1. BE _it enacted by the People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly_, That it shall and may be lawful for the commissioners of the land-office to cause letters patent to be issued to the persons respectively, who have been reported by the appraisers of lands in New Stockbridge, as colored persons, for the lots set to their names as occupants, in the same manner as grants of land are authorized to be made to those who have been so reported, as white persons persons settled on said land: _Provided_ ..." "CHAP. 136 of Laws of 1832. AN ACT _to constitute the coloured children of Rochester a separate school_. Passes April 14, 1832. _The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:_ 1. The commissioners of common schools of the towns of Gates and Brighton, in the county of Monroe, or a majority of them, may in their discretion cause the children of colour of the village of Rochester to be taught in one or more separate schools. 2. The commissioners of common schools of the towns of Gates and Brighton, shall discharge the duties of trustees of such school, and shall apportion thereto a distributive share of the moneys for the support of common schools." Very sincerely yours, ARTHUR B. SPINGARN. FOOTNOTES: [1] COPY OF CLIPPING FROM UNDESIGNATED PAPER AS MENTIONED IN ABOVE LETTER. The Radical State Convention, which was in session in Richmond on Thursday, elected the following State Executive Committee, with Ex-Governor H. H. Wells as chairman: First district--Rufus S. Jones, Isaac Morton and Robert Norton. Second district--R. S. Greene, Peter G. Morgan and H. H. Bowden. Third district--Wm. C. Wickham, J. M. Humphreys and Langdon Boyd. Fourth district--Geo. W. Finney, John T. Hamletter and Ross Hamilton. Fifth district--Thos. J. Jackson, Alexander Rives and I. F. Wilson. Sixth district--John F. Lewis, Thos. H. Hargest and John R. Popham. Eighth district--W. B. Downey, John M. Thatcher and J. B. Sener. Ninth district--R. W. Hughes, G. G. Goodell and John W. Woest. BOOK REVIEWS _Piney Woods and Its Story._ By LAURENCE C. JONES, Principal of the Piney Woods Country Life School, with an introduction by S. S. McClure. (New York and Chicago: Fleming H. Revell Company. Pp. 154. Price $1.50 net.) This is a story of a Negro brought up and educated in a more favorable environment than most of the members of his race but, nevertheless, imbued with the spirit of social uplift of those of his group unfavorably circumstanced. With this vision he cast his lot in Mississippi, where he toiled against odds in the establishment and development of a school which is today an important factor in the progress of the Negroes of Mississippi.