Wednesday, December 20, 1865 — The daily dispatch
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The smallpox is prevailing to a considerable j
ox tent among the colored population, and a
! number of deaths have occurred. Several have
i been picked up in the streets in an advanced '
j stage of the disease. The Freedmen's Hureau j
]is energetically attending to the matter, aud
; adopting measures that will obviate aU cause '
I for uneasiness.