, 1879-03-27
Some Information as to the Colored
Emigration from tho South to
Kansas.
The q tTenncssce Renl.Eatatn & lIOmc-
steati Associations" n1l Its
Operations.
Ecyora1 Colonies from Tennesaos and Ken
tucky Already sattled Comfortably
in Kansas,
Tho Co'ortd People Waat Homes Of Their Own,
in a Lani WIlere Tloy Cau EnloJ
Their Rights.

Sr'ttal CnrFfsphnfsnte nf The Trfhhne.
TorHKA. KAt., Marci, .2s3.-Yonr readers vii!
b. glad to hear nl'ul,t thu e0la1eu cngrants In
knr,sas tram The stnlih. | called yesterday at
tlle luuse Ut Columbus ut. 1onsn,., who ls the
agent at Tuicta NJ The "1cn,,esFec Heal Estate
d Homestead Association and WHO ts tlrvo.-
i,i, his tlulu Mt present tn luoRlHg after the vel
fare uf the recrnily.Arrlyrtl Immigrants. lie Is
inidde.ngctl n''d intelligent colored man.
to,lnd him dfsnusel to be communicative. lie
sppearh to hayd hccn Il MIN af considerable
prominence In rchnsssce ntter The Wnr; Md,
at MY request }or Information, tc showed me
various pnpcrs exhibiting evidence ot Ills tluving
held positions nf tr,1st A'd honor. He war 4
delegate to thu Republican National Convcnt,on
at Philadelphia IN 1871 fvnm the Fifth cun-
crcsslonal District Of 'rcnnesseo; anl was a,to
delegate to the Cincinnati Convention in 1H1i,
from The Fourt, District. The Association of
wh!el, lie 10 an agent WIS formed 1T Nashville
As EANLr As 1a'jD,
It contemplated thu purchase Of small farma
III Tennessee, mud thu encouragement Of the
freedmen in the farming districts tu become
owncrs Of tl.e k,ntl they should cul4iratc. It
was soon found tint no headway could be
made In the undertaking, md. aftor holding a
State Convention over thu snbjcct d Commit
!
cheaper ho,cs rould not bc found among a
morc friendly people than In the land Of tllclr
former s1ayctom. str. johnson was member
os that Committee. The Committee cafnn to
Kansas, and returned with a favorable report.
But, although the organization was Kept up, II
was several years. before thu emigration got
fairly started. One other Committee sent out
mado an unfavorable rcpurt; Kansas ,,oA met
with somo universities; and the blacks preferred
to two In tho land of tl.cr BIRTH any wny.
. Hut n few families
COMMENCED MOVING TO KAEsAH
from the time Of the first Committee report, In
1859. Lcttcrs written bark by such families
Tayc announcement 10 others to come; anu, III
1879, Heni iauin Singleton, the President vi the
Association, himself came out 10 takG Il look At
konsas. His report Waa in favorable that q
conipnny or 20O or 800 gathered, uni Singleton
brought them out that ycar,-locatitig tlleln IN
Cherokee County, in tic southeast corner OF
tic Statc. fromtFlat time the yn!troasl.agcnts
over various routes hayc hccn stimulating the
emigration by ofTrrs OF low tnres. Thoy bring
compullics from Nashville tn Topeka ut $40 n
head. The Association Eas continued to keep
Ip artyo operations E,nlgrants desiring to
come nrc by Its agency thrown into companies,
plared Under competent Leaders, and cheap rates
oftransportatIun Of arc secured. Some l,nlf-dozcn
different PARTIES, numbering from 100 to 800
each. hive co1uc cut under the auspices Of this
Association. Must Of the parties have cutno to
Topeka. Froh here they hare
GONE TO VARIOUS PARTS ur THE STATE.
Seward hundred have. gone to Barton County,
away down III Tic Arkansas Valley; others to
liulgc,nun nnli Other frnnttcr counties.
III 1877, johnson himself cn,ne to kansns, In
trt...
together tpent muc, time obtaining Information
frun Government n,ul other land officers, nll.l,
lH exploring Al,s viewing laus. johnson has
remained hero, ind Singleton utcntls 10 airairs
at Nashville. Among utlscr culnn!cs which they
huvc established is uno iii Morris unu Lyou
Counties, called the Singleton Culomy. This Is
utoi, BUlns lands purchased By thc Government
from tic Kansas iribr Ut IMtllnns, rlnl which s
10 bc sold to the settlers ut Il low prEcc,-nt frouu
81 to 50 per Acre II is sail, d,-nlnl on tong time.
Other companies haye cUme out bcsidus tluse
organized by this Emigration ColHpany.--sonlc
from Iennesscc, MIL snIuu iratl, ksutucky.
Atany VI tiesu 'tltnigrants s,uyc Bcnttered ont
through thu Older c0lltltics. where they reHt
lnlMl, farm on shares. or wHr1t for waIcs. III
sono instances tbs Immigrants nrc able tn buy
improved fMrms; Or small unImproyc1 tracts, at
froui 50 to $l0 III acrc. They urc
NEANhr ALI AGRICULTURAL LAHonEns,
astl, al johnson ant. ,llrra OG them mint, slnye,
lilan their oWu lIaIufs to begin !fD with In tllIs
to Them strange country. Many of tbse who
huvc gono cut to the irt,,ttcr, u;u1, homestead
lantls Or upon ciluap rntlrond latlls mike their
subsistence ulnl thtir first Eulns T working fur
waEus OH tho new fnrH,s af thu moro torciun1cd
whtto settlers. Fortunately iHr these people,
tic present lnruc Immigration Of white pcoplu 10
the new cpuntus In knnsns enables the bluclss to
fail Ia u1,long the othrrs fh nluees whcra they
can get work nj fnlF wnecs. THIS JolI1Isun soys,
those WHO have gone to barton, Norris and
other ronnttea aEa doing; ntld only in one H.
tar US ! Gao learn. That WllS In tho Caeo OF
THE NicoDEAus COLONY,
In Graham County. towards tha northwest part
Of tue Suite, OH tic sulon,an River.
That colony was commenced III the summer
Of 1617,-t0U iRte IN lie season to rafae any
crops that year. Tie people cuno from Kc1-
tncky. They canlo ont under tle leatt OF a
~httu man who WAs moro enttrprstng thun eau.
tious. Ho was ambitious to populate new
county, anu to establish eonnty.scut whvl,
should bear his own name, liIll's City. Thc
around 4 location In another purt Ut the county,
70 WHICH tllcY guys tic 1nore appropratn ua,l,e,
Nteodcmus. Ma%inter found them short Of
PROVISIONS, nlst they wcro tou rculoio from
menus to cnrry lf!rm through. They wcro
obliged toapp!y to tlle people of The older enun.
ties for Hi1. Tits they rot. Tic Conference OF
Aiarch following, also instituted ,neaat.res to /,
heln tue colony atung I'LL tiiey should RUSS
crop They did rntse 4 crop lust yras, sufficient
for thcir subsistence, cxcent In the ensc ii few
families who Ind tic n.isfurtune tn bp burnt out
by pralris.l1s last full. On tho whole, this
colony
sEEMs NOW TO He pNOsrENlNB.
They nse settled al1 homestead iasld6. Every
man gets Ills tarl Of lUU ncres BY payment OF
land.Ui!icn tcra Of ahaut SIb alul tlynt: on thr
lautl tyu ycars. II llu was II solGirr mid Autpcd
TO tight for his frcedoin, ,4o gets rchuts Vt
timo frDm t'le i've yeays' pr0balion. Hut thcsu
peop.r do not lalk ubout i probation. The up.
pcrmost thought With them appears to 10 10
mako homcs-rcrMancnt nhlt!lnS.plares tor
themselves alnl ll,er chillren-upun porttoua Ut
Gol's rpotstuol which l!hy shall be enabled to
call tiluir own. a,l tlsr fruits q! tE cultivation
of which alla1l bu THEIR uwN subjcct to the Opey
etion Ut no oppressive lien laws made by their
lurncr masters for the purpose " Rubbing them
q thu principal urocGcus of tiulr inter. Ttu
NlrodtH,us Colony, IN splte Of drawbacks Ia
growing. aud this sprfns
E1rRCrs LARGE AccEssIoSa
from Kentucky. THIS Information ottuIn
from Ellrnhrrs If lie colnnt, portions OF wlosp
families nre ursylng III Topcka, working to l,clp
earn tho means Ut carrying tbs mani enter
prse ot nnI!ns homes On thu frontier, nrarly
an miles awuy.
Fur &layk 1gO, COMPANY OF between 200