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We now thank God and take courage. The colored ones are very much encouraged at the prospect of a school and I like the appearance of Bro. Foster the colored preacher very much. Judge Thurman is away in Austin I think. Theye wanted me to teach at Hempstead and at Chappel Hill. That Johnsonian Institute is a humbug. It consists of an old blacksmiths shop, and a slim chance for a school. That region of country is very fertile and the Freedmen are needed on the farms now.