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received a volley without its proving fatal. Their father was afterwards, by force of arms, made to advertise and sell his property at public sale, and from comparative comfort he is now reduced, with a dependence of ten in family, to an almost starving condition. This man also applied to me. I tried to get a Lawyer to take hold of his case, but it is necessarily of such nature as to almost preclude any action. What else could I do for him?

In my Report pursuant to Circular No 10, I made mention of an instance where a colored man had been detected in an illicit intercourse with one of the white paupers at the Poor House. The woman was of bad character, for she had already had two bastard children, one white and one colored - and, by the way, the fact that there are several children in the County born of white mothers, the fathers being colored, would go to show, that even in this way, [[strikethrough]]the[[/strikethrough]] amalgamation here, between the two races must be for greater than seen it is in the North. But to return to the woman in question, I understand she was beaten by the steward of the Poor House, for the offense she committed; and I have further understood that beating is sometimes inflicted as a punishment on both the white and colored inmates of the Poor House. The woman spoken of ran away some time ago, & she lately returned and took away her children, by permission, saying she had got a home for them & herself. The colored man with whom she committed herself will be indicted before the first Grand Jury, for the offense; but that will not be fair unless she is likewise.

The feeling existing here against Northerners still very bitter, on the part of some. A few days ago, a certain citizen, in conversation with others, was heard to