Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-08-15
Reanfort. As It Is.

Beaufort, AS 1t Is.
Mr.. 3. C. Truman, the travelling cores
pondcnt Of the New York Times, writes thai
paper long letter from Beaufort, s. c., from
which we extract as follows:
Probably no city in the Union has expert
enced such change as this. 1t was formerly
rich, arlstocratic winter resort for Souther-
ners-men of luxurious ease, who had plenty
of money, and spent it without stint. Wha'
changel Beaufort is now completely Yam,
keeized-that is, it is almost wholly inhabited
By New Englanders. Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and
Connection, are all we'll represented; ard al
though the present inhabitants are more
thrifty and industrious than the nabobs who
formerly were the possesSoTs Of property here,
they keep their purse-sirings much tighter,
dispense charities, &C., less lavishly, and no;
withstanding they aim to. he clannish, ge,
along together less harmoniously. There
are between fifteen hundred and two Thousand
white people in Beaufort, almost all OF whom
are genuine Yankees-all rich, too, thanks
to the fate of war aid the existence of Direct
Tax Commissioners. In and about here are
some ten thousand colored men, who mingle
with the whites just as though they were OF
the same origin az the whites. The Mayor
rl.u-e,vysrs.- s.-,te-w--'A-e'-.-.'.---aad ,.YerY
office holder, Landlord and store-keepes bsffs
,rnm the same secuon. The best proof, how
ever. that Beaufort is thoroughly Yankee
rown. is obtained from the fact that the peo-
ME are in favor of negro suffrage, and to
man-ofice-holders and all-prononncs An
drew Johnson a traitor. Some IF these men
are FIX. Ouartermastcrs and Ex-Commiaslon-
ers but as a general thing, the community
is composed Of suffers, suffers CLERKS, snG
other high-toned patriots, who fought, oleo
1.-THE soldicrs,) and died for their country
although as yet history has failed TO give
them honorable mention.
The colored people, who ere really tho only
ones who do any hard work hereabouts, do
orest credit to themselves aud the community
IN which they move, BY their uniform good
behavior and industry. It really gricvas me
to see how these poor fellows are swindled
and dealt with generally. But it seems to Do
no good to show up these operators, fol
there is party at the North pretending te
be governed by good motives, who endeavol
to Conceal ali facts connected with these out
rooas. tel! the readers of the Times that
Generals Steedman and Fullerton have moi
toId half. These colored people have been
swipdled beyond sll consideration; and it the
.Ereedmens Bureau Bill now before the House
becomes o. law, God help the colored Iaen o.
the South, say !, -
rhe most distinguished and most suceessfu
of all of these negro robbers ~ iofmel
chaplain, known as Father French, VINO has
in the past four years accumulated quarter
of 6 million dollars in cash and real estate
| Even the Northern people here, to a man
pronounce Father French the Tycoon oil al
the robbers. He had General Saxton com
ple.elv under. his control, and got him int
bad repute. He was ordered away from tht
Eauction sales by the Direct Tax Commission
ers. but managed to buy all the property hs
bid on, which was considerable. Genera
Saxton is fright.nl fanatic, and whlse q Com
! missioner of Freedmen, did world OF harm
Rpt the accounts of General Saxton swlnd
liug the negroes are strictly untrue, as ar 81
also the reports of his being mixed up IN II, tn
direct tax sales greatly exaggerated. Ih'
only case in the latter charge that can be suo
I staptiated is the fact that through his innu
ence he became possessed OF the most pala
!; rial mansion in Beaufort for mere song.
have met several Of the warmess friends
General Saxtou, here, ghe scout tine idea
| lis ever personally being connected WIN an.
uarro-swindling operations, who say thas ni
nnecnase of the house above alluded to wa
= fraud, II Il bed been bid in fairly; and tn
Commissioners inform nie tbs, 1T would nav
.bronoht ten thousand dollars. As 1t was
General Saxton got it for two thousand, d
,bere was 60 competition-the entire coinmu
nity agreeing that heshouid have the property
Father Freuch's operations extend iron
here to Charleston, both in the purchase =
r,.al estate and in running plantations. III
modua o1,erendi in the purchase Of land wa
as follows, Thousands Of acres oil lald we.
lui,l off aud called soliierE tracts, to De sol
+, sodiers at ccrtuin low rlaes, Eatne
French would buy in these lots, ostensioiy &c Io
1.-The soldiers. the latter being presens at ttl
sales but in almost all cases the certificate
.lIumately found their way into fa,ae ,iN
4 French's pockets. But his negro:sW,ndllh III,
operations beat everything. be Is Inc ~ p't
Z oe,t planter South Carolina ever haa. He
rnnn;np thousands of negroes and rupnin
them into debt and into their graves; Inc
are all in debt to him. on account CT his ION
ohnrges for meal and Attleborough Je@elr..
> For Certain reasons will not give this ba
man at this time the full extent Of my know knogg,
edge of mis- operations 10 South Carolina. m. ! q
the common expression here that he will pu
the The wool over the eyesofth authorities ther
The Office ofthe Direct Tax Commissions
for South Carolina is located here, and v, vi
year, as there is less than SlOo,ooot to collee
Although there are many complaints again
: the Tax Commissioners here, taey are no
[,ike,tbe Florida Commissioners. charged vii
srf,ss frauds and robberies. Uplto this tin
searlv a quarter Of million Of dollars q
ibsen collected for the GoTeromsnt By taz
,nd 7,v tax sales,