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homes; many [[strikethrough]] of them [[/strikethrough]] never to revisit them again; and some coming back, maimed and crippled for life. They were stipped of most of their working animals toward the close of the war, without the ability in many cases to replace them; and those who had the means otherwise to plant and cultivate their farms, were generally unable to do so effectually, from want of provender for their animals. Owing to these causes, and the very unusual wetness of the season at the most critical period for cultivating last summer, there was an almost total failure of crops last year throughout this county, and other similar counties in this and other portions of the state. The great mass of the people are therefore destitute of bread, as well as of corn or other provender indespensible for cultivating crops. These people are very modest and humble in their expectations and desires; content if they can only obtain bread of the cheapest kind, (corn) and provender sufficient to feed their work animals while planting and cultivating their crops. If they could make