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important subject is attended to, great good will result from it, and all parties feel its beneficial influence. There are about 100 Whites needing aid, and the Agent is preparing to grant the relief asked for.

I left this County impressed with the belief that if nothing transpires to mar the harmony now existing between its residents, that a bright and prosperous future is before it. Three hundred freedpeople can find profitable employment here without difficulty, and I would advise that this fact be made known to our overcrowded residents in this City.

In visiting Hanover I found as in King William the crops looking poorly especially wheat, the freedpeople are industriously employed on the farms and are giving great satisfaction; Labor commands fair prices ranging from 6 to 10 Dollars per month for good farm hands, male and female. There are four Schools for freedpeople in this County and are pro-