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It is expected that the needs of these officers, in the way of labor, will rapidly diminish - and many who are now comfortable must then suffer, unless some measures are devised to give them relief in the shape of employment. There is a Colored school taught by Mrs. M.K. Mauer, having about 60 pupils, the average daily attendance being 30, The school room is destitute of furniture, except of the most primitive character - and is itself entirely unsuitable for its present purpose. The walls of a church standing on Government ground, has been turned over to the colored people, and they are now making an effort to fit the building up for religious and school purposes. Lumber has been provided for a floor, and the main difficulty now seems to be finding mechanics to do the work. White men refuse, and colored carpenters are hard to find, who dare attempt the task in the present unsettled condition of society, and the general opposition of a certain class of white citizens who seem to control by bullying & threats, the sentiments of the entire community.

The sanitary interest of the people too, should be