The New York herald., 1866-06-02
Negroes and Whites Arming
for Fight.
Rascalities Of the Tax Commis-
siOnor's Sales.
a Niger Hmpire and what De.
came Of It.
Tycoon Campbell, His Congress
and His Court.
&c. Go. &c.

&c. Go. &c.
Our Freedmcn's Bureau Correspondence.
JACKSONVILLE Fla, May %, 1866.
On Sunday morning last Generals Steedman and Full
ierton having completed thcr inspection OF the Sea
Islands Of South Carolina left Savannah to investigate
the condition OF affairs the islands OF Georgia and
Florida They embarked on board tho steamboat
Planter which, during the war; bravely brought
out Of Charleston harbor by the coored pilot Small who
now commands hor.
NAVAL HOsTILrrrES
rather stirring incident occurred by the way. The
captain OF tho Fannie, a Charleston and Savannah
steamer owned by the same firm who formerly owned
the Planter before Small her past the forts and
handed her to the United States government deb
eratey foued the Planter and attempted to put her
the distractions Failing In this effort he drew navy
revolver and cooked 1t at Small, who seized double
barreled gun loaded with buck shot to defend himself
Tho prompt int ervenon OF Generals Steodman and Full
erton alone prevented the interchange or shots and
probably tho loss Of several lives, there many
passengers the decks OF each steamer. Nc
Nelly, the captain of the Fannie, assailed General
Steedman with violent abuse, and eventually
ordered into to await the action Of the civil
authorities. 1t is but jus. Captain Small to that
his conduct throughout the whole OF this unpleasant
affair was worthy Of the reputation he had previously
gained by his bravery and that he gave provocaon
whatever for the unustaabe outrage committed by the
captain OF the Fannie.
ON THE WAY.
The navigation of the narrow, winding creeks and
lagoons which connect these islands tho inside Is
of the most singular and complicated Of feats For
many miles or the route wo took tho channel was so nar
that rowboat could hardly have passed and the
woes Of tho steamer churned up tho weeds either
hoplr cvod oil nf rflvri ind
met except at the points at which we halted; yet
everywhere evidences OF the wonderful fertility OF tho
soi werc apparent.
PROSPEROUS CONDITION OF THE TRrEpMrS
The condition OF the freedmen these islands is very
far in advance Of anything We had seen 10 South Caro-
lima There could hardly be grcater contrast than that
between the squalid ifed poorly paid negroes of
Edsto and wadmaIow Islands and the SUR
dy, well-cared for freedmen OF st. GATHERINGS,
sapelo and st. simon's Islands. We landed
at each OF those points, and General Steedman
examined the planters the Bureau officers the freed.
mon c'citing many facts Of noteworthy character In
the first pace bn found Northern men leasing antanns
conducting them only with great business ability
but with marked kindncss and beraity towards their
negro aoorors glad 70 record this fac, as set
OF to the grasplng expressions OF Underwood and other
New England men in South Carolina On st. Cathernes
! Island Mossrs Winchester and Schuyler both Now
Yorkers who have leased tho princely domain OF Dir
Walburg, containing seventeen thousand acros Of
land, as beautiful and picturesque as they are FERTILE
game have nearly hundred and nfty negroes on thor
plantation Al tho other end or the island Iiherc are
four or 1--WE hundred freedmen who arc cu!ya'ing land
for themselves; yet the Walbrrg negroes, who only
half numerous, have twice as much cotton Ia cutyn
on aud according 10 present appearances Will DO ten
times better of at the end OF this year than those no.
groos who have had land allotted 70 them THIS Is but
another illustration of tho fact which have previously
mentioned naucy that the experiment Of making the
uncaucaied plantation negro a planter on hh own ac-
count h an utter and unmgaed failure, injurious TO
w sao Rs = w &sss ana Sh 1ues ss
under General Shcrmans order are boug ght IN by tho
government tho better. II will remose fru fu source
or jealousy and i'll feeling among tho bac;s tLemsclyes
lessen the risk Of unfriendly collision with the whites
and Ia the end DO much bstcr for oil concerned On
sapelo Island Messrs Dixon and nclrife Northern men
cess and treating their labortrs with equal
lilsoniiiyi and on - simehls Island state
crops everywhere look most fnurishng and if things 90
on as well as they now promise many Of the freedmen
who are working shares win come io possession of
quite handsome sum Of money in the fall
TIE CAr-a
Of This prosperity lies On tho surface. Tho affairs Of The
Frecdmon's Bureau In Georgia have been administered
by capable and honest Happily for tbs State the
Assistant Commissioner has no like colena Whiii.esey
Of North Carolina, thought nee scary To encourage in
dusry by running the best plantations in the State for
his personal emoument II s perhaps, for this
VIC have found in Georgia no Rev WiIz Iit2 torurng
tho helpless aud tho slck with barbar'ies worse than
those OF Andersonve; no Captain Sceloy backing him
W and demanding his th9nsans dollars . mouth from
'encouraging industry aud thgiftn by embezling the
raons and clothing OF the ntedy and Major wiokers
chain and pockctng meanwhile fourth Of The crops
for thus prositniing his official position These induce
mens to labor have bosn absent In Georgia and the
result is that the freedmen working moro
choerfully hero, arc receiving better wages, and
more healthy tono OF feeling prevails horc among
both whites and blacks than In any part OF North Caro
M, Salisbury nlone excepted Brgadlcr General Davis
TiIson tho Assistant Commissioner OF tho state is an
honest, fearless and able officer lie assumed direction
OF the Affairs OF the Bureau when General Saxon was
relieved from command OF tho united Bureaus Of South
EuxA utxIE 4.Wtsla n1s.-
era Scott Of South Carolina, General Tiison found
augean task bsToro him, aud sct about II with will
Tho Islands have Bamed and where matters pro-
crossing favorabiy, then in state Of anarchy
and open rebellion. The negroes held exclusive posses
except fcw'fasatica ngators, who have been mainly
instrumental In stirring them TO this pitch Of enzcd
Madness ON 81 Catharinos Island tho territorial aspi-
rnrnt and oulnnated In tho virtual establishment
Of "a
rieaEs EsrIRn,
which came about in this way full boc,'ad negro
named Tunis @. Campbell a OF preacher haillng
from New brunswick, British America p ssnsssd Of
lite cdu, alton and much cunning ana unboundcd
dsr General saxton. and assigned TO tho charge |
time occapsd exclusively hy tho negroes who had lived
there az slaves and by coored refugees who had come
very simple form OF government had been ianprsvised
Tor thc guidance and some three or four OF their num-
D., bad sssn sppon.ed TO see justice done among them
6rmpbcs IDEAS lie at once upset and turned the old
resident negeos cus Of their cabins telling thsm they
were only s'rcfuceesh but that they the eoners)
wore Ameriesn ou1enan He then set 70 work and or
ganissd uttle empire OF his own, taking for his scdc
the constitution OF the United States, but roserving
therein strong spice Of autocrats power for himself
afterwards known and spoken of a. the
Tycoon had ths felicity white In st. sstharues OF
locking into the laws and constitution Of tho empire
There was senate composed of eight menberr, four
elected from the north side o tie Island four from
The south; a hesss OF representatives. comprising
twenty iaember, ten representing the north ana
ten the fouth There was a supreme court and q
oru n
sheriff. town clerks. coroncrs, and every ocer down 10
roadninfter II provided that all bills must orig
with the House Of Representatives. be passed by the
Senate and approved by the superintendent or Tycoonh
majority of two-thirds carried measure over the
head OF he Senate but the night OF in a cases
reserved tho Superintendent This saving clause was
repeated with emphatic iteration a sc end of every i'm
portant article OF the constitution This Chief Justice Of
tie Supreme Court empowered among other duties
nreadc In the nnca I'm cnntnnciinn with the