The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-06-29
Nortbcru yulturcs In the south.

II u nol hiThuR'' pNIHdpri Ah'N 0"'" ''''N'"
be the case, but it will probably surprise
the people of other countries to learn how
large proportion of the rascalitics perpe-
trated In the South Is 10 be credited TO Gov
ernment officials. The last report sent TO
Washington by Generals SrEEDMAN and
FULLERTON shows that in South Caro-
lima and Georgia many of the officers
of the Freedmen's Bureau are, aftcr
the fashion of their co-laborers In North
Carolina, taking much better care of them
selves than of anybody else. General ELY,
who Is stationed at Columbia, and who has
charge "of a district which embraces an
indefinite number of counties IS "eNten-
sivcly engaged in the cultivation OF plan
tations.' Two of these he was cultiyating,
on Government account, and on three 9TH
ers he had the negroes at work for himself
and his partner, and was feeding them on
Government rations, for which, he said,
they would pay out of their crops. "a del
egation of freedmen" informed General
SrEEDMAN that the enterprising Ely "was
also planting, on his own account, the
farms of RoRERT JOINER and A. NJ. HUNT.n
How the philanthropic business, which he
was sent to supcrintend, flourishcd under
such circumstances, may be readily imag
ined. General STEEDMAN, referring TO the
freedmen just mentioned, says:
This delegation further stated that
twenty-nine cOlorcd persons, men, women
and children. suffering from the smallpox,
were crowded into one room, about twenty
feet by twenty -four in size. and placed on
the bare floor, with no bedding, while their
only covering was the blankets they had
brought with them. These poor creatures
were LEFT In this condition several days,
some of them dellrious. with only one black
woman to attend them, and without any
HOurishment but meat aud bread \ num-
Der of respectable old colored people. at
tucked with the Small-p were thus Ia
ken from their comfortable homes aud
placed in this room TO dic of neglect. One
of this delegation assured uS that lac called
To- see General Ely on several different days
to inform him of the suffering condition of
the freedmen in the smallpox hospital, and
was told on each occasion that the General
could not be seen rs he was absent attend
ing to his plantations. This neglect of
duty by General Ely was complained of in
a letter written by Beverly Nash. cuored
man, and published in a Charleston paper
devoted TO the interests of the freedmen
After the publication Of this letter, General
Ely told Nash he did not like to have such
statements made about him. and wished
the freedmen to gct an some resolutions
denying the truth of the allegations pre-
ierrcd, which they refused to do
\ chaplain of colored regiment the
Rev Mr.. FRENCH, who is also styled "Bu-
reau Missionary and Superintendent of
Marriage Relations" formed partnership
with u sub- Assistant Commissioned who
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Charleston. We presume FRENCH had the
money, and his partner could command the
I,bor At,Il o,,o,,s ,io,. c,rn;sl,1 ,,,,+l,,,
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p'i'her U" fu'sto isithu WIN litcei nun
dred dollars, for which they are to receive
one-haIf of his cron. They will mako from
t,.oL,,1.a1 cr. - ,.,,.',..., ~.
wv ''"''' :" an" "''S w il'' '"n''iru PVi
cent proilt on the money advanced. whose
property FRENCH & Co. may be working
does not appear. and we snnnosc Mr.
t,,,,-,.,,, ,l,a. 80 -, -
''S va, w N"'", 'oi NV say >
he was "actuated solely by desire to as
sist in furnishing labor for the poor freed
men" ON the Sea Islands some of tbc
-. a..
h'o""lch hl'"c i"'I cloPs' III" INC lreeu-
mems Northern irlenuS followed him mp to
look after his interests. The following cx-
tract from, tba renort viii sho,, hot,. ,,,o
''O
negro l'res III 'hc hailus ol bostoh
brother:
I'VE found, on inauirv, that some of tbe
freedmen raised GOOD crops. and couid
easily have reimbursed the Goycrnment for
supplies provided for them. but most of
them were swindlcd ont of all they made
by "A gang of white sbarpers who. nTctcud-
ing to be their friends. gained permission
- te-eane llpnii- the islands and set mn stores
provided with sweetmcats, cheap jeweTry.
ana worthless articles of dress with which
thelr hnrd eorn;n%s ,Fbo o' ,n erea'uIes 're OF OF
persons who thus defrauded the freedmen
last year, have made extensive preparation
!" ~ secure yvn Sh,S s,5 season $ crop Dy the same
on Edisto and WodmaIa,v IsIondS and Iii
mention one ease where one of them is con-
nected with IL plantation as an example.
This store is or farm rented and cult
waited by a Mr.. Underwood of Boston.
Massachusetts,. Accompanied by General
Scott, we stopped on the plantation and
investigated the condition of the freedmen