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unfavcrable opinion of Col. Stone and others, /,
of his travels. for the just tribute TO the excel
lent teacher, and pupils of the New York AT
rican Free Schools. We are not altogether
performs this duty; but for his improvement
should it ever meet his eye, we refer him to
the manner Of a similar testimony given by The
travelling agent, Of the British and Foreign
er and children of the same excellent school,


Extract from apt. HIS. Travels.]


By far the most interesting school, how
ever which we saw IN the course Of this busy
day, was one for the education of negro and
molattO children. Poor little wretches their
whole souls-il, as Uncle Toby says, they
have souls-were thrown into heir lessons
and 1t Was del ghlful to see them under the
guidance Of n man, whose particular hobby
was to teach blacks; and who had devoted
many years of his life exclusively 10 this sub
lect. Twas led 10 think he had a betier taste
in tea hing than some other persons we had
seen in the course Of the morning; for " hen
one OF the little quamnos, 10 answer 10 some
question. made use ofa common Eng lIsh yuI
garism, and said. TIE book is laying there.
the master called out What do you mean
the book is laying eggs?


We naturally beggedto know wether or
not he had discovered anv material difference
IN the int llecual covers of tie bIacKs and
whites at these schools. His answer was that
up 10 certain age, that is to say. long as
they were little children, here was no differ
ence pereeptibe. AS they played about to-
gether, and studied together, the blacks were
not made to feel any Of those distinctions by
which in after life their spirits were sure to be
crushed down.


EXTRACT


From the Report of the travelling agent of the
British ahd Foreign School Society in 1917.


Never was any one more highly grat6-
fed than myself on visiting the African
School at New-York. Whether the un-
usual sight of 300 Africans in an improv
ed and an improving mental state, made
me look with more partialty on them, |
know not; but conceived that there was
more strict attention paid to the System,
than IN any school had visited. am fnl. |
iy satlshed-and every sceptical man who |
visits this school and examines the scholars |
Will be convlnced-that the Negro is as |
capable of mental Improvement as any |
white man in the creation of God An |
African prince was there in one corner |
attentvely copying the alphabet d young
man-say boy about I4-rectin pas
sages fIom the best authors, sui,ing the |
actions To the words; another answering
difficult questions in geography, &c In
fact, lei Tie enemies of these neglected
children Of men perform pilgrimage TO
New-i ork, and at this shrine of education
recant their prime iples, an confess that
the poor despised African is as capable of
every intellectual improvement as them
selves