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Fourth Division: comprising Augusta and Highland Counties.

1st  The General condition of affairs indicate that advancement in intelligence &c is gradually being made by the Freedmen. They are generally employed at reasonable wages: all industrious, and show by their deportment that they are disposed to make themselves a chiefly, self supporting and law abiding population. But little idleness and much less drunkenness prevails: improvement in that respect being observed,- They are disposed to abide by the conditions of contracts; and the obligations and duties they sustain to each other is assuming a more substantial aspect -- Taking everything into consideration the condition of Freedmen's affairs, especially in reference to those matters for which they are responsible; is marked by steady advancement. They have a lively appreciation of the importance of education, and are generally interested in the question of Schools. Extreme suffering is not reported nor observed, and with