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The respectable planters and employers of freedmen express themselves perfectly satisfied with the situation. The mass of the white population is favorably disposed"

Lieut E. H. Mix, Agent at Osceola, Mississippi County reports that during the month he has tried six cases wherein the employers did not fully comply with the requirements of their contracts. He says, "In most cases the complaints were found to be correct and the amounts due ordered to be paid. In this (Miss.) county the freedmen are generally working for a portion of the crop and are conducting themselves in a very creditable manner." The circuit Court of this County has been in session. The case of a Mr Walsh a white man who was accused of shooting a freedman was brought before the Grand Jury which found a true bill against said Walsh for manslaughter, substantiated almost entirely by negro testimony. I look upon this as a great advancement in the interests of the freedman and for the promotion of law and order. But a very short time since no white man could be convicted before any civil tribunal upon negro testimony, in fact it would not be received at all. Now, in nearly every Court of the State it is admitted.