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unbearable- Mayor Ruff tells me that just after the trial was over he was insulted by a freedman, and that one of the colored witnesses was heard to declare publicly that Miss Rhodes had lied-

I believe that in this case, as in most others of a like nature, both parties were to blame- It has placed me in a very awkward and unpleasant position for while the Whites denounce me for not forcing the negroes to have better manners, the latter regard me as unfriendly to their interests because I do not force the magistrates to decide in a mode which they consider just and right-

The colored people receive better treatment from the higher classes of the whites than from the lower orders- as the latter are jealous of their political advancement and frightened at the idea of social equality-

Since the disturbance of the Freedmens school in Lexington on the evening of the 22nd alt, nothing has occurred to interfere with its operations- Enclosed you will find the report of its teachers for the present month-

I would suggest the propriety of the Bureau aiding in the establishment of a school at Brownsburg and the Natural Bridge respectively- I have already applied to Mr Brackett- Supt of Schools in the valley- in regard to the former- and have asked at the proper quarter for books for the latter-

The Freedmen as a class are industrious, respectful, & honest- and yet complaints are continually made to me by farmers, and others, that they cannot get laborers- I can only account for these complaints by stating that a  considerable number of Freedmen