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destitution -  He notices a feeling of discouragement prevailing among the teachers and assigns the cause thereof, that the aid which was requested has been withheld.

District of Natchez - 

Composed of Adams, Wilkinson, Franklin and Jefferson Counties

Capt. E.E. Platt, V.R.C. in charge anticipates that much suffering will ensue should the issue of rations and clothing be entirely withheld during the ensuing winter.  Crops are disastrously scanty, and the Freedmen will suffer doubly in consequence.

District of Pass Christian

Embracing Counties of Perry, Green, Hancock, Harrison & Jackson - 

Capt. R.P. Gardner V.R.C. in charge - In this district the Sub Commissioner reports favorably both