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I was surprised and astonished at the out-spoken opposition against the freedmen in that part of the State and can on reflection say that augurs no good. The Sub-Commissioner at Brookhaven is better protected by the presence of a Military force and has but little difficulty, except an occasional clash with the civil authorities. Most of the parties under contract have observed their obligations and just settlements will be made in most cases. Nothing of interest has occurred at that post, except the recent barbarous whipping of a negro boy by a Professor of the Female Seminary at that place, which whipping resulted in the breaking of the boys arm. Through fear the facts were not disclosed by him for several days, and the long time that the limb suffered from not having attention will, by medical prediction, cause amputation. 
I instructed the Sub Com'r to immediately notify and demand immediate investigation of the case by civil authorities, and if they refused to act, to investigate the case and send the facts forward to your office. I have heard nothing further from him. The man that committed the