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whole neighborhoods of widows and orphan children.

During the protracted strugle just ended, these families have lost or consumed not only their stock but all the little property they possessed and find themselves utterly impoverished, without food or the means of obtaining it. The women and boys are endeavoring to cultivate their ruined farms, but without horses or cattle to draw their plows or food to sustain themselves while attempting to dig with the hoe and cultivate the best portions of their lands, they can expect but small returns for their labor.

I have thus far, only alluded to the white population of the State. The colored population was chiefly located in the richer portions of the state and in the valeys of good lands in the upcountry where food and labor could be more readily obtained. Those able and willing to labor have found no