The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-16
REPENTING THEIR FOLLY.
Louisiana Negroes Trying to Set Home
from 1t. LOuis-NOt One Of Them Who
Has Ever known Of Any Persecution
from the whites.

from the whites.
ESt. Louis Globe Rep.l. April 81
Three darby emigrants, with their little
families, left the city few nii hts ago by the
steamer City Of Yicksburg tor their presum-
ably wretched homes In Maids parish, La.
ton merchants. These poor fell,'w represent
ed their desire to return to sch Southern
homes as they might be able to make Tor
themselves again, and said, In e face Of all
the suffering, restitution aud dipping they
had met here, they were willing and anxious
to submit to every circumstance OF Southern
life again. A reporter was intr 'duced to the
three specimens of dafkydt who were
La, and Wild in their anxiety to
tear themselves away from the diarrhRtic ct
fects of their change to Northern water. The
three gentlemen were Henry Watson, VIM.
Chapman and Nathan Robinson. The order
of Introduction was something like this: The
reporter was in Sells 4 Go. 8 office when VIM.
Chapman came in. He was q medium height,
heavy featured and colossal-boned individual,
with skin dark as the blacklist midnight. his
clothes were so bad it was wonder how they
hung to him, but he covered most OF his
nakedness with a dilapdated overcoat which
was fastened at the collar button with an artis-
tically whitfield peg. With hat IN hand ne
shuflled in, until all the beauty Of his dust
trimmed face was within appropriate viewing
distance of the writer.
''Come this way" said gentleman at one
of the desks, this man wants to have talk
with you about going home and Is going 70
put your name In the paper.
"What is his name y the reporter asked;
civilian Chapman, answered the darky.
"And where do you hail from =
"Ughn p Gueried William. a..
"Where do you come from N
Madison pa sh." VI
desk, tell the reporter here why you lett the
South -
"Welpn.'' said Chapman, threatening to
wipe his black nose with the rim OF his nat,
II dunno. I wus q hyeanin 90 people ali talk
III about comm an lgettin' ready fur TO
come, and dey wuz sayin' wat nice place
ka-anas wuz. an so l ,les' ounoleo up my
things and come along. IN,
"Was that your only reason for leavlngF
asked the reporter
NO one ever harmed or threatened you
in the South? You had no fears Oh the
whites?'
wife man ever ha'med me- ii,
''And YOU never heard Of any troubles with
| the whites?s
"Deei'n l didn. Oar wuz no trouble
bout in our parts; but l hearn say at over
il llc Z other parishes dere wuz some shootin OF
-'Nou're not afraid to 60 back South?"
Nah, I'm not 'fraid; Wat got be 'frald
NV: ri dere amt no much shoOtln' and
KILN dar Wen we lef, can't see muffin to be
askeard on.
Then you are anxious to go back2"
4 @Deed'n is Dc Souf is good snuf TO me-
amt q he'd 40 health here since kum I've q
bin mos ailin to do. Nah, nah. I tell you
amt fraid to go back. had nice place
down dar, and wuz Hvin with Mr. Crandell fol
over nine year-Mr. Crandell was a nice man
No, indeed, deere amt no KILN where cum
fom cause II dere wuz ! bet you wouldn't
want ter git back
Chapman went on to rattle of lot nor,
irrelevant stuff, and incidentally stated tina
although he had been up here little more thai
a week he had earned SIS, whereas he had no
made more than SO year in the South. II
couldn't get on to Kansas, he said, and didn'
know that he wanted to, as Kansas might b
lust as hard on him when he struck it as this
country was.
At this iuncture Henry Watson and Natha
] Robinson came in. Henry was, ii degrees 6
. Icomparison were possible, me worst Gag
pital. His eyes were watery. as II he Ia
suffered from long siege OF cold, and h