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or condition the crop is in.  I have used every means in my power to disseminate political information to them, without however saying anything of a partisan character.

There are many good Union Men here, to spend a good deal of time in instructing them to read and write.

The bahavior of both classes continues to be remarkedly quiet and civil, which may be accounted for on the ground that this Division is so remote from the Rail Road, as to keep political agitators away.

With the exception of about a thousand Freedmen in Patrick County, there are none in this Div, scarcely but what have, or are saving some money, towards purchasing a home; most of the Colored population have left Patrick and come into Henry Co, which is a great deal more productive than the former County.

The poor in both Counties are well and comfortably provided for, especially in Henry, where the poor