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liquor and those were both from the county and happened here during one of the Circus Exhibitions.

The Schools have all been temporarily closed but it is expected they will be re-opened about the 1st of Sept.

The Crops are turning out splendidly - demonstrating clearly the fact that the Agricultural interests of this portion of the county have been advanced by the change in the labor system -

I am still of the opinion that the necessity for the continuance of the Bureau still exists and although there are a few men here who under existing circumstances claim to be the colored man's friend &c yet I am convinced that much of the kind feeling cherished toward the race by these people is attributable to the moral effect of the presence of Government officers

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