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of the freedpeople, has more than counterbalanced the efforts of the officer in charge, and little or no improvement is apparent.  Those living remote from towns or large settlements, and in the mountains are but little better morally or socially, than while in a state of slavery - No contracts are made with the sanction of the officer, and consequently the laborers are defrauded out of their hard earned dues, and many are suffering for clothing, if not for food -

2d.  There is no certainty of full justice being obtained in jury trials.  Natural and political prejudices are in favor of the white man, and if all restraints were removed, I think it exceedingly if justice would be done -

3d.  The Register of Marriages is complete for Shenandoah County.  Lieut. Hall complains that want of time and the distance to Rockingham County (40 miles) still delays the completing it in the latter county.  So far as known, each of the paragraphs are carried out -

4th. [[Since?]] ordered the County Authorities, are disposed to care for the indigent freedpeople.  Accommodations meager, and means limited.

5th.  The supply of labor, which at this season is usually greater than the demand, is now fully employed, owing to the repairs on the Valley Rail Road, but at such low rates that men with  

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