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political excitement is abated, would not be detrimental to the cause.

Notwithstanding the excitement consequent upon the new political status of the freedmen, and the many efforts made by parties to engender distrust between them, and the whites, for political purposes, the freedmen of this District have acted with a becoming sense of prosperity and discretion, nothing like riot or political disturbance can be charged to them, thus far the only disturbance of any character reported to me during the month, was a case of reported proscription, reported by Alex Miller freedman, a citizen of Franklin Co, who alleged that he has been living with a white man by the name of Jeff Miller, near Cowan Depot on the N and C. R. Road, that he attended a Picnic given by the Union League at Deckerd on the 20th, since which time, he Miller had been very abusive to him, and has refused him the pay due him for his labor. the Agent has been unable as yet to see Miller, but the general character