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to work to try and save what is left. This loss is very great, and many of them aimed as to their present crop. up to that time the crops promised a large yield to the acre and was better than had been for ten years past."

But one outrage has been reported to Mr. Holloway during the past month. A man by the name of Brewer living near LaGrange, killed his partner and then beat a colored woman, on his place, unmercifully. She is in a dangerous condition and may not recover, Brewer has made his escape and fled the country.

There are four schools in the district embracing about 100 scholars.

Mr. Blakemore in the charge of the counties of Obion, Dyer and Gibson writes, "From the best information I have the freedmen in each of the counties under my charge are reasonably quiet and no outrages have been committed by the whites upon the blacks during the past month. The outrages heretofore committed in this district are under the consideration of the Civil tribunals and will be specially reported upon. The church, a large and commodious one for the benefit of the colored people is under contract and