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cause great annoyance and rioting by firing pistols in the streets. Asks for a few troops to prevent this, and close up the groggeries. Has not completed the census owing to want of assistance. The Freedmens school has increased so in numbers, that an assistant teacher is needed. With warmer weather the poorer classes of the freedmen will go to work. Labor is in increasing demand, and some of the farmers have a difficulty in procuring sufficient "laborers."

Transcription Notes:
groggeries = drinking places ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-02-22 13:57:30