, 1875-05-24
THE SOUTH.
Jottines by the Way in Mis-
efssippi.
Tails With White.Linsrs, earptt.Baggers,
and Other Varieties Of South.
ern Humanity.
A Political Economists Views On The
Sleeping-car and Cotton
Questions.
Intelligent and Cheerful Appearance Of
tho Black School. Children.
4 Young African Who KneW Ills Rights
aud Endearored 10 Maintain Them.
Adventures on an Accommodating
Intelligent and Cheerful Appearance Of
the Black School. Children.
4 Young African Who KneW His Rights
aud Endcarorcd 10 Maintnin Them.
Adventures on an Accommodating
Accommodation-T Train.


weeks aud, though I had confined nlJ in
qaires to tho progress towards tndu6ttasl
aud political restoration, - to which Ihal inter-
viowed \ vast uumbor Of people from Ill parts
Of tho State, OF Ill shades Of opinion, and Of
every occupation, wns still in pursuit. OF infor~
nation. He WAS from tho northern portion Of
the State,-Gsonada,- and was i1apsttiug tnfor-
nation In chunks - to tho low taxes the PROM
ising industrial situation, and tho atrocious
white-line spirit, whom gentleman from jack
son joined ID with:
suow many whito mon are thers Ia your
Board OF Supervisors in Grenada" (which,
under tho Miasiselppi Consultation, has unllm-
ited povssn Of saxaton).
"Tley ara black. tho whole lvs Of thom."
SLOW many OF them can read and write thsIr
own uamcs7 I'm told there ia but one." oontin-
ucd this inserlopar IN tho conversation.
"TheFe arc four Of them nho cAn," vAs tho
response.
"Woll, do you think theJ us qualified to run
that county,"
'Tboy do 1t worry we'll, +" rspllodhe Of oropada.
"Without advice from Any whits man 7" per-
sisted tho intorrogator.
"Oh! they have N attorney" wsa replied.
"Dut what I want 70 know" persisted this
persistent quossionsr, "ls who runs thsm7 OF
eourbo somebody docs. Tho Board combined
couldn't II told that cortain amount tnusk be
raised for specific purpose, and furnished with
the total valuation, figure out what tho tery
should be, could thoy?"
Tho questioned evaded tho quory aa 10 the
mathematical knowledge of the combined u1om-
boTa Of the Board Aforesaid.
Tho qucs.ionor, persisting: "Of oou1so, some-
body runs them; who is Isl"
"Well, TaA tho rcBponEs, II think
HAVE MORE INFLUENCE wlTk 1XEx
than anybody elso."
"But am told State Senator them"
"sonator - doesn't do anything Of tbs
SORT" was tho answor in emphatic tonss,-ina-
plying, - plainly A. could bc. "rd like to sec
Sonhtor 49, or anybody elss run that Board
uhilo I'm around"
'Thnn you arc tho Board at superyiBora Of
Qronada County. IA 4 matter Of fact, five no.
Rroea conatstuto tho Board, but you run 1t, and
arc the Board, sEeu't you7"
Said he Of Grenada, II you iuaiss On putting
it In that MAY, 1suppoae that's prstsy near It,"
"Theo, whom Senator - wants snythlng
dons, suppose hs asAs you to have tbs Board
do it,"
The individual tntorrogat.d couldn't aAv son-
ator - had over spoke to him to got anything
put through. ...... ........
- Oui' [1kQFt6A %l4 pGI1eCuIlQB HueeLloHcf,
" ho teuds his frjends to you, aupppaeSs
Tho man th1A cross-o1Aminod made some ro-
sponso that wasn't quito tn the point, but add
cd; Now, I don't Say It In solt. t.pEaaee y all !;
but do say tho'r tazes arc less in drenada Conu-
ty than before since Tho War" II had been told,
sono DAYS before, that they uere about per
cent on tho vAlution.
"Yes. but that's because you are IN honest
man. Don't you suppose, though. II soma other
man woro to tsko your place aud Ein the Board
aud dldn't happen to be honass. hs could get
thom 10 do whatever no wanted them 10 do ~
"1f he could get their confidence be might"
II thought 20; bnt WAS only asking, foF In.
formation. Now. let'a n! take drink u; aud
tho party adjourned to tho bar.
Both 4ucattoncr and Questioned arc Republic
ans; but tho former In anti-Amea and anti
hlsck-Iino and both knew. though ono cvidcnt-
II forgot, that Hsa hero IN quost q intor,n;-
tho tntereatinE disclosures being made ~ to how
tho earpot-baSger :. ruus" thinGs In this 6tate,-
which, between white-lnaru, and negro Know
nottingham. and cArpet-bsggcEa and lro-eaters
INA BAD wAr INDEED.
At Jackson AAu encountered the gentleman
who came here to hold MI Office, which he holds
who said: "Tho people hero are hardly to DO
btamod for thar evaporation. but its tl,eiF
own fault. When the neg.oos were about to
nominate sono man who came down here from
the NoElh. the vh,te-lincrs would ea1 to the ne.
gro: Hare, yon do a. the voting; Why don't you
carpct.baggote Thst's how no come TO have
| . negro Legislature, TINT can he bought up for
about IS to 9lo head; aud such thieves in
oliiee and such an ignorant. corrupt set Of negro
tic negroes are beglnning to sec, tho
| consequences Of their folly. They've found
they can't get along without tho carpet-bagsars.
They have to have liz Tor their leaders; aud he
| do tho vhito-linera when thoy proclaim that tho
Vickshusg massacre convinced the negroes that,
| II they dared attempt 10 light they'd bo extoE-
minated, - doubtless they uou!d bs. This, also,
| waA sample Of thn ca1pet-bag lot,
"Would you aleep on those
D-p 1uIIkAn-PALAcE CARS, -.
With niagers allowed ta there. and maybe In ths
ne1t berth7" qnotied tho gentleman from Yazoo
| NJ = cigar. on tho railroad betHeen Grenada and
Jackaon. "D-d 1t ! wouldn't ait up all night
frat. gussa you arc Of tho same opinion, eee-
Ing = you haven't gone In thstc."
to bad late, Aud e.a't sleep, we'll on the slcep:
ing-cAss. But Pnlmtn couldn't afford to stand
out agsluat tho Civil Mghts bill. you know. Tho
nogEoes notice. too, 40 poor people, aud,
ha, .ze xSss.s 1s sps
not: tell you tho folks down hero won't patro1-
i1e she nisgsr slseplng'cAEs. and *s7l break 'eu
VI obserysd that tbs Pullman cop,n.nv "a.
to!e1ablv solvent concern hnapclAlly, not easy to
bo bankEuptsd, and that their patronage waa
mainly from through passengers.
"Woll, d-n them, anyhow" wa tho response.
how. Why don't they refuse to sell their cotton,
srAxyE OUT TMEa PILLOWS ur Noaru THERE
That would ;l fetch ON TO-. With thols C.til-
Rights eill' p,y Why, What would you people Dc p =
| country II NO held our cottons north moro than
III tue othas exports Of tho country put to-
gether7"