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I am anticipating more as winter comes upon us. I shall doubtless find it necessary to re-establish hospitals on a limited scale at Nashville, Chattanooga, Memphis, Louisville, & Columbus. The small-pox is spreading in nearly all the large cities of my District. The Civil Authorities are very slow to provide for their own suffering local sick and porr  I hope with perseverance, forbearance and patience to secure more cooperation in that direction.

The Schools in my District are steadily advancing in number, interest and efficiency. The prejudice against "nigger schools" is gradually wearing away. Planters are recognizing the fact that the Freedman's demand for educational advantages for his children are just and that the establishment of a school on a