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Office of Asst. Supt.
Bureau of Ref. F. & A.L.
Actg. A.A.G. Bureau of Ref. F. and A.L.

Sir

I have the honor to forward an extract from the Mobile Daily News. 

The Mr. Smith referred to is Pastor of the Little Zion Church and has been instrumental in obtaining possession of the Church property for his people, since he accomplished that, the Church has been set on fire, but discovered before serious injury was done the property. One church, (the property of colored people), has been destroyed by an incendiary, and an article by this writer appeared encouraging it. I extracted it and sent it to Gen'l Swayne. 

This Writer is encouraging destroying the property of colored persons, and depriving them of their liberty. I should think the