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are not as fully ostracized as they as they should be among the masses of their own color.

4th :- As to "the intention of the County authorities in the matter of taking care of their indigent freedpeople and the means at their disposal for so doing," I am of the opinion that they are doing as well as any class of men would do under similar circumstances. In this city the duty is extremely onerous, and has thus far been cheerfully performed under existing orders; but the increasing cold and the poverty of both whites and blacks, always more apparent in winter, and now augmented by depression of business, and consequent want of employment, is taxing the authorities too severely in Petersburg and I have forwarded for your approval a requisition for fuel to be distributed among the freedmen. I am of the opinion that the poor in the country will not be allowed to suffer.

5th :- As to "the supply of labor being adapted to the demand"; I am of the opinion that every negro not physically disqualified can find employment in the country if he wishes to; not at high wages 'tis true, but on terms sufficiently remunerative to feed and clothe them. The practice of crowding into the cities where they can obtain only a day or two of work in a week, and where they live in filthy, crowded dens, is hurrying thousands of them to early graves.

6th :- As to the condition of Schools for Freedmen, and the