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one hand, to a reluctance in extending to the Freedmen, the rights, and privileges secured to them by existing laws, and a natural inclination on the part of the Freedmen to distrust the employer. But these occurrences,  are gradually decreasing in number and at no time since I asumed charge of Freedmens affairs here, have I observed more striking proof of increasing, and substantial kind feelings between the races, than now.

The criminal Dockets bear testimony to the fact that there is less disposition to crime than at any time since my assignment to duty at this Post.

The pauper population is not diminishing much, but no assistance is rendered those who are able to provide for themselves.

The Sabbath Schools are in a flourishing condition although applications are made, to me frequently for Books and Charts, which only to a limited extent have been furnished. Allow me again to call your attention to my Report under date March 1867 Concerning Schools & School Houses.

In the  matter of faithfulness to the obligations of contracts, I find as a general thing that the Freedmen have not only a more intelligent appreciation of same-but are more anxious to carry into practical effect the spirit

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