The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-01-29

vast host OF SWlnuilnS adyenturerS, Bu-
reau agents and officers, who cover the
earth like locusts.
ga multitude like the populous North
Pour'd never from her frozen oins. to pass
Rhene or the Donan. when her habarous sons
Came like deluge ON the South and spread
Beneath Gibraltar to the Lybian sands,
The following facts Cal. n.bc substantlated
Sy any number OF respectable witnesses
About October last, Capt. Becker, who
had for some time before satisfactorily
discharged the duties of his Office, was rc-
lieved at this post of the Frcedmen's Bu-
reau by little fdgety, fnnical, freckled,
pock.marAed, light haired coXcomb. re-
;oicing in the name OF 4aWor c. s. -dtien ;
who canIe with flourish OF trumpets, de-
claring that for special fitness he was sent
here as a model Bureau officer TO ferret
ont abuses and correct things generally.
He was rampant, red-moutied Radical,
and of course devoted to the colored
brethren, whose protection and elevation
was his special mission.
He commenced operations on grand
scale-riding over the country, harangu-
ing the,negroes, and putting his nose into
everything. He WAS especially outraged
at the barbarism, Of having wllNc Jnrles
Tn his devotion to philanthropy, he was
E for mixed, if not purely black juries! But
]lisscareer fortuna telv wss as short as II
was b,ilIant Having run the machine
tozthe best dvantage-swindied every
a,odv. white and black. and Gagged every
thing possible by hook Or by Crook
about the middle of December ne dvl'ar-
ted to his own country, to spend Chrl>t-
mas. no doubt. III reveling and glor'ifing
upon the spoils with otLer itic,lds OF the
great .party CT morkl 'less,D n'"de rich
in other fields ot plumber
IXe Major was observed 10 Ike r&rticu-
larly active in getting the nccd'ul l;'~t
before lie left-ss he said. ON tell Gay
furloueh.- He wished 10 retire, but hc
said Gen. Scott would not b::sr OF ii, be-
cause be was SO ciicient, .iid made the
best reports OF any officer il, the depart
ment. He had msJe Liuiseli Jealous and
lugubrious iii ge;,;Dg up a subscription 10
ijniid.a negro school Eou-e. Tie negroes
and many OF the good cit;1clis >ui-'crii'"c
cash to tie benevolent Undertaking. and
pad the money 10 tue good San,aritan.
C,rpenters AND other ls:.nrers we're eni-
ployed to put up The baiiairg in short ar
der. a'be work Went or2se;y Oh, bet the
sounder and proprietor Ioi.Kol TO ieeve the
money TO pSy tue piper Wien he lett Oh
turlousk,
Other poor negroes. who found it hard
to give the nigi lnars,:t price Tor bscot',
deposited their llsrds earnings with The
Major to buy bacon, which he said he
could do fnr i cents per pound. from Che
Ffecdmcn's Bureau i'll Charleston. These
poor creatures have lost 10Th money xhd
bacon No doubt the Major Is going II
hi:rh on this hsrd car.icd money IN i'lo
own country which be MAS in The habit
, of styling. per excellence, ",he land OF
civilization p Tie Major Was blatant,
not only about the enlightenment, but ior
the rights of the negroes. For eiampie.
when they were to be pxid by their en-
nloyers in ''a part OF the crop in order
to secure their rights, he took into MS
own hands the whole Of the crop, stripped
it. to his factors in Charleston. and drew
the money as he passed through thatcily
to .the land of civilization p In contro-
yersies which came before him. he acted
for the negroes, and received their money.
In one case, he received the money OF an
aged, dccrepid. bedridden old negro man
Whose daughters had earned it by work
irg in the crop, and lett them all to i've
by charity or starve together. Call you
that backing your triends!" 4 rlsgue
upon such backing!
luVor Allen paid his own bills with
shoes and other property sent hero Tor
the needy negroes. He got receipts from
his successor for articles represented 10 be
in boxes, which had been disposed ot by
himself. Our citizens who We're kind TO
him. and furnished him quarters, fuel,
Goods. and bed and board, find themselves
;r the condition ot those who bave acted
eonfidmc!y, but whose debtor had gone
to PARTS ui,iSnownn Wesuppose it would
bo regarded AS di-loyal and punishable by
a Military Commission to issue any law
process against this model bureau otncer.
The Judge and the lawyer, aud, perhaps,
the clerk, might go up the spout for such
glaring disloyalty to the party OF "moTal
IDEAS 20, for whip Of scorpions to
lash the scoundrel naked through the
%ord!'
The last achievement of the philan-
thropic chcvalicr, on the eve of his dcpai-
ture, was a refinement upon all that had
gone before, and was re.pctratcd, we
suppose, to show the bcnghtcd and bar
barous inhabitants of District No. what
scion of an enlarged civilization could do
in the way Of sharpness. The Major