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of his continuance at F. In view of the testimony thus obtained and the statements of the written complaint above referred to, the following things appear.

1st. No charge whatever was brought against Mr. Crawford's personal character, conduct or direct influence but there was positive and full testimony from all parties as to the correctness of his general deportment. The testimony showed that he has had no rupture or personal difficulty with any individual, white or colored, since he has been there.

2nd. It is proved and admitted that his instructions in the school-room have been on the side of good order, good habits and good morals, and that, so far as known, he has been faithful as a teacher.

3rd. The principal objection to his continuance there arises from a certain series of religious meetings which he held ten consecutive evenings. The charge is that those meetings were noisy, protracted to unusally late hours, and demoralizing in their effects upon the Freedmen, unfitting them for the cheerful and faithful discharge of their duties as laborers, and actually resulting in an increase of vice among them. The drift of the testimony from both parties