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although the records of this office show that such complaints are not as frequent this, as they were last season at this time 
The Civil Authorities are generally disposed to notice and correct such evils and to properly punish the offenders. 

Outrages
Very few complaints of outrages have been made this month, more of them being of a sufficient serious character to warrant or justify their being incorporated in this report-

Feeling between the races
There is evidently a a growing animosity against the blacks on the part of the white malcontents owing no doubt to the fact of the inability of the latter, to control the former in political matters. And this animosity in many places is becoming very offensive and tyrannical. This class of whites use every means in their power intimidate and and compell the blacks to vote the democratic ticket at the coming Presidential election They have offered intelligent and influential colored men in my District. As much as two thousand (2000) dollars to cummufs these counties for Seymour & Blair--They use all the vile threats that devils ever invented to frighten the blacks into their