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Notwithstanding his Pupils have made rapid progress in their studies, yet I do not consider him, a proper or suitable Teacher for the colored people - and unless something is done, to place their own House in a state of repairs, and in some way to supply a judicious and reliable Teacher, I fear that in a very short time, the school interest at this locality, will be entirely extinguished. I understand that this Gentleman is not in favor, with either the whites or Blacks - although at the first, the latter places some confidence in him, yet his subsequent course, by severely whipping the scholars - and refusing admission to those who could not pay, the one dollar per month in advance, for the tuition of their children, has made him very unpopular among them. There has also been some difficulty between him and the whites, which had the appearance a day or two since, of disturbing the peace of the entire community - the circumstances of which I am now investigating. 
With this condition of affairs, I feel it to be of the utmost importance, that something