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BHETT, ROBEET B. 



RHODE ISLAND. 



a member of the Confederate Congress. He 

 was owner of the Charleston Mercury, which 

 was conducted during the war by his son, Rob- 

 ert Barnwell Rhett. After the war Mr. Rhett 

 retired from public life. He was a delegate to 

 the National Democratic Convention held in 

 New York in 1868. 



RHODE ISLAND. The financial condition 

 of the State of Rhode Island is quite satisfac- 

 tory. There was a balance in the Treasury on 

 the 30th of April amounting to $396,185.53. 

 The receipts from that time to November 30th 

 were $259,396.55, making the total resources 

 for that period $655,582.08. The disburse- 

 ments amounted to $671,853.29. The esti- 

 mated receipts for the period from November 

 30 to April 30, 1877, were $550,000; estimated 

 expenses, $350,000; estimated balance at the 

 end of the fiscal year, $183,728.79. The actual 

 balance on hand January 4, 1877, was $296,- 

 442.83. The bonded debt of the State at the 

 end of the year was $2,545,000. At the same 

 time there was in the sinking-fund $362,750.60. 



The following are the school statistics of the 

 year: 



Number of children, five to fifteen years of age . . 63,316 



DAY-SCHOOLS. 



Chicago, 111., was chosen. He was consecrated 

 during the time of the session of the Council. 

 Bishop Cridge, of Victoria, British Columbia, 

 who had been chosen bishop at the preceding 

 meeting of the General Council, was also con- 

 secrated at the same time. The consecration 

 sermon was preached by Bishop Nicholson. 

 The act of consecration, or " laying on of 

 hands," was participated in by Bishops Cheney 

 and Nicholson, Bishop Carman of the Meth- 

 odist Episcopal Church of Canada, and minis- 

 ters or presbyters of the Methodist, Presbyte- 

 rian, and Reformed Episcopal Churches. 



During the meeting of the Council, the Rev. 

 Benjamin Johnson and the Rev. P. F. Stevens, 

 evangelists in the South, made statements of 

 successful labors and of the progress of the 

 churches under their care. 



The Rev. Samuel Fallows, D. D., elected 

 Missionary Bishop of the Reformed Episcopal 

 Church, was born at Pendleton, near Manches- 

 ter, England, December 13, 1833. He moved 

 with his parents to the State of Wisconsin in 

 1835. He was graduated at the University of 

 Wisconsin in 1859. He was admitted to the 

 ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 

 1861. During the civil war he served in the na- 

 tional army as chaplain, colonel, and brevet 



, . ,. J f .. O l_ , Number of different pupils enrolled 



brigadier-general. In 1870 he was chosen State Average number belonging to the schools 8G,5ie 



Superintendent of Public Instruction for Wis- Average attendance 27,021 



consin ami was aftprwnrrl twipp. rPpWrpfl tn Nun >ber of schools (graded, 466; ungraded, 291). 757 



jin, anu was aiterwara twice reeiecteu to Average length of schools 9 months 



that office. He received the degree of D. D. Number ol teachers regularly employed 661 



from Lawrence Universitv Wisconsin in 1873 Amount paid male teachers $97,13888 



university, n >in, in IB < a. Avorage wnp , g id Inalo teacherB per month . ... |^l 49 



In 1874 he was elected President Of the Illinois Amount paid female teachers $810,425 37 



Wesleyan University, Bloomington, 111. The Average wages paid female teachers per month.. $4673 



next year he withdrew from the Methodist EVENING-SCHOOLS. 



Episcopal Church to join the Reformed Epis- Number of different pupils enrolled 8,179 



COpal Church, and became rector of St. Paul's Average attendance 1,585 



Reformed Episcopal Church, Chicago. In 1876 5&g SUiii;;;;;;; ;;:;; is weeks 



he became editor of The Appeal, a newspaper 

 organ of the Reformed Episcopal Church. He 



wn<a. fnr QPVPTI vpara n rpcrpnt nf tViA TTnivAraitc- State appropriation for day and evening schools.. $91,568 81 



seven years a regent ot tne university Town ^ pl ^, rtotlon8 for 4 y and evening schools. 358,586 86 



Or Wisconsin. Town appropriations for land, buildings, and fur- 



RHETT, ROBERT BARNWELL, died in St. "i 1 " 1 ?"- ;.- $!" 



T T> -U T o -L. -1,1 infrf TT District taxation, individual and corporations 69,25518 



James Parish, La., September 14,1876. He Registry taxes and all other sources 63,83526 



was born at Beaufort, S. C., December 24, 



1800. He was known by his family name of r tal $734 ' 116 



Smith until 1837, when he assumed the name EXPENDITURES. 



of Rhett, a colonial ancestor. He became a Teachers' wages and other current expenses, day- 



lawyer and in 1826 was elected to the State T ^, currenexpenses 



Legislature. In 1832 he was elected Attorney- evening schools 15.73233 



General of the State, and during the Nnllifica- School supervision :.... JlH^ 22 



tion movement was an ardent advocate of ^> ^ings, furniture, and apparatus _208,662_53 



State rights. From 1836 to 1849 he was a Total $709,46669 



Representative in Congress. He entered the Current expenditure for day-schools per capita 

 TTnitprl SUotpa Rpnafp in 18^(1 hnt rAoin-no/I liia of school population, five to fifteen years of age $910 



States feenate in ISoO, but resigned lllS Current expenditure for day-schools per capita 



seat in 1832. He was a zealous advocate of of pupils enrolled 1233 



the doctrines of Calhoun, and is said to have Cu "- ent expenditure for day-schools per capita 



.1 .c . . -i , '... , . . of average attendance 



been the first m late years* to propose in Con- 

 gress a dissolution of the Union. He was a The State Farm, at Cranston, contains 420 

 leading member of the South Carolina Seces- acres, and on it are located the principal char- 

 sion Convention in 1860, and in the convention itable and penal institutions of the State, which 

 subsequently held at Montgomery he was chair- are under the general charge of the Board of 

 man of the committee which reported the Con- Charities and Correction. The appropriation 

 federate Constitution. He afterward became made for the support of the farm during the 

 * See ANNUAL CYCLOPEDIA, vol. i. (1861), p. 12L ' fiscal year was $70,000, while $24,785.29 was 



