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of late by a Soldier of the 24th Ind Vols - On yesterday we opened another school in the Rebel Baptist Church which had been abandoned for two years - but in order to shelter ourselves from an impending storm of the Rebel women of the city this morning we withdrew for a little season to the Methodist Church and consolidated the school with the one under Mrs Wren. Miss Hartnett a lady originally from Albany N.Y. is Principal of this consolidated school and Mrs Wren is her assistant. We have now belonging to the day and night schools about three hundred pupils whose eagerness to learn surpasses anything I ever knew before among men  Nor is this thirst for knowledge confined to Galveston. Many from other towns and from [[strike through]] other [[strike through]] plantations have entreated us, yea, have tried to buy us, to come over and help them  All express a willingness to pay a liberal tuition. Some say that a dollar and a half per month is nothing and that the teachers must and shall have more and when we have refused to take more they have made it up in presents.
   But General we want help. We want and must have a supply of books and teachers to send to every town and plantations from which we hear the cry "Come over and help us" - And that your gracious arm which has, which has been our only support and safe-guard