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District and can learn but very little of what is going on north of me, and what is worse than all the rest is to have an agent right in the middle of my District, and I be expected to work both sides of him. I am confident I can do better service if I can have control of my whole Dist than to have it as it is now."

Captain Judd further reports the following Jan 31st 67 The robbers and thieves were out last night A negro named Morgan Edmanson was robbed of $75.00. He had just come from Macon. Ga. was on his way to see his mother. He was down near the Depot, was attacked by four white men. The stripped his clothes off, and found his money in a belt around his body. The poor fellow had to stop and go to work as his money is gone up. This country is full of thieves. There is no one to molest or make them afraid. Six hundred Dollars were stolen from the Express Agent last night and so it goes. No man white or black is safe here after dark. I do not expect you can do any thing to help matters here but I want to let you know what kind of a country I am in. I wish a company of soldiers could be sent here. It would have a good effect. The Roughs and villains of the whole country have found that there is