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there is a very bitter feeling against it. and threats have been made that the school house shall be burned and the teacher driven off etc. as that a "Nigger School" could not be allowed in these parts-

I notice that the people both black and white of this town are very intemperate, and the proper authorities do not seem to try to put a stop to the numerous Bar-Rooms that are being opened here — In consequence of these numerous drinking shops, the peace of the town is frequently disturbed-

I find some young white men are in the habit of coming here fully uniformed in confederate grey and carrying revolvers; they get drunk and go about the streets seriously endangering the peace of the town — My office has been broken open on one occasion and books, papers, &c. scattered about the office, and several articles of personal property taken therefrom — I think the presence of a few soldiers here would enable me to shut up some of these low groggeries and put a quietus upon these lawless fellows that desire to throw the "Bureau" out of doors &c.

I find the schoolroom now in use here for the freed children is too small and inconvenient for the accommodation of the large number of children who desire to attend the school. Many are coming in from the country, some walking as far as six miles; Miss Wood informs me she has 60 children who attend regularly now, and a prospect of the number being largely augmented. She will need an Ass't to enable her to do justice

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