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it advisable for the present to continue Bureau Courts against which for a long time there has been no complaint.

The condition of schools already established is good. They are sustained by the "Friends" Society of Philadelphia, and immediately superintended by Jacob Vining, who, although earnest and laborious in behalf of freedmen is an undesirable man to co-operate with, and, I trust he may not be sent back to this field next fall. One or two more small schools are needed in York, but, being comparatively unimportant, I would not urge them at present. The labors of the teachers sent out by the Friends Association have been successful and worthy of all praise; their standard of personal character and attainment has been high; the devotion of the people to them is strong and deep, and is richly deserved by the recipients.

The General Condition of the freedmen is in Capt Massey's opinion, fifty per-cent better than it was a year ago; this estimate is I think too high but it is in the right direction. The advantage of moving have been realized and hundreds have left; many more will immigrate

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