, 1879-05-23
THE NEGRO EXODUS.
peea1is Of Anairs Along tha Mississippi.


Dota1ls of AffaIrn Along tI1a Mississippi.
1pteioi TO Cfncsnnati ,{7nmmfrrto',
MEMPHIS, Tenn, May 2l.-Tf,c ltspatch sent
you few days since told OF tho exodus-struek
darkles a. low down the river Us G5ccnvt,le. 2G0
miles below this point. null tGo miles above
Vfcksbur0. The eamc careful observer has
scanned the situation farther down, ani says, as
tho traveller proceeds helow GrcenvilIc, he Is
surprised to ind The numbers Of would-be
KANSAS ctnfcrnnts increase. Almost every llnd-
lug has lts camps 0f devoted colored people
looking 1onglngty down the river for The ap-
proneh Of = steamer that viii carry them to the
protntsc1 land.
The steamer james Howard on her last down
trip carried large number OF returning Kausas
co1orel people GAck to thetr old homes, many
being In ptttablc condition, and every family
had 1ost one or more OF its members by dcAt&,
from colds or pneumonia. Thcsc people warned
the squads on shore not 10 cerate. but II had no
effect. TllPY appear bent Oh drinking from the
cup Of experience, and will not be satisfied until
they ~ to sec for themselves. ..-
At Sklpwith's Landing, Miles,, 100 miles above
YicksburE, COLONY hwalts transportation.
peaceably Disposed, und In cheerful temper.
TAta squad havu 1etu nnxloutly expecting uor-
crntnent vessel for some tlmc. When the pro.
peller survey.bont Hitchcock, With. her real
AAtoS1 ttAikNl2Qu ItOEt-NVlV HIAE6t uu,1 1E1 EuH-
boat look. landrd near Itlle oher day, and in
vttcu them aboard IN Iocular way, the simple
minded colorcl men concluded tAey had been
fooled, utnl they could not be Induced 10 20
A. Builltts bayou, ten mtles from Natcicz,
neafly 100 nrt. women, aMd children nEe beg.
cling passing stcaincrs 10 take theli. Some have
'noney-otl,ers 1avu uune.
at Natchez ;. under tie hill." the sccnr rc+
minds one of War times, when the reiugeeing
ntEroes filled every town where Federal troops
held possession. Wien ono tries to reason with
and warn them against Kansas, II they fail TO
excuse their get uf leaving homo in tnatter.of.
fact speech, they resort to religion md the laws
of testlny. vou tvll them they will die, they
answer as soldier who goes Into BATTLE, that
they know sumo must die, but each individual
feels a,,d hopes It viii not be himself. 10 say
they will make nothing, md Will not succeed IN
ttle ncw land, has no weight with them; they
tcll you they have nothing 10 show for life Of
la!lor.
A vigorous old colorcd man Of 70 years, now
passenger nortlwar1 bound on the Uownrd, WAS
Interviewed, mud said lie would determine upon
rencniMg 1T. Louts whether or not lie would 70
oh to Kansas. Tie old man further said: " For
y years ago was taken South In irons: not
:llat was criminal or vicious. but thu, was
slave: have remained hero during the war,
through pestiicuce ami the horrors OF recon-
struetfen, and have never failed 10 nssst III
making crop. | have borne the evils Of bad
lnastcrs, civil and military, but the present eys-
tcm Of wor9ing ani disposlnE Of crops is such
itElt cunt ifyr here. No master EVER exacted
Of nlc the labor necessary now to keep out 0f
debt. Year alter year we haye fewer luxuriea
until Il is impossible to provide warm clothing
Is not nccaasc don't earn IT." Continued the
uId man, "for We mako good crops Of cotton
aua livs as cheap ns possible. but the books al
| ways show ne in debt. There Ia uo law to pro-
1ect It. The AtoTcs supply us aia sell our
cotton. No ncconut eales or statements are