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variety of way which can only be met by the presence of some one who can and will take the part of the of the unprotected.
This is the season of the year in which most of the changes in contracts and residence made - So far as I can learn must of the Freedmen are obtaining employment at reasonable prices and the relations between the employers and the employed are as satisfactory as the unsettle condition of the country will admit as, considerable difficulty arises frequently in obtaining comfortable homes for the families of colored persons, the resistance being charged being higher than the small compensation paid for labor, will warrant them in paying.  As a class the colored people are disposed to be industrious and anxious to obtain homes of their own.
The continuation of the Bureau in its full force in this part of the State gives great satisfaction, not only to the Freedmen but to the loyal people of all classes.

Very respectfully
Your ob't Serv't
C. McDougall
A.S.A.L