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them and are anxious to be rid of them,, some of these old Freedmen are unable to wait upon themselves and the whites are not able to hire attendance for them. — There are also many Freedwomen with large families of children too small to be of any assistance but requiring much care. The husbands of these women are either dead or have left during the war, and people are unwilling to hire female servants with such incumberance and they are forced to labor by the day and at a great disadvantage. There seems less improvidence among the Freedmen than formerly existed,  and a greater disposition to economise and any advice in this particular is gratefully received from those in whom they have confidence. Some however expend their wages as fast as due and for articles of but little use to them

Three Freedmen have been tried in the civil courts for "petty larceny" since the receipt of circular No 10 C.S. giving the civil courts jurisdiction in criminal cases. Two of the parties were defended by J. L. Kemper Esq. late Major General in the Rebel Army. He argued to the Court & Jury that it was Policy to be "lenient" as possible towards the Freedmen in order to conciliate and attach them to and convince them that the Southern gentlemen alone would be their friends and protectors, instead of that stupendous