ARKANSAS. 



ing shed but a flickering and uncertain light amid a 

 dense fog of ignorance. 



The provinces cooperate in the good work. San 

 Juan gamed the prize of $10,000 for having one-tenth 

 of its population attending schools, and devotes the 

 money to the establishment of upper schools. Entre 

 Uios spent the entire subsidy from the Federal Gov- 

 ernment in new colleges. Salta is building a splen- 

 did structure of this kind, and Tucuman lias voted 

 three times its usual sum for educational purposes. 

 Corrientes has subscribed $4,000 to bring out school- 

 furniture and books from the United States. Eioja 

 has arisen from a lethargy of generations, and every- 

 where the spirit of Sarmiento is calling into life 

 schools and an incipient thirst for improvement. 



The number of children attending school in the 

 republic is, according to the census^ 89,500, but, 

 according to the returns of the various schools, 

 77,000 children will bo much nearer the truth. 

 Hence the minister calculates that at present 350,000 

 children do not attend school. He adds that two- 

 thirds of the 40,000 immigrants arriving cannot read. 



The statistical returns of education in the various 

 provinces are : 



Bnenos Ayres city. . . 15,781 

 Buenos Ay res camp.. 13.656 



San Juan 6,873 



Corrientes 6,720 



Cordoba 5,261 



Santa Fe 5,000 



Santiago delEstero. 4,500 



Entre Rios.... 3,691 



Total... 



Tucuraan 2,900 



Mendoza 2.833 



Catamarca 2,500 



Salta 2,475 



Rioja 2,239 



Jujuv 2,000 



San Luis 1,784 



77,213 



This number includes 1,884 youths in the 14 na- 

 tional colleges, being an increase of more than 80 

 per cent, on the returns for last year. In 1867 Eioja 

 was destitute of schools, while at present it has, be- 

 sides a high-school with 217 students, over 2,000 chil- 

 dren in course of instruction. 



The Government attaches great importance to nor- 

 mal schools for the training of teachers. The first 

 will shortly be opened in Parana, under the direction 

 of Mrs. George Stearns, from the United States, with 

 a salary of $2,400, and a female teacher at $1,000 per 

 annum. The new national college at Corrientes, 

 under Dr. Fitzsimmons, has already 156 students, 

 and receives a subsidy of $2,000. 



Night schools have been opened in Buenos Ayres, 

 Salta, and Santiago del Estero, each with an attend- 

 ance of about 100 to 200 adults. Libraries will also 

 in a short time be opened in the upper provinces for 

 the use of the public at $1,500 each. Kindergartens 

 also are introduced, the first being opened at Buenos 

 Ayres. The observatory at Cordoba will soon be 

 opened under the direction of Dr. Gould, who is 

 shortly expected, with his staif, from the United 

 States. Congress has also authorized the minister 

 to send abroad for 20 first-class professors for the 

 University of Cordoba and the national colleges; 

 eight are expected from Germany. 



The new subsidies granted during the year amount 

 to $90,660, viz. : 



Rioja $19,080 



Entre Rios 13,500 



San Juan 12,500 



Corrientes 12,500 



San Luis 4,680 



Tucumnn 4^500 



SantaFe" 4,500 



Buenos Ayres 4,200 



Jujuy $3.000 



Mendoza 2,100 



Salta 2.100 



Catamarca 2,500 



Santiago del Eetero.. 1,500 



Swiss Colonies 1.100 



Miscellaneous 2,000 



ARKANSAS. The Arkansas Legislature as- 

 sembled on the first Monday of January, and had 

 rather a stormy session of nearly three months. 

 Governor Clayton was accused of using his 

 personal and official influence, and even re- 

 Borting to fraud and corruption, in the election 

 of the preceding November, for the purpose 

 of securing a majority of members who would 

 /ote for him as Senator in Congress for the 



full term of six years, commencing on the 4th 

 of March. The Governor's message at the 

 opening of the session was very moderate in 

 tone, and contained many popular suggestions, 

 favoring a short and busy session, retrench- 

 ment of expenses, reduction of the number of 

 offices, etc. On the 10th of January he was 

 elected to the United States Senate by a vote 

 of 78 out of a total number of 107, on a joint 

 ballot of the two Houses, but soon after a spirit 

 of opposition to his plans and purposes was 

 developed. He was himself strongly opposed 

 to the Lieutenant-Governor, J. M. Johnson, as 

 his successor in the Executive office, and was 

 apparently determined to prevent his accession 

 to that position. It was said that, prior to his 

 own election as Senator, lie had professed to 

 withdraw his opposition, and had afterward 

 renewed it. However that may have been, his 

 friends soon made an effort to have the Lieu- 

 tenant-Governor impeached. Owing to alleged 

 frauds in Pulaski County, there had been two 

 claimants for the seat in the Senate for that 

 district : Mr. Riley, a friend of the Governor, 

 who had received the certificate of election, 

 and Mr. Brooks, who claimed to have received 

 a greater number of legal votes. Mr. Brooks 

 had appeared first, and was sworn in by the 

 Lieutenant-Governor, in spite of the protests 

 of some of the supporters of the claims of Ri- 

 ley. Subsequently Riley appeared, and the 

 seat was awarded to him in accordance with a 

 report of the Committee on Elections. The 

 action of the Lieutenant-Governor in swearing 

 in Mr. Brooks was made the basis of the arti- 

 cles of impeachment which were prepared 

 against him. The specifications were : 



1. That Lieutenant-Governor Johnson did, 

 on the 26th of January, 1871, wilfully, cor- 

 ruptly, and wrongfully swear in as a Senator 

 Joseph Brooks, thereby becoming guilty of a 

 high misdemeanor. 



2. That he did wilfully, corruptly, etc., swear 

 in Mr. Brooks, before his qualification as a Sen- 

 ator had been passed upon by the Senate. 



3. That he did wilfully, wrongfully, corrupt- 

 ly, etc., refuse to entertain an appeal from his 

 decision, when objections were raised to the 

 swearing in of Mr. Brooks. 



4. That he did wilfully, etc., swear in Mr. 

 Brooks, contrary to law, usage, and right, and 

 is therefore guilty of a high crime and misde- 

 meanor. 



This movement did not meet with much 

 favor, being regarded merely as a pretext to 

 get rid of Mr. Johnson, and prevent his be- 

 coming Governor, and the motion to impeach 

 was, after some warm discussion, indefinitely 

 postponed by a decisive vote. Application WHS 

 then made to the Supreme Court for a writ 

 of quo warranto to oust the Lieutenant-Gov- 

 ernor from office, on the ground that he had 

 not taken the oath of office within fifteen days 

 after being notified of his election (in 1868),^ as 

 was required by law. "While this application 

 was pending before the court, two of the 



