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related in explicit terms, the difficulty under which I was laboring, all of them were perfectly satisfied.  Upon this no doubt the "Southerner" bases his letter. I went so far, in order to relieve their wants (many of the men having families and homes in Chattanooga Tenn. from where they were engaged, and on account of the severe freshet lost their all.) to disburse to them what little private funds I possessed, and borrowed from a friend money for the same purpose, stating to him the difficulty, and that humanity alone demanded that action be taken, and that speedily, to relieve the sufferers; the men all appreciated my kindness, and I have to day as good class of laborers, as are to be found in the whole Country, all of whom respect me, and perform their task industriously and pleasantly, and if the "Southerner" desires information as to the proper modus-operandi of working colored men, and will call upon me, I flatter myself, that I can teach him, as I have wrought large numbers of them for nearly four years past, treating them always kindly, but with determination. I remember at present of three