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Revival blessings among the freed people and others detained me among them for several days, after my school business had closed. The teacher and his wife were both among the converts to the crop of Christ. On the 22nd inst, started for Abingdon, which place I reached on the following morning, and found the asst. teacher (Miss Brooks) awaiting my arrival. After visiting Miss cummings school, and giving some encouragement to the teacher and scholars, I took the train for Bristol; and on the following day held an educational meeting, and made arrangements for opening the school immediately with Miss Brooks as teacher. On the 24th I left Bristol for Marion, when I visited the school, and only counted fourteen scholars present; the total number being sixteen. The teacher and friends seem disheartened, and I fear a large school cannot be gathered at that place. They intend to make a final effort to increase the number of pupils on the 25th. I spent some time at Wytheville in settling the matter in regard to lease of school building the first floor and basement were finally secured, under the same terms, as rented to the Bureau