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such as not to insure them the respect of the people." Capt. Tracy reports that his district is so large and not being permitted to perform any journeys, he cannot become so familiar with the people, their wants &c as he would like, and requests that he be authorized to perform journeys once a month with a view to establishing schools, or at least to make an effort in that direction.

J.L. Poston, Agent for the Counties of Haywood, Tipton, and Lauderdale reports "the freedpeople as prosperous as their circumstances will permit. There has been however some complaints of bad conduct and petty larceny of late than heretofore; this is partly owing from a disposition on the part of the employers not to furnish the provisions that they verbally agreed to furnish; this refusal in many cases is because of the action part of the freedmen took in the late election, it being a much safer mode of punishment than to drive them off of their farms and run the risk of being themselves the loosers. Some of this class are among those that gather about the towns and live by doing transient jobs, these jobs not afording them regular or remunerative employment, the parties thus engaged are certain to fall in with all the vices and habits incident to such places. Quite a number of this class can be heard in the towns or vilages for a short time at one half or less than one half of the wages that they could