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I conversed with some members of the Grand Jury of that county, for the April session, and discovered in them a very bitter feeling towards freedmen. While that class of men is intrusted with the giving of justice to freedmen, there will neither be right decisions, nor peace in the land.

The Register of Marriages is progressing upon the forms used by civil authorities for the same purpose. Circular No. 11 has been read as required. The freedmen have adopted surnames.

There is no Board of Overseers of the Poor, no poor house, no poor farm in this county; the county authorities have no means of providing for the indigent of the county.

The supply of labor is limited - it has been in demand, but the small pay offered, and the uncertainly of getting it, and distrust of the whites, have combined to prevent the large numbers of men living in the adjoining county of Elizabeth City, from seeking employment there; much, however, is due to the freedmen's love of swarming; after living a while in Hampton they acquire a distaste for the quiet country.