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know that in Virginia, and many portions
of the South, the provisions, convenience,
and general fitness Of the colored schools
do not compare favorably with those of the
white. Here, in Montgomery county, Mary
land, is a special demonstration of this dis
elimination against the latter in favor of the
former, spoken of by the Editor of the
Chronicle. a E
Chapter l4th and section 18th of the public
school laws Of this State require the County
School Commissioners to have general super
vision and control of all schools in their
respective counties they shall build, repair
school-houses, publish and distribute text
books, and perform such other duties as may
be necessary to secure an efficient admins
tration of the public school system, subject
to the provisions of the law.
The County Commissioners and Examiner
while on their visiting tour, have rode by and
almost upon the very recreation grounds Of
the colored schools in this county, walked in
the white schools but never turned toe to-
ward the colored schools. The consequence
OF this is, the studies laid down in the law to
be properly perused, and the carrying out Of
section 4, is neglected. Since it is true that
they do neglect the colored schools in their
visiting, and do not know their success, how
is it that they do not make discrimination
Until this measure of right and justice,
that is now pending, shall have passed, we
shall never expect to be dealt with justly,
especially in the country.
1t is we'll enough for you who are in large
cities where there are so many to see to the
administration of Justice and Equity, to find
fault, but people who are in the country
towns and back woods, are not informed as
to the provisions in the separate school laws
and have no one to act justly by them or see
to the proper administration of the laws.
We see the extreme necessity of national
legislative enactment in that direction.
am very respectfully yours,
S. r. FOSTER,
Teacher at GAINESVILLE, Md.
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From New York.

VERNON CENTRE, June 90, 1874.
To the Editor Of the Ne,o National Era:
In your paper of the 18th inst. is mention
ed bill, having passed the House of Repre-
sentatives, providing that no person, incapa-
BILE of reading and writing the English
language, shall act as juror in the Federal
Courts.
That such law might be adopted under a
monarchy is not strange, but that Republic
can legislature should recognize it, is surpris-
ing and humiliating. A republic, like the
Bible, considers every man capable of know
ing right from wrong, and the leading and
essential means of enlarging his capacity is
re,bal nstruction-literary attachments are
but the offspring. If literature be essential
to a just decision, why need a jury, for the
court abounds with it. The importance of a
jury consists in its presumed disiMerestedness,
which the contending parties, however
learned or rich, being too interested and
selfish to decide right.
The bill. no doubt, is intended to bear
upon the cOlored race at any rate, tits mean
enough for that purpose.
VIM. LAWSON.
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Il L CORN
UNIVERSITY.

This University, occupying the site Of the
institution formerly known as Oakland College,
is situated in Claiborne County, Miss, four and
one half miles northeast from Rodney on the
Mississippi river.
The location. far removed from the con
terminating influences of city life, is high and
healthfu; and the surroundings are agreeable
and attractive in an eminent degree.
Its commodious buildings, all erected and
furnished for academic purposes, are situated
in beautiful oak grove, gently undulating and
clothed in perennial dress of vendure pleasing
to the eye, and conducive to health and
qnietude.
No discrimination is recognised by the in
stitution on account Of color, caste, or other
class distinctions.
The ample endowment of the University en-.
ables it to offer its facilities at very low rate.
Board, washing, bed room furniture, fuel and
lights, are furnished to each student at the rate
of ten dollars per month, payable in advance;
and, for tuition, which is free to students from
Mississippi. A matriculation fee of fifteen dol
lars is required from students coming from
other States.
competent corps Of teachers is employed to
give thorough instruction in all the branches
usually embraced in the curriculum Of Amer.
can colleges.
For further information address W. II. FrR.
Mss, Dean of the Faculty, or
Rev. II. r. REVELS, ID,
ml4 1y President.
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A Grand Excursion.

The Young Bachelors Club will manage
an Excursion party, for the benefit DR.. Crum.
mell's church, on Monday next. The excur-
sion-steamer Pilot Bow has been chartered,
andwill carry the partyto Glymont and return.
A limited number of tickets have been fur.
nished. and those who are DESTROYS of enjoy.
ing themselves in company that will be
composed of the best class of our citizens,
will do we'll to secure their tickets immediate
ly. We have not the slightest doubt that
this Excursion will be the grandest Of the
season as the Bachelors have a reputation
for success in all their undertakings hereto.
fore.
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From Maryland.

BARNEsvILLE, MONTGOMERY Co., MD.
To the Editor Of the NeO National Era
SIR: AS testimony against an article
published in the Weekly Chronicle, dated June
18th, under the head Of "Mixed Schools l
deem 1t matter of importance in behalf OF
civil rights to say word.
1t speaks Of the excellency of the editorial
of the New York Times on mixed schools,
and says that "all parties in the South heart
lily support the doctrine of free schools TOR
all the children of proper school age, white
and colored, and make no discrimination
against the latter in favor of the former"
SC. H So
take it for granted that this article has
been ably responded to, either by the Editor
of the New ETA, or some Of its correspond
ents. I:shall, therefore, confne myself to
what l have been an eye Yitnsss.
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1t should be read by ALL 1t gives no I'M
certain sound. 1t seeks to advance true Re-
publicanism and sustains the administration
of u. S. Grant.
1t is the only paper in Tennessee that adj
vocates::t the complete and impartial extension
of Civil Rights to the colored citizens by the
enactment of national law, and their i'm
partial education and development; and will
endeavor to promote and improve the inter-
ests of the industrial classes of the colOred
men of the South by forming Cooperative
Associations, to effectively organize and car
ry out schemes of interest and profit to each
other individually and collectively.
1t will sustain the living issues of humanity
and an improved and higher civilization in
refinement, in opposition to the expressions
of caste, spite and malignant hate of race,
which seeks to degrade and ignore the pros
poets, privileges, and rights of the colored
citizens of the United States; and demand
IN unmistakable terms the rights of the
colored citizens which they are entitled to in
the offices, honors and emoluments of the U.
S. government, without prescription by their
fellow white Republicans, Or their utter neg
lect as has been in the past.
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we sustain instead those which deny us rep
resentation and fellowship. Do we sustain
our newspapers? No, we take and pay for
and read those which cry out with powe rful
effect against our civil rights, or full recogni-
ton of our manhood. Do we cast our bal
lots unitedly for men who are identified with
US? No, we work to keep him down lest
he feel himself above u.s." To continue
our lives, which, may God forbid.
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b1- In our last issue, the letter of the
"Old Boy in Spects" escaped the proof
readers eye, and whole line in verse was
by error omitted. We reproduce the verse
with the omitted line italicised:
Next morn beneath my window lonely
Went a hearse and driver only
Unnoticed by the soorld,
They said it bore the beggar girl.
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
par In our last issue, the letter of Il

IAN relative to matters In the District
should be sent in BY Monday evening of each weekl
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Ow National Progress does not seem to
understand the condition of the Sumner
Monument Association of this city. We can
enlghten it. Its able and efficient (?) presi-
dent devotes much time to abuse of those who
DO not agree with him, and of those who
have never given him pr0YQcation to assault
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.9UCTIOT SFLES.
By Green IL Wise,

[Roal Estate Agents and Auctioneers.]
70 MISSlONERS' 81 LE-By virtue of a
" decree of the Corporation CourL for the city
Of Alexandria, Va, renCereG at its Juy term,
1874, in the suit of J. Z. Beckham and wife VS..
Ii. and w. N. McVelgh, the undersigned,
Commissioners therein named, will offer for
sale by public auction, on SATURDAY, the
u day of September, 1874, at y o clock m, in
,rcrt of the Mansion House Hotel, in the said
city. III Il desirable BUSINESS STAND Ess=ss1
on the west side OF Royal street, between -aEssl
King and Cameron now occupied by henry l..
Simpson as Il boot and shoe store-b ing three
story brick building.
Terms of sale: Ten per cent of the purchase
money to be paid in cash, and the residue in IL
Is and "a months, with interest from day of sale
to be secured by the bonds or notes of the pur,
chaser, with approved personal security or good
endorsers the title to be retained Us ultimate
security, OF, ut the option OF the purchaser, one.
third IN cash and personal security dispensed
with but should the purchaser elect to pay one
third cash, he shall keep the property Insured,
and in case OF his default to do so tor more than
twenty d US after the date of the purchase, the
Commissioners shall insure the same at the pur-
chasers expense. Conveyancing at expense of
purchaser. GEO: WAL III, ER,
G. w. WATTLES,
aug 10-eots Comm'rs oil sale
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aug 10-eots
Ey Green a. Wise,

Real Estate Agents and Auctloneers.I
4 NOM MISSlONEkS' oALE-By virtue of
~ decree Of the Corporation Court for the city
Of Alexandria, Va, rendered at its June term,
1874 in the suit of b. q. Thomas vs.. A. 4.
thomas j. Co.. the undersigned, Commissioners
therein named, will offer for sale by pub bic
auction, in front of the Mansion House Hotel in
said city, on SATURDAY, the 18th day OF Sep
tcmber 1874 at II o'clock H., the following
property, to wit:
A LOT or GROUND on the west side Of
Payne street, between King and Cameron, be-
ginning at point 10 feet south OF the line of the
dwelling house now occupied by Mrs Thomas !;
thence south on Payne street = feet; thence
west - iee.; thence north - feet; thence east to
the beginning
Also ALLUF THAT HALF SQUARE OF
GROUND bounded by Cameron, West and
Queen streets A plat will be exhibited 1T the
sale and the property sold in lots.
Terms Cash enough to pay the costs OF suit
and expenses of sale, and the reside in +, II
and Is months, with the bonds of the purchaser,
with good personal security for the deferred
pay ments, returning the title till all the purchase
money is paid. Cost of conveyancing at the ex
pense of the purchaser.
GEORGE WALKER,
ALBERT STUART,
sup 10-e,ts Specal Commissioners.
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nv Green IL Wise,

GReal Estate Agents and AuctloneersI
SALE-By virtue of 4
~ decree of the Circuit Court for the county
of Alexandria, Virginia, rendered at its May
uerm 1873, in the SUIT of James I. Monroe
against William j. Minor ct ais, the undersign-
ed Commissioners therein named, Will oler sale
by public auction, on SATURDAY, the 18th
d.y of September 1874, in front of the Mansion
House Hotel, in the city Of Aexandris, at y
o'clock m, ESTATE aud INTEREST Of Will
liam J. Minor and John w. Minor in and to q
certain TRACT OF LAND. in the said county
of Alexandria, containing 1884 acres-tnat is TO
say, two undivided thirds Of said land, in fee
simple and the estate tor lie of the said VIM j..
Minor IN the other third Of said land. The land
will be divided into three tracts II desired.
Terms of Sale: One-tenth OF the purchase mon
ey to be paid in cash. and the residue in three
equal instruments 4: six, twelve and eighteen
months, respectively, from the day OF sale; the
deferred payments to be secured by the notes of
the pu chaser, satisfactorily endorsed, and pay
able as aforesaid with interest from the day of
sale, and the title to be retained until the whole
of the purchase money is paid.
&. w. WATTLES,
GEORGE WALKER,
aug 1O-cOts Comm rs. of Sale
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The Markets.

New York, Aug lO.--Stocks dull and
lower. Gold g. Money easy at y per ct. Flour
steady. Wheat cent better. Corn shade
hrmcr.
BALTIMORE, Aug. S.-Virsinia SKIES, peel
crs, BAG; do. consolidated, 81; do. ex-coupons
49i bid to-day Cotton easier and quiet; low
;nddlings l6alGl. Flour fairly active; Howard
Street Western Supcrfne4 0Oa$4. IS; do. Extra
5.OOas5. IS; do. Family 6.25us7.5O; Western
Superiine 4.OOaS4.75; do. Extra 525a$G co.;
do. Rio brands 7.0Oa$7.25; do. Family 7.O0a
1926. Wheat active and firm; choice and am Der
40 al43; fair to prime white IS; good to
prime red l35al3S; common TO fair l2Oal 3Oi
Pennsylvania red l2Sal32, DO. Western l23
al3l; do. Western amber l34al Sc. Corn uomi-
nal; white Southern S9a92; do. yellow SlaS2;
mixed Western frmer at 7Sa79. Oats steady
at 5Oa55; Western mixed 52a55; do. white 50.
Rye dull at 75aSO Hay unchanged. Provisions
strong. Coffee 1921. Sugar easier, quiet, lO3.
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The Prize Fight.

PlTTsBURG, Aug l0.-Ihe trains arriving
here last night and this morning brought large
delegations of roughs to witness the Collyer
and Edwards priz- fight which takes place to-
morrow morning. New York, Philadelphia
Chicago and st. l. :uis are well represented IN
numbers. Yesterday large humber of sport
ing men visited Collyer at bis quarters at Nc
KEGS rauchc. Both men are 10 excellent con
dltiou. Colyer weighs l35 pounds and Ed
wards 1872 Betting is about even. The steamer
I, G., Mclormick will leave at midnight for
The scene of the fight. TO prevent the arrest
of the principals they will not he taken on
hoard until after the boat has left the wharf.
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TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
SPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE sAzETTE.]
The Abducted Child.

Troy, n. Y, Aug. l0.-A special dispatch
to the Times, from Burlington, Vermont, an
nouuces the arrest Of woman named fyon,
who has child answering the description or
Charlie Ross, the kidnapped boy. She tells
contradictory stories.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug l0.-Prlva'e dtSpa'cheS
to the friends Of Charlie Russ from Burlington
from the chief of police, state the facts OF the
arrest of a woman there having child resemD-
ling Charlie, and that she gives evaslve answers
Another dispatch requests an accurate oescrlp-
ton OF the missing child. third dlspaach
from Burlington, but not signed by the cnlel OF
police, says, that enid on being questlon"u'
said my name is Charlie boss, but MAMMA
saws | must not tell.
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PORT OF ALEXANDRIA, August 10.
Sun rose............5 IL Moon rises. 3 10
Sun sets ..........6 SO High water w

ARRIVED.
Steamship John Gibson, New York, to Hooe
il Johnston.
Steamer Pilot Boy, Currioman, TO f A Reed.
She reports II loaded three master below Matthias
Point and II two-mastur, also loaded, Ill Fairfax
keach--both bound up.
Steamer Columbia, baltimore, to Wheat
She reports u sloop loaded with watermelons
ashore at Lower Cedar Poiat.
Steamer New York, Philadelphia, to + A
Reed
Schr U B Fisk, Georgetown, to Hampshire
and Baltimore Coal Go.
Schr Howard Macawba, Darien, to Smoot "
Perry.
Steamer Georgeanna, Baltimore, by Hooe Il
Johnston.
Steamer New York, Philsdelphis, by F A
Reed.
Schr Annie Valentine, Groton, by American
Coal Go.
Schr p Scribner, Boston, by J Agnew.
Schr Ricaard Rhodes Norfolk, by j Agnew.
MEMORANDA.
Brig Elizs Stevens, hence, at Portsmouth Sd.
Schr Salie w Kay, hence at Boston 7th.
Sc!4r Speedwell, hence, at Boston S.h. -,
Schr Mary 4 Rankin, hence. at Boston 9Th.
Schr Mary s Lucy sailed from New London
for this port 9TH
Schr Walter Palmer sailed from Providence
for this port 7th.
Schr George II Mills sailed from Stonington
for this port It'll