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A freedman was cruelly beaten on the 16th inst. by a white man by the name of Harris Brown. A warrant was issued, but Brown escaped into Mississippi.

During the month the Agent at this point has approved but two contracts, including three hands. Capt. Kendrick states that for a few weeks past Mr. Melcher the Agent, has not been able to give as much attention to the affairs of the Bureau as he should have done, on account of his time being employed in moving his stock &c to another plantation. There are no regular schools at this place. A Mrs. Strattin is teaching three scholars, a Mrs. Bonner fifteen scholars and a Miss Foster teaching five scholars at their several homes. The only way that a school could be established here would be for the Bureau or some society to bear all the expenses, the freedmen being utterly unable, even to subscribed a sufficient amount to pay a teachers board. There is one Sunday School held every other Sabbath at which about thirty children attend.

In Hardeman County a good state of feeling seems to exist between the freedpeople and the whites. Capt. Kendrick of this office has lately inspected the condition of the affairs