The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-03-17
The Negroes of New York.

ioiib auu elaborate article on Htht
Dusky Race in New York" from
which we condcnso tho following.
There Nre about $4,000 negroes II
the city, residing chiefly in certain
localities whore thoy arc packed like
sardines in q box, in rickotty old
houses whose ceilings, floors and stair.
cases are begrimmed with dirt, and
whore decent mode Of living is al
most impossible. Thoir numbers have
decreased during tho past six year.
about 25 per cent.---and those who
remain find great difficulty in procur
ing tho necessnrics of life, for the
prejudice against them, on account oi
their color, is 80 Intense and univer.
sal that it is hard for even tho best
among them to obtain regular ON.
ployment They arc nevor hired if
white mon can be procured to supply
tho wants of tho contractors and
when they do succeed in getting work,
they are always paid lower rate,
anu expected to do more labor than
their more fortunate rivals.
They cannot rent lodgings in the
same tenoments with the whitcs, nor
are they allowed admittance to hotels,
saloons, or bar-rooms, except of tho
lowest order. The Theatres close
their doors against them, and even
"Thc Christian Convention of Minis
tcrs of oil Denominations" black ball
their colorcd brethren of the pulpit.
They follow as trades-whitewaB
ing, laboring, and waiting but thiov-
lug and gambling occupy largo pro-
portion of the entire number. They
are not doing so much now-a-days in
the way of miscegination, but indulge
fondly in glorious anticipation of Ga
good time coming" 'g
Tho author remarks:
After making sea. ching and pa
ticnt inquiry into the condition, ways
and habits Of tho colored population
of Now York, I oan come to but one
conclusion-that, in spite of all their
c'lolts to tho contrary, they are kept
back by circumstances over which
they themselves have no control that
if they could got rid of this inveter-
ate and all-powerful hostility to them,
on account Of thoir color, they would
soon mako rapid progress but that
I'll that desirable consum nation is
brought ab)ut, they win go on muc h
in the same way as they ha1s done
for years past. Hu
TnE RADICAL Row IN PErEnsnuao
We refer tho reader to the scenes at
the Radical Convention which met in
Petersburg yesterday. 1t was fight
I'm ongst the jackals and hyenas oyor
tho Offices Of tho State. How sad,
indeed, must bo the fate of Com
monweulth SO renowned when such
men arc clamoring and fighting over
her offices! Is thero n man In tho
Union who can, in his moments of
soborness and reflection, look with
any other feWing than horror upon
! tho idea that such mon fill the Offices
Of Virginia Tho leaders pull and
haul about tho negroes as the pilot of
n steamboat does his chain.box, to
throw its weight on first one side,
then the other. Profoundly ignorant
of the cause Of tho row, but rising
with the excitement, and shouting at
the top of his stentorian voice chcers
and denunciations by turns, tho negro
stupidity continues to be tho cats-pa
for the cunning men who tako all the
chcsnuts.
, Surely such scenes as those at Pc.
, tersburg yesterday should satisfy tho
people and the Administration Of the
Importance of an early restoration OF
the order, dignity, and integrity Of
tho government Of this venerable
State by onfranchising her white .citi-
zens. Until this is done thore can be
no public dccorum, no well-regulated
domestic economy, and, Of course,
! neither peace nor prosperity.
What is to come Of this strife over
tho Offices we cannot foresee but one
rational hope from it is that the more
honest and truthful of the party may
be induced to 60 apart from tho in.
competcnts and knavos for the purpose
Of doing something for the public
good by helping to save tho State,
, from their corrupt schemes.
Richmond Dispatch.
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HANGINa OF FoUR MEN.--Four
negroes y lillian Wilson, William
Wells, Frank Rounds, and George
Bailey--were hung in Princes Anno,
Md, March 9Th, for the murder OF
B. Il. johnson and Henry Cannon,
captain and mate Of an oyster sloop,
in March, 1868. Each prisoner con.
fessed his guilt. Rounds and Wells
died Instantly, and Baily in a few
seconds. Wilson's neck did no,