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It cannot be said that any destitution prevails among the freedmen at present.

V.
[[left margin]] No rations issued [[/left margin]]
No rations have been issued during the month. neither has a necessity for it existed.

VI.
[[left margin]] Schools, their number, condition &c.[[/left margin]]
But four Schools, so far as I can ascertain, are now in operation. Three, with the exception of the one here, are private ones, on the Plantations respectively of Stephen D Lee, Maj Baskavelle's, and Dr. Clay's. They cannot be said to be in a very flourishing condition. All others have been discontinued for want of support.

VII.
[[left margin]] Marital relations of the freemen [[/left margin]]
With regard to the marriage relations, I fail to discover among the freedmen that honesty which obtains in this particular with the white race living together in a State of Concubinage they have come to look upon as a privlige, in fact, a right, which no one has a right to interfear with. Four or five cases of adultery were tried at the recent term of the Circuit Court and in no one instance did the Jury Convict.

VIII.
[[left margin]] Disposition of the Whites towards the freedmen [[/left margin]]
The Whites as a general rule are well disposed towards the blacks and it is believed that they will deal honestly in settline with them for their labor. Thus far at least no trouble has been expirienced in this respect. Still it is feard that when the crop is all gathered and a final settlement had, much dissatisfaction will be expressed by the freedmen at the small amoutn due them, occasioned wholly by the low price of Cotton