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VALUE OF FREE SCHOOLS.–

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Gen. Negley sent out a foraging expedition from Nashville, with orders to the commander to visit every habitation, mill, barn, and out-house, and seize upon everything fit for consumption by man and beast. During the expedition a squad made a break for a free school-house.

“Don’t disturb anything there!” cried one of the officers. “If there had been a few more such institutions in the South, there would have been no rebellion.”

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