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employers, which as they are invariably sworn to as correct scarcely ever fail to bring the employee in debt, even when a considerable balance was supposed to be in his favor- others again refuse to make payments for some trivial cause such as accusing the employee of some petty theft of the most trifling and valueless articles, insolence or some imaginary cause for which the freedmen are discharged usually when the work is done and left to collect the amounts due them, as best they can this cause of complaint constitutes nearly all the litigation in which the freedmen are concerned. But few applications for relief were made during the month, and these only by the aged and infirm. The people generally are prospering as well as reasonably could be expected and much better, it is feared, than after the protection given by the Bureau is removed. 
Arrangements are being made for the opening of the schools, and a larger attendance than heretofore is expected. In addition to those last time new schools will be opened whenever deemed practicable, as rapidly as teachers can be obtained.