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The day school of Julia M. Carter, at the same place has been discontinued and she is now keeping a night school which is well attended. The other schools reported are usually prosperous. Much interest is manifested among the col'd people in the cause of education, but little upon the part of the whites. A building has been purchased, and is being fitted up for school and church purposes, in the upper end of the county, at a place called "Bethany Seats," with aid which they hope at the proper time to receive from the Bureau. They are expecting soon to complete it, and commence a school. There are ten or twelve other places in the County where col'd schools should be established. An amt of $50.00 for each school would be required from the Bureau to enable to inhabitants of the several localities to erect themselves a suitable building for school purposes. The whites would render little or no aid by way of money.

Alms House and Jail
The former is composed of several cabins of hewn logs with dirt floors and board windows. By the latter the inmates are effectually deprived of the light of Heaven - especially during

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