Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-08-15
Beaufort, As 1t Is.

Beaufort, AS 1t Is.
Mr.. B. c.. Truman, the travelling cores
pondent Of the New York Times, writes thai
paper long letter from Beaufort, s. c., from
hich We extract as follows:
Probably no city in the Union has expert
enced such change as this. 1t was formerly
a rich. arlstocratic winter resort Tor Souther-
ners--men of luxurious ease, who had plenty
of money, and spent it without stint. Wha:
change! Beaufort is now completely Yau.
keeized-that is, it is almost wholly inhabited
by New Englanders Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and
Connecticut are all we'll represented; and al
though tie present inhabitants are more
thrifty and industrious than the nabobS who
formerly were the possessoTs OF property here,
they keep their purse-ssrings much tighter,
dispense charities, &C., less lavishly, and no;
4ithstanding they aim to be clannish, gel
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, thark>
to the fate of war AID the existence of Direct
Tax Commissioners. In and about here art
some ten Thousand colored men, who mingl.'
With the whites just as though they were OF
the same origin as the whites. The Mayo
office holder, landlord and store-keeper bsTrs,,
from the same sycrlon. The best proof no"
ever that Beaufort is thoroughly YANKEES
rown. is obtained from the fact that the pee
nle are in favor of negro suffrage, and TO
~ p,on-oeice. holders and all-prononnce An
drew Johnson a traitor. Some uf these men
ars Fy. .Ouartermasters and Ext Commission
ers but as a general thing, the community
is composed Of suffers, suffers clerks, ana n,
other high.toned patriots, who fought, oleo
ltbs soidicrs,) and died for thcir: country
although as yet history has JAILED 70 glS'
them honorable mention.
The colored people, who ore really the oniy
ones who do any hard work herea6outs, 90
oreat or credit to themselves and the community
;n which they move, by their uniform gooh
behavior and industry. It really grieves me
70 Gee how these poor fellows are w'ndied
and dealt with generally. But 1T seeins TO 40
M GOOD to show up these operations, tor
there ia party at the North pretending 10
he governed by good motives, who endeaVor
- Conceal all facts connected with these out
RACES. tell the readers Of the lines th'!t
Generals Steedman and Fullerton nave NOT
toId half. These colored people have been
swiodled beyond all consideration; and It the
Frepdmen's Bureau Bill now before the House
| becomes q. law, God help the colored men d
the South, say /,
! Tne most distinguished and most successful
of all of these negro robbers IL former
chanla;n. known as Father French, who has
in the mast four years accumulated quarter
of !. million dollars in cash and real estate
Even the Northern people here, to a ma !
pronounce Father French the tycoon oil al
the robbers. He he'd General Saxton corn
uletelv under his control, and got him int
had repute. He was ordered away from tat
J t.arct;on sales by the Direct Tax COMMISSION
ers, but managed to buy all the property AZ
bid on, which was considerable. denei
Saxton is fright!nl fanatic, and "s,He ooAn
! missioner Of Freedmen. did world OF har'n !,
But the accounts of General Saxton swit q
ling the negroes are strictly untrue as sr
also the reports of bis being mixed up IN It tn
direct tax sales greatly exaggerated. I'm
onIv case in the latter charge that can be slIt
{ stantiated is the fact that through his infu
/ ence be- became possessed of the most pals
i,,;sl mansion in Beaufort for mere song.
have met several Of the warmest friends
: General Saxton hero, ghe scout the idea
lis ever personally being connected witn an
. u2rro-swindling operations, who say thas az
nnecnass of the house above alluded to wa
frard.. II IL had been bid in fairly, and In
Commissioners inforn ME tals' 1t wouia nnv a
.brourht ten thousand dollars. AS " VA
! General Saxton got it for two taonsanol u
here was go competition-the entire comra'
uity agreeing that he esh6uld have the propert:
Father Freuch's operations extend lro'
here to Charleston, both in the purchase, :
real estate and in running plantations IL
,uodus opeandi in the purchase Of land W
as follows. Thousands Of acres OF land We,
: laid off aud called soldiers tracts, to De sol
1 +, soldiers at certain low prices, Eatht
is French would buy in these lots, ostensibly II
v the soldiers, the latter being present at u
sales. but in almost all cases the certitlcat
/. ultimately found their way into Fa;h'
{. Freuch's pockets But his negro.sw.,nal1l;a ". ";
operations beat everything. He is the y pl
0 pest planter South Carolina ever nag. He
Snnniue thousands Of negroes and rnpni:.
% them into debt and into their graves. IN.
are all 10 debt to him, on account Ct his i3f
: charges for meal and Attleborough le@eilr . i,
Far certain reasons will not give this bl
man at thig time the full extent OF my KNOW
1. a,os of his operations 10 South Carolina.
hoe been-sent for from Washington but It It
: the the common expression here that he will p'
tl,s rio wool over the eyes of the authorities tiel
.frI,, ,ffioe of the Direct Tax Commissions
soreSouth Carolina is located here, and "
tit.ish f. shifts its operations, no doubt in .anqth
% near as there is less than 100000 to cole
Although there are many complaints agAl'
- ,hs ,Ts9 Commissioners here, they are n
= @ ;Ls, the Florida Commissioners. charged VI
. .,r,ss rp frauds aud robberies. Up to this g
sssrIy 3 quarter ofsa million gof dollarl1
bssn collected for the GDEernment By leg
3 y 5.-,1,cy s,v fox Eales,