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sub-district, and to substitute something better than timid insolate magistrates who are armed by "white trash" into neglect of any outrages that may be committed by these few characters.

Already, have the civil authorities once declined hereto to act where informed of gross outrages which had been committed on freedmen by whites, officially [[?]] a paper sent to them by the Asst Supt Major French, to the effect that they deemed it a personal risk to act upon these cases; all of which was duly forwarded to the Asst Comr.

Lieut Murphy is an excellent officer and highly capable of conducting a military court.

Northampton Co. seems well managed by the Civil Authorities. I have no complaint to make of them.

With Great Respect
I am General
Your Obdt Sevt
S.C. Armstrong 
Supt 5th Dist. Va

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