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affairs of the Bureau, but he reports a very favorable state of affairs between the White, and Freed people. 
Kershaw District.
A Freedman states that on leaving her late master and employer, she was not allowed to bring away her two (2) children, aged nine (9) and twelve (12), and that they are now kept there against her own and their will. 
Orangeburg District. 
Here a school house and small buildings for the use of the teachers has been built at a cost of three hundred dollars ($300) for material the labor being done by the soldiers without expense to Government. It is thought that the freedmen will make contracts for the next year. It is thought troops cannot be withdrawn with safety. Garrisons from Head Quarters of the District are at Aiken, Barnwell, Bamburg and Branchville.
Richland District,
The officer here thinks contracts will be entered into for the ensuing year, and some indeed are already being made. One has been made with Wade Hampton, who takes the freedmen to Mississippi.