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were unable to ast, and wanted me as Provost Marshal to make the arrests in obedience to the orders of Genl. Grant - saying that he should act, if I did not. I replied that I had always found there were two sides to all these cases, and that until I was informed by the civil authorities of their inability to act, or was well convinced of it myself, that I should not move in so important a matter I went and saw the constable here, the next morning and he informed me that a man at Mr. Birchett's had sworn positively to the identity of some of the parties, and that he arrested them, but afterwards became so well convinced of their innocence that he allowed them to go, and that he thought Birchett was to blame in the matter - Another man here Dr. Schand has some negroes on his place, who having made their crop he wishes to eject. I have informed him that he cannot do so, and he revenges himself on them, by not allowing them to go on any part of his land except that rented by them, making them take the nearest way to the public road, and no other. He forbids the trespass, under the law passed last winter, forbidding any person to hunt or range on the lands of another without permission - I will make a special report soon, in regard to rents at this place - They are very exorbitant -

I am, very respectfully
Your obt Sevt
J. Arnold Yeckley
Lt. & Asst. Supt.
Pr. Geo. Co., Va.