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to sell a Freedman.- Charges of idleness are made against the Freedfolk;- the majority of them have, however, proved themselves industrious, and their general progress is not only encouraging, but tends to disprove, if not to satisfactorily refute such charges.

District of Columbus, - 
Consisting of Tippah, Tishamingo, Pontotoc, Itawamba, Chickasaw, Monroe, Oktibeeha [[Oktibbeha]], and Lowndes Counties.

Capt and Brevet Major Geo S. Smith, V.R.C. in charge, states that the crops are almost a failure, and that complaints made by laborers who are driven off plantations with wages unpaid are increasing;- that the cases reported occur in the immediate vicinity of the Office.-

Complaints from distant parts of the district do not reach Head Quarters.- Labor in superabundant and cheap. The Freed people have saved nothing: Consequently their

Transcription Notes:
When you run into weird county names and you aren't sure, just look up 'list of counties in <state>' on the internet and voila, you'll have your spelling. Mississippi totally has some weird ones! :)