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to them if he could not aid them, remarking that the more schools they had, the fewer jails they would require
The only employees in the bureau at Tuscaloose is Mrs. Peck clerk 
I arrived on the 5th at Demopolis upon my arrival, in company with Lieut. P.E. O'Con he started for the colony some twelve miles distant after a ride of about a couple of hours through a poor broken country, we arrived about five oclock at the plantation. I immediately rode over the place inspected the cotton is Gin House and estimated amount still to be collected. The probable yield will be between 15 & 20 bales Cotton, and about 1000 bushels of Corn, besides fodder. 
Employees at Home Colony Demopolis
J.C. Baird overseer $30 00 per month
J.C. Price carpenter $15 00 per month
12 Men, 26 Women, 34 Children, 
This colony is the best managed of any that I have seen in the state, and reflects great credit on Lieut. O'Connor who in spite of the distance from Demopolis, and unpromising materials he has had to work with, has been able by his [[illegible]] to make the colony partly a self supporting institution. 
Those who are permanently in the colony from Chronic Ailments, and lameness, are very comfortably provided for, and seem as happy