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and stating the case, ask if is is the intentions of the Commissioner of Abandoned property to take possession of that class of property, as the Agent of Parsons, is offering for sale this office, and he does not consider it proper to purchase, before that question is settled

Scattered through the country is a vast amount of such property, and the parties owning it, and now out of the country, have left it in the hands of Agents for disposal or rent. Col. Flournoy's premises, in this city, is offered for sale, at a very low price, in order to procure money for his wife to join him. All his furniture has already been disposed of. I took the liberty of saying to a particular friend of Flournoy's, that the premises in question, now belonged to the United States, by the act of abandonment, and any sale of it would not be considered valid by the Bureau of Abandoned Lands. Whether I am right or wrong in my opinion I do not know, but I find the opinion has had the effect of quieting many who contemplated purchasing, which was my object.

The Freedmen up here, are very unsettled, and they are not, at present, disposed to work very steadily, which I believe originates from the fact, that they have no faith in the fulfillment of 

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