless nights an11d irk
some days ahead, would tep forward
and sacrifice all for thecir country's
good-they would consent to become
candidautes. Hie said that the ques,
tioni was, not which wans the best mode
of nominating candidates, but of the
twvo plans presented, (the convention
or the primary system,) wvhich was
the one calculated to give mcst saitis
faction? lio explained the two sys.,
tems and astonished the houso by ad
vocating,'without reserve, the primary
election plan. lie thought that the
nearer you get to the pulse of' the
p)eople, the nearer you approached the
true systoem of governnTent. lie wvas
proud to speak to a Democr'atic audi
ence, to have his name on .thoe roll of
theo clI'o; and that it matte-ed rnot
how the candidates of the party were
nominated, it wan his p)urposo to
stand by them and to raise his voice
for them in the coming campaign.
Of course, lhe eulogized our uinivers
sally p)opular Governor and his admin,.
istration.
The addross wvas greeted with ap
plauso, Thcere were no other speak
ers, no opposition having beon mnani
fested, (the Judge is noted for his
pwercu of snuffing the breeze,) and the
resolutionis in favor of adopting the
primar~"y election system were unan-,
imously car~ted.
Tho constitution of the club binds
the members to support the Foederal
as well as State ticket. The action
of' this township) will no doubt be fo)l
lowecd thr ughout the en tire couinty.
Let the good woork go on.-Cor.
News and Courier.
Ie came in with the majestic
stridle of a star actor; bowe toth
editor, thme waste basket andI the spit.
tooni; theni spake in oratorical tonmes
sub)statitially as follows: "YOU may
talk of the Golden Age, of the Iron
Age and all of thme other' famous ages;
bumt, as f>r me, give mae spin-nigei''...
Afueir which he again bowed 1,ro
foundly and -went out,to bask in the
starlight.
The Plan of Salvation.
The plan of salvation was not ther
contrivance of human wisdom. It'is
unlike what men have themselves
devised'as systems of religion. It
did not occur to ibe ancient philoso.
pliers, nor has it occurred to 'The
modern. It may be -expected to ex
cite the opposition, the contempt and
the scorn of this world; and the Gos
pel makes its way usually, not with
their frieidsliip, but in the face Of
their 6ppo3ition. Its SUCCOS is such
as to conf ound mnd per'plex them.
They despise it, and see not its se
cret power ; they witness their effects,
but are unable t6 account for them..
It has always been a questton with
philosoplhers why the Gospel met
with such success, and the vario.us
accounts which have been given of it
1)3 its enemies show how much they
have been embarrassed. The most
elaborate. part of "Gibbon's Declino
aiiLFall of the Roman Empire" is
cmntaiied in hiis attempt to state the
causes of tle Carly propagation of
Christianity, and the obvious failure
of the account shows how much the
mind of the phidosophic skeptic was.
embarrassed by the fict of' its rapid
and wide diffusion.
The rcep-lition of the Gospel do
mnds an humble mind. Men of
god sense, ot- hmme fears, of child
like temper, embrace it. "N ot inany
mnigllty" are called to be Christians.
Not many men of I)ower, or men
sustaining important officeR in tho
State. Not many ot llustrious birth,
or descended from illustrious fani,
lies. III resp'ect to each of these
classes, the Apostles does not say
liere were no inen of wealth, power
and 1.irlb, but tho mass or body of
Ciristialns was not compliosed of such.
* * * Thie reasons why tho6e of
rank and wealh do not become
Christians are iany and tbs ious.
They are beset with peculiar tump
taitms. They ae usually satisfiod,
with rank and wealth, and do nt
feel their need of' a hope of i.leaven.
Trhey are sur'rounded with objeois
that flatter their vanity, which. min
ister to their pride, aind whlich throw
thiem in to the circle oh allurhing anid
tempting pleasureis. They are drawn
away from the meanis of grace and
the lafces of pr'ayer by fashion, by
bumsiuness, by temp jtation. Tfhere i&
something about the pride of learn
ing and phih>sophy w hiich usually
makes thore wh~o possess it unwilling
to sit at the feet of Chrisit,-~'to ac'.
knowledge their dependco on God,
and to confess that they are poor, and
needly, and bliind, and naked before
liim. lit ofteni l: hppenis that obscure.
and ignorant mleni, who have been
aughit in ihe school of Christ, hav'o
natre tr'ue and teal knowledge of that
w hieh c< neerus t heir wvelfarec, and
evince mote real prtact ical wisdom'
than cana be :ear'ned in all the schools
of' philhsop)hiy and Iearn ing.
CuIINJOr RoCKc, N. C., May 12.
Bald Mountain has split in twain!
Your' reader's will rememb)er that two
year's ago great excitement existed in
this section on accounmt of the wonder.'
fulh and inexplicable no0ises heard ini
the bowvels of the old Bald. The
soun1 ds, like mnuttetred thunder, appa-.
renitly prmioceed from the innermost
depths of the mnounitaini, and cre
ated the wildest excitement among
the residenits of' the valley. In the
pas few' days the mountain has liter-.
alIfysplit in twain, leaving achm
of t hr ee hutndred feet in lengthI and(
from eight Lo ten feet in width. So
hft' as youi' correspondent cant asaer..
tain, thle depth is one bottomuless
abyss. As yet nto smioke or lava has
been t hrown out from the crater.
Great excitement exists, and Bald
Mountain bids fair to become the
mnodern Vesuvius.
14'y for yrert paper. '