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and Hon G Davis to go with you while it is true, these men are poor and seek now to form their case requires the same scrutiny as though they filled the highest positions in our country and we believe that the President would with pleasure relieve these men if the facts are truly presented, he has always been a friend to the people in their affliction and distress he has time and again expressed himself that way. The facts of the case above alluded to are few and simple about 5 or 6 weeks ago a Negro Woman that formerly belonged to Noel Stinnett returned to his House in his absence from Clarksville Tenn at a time when the Small Pox was raging there Mrs Stinnett ordered the Woman not to come in her House stating that she was afraid she would give her Family the Small Pox the woman paid no attention to her and entered her House her son soon come to the House and he whipped and drove her away for this offence Mr Stinnett & his Two sons was arrested by an order of the Freedmans Bureau tried and fined Ten Dollars. his friends here advised him not to pay it. That the proceedings were all wrong and illegal. but afterwards he went to the Burea and offered to pay for fine. Which the agents refused to receive. The agent in the mean