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ment may be found for all of its idle inhabitants.  I find colored youths from 12 to 17 years of age, idly sauntering through our streets, who if disposed could command in the rural Districts fro m 4 to 6 Dollars per month for their labor. I fear they are now a burthen on the Government and unless their cases are attended to will eventually fill our Jails and Penitentiary.
   Byr apt B.C. Cook, Ass't Sub Ass't Com'r is laboring with great success in ameliorating the condition of the freedpeople under his charge; none worthy of aid is overlooked, and their complaints listened to with an attentive ear.  The work in his Office is very laborious, one item alone, the issueing of Tickets for rations to the indigent Poor is sufficient of itself to furnish employment for one Clerk.  Capt Cook looks after the interest of the freedmen, seeing that none are improperly punished by the Civil Authorities or maltreated by bad White men.  Good advice is always given to the freedpeople, which if followed will keep them