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A very obliging Indian.—­Dr. C.A.  White, Professor of Paleontology in the Smithsonian Institution, relates this pleasing incident.  Being in the Ute country a year or so ago, in pursuit of scientific facts, he found himself on one occasion encamped some fifty miles from Uintah Agency.  Being desirous of sending a letter to his wife in Washington, he entrusted it to an Indian who, he learned by signs, was on his way to the agency.  He was not sure that the Indian understood what he desired him to do with the letter, but took the risk of that.  His wife received the letter and was surprised at finding it postmarked Salt Lake City.  The Doctor afterward learned that the Indian arrived at the agency just after the mail had gone, and knowing that it would be a month before another mail would be sent out he actually carried the letter to Salt Lake City, a distance of 225 miles, for this white man whom he had never met before, and whose name he did not know.  Doubtless the Indian thought the letter of great importance, but where is the white man who would have done as much for his best friend, without the hope of reward or even thanks?—­Council Fire.

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School echoes.

In 1864 in Memphis, in a refugee school that I visited while chaplain in the army, the Bible lesson was John xv., “I am the vine and my father is the husbandman.”  One little fellow recited it thus:  “I am the vine and my father is a married man.”

What for we come to this school.—­We come for to intelligent about the civilization ways, and we want to American write, we want to American home, and we want friendly each other with the white people.  We are commence learning discretion and we are works our own hands.  My conscience has cried because our Indian they can not do nothing with their hands and when I look back our old Indian ways I am great sorry, but when I looked future I have examined with careful attention, and I very great pleasure.  Last summer I went home.  I worked at harness, but I don’t know some about measure length and wide, cut off I know but not perfectly, so I come back to school again, because I want to learn perfect all things about harness make without anybody help me.

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Rome and the freedmen.

We present below two articles on this subject.  The first is from a London paper and the second is from one of the many able papers edited by colored men.  As to the facts alleged we have no definite information.  When the slaves were emancipated the Roman Catholics made very decided efforts to win them.  It was supposed by Protestants that the grand ceremonials, the gaudy vestments, the music, and especially the welcome which the Papal Church was said to give to all men irrespective of riches, race or color, would attract the Freedmen.  But the expectation was not met; the Freedmen were not attracted, and soon the special efforts seemed to cease.  But Rome never surrenders, and those efforts may now be resumed.  We invite attention to the two articles.