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Vr-►v4dnFrkfdmkn’s Affairs in Virginia.-ofj General Hrown reports for April that inie j consequence of the reconstruction actsid j there has been a favorable change in thete condition of th^j freedmen throughout the is State. Complaints of private outrages and*t of injustice by the judicial tribunals are at least fifty per cent, less than during the same month of the last year. Thischange is undoubtedly due in part to a wholesome •r fear of military commissions, and in part to the new political status given the freedmen, making their good will more desirable. to their white neighbors. As a rulo, the freedmen are working throughout the n State. Complaints of Jheir indolence andshiftlcssness are becoming rare. Employers are paying better wages and more promptly than last year, but not a full compensation for the labor performed. The number of freedmen aided by the Bureau during the past month was 2,887. Of this number 1,385 were in hospital. The decrease of the lt;b*pendcnts from the pre-irntoiobft
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Richmond Daily Dispatch
Richmond, Virginia, US
Mon, Jun 03, 1867
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