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the poor blacks, I would most earnestly wage that some one and some office be established here under authority and sanction of the Freedman's Bureau. Care should also be taken to prevent too many incompetent and worthless coming up. Their presence only injures the right public sentiment and the good of the deserving.
The delay of every day, also, is a serious disadvantage in placing the Freedmen. Farmers are now under a pressure and glad to get them. Especially in case of families - who can be put in comfortable homes if they are here while the weather is warm - as it requires much less expenses to fix them up for immediate use, - than it will later be in the season. Then many