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reading, writing and arithmetic acquired at my school, which —
will be an advantage to them all their lives, and I feel confident
they will not stop here; they know enough to inspire them to
higher attainments.

‘‘ Leesburg, 3d mo. 29th, 1868.”

From Sarah Ann Steer. ;

‘*T enclose my school report of Third-month. It shows acon-
siderable falling off in numbers since last month, which is owing
to the commencement of spring work. The older scholars are
leaving, and I am expecting some little ones to fill their places.
I send a composition by a boy of sixteen, who is very much -
interested in the cause of Temperance, and is Secretary for
our Society. Thou'willt see by his account how we are progres-
sing in the cause. |

‘“‘ Henry Carroll, the preacher, continues to attend school very
regularly when at home. I like him very much; he is trying
very hard to improve, and I think has made some progress,
especially in arithmetic. He brought some of his theological
works to school one day for me to assist him in studying. I told
him I could not teach anything I did not understand myself.
He seemed to think I was wise enough to teach anything, and
said if I would help him with the hard words he would be thankful.
He does not pronounce very well, and I thought I could do that,
so he reads, and I correct him and mark out the words he does

not know the meaning of, for him to find out and bring them to |

me written out the next day, which he does now, and we get along
very well; so I am teaching theology after all, though I only
undertook to teach him arithmetic and spelling. I distributed ©
the package of garden seeds a few days ago; they were very
welcome indeed. We have just had a colored man lecturing
here—Dr. J. H. Brown, formerly of Philadelphia, and now resi-
ding in Baltimore. He is a very good speaker, and the lecture
I attended was very interesting; the subject was Phrenology..
He also addressed the colored people upon their wants and con-
dition. I am very glad that the Association has determined to
continue my school a while longer. ‘The colored people have
made a great effort to support it themselves, and we think it best
to see what they can do before letting them know of this new
arrangement. I have told them positively they must depend
on themselves after the first of this month; it appeared to several
friends who are interested, as well as to me, that if they found
the school was continued entirely free for three months
longer, they would still depend on somebody providing means to
support it hereafter. We therefore concluded to let them raise