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I am told that it is in a prosperous condition-)

Having introduced my personal experience in my Report for December I am forced to do so again from the fact that the treatment I have received this month has been much better than what it was last month. "Quiet reigns in Warsaw", and I am undisturbed, excepting by an occasional cry of "Yankee!" or "Bureau!" from some rebellious juvenile. On the part a few gentleman of Lexington I have experienced several acts of courtesy and kindness - from the rest of its male citizens a cold but decent civility which is all I ask or expect. In the rural districts I am everywhere received as though I were a benefactor instead of a spy and military satrap. In these districts however I find there are many people who were originally strong Unionists and entered the war with much reluctance.
During the month I passed twelve days in Bath and Allegheny counties. In them the mutual relations of the Whites and Blacks are good. There is a demand for labor which is not equalled by the supply, consequently the Freedmen are masters of the situation. Wages are good but the same reluctance to making contracts exists that is working so mischievously in Rockbridge. There are but few Freedmen in either county and a larger proportion of these few work for a share of the crop than in Rockbridge. Some farm the land themselves and pay rent for it. In the latter cases the land is generally almost worthless.
For various reasons which a brevity that I have already trespassed upon, will not allow me to state in this