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of all in the manner in which they have conducted themselves during the hollidays.

No one has made any complaint against the whites for non payment but few have settled up for the year as yet.

The majority of whites are waiting until after the 1st of Jany to hire their hands knowing that the Bureau Affairs is to be mustered out they are trying to get their labor at cheaper rates than last years or having it all their own way.

The freedmen are demanding the same pay as last year with a fair prospect of getting it.
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