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There has been comparatively little trouble this Month between the Blacks and Whites the latter are more friendly disposed towards the former.

Thos. J Rice, Agent for the Counties of Grundy Warren and White, writes

The condition of the Col'd people is about the same as last reported but becoming more self reliant and informed. The temper of the community towards the Col'd people is no less defiant though more subdued than it has been. It is my opinion that but few of the Col'd men who voted the Radical ticket will get employment here this next year unless from Union men. Those that voted the Conservative ticket or did not vote at all will have no trouble in getting all the work they can do. I thought of advising them (the Col'd people) to form a protective union, but will await your instructions before doing so.

The school here has not yet opened but will be in active operation in a few days. The freedmen Aid Society of Cincinnati furnishes the teacher who will be here in a few days. At last account the schools at Hickory Creek and Pine Bluff were progressing finely. In the Sparta Dist there are 30 scholars. The Col'd people of that Dist are very poor but illing to do all they can toward erecting a suitable building

The Temperance cause excites but little interest