, 1879-05-23

to be found horc fair representation OF every
sentiment In the State. AS to the negro cmi-
grntloH, for instance, there arc reports hero
from all tho parishes. Tile Constitutional Con-
yentton has members from all sections uf the
State, md many Of the members Of the Lcgis.
laturo remain here permanently. There are
here tho people from Teusas, Natchftoclscs, AMI
other "bulllozed " parishes, WIN can,c 10
New Orleans as witnesses md have nover
darrell to return. went among theso people
yesterday. | saw soma Of their politicians,
some Of their ministers, the editor Of their pa-
per, The refugees from the buldozc'i parat,cs
and many Of tho common people. The chasac-
tersttcs Of intolerance and dls.rust v Atch1 haro
already described we're very conspicuous. Near
" every negro Of prominence or induonra had
some 1cason for suspecttng overy othcr negro OF
prontucnce. Those especially who have said or
done anything TO dlssuads sha hfHcks from
golnE away arc denounced In Violent language.
The negro Young. who left hts scat in tho Con-
stisutiosal Convention. went baek TO concorslia
Parish. and persuaded BereFal hundred people
to return from the banks Of the river 10 the
plantations, Is beloved by bis fellows to have
actcd o. tic paId nEcnt OF nIc whites. l met
RUBY, TIE coLonup EDITOR
Of TIC Oserr4T, a Feekay paper devoted to the
interest uf The blacks. Among otier things |lc
toll me Tint ia published the only Republican
''Si' SSbut i f'aehlask'. paper must be Republican
~ lie very fact that II las Ptnchbacl'a nnmo
"a It Ia au evidcue0 tint 1t Is personal organ
uul not party organ" was VIC reply. :,
tue Nashville Conference mil they told mo tint
tht7 lIuti taken conservative ground nn1 ell
dcaypred to nllay the excitement ami restrain
tlle emigration for tl1U present; then, enw
otbcra Wp told nU this wns not true, nnd tlHit
Tic aforcsnid spGakers would not hare dared to
oppose emigration there, eTen fur tho tttlo-be-
liz. I}us, Notwithstanding tllcsr personal Grim.
nations md recriIntnatfonR, gil tic nees.'cs 81
high mud low degree Nliom hare talkea with
tir part oE tle black inhabitants oi the Upper
River md interior parishcs TO 70 away, asnl that
tla determination Is growing null spreading:
All predict tlIat, after slc crops afc gathered
as viii dwasf thnt OF a tew Woeka past. thu
white ncople uf this State and Mississippi who
aro tncltuel u hcllttle 1lts movement or 10 re-
gard 1t as a passing fever orc maklng very
Erent mistake.
rAs luattcr Of iact,
EMlaItATtoN 10 GoINd ON STEADILY
even now. Some forty or fifty ncEroes started
North OIL tl,e steamer Howard on Saturday,
md almost every boat IN tue river takus Few
refugees. Ninety families. atm told, hayu left
New OrIyana. Some Of these were people who
had f,,u n,say from buldozeh parishes. The
blacks Of New Qt!eans also havc tl.ctr ,grtev:.
nngcs, a municipal order vas recently issrd
requiring tue cnlorct1 churches to be closed 1T
10 o'clock in the evening. and another requiring
| a certain class Of Wnst1cfWonlcn, md tho old
women who pick hlaclsherEles In Tue outskirts OF
tl,c city md sell them o, the streets, to tuke
out licenses Tl,cse hastlihips, for they arc not
less than that to tha nsgroes oniT aaa tns t,a,,
oi new starts cousc to Now Orleans
every DAY. Thcro ase still some POO
| ple Ia tho river parishcs who arc ntsaltl1'g
iyaUsnostatton, aud now | an tolu tiat MAnY w
huutlreds III certall interior parishes, especially
Nntchltocle8 and Caddo, ara preparing to 70
| OVERLAND In wagons; tho rurposc IL to make up
trains, and travussu Tsxas. Kansas was, natu.
rally thc Gsse ansl favortc land Of p.oHltse' pe.
arc associated With u; but Nohrasku, Colorado,
| Nov Mexico, md other Western Territories, aro
beginning to figure III thu discussion among
ti,uaa who intend to leave tue State. II. PROS
owing to tic unprucct,cntcdIy low water III the
river, aud the .ltculty IN ovcr1'owlhs tlo nan-
ta,sui,s, make It psstaale ti,at tho em'gr"tint-
tGyer Wit! spread out tp sumo extent III uc
| southotn portion of tho State. but
THE PEHs2curlOs or TAE BLACKS
Is alleged BY al of them to be tho moving cause.
nWhat started t1le rxt.silsT ! asketl The col
ored editor Of the 'sony Republican newspaper
ilis answer was to give me tho latuIt copy oi
liz Mss fp iaduccI I TIC E1oa,s." This srticIa about
4 column in lrngth. contained no philosophical
Injuries, no specsai reasons, 10 arguments, eu'
simply q Hat Of the nat,leS or tlle colorc1 incl
who were killed and 'nalsfeased ~ the tarishos isl'
brief description Of boW they wbrc killed, o
xllot, or hung, 1t was certainly torcib!e wn]
Of putting ttae case*, When tried to weaken /
BY londng 9 tt asse 1aa hr peIm ~ 10 3sa sae'
hai been especially largc, llo t9!d !nc tl'at mos
Of those who hn4l lefs Madison Parish bud coin
from nsisihpF.rg parishes. ~ ti.e laNdlus .
Dstta WIS the most convenient fur ttlem.
AN xMi0nATloN SOCIETY IEErlNa.
| 1lsarned durIng the day tl.at there were Two
th1co esnigratlona asee7atlons IN e!e city, a1lt M
tilat one OF them was, To hold 1nest1i
Ut a Bethel church In aa upper par
Of the city tn thu evening. aske'
xo1a sha,, ps Fssa1ssa ss tod tut an tso woa
not bo unwerone unless I should undertake. I
discourage tha emigration movement. Thn
would be dangerous. An influential co'oFc
man had tried at the last meetlaH 70 temper ~! ~
hlm vote Of thauks for atteuitns a'ld adares.
ing The meeting was denied; my Informant tol
mo that, had the speaker been iess poputa
man, he would hava Gecn noeoef: ,,, ,,>,,.,,
; With .ncn aud women. l'ha noettng. after
j rot fairly under way, WA turbulent ono, a.
J faney most negro mcotmss aFe, bnt wy su
1t time when trouble was threatened, not lcs
| tha1 at tle lucucy and eloqueuca Of many
lie speskeEs 4nd tie eytaeut familiarity Wy
| shroWtlnuxa uud tact of Tho African, will stat
ulx&, .ustl.g tbs turmoil a.At when tho Cha
bud appealoi lu yain 10 tllc Sergeant at Asll
to eaforcs order, he invoked Tho zig OF Il
could not prevail, then ths meeting should d.
. peFses ..-..-.
Tu1 A1ArtNo WAs OPhNxp
With praysr, IN lupasstouel invocation. free