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of some of the best citizens of the place.
At Tuscaloosa, the Rev. Dr. J.D. Easter, Rector of the Episcopal Church, offered a commodious room for a colored school.  He wrote immediately to Wisconsin for a friend to take chare of this school, and on the part of the Assistant Commissioner I gave him encouragement to think that the Bureau would pay his salary.  This school is to be open to all who come.  I would respectfully ask that the salary of this teacher be paid, until the school becomes thoroughly established.
A similar result was achieved at Marion, where a school has just been opened which promises well.  Much credit is due to the citizens of this place for the interest they have taken in the education of colored children.  A series of resolutions passed at a meeting of the citizens, held on the 17th inst., is hereto appended.
One can certainly detect a desired on the part of sober and reflecting citizens to win the confidence