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Referring to the disposition ol the treedmen to improve their condition, the commissioner ; says:
The capacity of the freedmen of Virginia to take care of themselves, even under adverse \ circumstances, is best shown in the southeast ern part of the State. During the war nearly seventy thousand were gathered here, on a limited territory, in extreme destitution, and yet at this time only four thousand four hun dred and twelve are receiving Government