The weekly Anglo-African., 1859-08-20
Yums GOrresgon0snte.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. c., August IA, 1853.

a convention of the National Teachers AS
sociation; but, as colored citizens were not
expected to be present, we, in consequence,
know but little of its proceedings. How
ever. we know that nothing was done or
proposed to better the educational condi-
ton of the thousands of colored children
whose parents are unable to educate them,
notwithstanding they declare that educa-
ton is the only means together with reli-
gion) to make the human race the people
that God intended they should be.
We have only seen one copy of your pa
per down here, and It was viewed with a
great deal of pleasure. think you could
not do better than have an agent here fur
nished weekly with package of papers to
send to those who may desire to take them
as they come, and furnish you with their
advertisements of meetings, &c.
Mrs. Charlotte Gordon, who teaches a
primary school here, gave one of her annu-
al exhibitions on Thursday evening, at a
hall prepared to rent to colored people, over
livery stable, at the corner of Thirteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue, called
Majors. Hall. The exhibition was attend
ed by large number of persons. Every
thing was going ON finely, until the watch
men on that beat, knowing it was against
the law for persons of celor to assemble
without permit from the Mayor, went in
en- maasse, and demailded by what authori-
| ty they had thus congregated. The watch
| men were informed that an officer had been
employed, and that permit was in his pos
session; but, not satisfied with this, the in
truding watchmen began to make prepara-
tions for large haul These preparations
so frightened some of the nervous and chick
en-hearted persons present that they rushed
to the windows, and sprang from thence to
the pavement below, some thirty feet,
iniuring some of them very much indeed.
One young man was picked up quite insen-
sibIe, and was found to have broken his leg
in several places. During this time of
wild excitement, the truant police officer
appeared, showed his permit, and the watch
men departed. Friends of the wounded
were seen with lights hunting around the
building for their missing friends and rela-
tives. The young man Gray was re-
moved ON mattrass to surgeons office,
to have his broken limb set. Several 9th
ers were badly hurt from falling down the
high flight of steps on the outside. Our
papers speak of it as a hard-used company.
These auxiliary guards" are appointed by
the general Government, to protect public
property in the city of Washington, at an
annual cost of $19,252 81; and all they
do is to go around to the assemblies of col
ored people, and arrest those who have no
permits; and where they have permits
they will eat and drink whatever they may
have, make ugly speeches, and oftentimes
use profane language. We are command
ed to love all men, but | think these par
ticular ones should be left out.
Mr.. George F S. Cook had public ex-
animation at the Fifteenth street Presby-
terian Church, which was in every way
satisfactory to the very intelligent assem-.
bly, present. The school is styled the I'm
ion Seminary. 1t was formerly taught
and conducted for many years by Rev.
John F. Cook, ST., and has always stood
high in this community. 1t has been
taught and conducted since his much la
mented death by his two sons and daugh-
ter, namely, Mr.. John f. Cook, Jr., Geo.
f. S. Cook, and Miss Victoria Cook, a highly
intelligent young lady, and in every way
fitted for her high and honorable situation.
One of the brothers, who has been absent
from our city for two years, teaching school
in New Orleans, La, has returned among
us again. The merry juveniles will re-
ioice to have their very kind and friendly
teacher with them again in September
next. We wish them much success.
Our next school of note here is taught
by Mr.. Enoch Ambush, a very scientific
colored gentleman, who may be styled one
of our true reformers. His school is one
of the largest and best regulated in Wash
ington. 1t is situated in the southern part
of the city, called the Island. He has
turned out some of the best scholars that
Washington ever had to boast of. He has
taught here for many years, assisted by
Miss Garnet, (who is now Mrs. Ambush
and by Miss Thompson and Mrs. E. J.
Brooks, all of whom stand high in this
community for their superior education.
The other small schools may be enumer-
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