their land has been depressed, their personal comfort and safety diminished, and the pSßtp and good order of their communities dm troy ed The reporter was assured by sheriff .Merc Kit j Of Kent county—and the same is true of Bs- ] >ex—Shat nine-tenths of the afßtaoßß against ! the laws are committed by negroes, although ' they do not Constitute m >re*thuii one-tourili j of the whole population. In the townshipQf