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was being brought from the jail when I arrived and as you directed presented his reprieve to the Sheriff. I was gratified to observe that the Reprieve met with the hearty approval of nine tenths of the large number of people who had assembled to see the same Henry Witherby hung and I learned from different reliable sources that it was generally believed throughout Barbour Co. that Henry Witherby was innocent of the crime for which he had been convicted and that false evidence and prejudice against the Freedmen, had secured a verdict against an innocent Man

I arrived at Eufaula late the night of the 18th Inst and on the following day I met with different Colored men and conversed with them on the prospects of establishing a School for Colored Children. I was soon convinced that with the assistance of Mr. R. Graves (Freedman) it would be no difficult matter to establish a good school at Eufaula. Mr. Graves informed me that he had selected a place for the Teachers to board with a nice family at $30.00 p. mo. and had secured a suitable building for School House at a low price, he had also the names of (250) two hundred and fifty persons who were anxious to attend School