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matter, he at least will have taken the matter out of the Courts here-  He has written to the U.S. Judge in Norfolk who in reply says simply, that if he (Dixon) was assaulted, injured, or retarded in the execution of his duty- he (the Judge) will upon receipt of Dixon's complaint [[strikethrough]] under [/strikethrough]] upon oath to that effect, issue his warrant & place it in the hands of the U.S. Marshal for execution.  Dixon forwards the required complaint to day, & I fear will come to grief.

Per Contra-

Judge Christian's "Capius", requiring the arrest of Thomas, issued several days ago, I am informed has not yet been returned.  Thomas is at least not in jail- of course we all know that if Thomas was a Union man- he would at this moment be in prison-  Its exactly paralell to the case of Northern tax payers in Hampton-  But what can be done-  I don't think we need do anything more-

2d Union men here.

To my great regret a man whom Dixon & other held up as a staunch Union man- and unquestionably he is a Refugee- has today been detected (the evidence is perfectly conclusive to my mind) in buying stolen goods from Negroes,  Meat wh. they brought to his

Transcription Notes:
“capias” is Latin and translates in English to “for the taking of.” parallel is misspelled (as paralell) in the original. Kept as written. I've seen "wh." as abbreviation for "whom" and for "which".. I guess it means whatever the context will support. ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-10-10 12:38:03