, 1879-05-01
7,lk with n Gentleman owo'ng a
": Large Plantation in 1sso-
quena County.
,,,,h 1t,saat for Tho EmlgraiIon-Feser,
" by, gjres Interesting Facts In
Regard 10 IL.
o.,,,al Belief that Thoro Will Be q Whole
'sD' salu Migration at the Begin
ming Of 1850.
~. uea,ro for n Change Of Location
~ nat CpnIInc,l to the Poorer
Glass OF Negroes.

.,nnstJ fur tEc SUI HoH' II 4e' ott"ae'e." ".e
,.ssu III, TO 81. Lt,,lis In caua packet, MID IL Is
~, ,bprc aru two companies, Of f51 cach, be-
,,r hsrc. whiting for transportation. But there
~. :. ~ rcncral movement OF ucgroes. Ncary nil
ess nas harc ,aul aro culttyatn,r 1t. Contracts
s.ro sS4 hcrn signed for the ycar. Advances lavc
,..r m,1c on tic expected CROP nt,1 arranga-
m.n,. generally on tho part OF tic negroes co,,-
,.mn,,toa a further stny hero OF about nino
'snn,b, Beynnd the FIRST of noxt year nothing
IL w,.lsd. Tllcn, II Nny time, the movement
iii brrt, again. The common opinion nn,ong
sh,,r. and blacks is, that 1t will begin; alil
,h,t, The emigration In January, 1850, Will
T,,,f film one Of this year by conlparison.
m,ntcrs bayc pnly the most dlsnlal forcbollngs
far ,he Immediate future.
APIAyTER-LAwYERts ExrkNlrNcE.
=. had long conversation tLfs. morning with
VIZ, Jueersull. Esa., representative lawyer
ofthi, rity atMi S.atc. III Is a native Ut Mis-
,..tont, mil true Southern gentleman. hir.
1nasrso,l owna IN Issausiena County, Just abovu
htre, it Mississippi, plantation Ut :',1W acrcs,
oI which about 1,!N1 ure under cultivation. lie
h,,ctchty-fnur tenants on the place, niItl many
If the tenants employ laborcrs, 50 tint tho
vluje number Of negro "hanus" OIL MIR. lugcr-
solv. place Is probably hot far short OF 800.
wt,or IN yn,, ocro1,nt. !, snid, nfor thu en-
,.,,ss, NJ t]u, ncrro.s TO get uwny}n
.I ,,,t,,t nrc,cn,, II, urcnnnt for #. saIl Mr..
W. "a. ,,, 49,, <r,,,n ,..,, fa.. U.n,,,
lnasFso!i' s"a vs., I'so ~" '"ess' l' ""I'
1hesrd TINT thia c'o'efat'oh-1e'er WIS spsead-
ln.;, ! vent up 10 INV place. IL few miles above
hcre, called thr negroes together, aud made
tl;em little siceull. ! safd tint heard they
rero all rorE. away, aud they did not DENY 1t,
i, Inn, w,-. go1mt. wouldn't rnt a,,v ohstnrIca
.,s;. ". Int oe,.OI ,,,a,r ,rnnt,,or I'M.
nihelr "a5i pnt ar"c'' '''e'l h"otnc5 .hcs
thought It WIS sa|r to leave mo ln tile lurch 50
m1den;r Just when tho crop was going in ani
ns.as, ns.a '.,,o,. nm, s,,nn,to, ~ ,ho,, ~ ~
..".eu WI, Au"o' a' our y" ~
llhls Was tEit hrst SeAr Hau Inaue nHy aa-
s1nses, and only did 1t this t,ne bccaltso my
people had rot into the clutches Of tic ,Jews)
i,o1 TIN urrrucs that IL would be very tlnmar
ms ~ rle, anu h'" NV lol .nen'' w 'ea'o III Sacn
aVay, without supplying the'e places icre. or
making provisions furuHY now homes In kansus;
ul proposed to pay ilaIt the expenseB OF any
,rpn, t,cy n,ch, natnc IL m nm In thr nrnr.
,.ss,,"1 ,a.,. =. ..s" ,.u,, ~ tsa," .a. ms
sea 'a"'' HUN II o'eF' h"o pr'''E pach report.
lbis proposition struck them lavorably, and
Mey agreed tu It. But added, very decidedly,
@a', u 'aes osa'tu ~ A''' lucy ,o1st Aeep WITH
nto.morrow thon In A,,vust. far n 4haxwnnt
umo,row. would In ,onn mt of ooc,:ct for
a.. .ass'''.. 49,, s,. .,s. !, -. ~.
e anya, ,a,a'cs sv mase maze, nnt, tneY wGrt M ~, III
susus!. l,, Woaa w leu LINES worse oll ioF
H., ICY XIV, mosa t law 70 ptr c oApehse u keep
u; ;,nIt inem !our lnontns lohEer.
''ea Soo. negroes ase going 10 ssayf
moi. LONGER THAN Tll1s YEAR.
Heakln., tllat they would SEQ mu through tjlls
trJt, bes1,ise l.ati always treated them we'll:
mi They felt they did uw. mo something, md
that would hc pretty lad to run OF aud leayo
me all,out paying. }ut they hn!d thcy would
70 Us soon as they had realized on tic crop,
0ne mnn came to my oycrsrer und counter
Isata TaaH a. orcGf ioF clothes NJ NEEDED badly;
~ ~ e,h s,I ae MoG!u terape a!ont. somehow, anu
" ,a.. aau eet j. ne eoatlilt ralso money enongh
tp @ss. W hansns. many otlefs arc saving IN
srI,Ia 1 Ia.t WY, al! lur tlle hafle pusp0se. MY
yitan .t.a ~ tlle negroes orc nut spcll1i.1E one"
n .4mG"ts uS,i t''s Sgar 1os e,osng, nxurics'
us.s nm so4'oss, ha III tormer years " course,
st,sis S'sis ~ hot lhueh margin Tor saving on
y. .uEtt tt ueetssafE stape provisions. but even
~ ,ns tney ITe taVitlis sonlcthtnE- Aud w!lnt
..n.s,y nMas ~ hy piahtatun is true ot many other
1u'"s XII ,,no ~, u, 1asa4uena County Is prob.
T. If. .'ss ~ sai'trY. Only three OF my ucerors iayo
M.t ~ wv, hnt look Tor tcnry n!l ot them TO
o,",amaaFY. ~ ,,s olc ot my neghoors las already
'''s W.
WILL GOOD CROP KEEP TliET3H
II used to tn,ns 30. 1punpo.. ,uv. eo,d IN
fiy men IN thfs town. tint fh,. ronasn H., ra.
gr,vs were ruinr w,,s tim thnv io,1 n,,v ho,T n
ttUp last yenr Wn h,d y narti.i f,i.mr', T., n,r
t,tt III l,lr enr,ptrv-n vnr" ,,,s,,auni ttM, w.
tLn. wh1rfI ,1o"Snft hn,rn, <,.,., T., No.,
paess tlc rrs, NJ fla ',,,,.sr fo,ia n st s",..&
xay. Tie jahoyrrs su1rcr" tnr ',ai H. IL ~, 1""o "s
ruun. Of il, Of rtn,rsr hr,.ssr th"r rsta wsrI,
tot feirsd IN nr",nrinu us", sc ~ ,ht, "sso II,
tsu,e WA ,In. t",,s" ~ ia mt,rntin.. a',1 a,1
th1t II W. Ind fn;r n,,,ror n-' ~, .," ~. ~
necrors wt,ltl ic .r,a',ta .,.f, ''" o
tusp, lh,t t;E ~ ~, % s''',. ns..'g
hays rhan"'i ~" 1n It,, =" ~ ~ .onec'' A"c teaso"
TIN ruoa,,,:,,",,s ",a. ,,s','. ~ ."aS
ro.., "s 1'o''El!oos aEdl:oEs ARB Go1Ho,
n'ta . y y n'l my plapn negro nan!el Guest. Ho
S.'s au"at hlxty arrcs If lnlAi from TIC, mil
% as a%atS made money nut ot It. llo has
.n'' Ja usa' o1 PROPERTY III stork,-1nu1cs, hogs,
.. ta1tIt, particularly cattle. Iie ia u black
..ill, Ill" makes enough money out OF Ills
H., aae " Day Tor hs supuItcs So that ho Ii not I'll
~ ~. so"ft at llIu merchants. lfu IL Pustulus-
VT, so1 though he cnll't read or write. uutI has
T.. l''ec In lien Lou1o,nl, adjoining NV plurc,
~ has Sntug surt nf arrangement WITH n ,luw
S'oaketpcs, by which the Iattyr ,logs uIJ tlIo
,ss' .Mk' a's! tlc two divide tl.u suIary,-wtlIcll is
k,"I kf.an ,1i ~ lssnfllleha C1Anty. lie ID thu
1tums,.i ini -. - ~ With Mi eAatslllle tllo
lM ti1ust T. II. ,.s.uaua.lec M'th ny susses'
au.k nakr ,,r.a. ue1ttlsail,eA " 20, tlouGn ~
dots sD Al .t .Nt'1!ees VI p5opcft1 ~ nv
MAell oil ".,,.' 'ns.e a n'e uthct hcetucs. a!Ilost