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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, HEADQUARTERS 2nd SUB-DISTRICT, VIRGINIA, Petersburg, Sept 17th 1868. Capt W A Coulter AAAG Sir In compliance with Circular 10 Series of 1866 from the office of the Asst Commr at Richmond I have the honor to report for the month of August that but one case of unfairness of a grave character, in the administration of justice with reference to a colored man has come to my notice This I have referred to the military Commr as per accompanying copy of letter These are of course minor cases continually coming up, of strong prejudice, and disinclination on the part of the whites to do the colored man justice Very resptly Your obt svt J R Stone S A Commr