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He has Laid children across the benches & flogged them until they were senseless! and with his fingers he has pinched a piece out of one of the Scholar's Ears.

Affidavits of numerous instances of unnecessary cruelty could be sent to you but I deem best as the Bureau is near it's close, to say nothing.

Many of the Larger & indeed all the advanced scholars are not Sent to him. by their parents on account of his scholastic inefficiency, and his noted partiality toward certain of the feminine night scholars.

Murray Cole a Colored Methodist Preacher has kept him up because the said teacher boarded with him. But Except Murray Cole & a few of the Methodist brethren (say 3 others) not a colored man in the Place has a particle of use for him.

I mention these facts, because some of them came to me to take charge of the School & I have refused to do so. or have any thing to say in the Matter. Next I offered to take charge of a High School if they could procure 30 scholars at $2.00/100 pr month. To my surprise