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in the good work, in which, they said, I had been so faithful. I felt stimulated by such words of kindness from Christian citizens." One of these citizens so highly spoken of, is Judge Thornton, a most excellent and kind hearted man.
  Capt. F. O. Steinberg, Ass't. Superintendent of Freedmen at Greenville reports: "I find that the Rector of the Episcopal church in this place, (Rev. James S. Jarratt,) and a number of highly respectable ladies and gentlemen of his congregation have now in vigorous operation a Sunday school, with between eighty and one hundred scholars, and constantly increasing. They have secured the confidence and respect of the negroes in the town and neighborhood. They have distributed a number of primers and other books from the Sunday School library among them. The negroes show their appreciation of these efforts in their behalf, by flocking in numbers to the Sunday school, and by every demonstration of esteem and respect for their benefactors." Add to these indications of a better future the fact, that a large and influential body of Christians, in their recent ecclesiastical assembly, passed resolutions recommending the establishment of schools for freedmen, and we are enabled to estimate more fully and correctly the real progress our cause has made.
  The Mayor of Mobile assured me that the burning of several churches in that city, used for colored schools, was but a part of the lawless spirit engendered by the war, and which has constantly manifested itself for months in stealing cotton, horses, mules, and similar crimes. He