NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSEMBLY.
The second annual session of the National Educational Assembly will be held at Ocean Grove, New Jersey, Aug. 9, 10, 11, 12. The purpose of the session is to bring together on the same platform prominent representatives of popular education, irrespective of section, church or political party; to awaken and direct public sentiment in favor of enlarged national, state and church efforts for the education and elevation of the illiterate masses of our country. The chief subjects for discussion during the Assembly will be National Aid to Common Schools, The Negro in America, the Mormon Question, and the Indian Question. The following, with other well-known persons, are announced to be present and address the meetings: Gen. John Eaton, Frederick Douglas, Bishop Simpson, Rev. A. D. Mayo, Senator Blair, of New Hampshire, Judge Tourgee, Hon. T. W. Bicknell, Bishop Whipple, Secretaries Strieby, Morehouse, Rust and Kendall. The Assembly will be conducted by Rev. J. C. Hartzell, D.D., who can be addressed at Saratoga Springs, N.Y.