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daily attendance of scholars is one hundred and thirteen.  The number of these people who came to Manchester from different parts of the State since the evacuation of Richmond is small and to a greater portion of them, it is perfectly natural.  They had lived here the greater part of their lives, and when they found themselves free they very naturally returned to their former homes. Then again many of them had been employed in the Cotton and Tobacco factories of Manchester and Richmond and they returned for the purpose of getting work in these Mills, in this many of them have been disappointed for the following reasons. The proprietors of these Mills inform me that they cannot employ more than one third the number of hands they usually did on account of being unable to find a market for the goods they now manufacture.  They hope however soon to run their Mills to their full extent, and then they will be able to give employment to a large number of hands who are now idle.
  
In cases of debt and other complaints, I think I have been quite successful. I find the white Citizens of Manchester to be well disposed towards the

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