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and remained there 'till the 13th.  Lieut J.H. Raines 63rd U S.C. Infty Superintendent here reports 316 Refugees, of which but seven are well men some of these are in a camp near town & are entirely dependent, the remainder are in a colony some 16 miles away and are partly selfsupporting.  By proper management their number can be reduced to the absolutely helpless (say 60 persons) in a short time.

The Refugee Hospital here, Dr Flinn in charge, is the most miserable thing of the kind I have seen.

Under the immediate charge of the Supt. there are 420 Freedmen, -53 being men-, on the Freedmen's farm near the city.  They are cultivating 80 acres of Cotton, which looks very well, some corn and garden vegetables.  

The number is kept large by arrivals from Texas, but can be reduced.

The Freedmen's Department here is badly off for buildings.- churches have heretofore been used for schoolhouses, but these will soon be returned to the former congregation.

The building used for a hospital is very unsuitable and unhealthily located.  These can however be replaced by government buildings which will not be required by the military after the present and expected reduction of troops.