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do not seem to be well founded in the opinion of the association to whom all the teachers are responsible. The Association ordered the immediate discharge of one of the teachers upon the evidence of her own letter to them, and the reprimand and conditional discharge of the other. The letter of the Cor. Sea. of the association ordering this action is before me. 

The charge made by Col. Carse, in his communication to you, dated April 15, inst, that "Dixon wans the buildings for his own personal comfort and convenience" and that "he seems to look to his interest and not that of the colored people" is entirely unsustained by any evidence.

The school at Dauville [[?]] is a large and important one and has been ably conducted. My own observation agrees with the unanimous testimony of all parties, that in the character of the instruction and the results achieved it is worthy of the highest praise.

The undisturbed continuance of this school is of much greater importance than any personal matters involved, and should not be interrupted by them, I am unable to see that the sale of the property, in question to The Friends Society, is essential to the usefulness of the school, and in the present excited state of the public mind, at Dauville, it might do harm.