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"Colored School." Charlestown, W. Va. April 5. 1869. Revd. John Kimball Superintendent of Schools Washington, D.C. Sir:- I have the honor to inform you that your late visit to the Colored School here of which I have the honor to be the Principal, a sudden change has taken place which renders it necessary for all of the teachers in this county to seek positions elsewhere for a living upon which we must enter on or after this month. I received a notice from the School Commissioners on the 3d inst. that the Public Schools here will be closed at the end of