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are no schools for the freedpeople and but two small plantation schools in Tipton County. In Haywood Co. there are two schools both located at Brownsville, Tenn. No. Teachers 2, No. Scholars 78. Mr. Poston is of the opinion that there is a better feeling expressed between the white and colored people in Tipton Co. at this time than in any other portion of his district. He also says that "There is a very dictatorial and overbearing spirit manifested toward the freedmen by the great many planters in regard exercising the election  franchise, in fact I fear that we will have trouble resulting from a determination by those planters to drive off their farms the hands who do not vote as they may dictate. It is getting up distrust among the freedpeople that is calculated to make them lose a great 
[[strikethrough]] a great [[/strikethrough]] part of that confidence that is actually necessary to the prosperity and success of both parties.

No outrages have been reported to Mr. Poston during the past month.

Mr. Alvin Allen in charge of the counties of Madison, Henderson and Decatur reports that affairs are moving on quietly in his district. The colored people as a general thing are doing well and attending to their work. He is of the opinion that the condition of Madison County is much improved. Their schools