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Office Asst. Supt.,
Bureau of Refugees, &c.,
Charlottesville, June 30th, 1866.

Bt. Lt. Col. James A. Bates,
Act. Asst. Adj't. Genl.,
Head Qurs. Asst. Com.,
Richmond, Va.

Colonel: -

In compliance with some circular from the Head Quarters of the Assistant Commissioner of Virginia, not on file in this office, I have the honor to submit the following report upon the condition of Bureau affairs and state of feeling existing between the citizens and freedmen in this county.

The views I expressed in my report of the 15th inst., I have reason to believe were in the main correct.  The feeling between these classes is much as I described it, and proceeds from the cause mentioned, a degree of distrust entertained by both.  But I am pleased to add, that this is gradually disappearing, and giving place to a more enlarged confidence.

Heretofore both classes have looked to the Bureau for the correction of all grievances.   They are now becoming accustomed to rely for protection and redress upon the laws of Virginia and the United States.  And as this carries them toward the position they must hereafter occupy, I regard it as favorable progress.

The apprehensions entertained by the school teachers and