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command in the country. A majority of the freedmen are engaged in gathering their crops, of which there will be a large yield this year. Many of them are begining to see the importance of schools & are laboring hard to establish them in their neighborhoods. There has been eight schools organized in Haywood and Tipton counties, six of which are in existence, two having failed in Tipton Co., having been organized on a wrong impression believing that the Teachers would be paid by the Bureau, or public money from the State. I endeavored to remove that impression and advised the colored people to pay their tuition monthly. The Civil Courts are open to the freedmen and I think they generally have justice done them. 

Fielding Hurst, Agent for the counties of Henderson, Decatur, McNairy and Hardin reports everything quiet and a general good feeling existing between the races. He reports three day schools and some three or four Sabbath schools in McNairy Co.; these schools are being conducted by colored people. At Savanah, Hardin Co Tenn., he reports one school taught by a lady. At Decaturville, Decatur Co. he reports one school of thirty-five scholars He further reports no schools in Hardeman Co., there being strong opposition to the education of the colored people.

In Shelby County during the month, freedmen affairs have been tolerably quiet; this is in part owing to the demand for labor for the cotton picking season. Several complaints were made [[strikethrough]] at [[/strikethrough]]