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do any injustice to their fellow citizens; and there was no disagreement in their opinions in the decision of this case, and they, like myself, feel that it should be enforced at once.
The freedmen, generally speaking, behave well, and are entering into Contracts by the year with monthly payments; true that few of the Contracts are made at this office, but I am inclined to think that this is owing to the Change that is [[strikethrough]] owing [[/strikethrough]] made for them here and the prejudice of the whites to coming here: Many of them, however, make their own contracts and bring them here for approval, which I do, if properly made, without any charge—
Our schools here are in a way flourishing condition, and, we think, second to none in the state. This, I think, is owing to the efficiency of the teachers, and to them the credit belongs; and I think we are all gaining ground every Day in the estimation of the respectable citizens of the place.
I had a long conversation yesterday with the Editor of the "Valley Virginian," who has been continually throwing things, through the Columns of his paper, at the Bureau, in which I told him that I had never seen any thing of the kind in the other papers, issued here; and that such things were calculated to excite the populace against the Bureau, and lead them to some overt acts for which he would be responsible and he has promised to desist from such communications. If he does not I shall again call your attention