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this may be produced more by the regard they have for the military authorities, than for any regard they may have for the moral obligations they are placed under or for the regulations of the civil law. There is no doubt but that time is in a measure softening some of their prejudices. The freedpeople have an increasing regard for the obligations of the marital relations, and their pride of family is increasing accordingly. The schools of the freedpeople are pretty well attended, but after the crops are all taken care of, many children now engaged in assisting in taking care of the crops will attend schools, thus increasing the attendance. Many of the freed people by obtaining small parcels of land to cultivate have been able to build themselves comfortable homes, and to gather around them sufficient to keep their families comfortable. The Temperance movement has been urged upon the people, and there are quite