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issued, & though no arrest has been made that I have learned, the fault lays with the authorities of Albermarle, where the def'dt lives. Troubles of this kind seem to be periodic and come altogether. Though there has been little complaint of this kind during the month, I have no reason to change my report in this particular from the last. I have not yet seen a case of the nature in the County Court, or heard of one being presented before the W jury, neither do I know of a white man being bound over to keep the peace, when a black man was complainant. It does seem as if there was a lack of moral courage on the part of the magistrates in dealing with difficulties of the kind. The Freedmen are put off, or it is so managed that they seldom return as directed, when I give them a note to a magistrate. There being so few complaints of ill treatment speaks well for the good behavior of the negro, in a community where the slightest impudence has always been just cause for knocking a "nigger" down.
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Eight District
From report of B. E. Hess, Lt. V.R.C., Asst