The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-06-15
Bad State of Affairs al Fernandina,
Florida.
A correspondent of the New York
Times, writing from Fernandina, Flori-
da, gives the following account Of affairs
in that place:

a correspondent Vi luG Now VI II
Times, writing from Fernandina, Flori-
da, gives the following account Of affairs
in that place:
There is q terrible state Of feeling in this
city betwe en- the whites and blacks, aCd be
tween the original owners Of property here
aud the newcomers, or those who have
bought prcE erty AZ the direct tax sales. In
all Of my late travels South have seen no
such exclusiveuess or bitter feeling. And,
from al. | can learn, large number OF the
Northern men aie the most TO blame. l
shall not pretena to give you detail
"a sketch of the state Of society in this
letter, for fear of making errors Suffice 1t
TO say tina. the is O line drawn, and you
must be eithtr clear on one side or the 9th
er. These Northern men who have been
sent cut here to buy property at the direct
tax sales (which, by the way, are the most
shocking medley of fraud aud rsscallty ev-
er practced upon our Gogernment,) have
got up secret society, have armed The ne
g-oes, and threatened TO resist the law, &c,
&c. They hold meetings az which they de-
nounce the PTesiCent and Gen. Foster (com-
handing Fiorida) as traitors. The secret OF
all this is that at fraudulent sales they have
bought property at about five per cent, u
IN to it. For pastime they engage IN WI
ting to Northern newspapers, and TO 5 ma
atOls and members Of Congress, stereoiyped
falsehoods, IN which they represent the
entire Southern people as dIloyal and
the lihe. All those who are born and
brought up he.e, aud ali of those Northern
men VIII ID support or favor the Admlnistra-
ton, according 10 these " Gldeonltes,' rs
they are called, come under the head of DIS
loyal. A MIR. Friend, Of Ohio, who was IN
the Federal army; a MIR. Funstan, mer-
chant from Dey street, New YORK, snd
Mr.. Barst, another New York merchant
Judge Stickney, one of the tax commission
ers, Marshal Magruder, and some others
who happen to support the policy Of the
President, as inauguTated by the lamented
ALI. Lincoln, are denounced as COpperaeads
and traitors. OF course, the entire portion
Of the Southern leople-good, bad and IN
different, loyal and dIsloyal-aTe denouuccd
by these valorous suffers clerks as traitors
par excellence. 1t IS no uncommon thing
for ladies to be insulted by some Of tins gang
who are not associated with hardly at all
by the few Federal and ex Federal officers
who are stationed or who are residing here.
Col. Hoffman, formerly on General George
H. Thorlas's staff, is building a saw-mill
here, aud so is Colonel GOreaud, formerly on
General Fosters staff. These two gentle
men keep marked distance from the ''G,
deonit s."
On the other hand, with but few eXcep
tons, the Uthcrn people are doing very
we'll, and as far IS 7 could perceive, are
strictly legal.
The law providing for the sale of
lands for direct taxes opens the door
for the practice of vast amount of
villainy, where the Commissioners are
not honest ones. The President ought
to keep vigilant eye upon the agents
of the government; but it would be
best for all concerned to have the
law amended SO as to prevent frauds
under il.