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once, [[?]], further, entail a loss of everything. Many [[?]] to go back when their little crop is gathered. This is the case in the Counties of Elis. City and York. Many beg for food till their trucks are rife, then, they agree, they will go away: there is not much reliance to be placed in these assertions  

This season is not favorable for cutting down the nature and [[?]] destitutes.

The general condition of the (8000) freedmen in this county is, in the main, identical to that of the freedmen in Elizabeth City; there is perhaps more ill feeling between the races.

The freedmen are resettled [[?]] squatter on [[strikethrough]] restored [[/strikethrough]] lands which have been restored, are very delinquent in paying rent, and the owners will not consent to such unprofitable occupancy. It is, however, a general fact in this and other counties that good tenants need anticipate comparatively little trouble next year. 

The large fishing interest of York creates an idle, ill provided, and troublesome class.

From a number of statements received, and noted, I beg leave to submit the following as indices of public sentiment among the freedpeople of this county.