The Portland daily press., 1864-10-31
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A CASE OF CoMITYn.-We clip the fcl-
lowing from the'Bath Times, where It appears
editorially, though with star ~ attached:

edltorlaliy, though with star r. attached:
The Press after publishing most ridiculous
burlesque upon eur school matters, declines
giving u respectful COMMUNICATION rom this
city, on the ground thar it is better not TO fur
ther disturb an unpleasant matter which has
been amicably adjusted. OF course his first
correspondent was imposed upon and wrote
his absurd account, and the Press, of course,
innocently publishedit as truth. But we sub
NIT whether or not it is specimen Of comfy
peculiar TO the natural seaport, TO exclude a
respectful correction from an esteemed trien d ,
who must from the nature of the case, be bet
ter informed, than the outsider who perpetrat-
ed the scurrilous lampoon. g MHfa
To relieve the writer of this profound and
brilliant paragraph, we distinctly avow the
authorship of the communication which he
styles sridieulous," and a "scnrriIous- lam
poon." We wrote it in that city, and put it in
the form of communication not to sllirk re-
sponsH,ility,. but simply because we should
not have opportunity to read the proof.
Further: we knoaoit was not a elampoon''
upon the schools of Bath, nor was it ''scuI-
rilous" or "burlesque," It was fair, truth
ful statement of the case, as 1t was set forth
BY the aggrisued portion of Tie connaunsty.-
Our opportunities for knowing the facts, SO
fer as set forth in that article, we do not ad-
nit TO be inferior to those of the writer of the
above paragraph, who sits quietly in his office,
and knows precisely what other people tell
him-no more. He did write US commuui-
cation, and with 1t pficdte note he kneac
we wrote the article to which he proposed to
reply; he said as much in his note, but we re-
spectfully RETAINED from publishing his arti-
Gle because Ue knelo he scGs mistaken.
He referred to regulations in the schools OF
this city 10 a way that proved he knew moth
ing about them. For his sake we withheld
his communication, and now he flies to the
columns of the Times and makes low filings
about the "comityo Of the snatural seaport"
II he, as city oficsr, wishes to open that sill
~ attempt to force Gymnastics upon the
High School Of Bath, we will accommodate
him, and give him the benefit of several COM
munications from his city that put an un-
pleasant face upon the matter; but we think
the committee, whohaye wisely rescinded their
rule" will advise him to silence.
We knew whereof we spoke; we, knew
something of the public feeling; we knew
lne school trouble-the rebellion as it was
eailed-was the common topic OF converse
ION we conld hear il during two days So
JOurh IAere, wherever We went. We knew.
TOO, whether any "rule'''of the school reoa;r'
ca u or not, that the young ladies Of the
school understood that they were required ~
dress Ia BlooDaer /; that some Of them did
50 dress; that fortnight was allowed to com
L. ~.fEl TT
Ply with the Hrule, !" and that, at the expira-
Ton OF the fortnight, ten or @ DOZEN at least,
Of as good girls as the cisy affords, we're s4s
pended because Of noncompliance with the
rule, and yet the writer in the Times. jealous
to fling dirtat the natural seaport. wonld
convey the impression that no difncnlsv has
existed
We have reason 10 believe that harmony
was restored to the school by the wisdom Of
the Committee in resembling a rule which.
the simple act Of resembling shows, should
never have been adopted. Even the writer of
the above iIl-tempered paragraph, in the com
muhication to which he,rslcfs, says, '"Doubt-
ICES you will be pleased to Learn, that whatev-
81 u piiicu'ty at one time existed HAS BEEN
SATISFACTORILY ADJu,rEppl es8 2 y