The weekly Anglo-African. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1859-1861, 1860-06-02
Our Albany Letter.

DEAR ANGLo:- Since my last VIM. j.
Watkins, Esq, the Anew York thunderer,"
has been here, lecturing as usual before a
good house, which he always can command,
and though he was unusually severe on
the Anglo-Saxon oppressors, yet the truth
came so forcible, they were bound to ap-
prove The general inquiry is, 'When
will he return ?n evil he stop on his
route homer
The Albany Suffrage Club is finely un-
der way, though there is far less enthusl-
asm manifested than there should be in a
cause of so great merit. 1t is to be ear
nestly hoped that the fear now so oft-ex-
pressed by our prominent and far-seeing
leaders, that the cause will be defeated
through our own apathy, will fail to be re-
allied But agitation is the order of the
day, and the flames can only be kept alive
| by the additions of fuel; to this end, we
trust, Messrs. Garnet, Watkins, and sever
al others of our live, go-ahead men will not
fail to visit this with other sections of our
State, and keep the ball rolling" The
| Club has still under consideration the
weighty question, as the colored man
justified in voting under the present law
of the State ?" Able and effective argu-
ments on both sides have been made by
Messrs. Mcintyre, Vogelsang, Anthony,
Wright, Mason, Robinson and Miller.
Week before last, we visited the solemn
graveyard two days in succession, solemn
commentary ON the frailty of life, the one
case being that of Mr.. Abram Profit, a
young man, who died very suddenly, on
the morning of the 18th; the other that of
Mrs. Nancy Jackson, quite an old and
highly respectable lady, who died on the
14th; while on Thursday morning of the
18th, and not on the 10Th, as the printer
has made the notice in last weeks paper
say, Mr.. Reuben w. Harris and Miss
Margaret L. Smith, were united in the
bonds of matrimony by Rev. L. Doughty
Miller, at his residence, and left immedi-
ately for New York, on bridal tour, from
which they have just returned.
Rev. Mr.. Lott, of Canada, passed through
here week since, ON missionary tour,
remaining over Sabbath in our city
Bethel Church is still without an elder,
Rev. Mr.. Crippen, their late elder, not
having returned, nor is it believed he will !,
though he was re-appointed. As yet, how
ever, we believe they have heard of no ap-
pointment.
The school of the Baptist Church are
rapidly preparing for their forthcoming
annual anniversary next month, which is
an event always looked to with considera-
BILE interest.
VIM A Deitz and Rev. Mr.. Miller
formed themselves into a committee, and
visited the public schools the other day, to
see for themselves if things were as bad as
represented. They found about sixty
empty seats and thirteen quite small chill
dren gathered in body around the teacher
(white) who is still retained by the CON-
missioners, despite this state of things, and
the shameful fact that at the late exami-
nation (of which just one lady, from whom
we had the facts, had any knowledge what
ever until it was over, although we had
made several inquiries relative thereto, so
as to be PRESENT. there were present just
SiG childrea, with as usual ten times as
many vacant seats, and yet, while it is
known that from the want of proper dis
cipline, &C., (of which the committee had
ample evidence, if the teacher did try to
put the "best foot forward" before stran-
gers, as children are not always ready to
give up their peculiar favor for looks
sake at special times) and good colored
teacher, the people will not send their chill
dren; yet in the face of all this, this teach
er receives an annual salary of five hum
dred dollars, while on the other hand these
same commissioners g1vs the use of the
lower room of the public school building
to Miss Green, also white, to hold
select school, in which there are some two
dozen or more scholars, some of which are
changed from the upper to the lower room
at the parents bidding, right under the
teachers eye, and thus is seen the strange
and shameful fact of these commissioners
supporting a public school with no scholars,
and paying therefor to teacher for doing
nothing, from the peoples hard earning,
five hundred dollars per annum, and at the
same time encouraging private school In
the same building. Can another city show
like scene? And yet, our people sit SO
passive, and instead of nobly asserting