The Topeka Ministerial Association invites negro ministers to come in and join indiscriminately in its deliberations. In Topeka every white man encourages the colored man to save his money and get a home; in Savannah it is right the reverse. In Topeka a majority get homes; in Savannah but very few. In Topeka a majority of the whites encourage temperance, and, as the result, the colored vote goes nearly solid for temperance. In Savannah it is the reverse; nearly all drink. The moral instruction in Topeka is deficient, as the instruction is largely given by ignorant colored people, except the Sabbath-school sustained by the A. M. A. I believe it a great mistake of the A. M. A. not to put more laborers into the field in Kansas, where there are nearly 60,000 freed people. By no means neglect the South; all the work now being done is needed and twice as much more, but do not neglect this important field in Kansas, where all that pertains to true manhood can be far more rapidly developed than at the South. * * * * * THE INDIANS. * * * * * LETTER FROM JAMES MURIE. Dear Friend:—A year ago, when I was at home, I stayed at the Agent’s office. I used to stay there and board at the school. I had a room and had nice things in there. One day a white man came to the office, wanted some children to go to Carlisle and Hampton schools. He said he wanted to take the Chief’s sons. In the evening I went to the school-house. A lady called me; she told me if I wanted to go to school. “Why, yes,” I said. The next morning I got two boys, and the Agent got two girls and a boy. We went to the commersary and got some clothes, and got ready for the next morning. We went to our homes the same day to see our friends. My father talked to me, but my mother and sisters cried. The next morning the wagon came up to the school. All the school-children came out, and the teachers; we bade them good-by. We start off for Arkansas city, which is about sixty-five miles from here. We had a box of grub to eat on the way. We went on; we stopped at place called “Poor Pawnee;” we had dinner there; the girls stopped crying then. Dinner was over, we watered the mules, hitched them up and went on. About five o’clock we got to Ponca Agency; we camped on a small creek; all the grub was gone; we had to buy some more. The man went to the Agent’s house to get some boys. They had a council with him; they let him take some boys. We stayed in the post-office all night; the next morning the boys were ready; there were five boys, two Nez Perces and three Poncas. They had to get another wagon for them. We went on. We got to Arkansas city about six o’clock. We camped on the western side of the city. We went to the town to buy some things which we had to eat that night. One white man came to the camp and told us that Capt. Pratt telegraphed to Winfield that we were to get to Wichita City before morning. We started off for Winfield.