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In order to qualify themselves for the work of teaching. These have been furnished with the necessary books, with proper advice and encouragement, and during my recent visits to the several Counties under my charge, they have been reviewed in their studies and the results are of the most gratifying character. One of the number has been teaching a Country School, at the same time applying his mind to vigorous study. Several attend our schools at Christiansburg, Newbern and Salem others are working their way the best they can, with the helps at their disposal. Among the smaller scholars of our larger schools, there is quite a number of bright intellects, who have more than an ordinary love for study, and are making rapid progress. Others of lesser mental qualifications are doing well. They all however need constant encouragement and counsel: and the freed people generally need to be stimulated to action, by presenting to them in a clear, forcible and simple manner, the incalculable benefits resulting from education. The poor whites are beginning to be interested on this subject, and will doubtless be forced to action, from the fact of the colored people leaving them so far back in the shades of ignorance. 
In other matters pertaining to the affairs of the Bureau, everything seems to progress favorably. 
Very few have violated the laws, or brought before Courts of Justice for criminal acts, showing a decrease in immortality, and a hopeful prospect for the future. 

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