, 1879-05-02
Conversations with COlorcu pco-
pic IN the City OF Vicks-
burg.
They All Unite III Saying that tho
South Is a Poor Country for
Them.
Thsy Cannot 1lakt a nettnt Li'ing, and Political
Rights Art In Some Places Denied
Them.
What Colored C1ergymen sny About
the Migration.-.A Negro
Church- Service.


Sunday, and tho colorcd people ot NicEsbnrE
were out in Their hutday-dress. Tie uppor'lt-
my ior see.s .e ta1S'ns 10 them a r ge.,
.'''' ~ ..,c" ''"s - '.e e4o"u1' ""o Nv soou
TO be loss' Wa'Rcd over tile Wlloic Guy aoo'e
Washington street, which Is tho 'nah street,
rcs,dcures ami tia ouartcys Of t,c colorc,, ,op.
.,,.,.a s,.s.,.a - r,,r,t,,,si, ,n,v,f A,n,,,
u'"''on ees"au :" w '"''""o45 '"~ t,'e
o''o st'eet July ''an''so"o .sauens.s e"a'. W.
sccn' a"a "'ehfa "oa'c.t ."e ss.one. "os"."s
IN tic mla4t Oh 'pateh'' AtohoeoI"ct'J young
1ndics tastefnlly dressed, ad GRACEFUL In ti'eiF
motions am! appearance, would be scct,; Mt the
nrrt uir,t In n total change OF tolur In com.
49,, w. '. y. ,,, w. ,,,'ta. ,osn,o.s H.,
ple1'on anu usces, 10 posu " WHICH feSpss'' "'
negro goes moro tl'n11 hal1'wav.
rux naono VIEW or TIL. EXODUS.
MANY Of thr ncpfocs stoprll anil cayo nc
,,,s,s at.,as. t,a,1,, ,rto,, n,n.tt,ro,, h.,.o
s"s, up.''s"e ~. ~ .t,,., I.a.s
spoken 10 Fer!iaps hunured ~ a't h'hec nave
tccn In Vtcksburg, n'nf they all aGteG In saying
tl,at tuts Is poor country for them, though tt,u
mi, t,,c rIchcet IN t,,. yor11. lcntsa,etw ttuh
~. ,ro,n,,,s at,nr,r. ,,, ,,,,,l NJ, ,o. mi -
."e He!en"u's c''a'eo wv .'''e", M''' ''f u.u II
Impossible to RnVe Anything ihey TO not:un-
dcrstand the credit systeul, nor how II hurts
them w,,en they k,,ty s,pp1;rs, md when they
nrc ,.rnd !, ,,ov ,creat nj ,hc rotc NJ IA or n,
~. a.',t -, ,,,a;, M, nnn,,, h,t,. n,,ov a,i, '.a,
per cent OIL t'lesr annual p'ils. lhey ohty Ehow
that they conc out ut tho end Of the year pcnnl-
lces, aud tllat IL cou<liton wltcl1 they cousl1cr
t]esncrnts, Az hav. oncn ,rforo snlI. t,,cv III,
~ .,a.eido- :, .,,,,,rt .rr,,,,.,, ,,,+ ,uoa ~
s .os 'appo w. ., ~ '.s 1"a. s WAS . w.
ways pfoFIacu Tor t1iea1 Ill fh1 o'u Hass, With
out any cnre Oil thes part. and they feel that 1t
ought stl!l to he given to tAcn,, like uir su,l
,vo1ar ,rt,to,, ,ha,r wor,,In,, f,r +, .rror H.,
,.i.. .,... a. ~. ~ ,,.I. ." W.
~. ."a ""s" .t :" NV .''m ,, 4o
oaao ouppo't' "iN4 Wv 'app, ~ wv ''''
IuLlElGAI
especially the right to nominate, wh!cf. ts MS
prcco,,s a. the right 10 yotp,-thc negroes unttc
in saying, nrc IN some PLACES denied them. I
know on1y one excn,,thn to thu tcst,monv to
this effect, ni! fhat was given by smart young
darky, dressed Ia tic ,atest fashion, WIN was
lofty.srrya1,t to PLANTER ncross tic river. II.
yota7 lin nou,n,rnttc tts,.o, In sa,,, h,,,,,s,.
,,.'s ~, s"es' nv e""'' uss"us'
he hkeo H. hut ,'ne neesocs eencF.''s WHo
vote the Democratic ticket do not like Il. They
vote that wav because It R for t!tir interest to DO
SO. In local canyasscs they aro "honcytupIcln
,r,,,, ,.h,s,.. ~ ,.n.'o, ,o1y H. ,,,I .,',s' ~.
,1,,.i "a.1,t5, ~ ~ ''ons ..u H. n, atu s .ty
di''oc W. y scSa's iios. psohla.e '95 the', tn
s,raat w. 1e "at @ ~! Ill.,, Vefy
faetn noi wis at MI n ccrinin % coI,ics tu! ~.
amey snf T. r. u ~ nea..,, ~ ~ w. Amy HaYe
,.ut so'S1 lns ,our 9eh1s' , n11a mn1 Inl two
aGass. -. ueleG .!!as 'ns nepooiiI"i paFtx W
cast ssssoP otn Nv i ~ m"u, of s,,tss 'et
~, all tt,f,
10 v9to a. H.. Issa'staetlon WEI tiic
Snu'tn H., " po!ea. uss li1s i'It ll1etl 20 no
viii tnS nieiatloiit[Mo. " nave SUI N ihsa'
4ue1la eqntl VI nlmits1 Faflsn,-out ~ Iiinns
sGouhtS, aensas' NSnaasi,i' anu Enheosti'0 tar-
1snes,Lm9Fe H., y LOUISIANA no uonnt' thnn ~
Aaissssppl Inc negro aoes Va!1e Ills political
!R91s, nnate'et may oa saia 70 lug contrary;
M,u. "Msn ~ aeea tIte. ~ hHs veGi' uopfl'eu nl
llet' ~ Mnn's 70 Get l"enl paeA, Il hot nero, III
auolhc9 p'aee'
TIE NEGRO IL A MIGRATORY AN1sAL.
II takes little TO stnrt him, nr to Ect,, him m,
i,e. The gtayra were sttntr,l !, ahntt ,,pn,3
deal IN their cid tlays by their Minister'S usi lin
uenier., a,ul tlIcy Mre rs,i II, trawn III" n,,,,.
brr Of foro,rt6rn u,rrors win hnvr al ilr.i j.,
md nbu,t Virkshnwr ia lnr,,.. Manv havo
cnr,,o frnm Missouri. Tcmncssco mil Kn".
tucSy One ht,v toI,i nm tint IL.
VIA ne nj ~ nartv ~ sxt,, ,r,n,o,+ l"r, f-,,,,
yruiniu nv nj, ntrent WIN Tctrrsrt,iri t Wia. III.
stssjuni wns fi,, rfrhrst ru,ntrv in tla worh1
n; Tfu, n,1vhnfiy hn,n ro,,1l ,"r;' lin "r "r'",,n.
nnd hnSrG Tin n"rors In ,Ea at" ppi.n ,,,,,,,
about !. FOOD ,cai it. ws,it u "osv ou T." ma IN
Vcs6r, re,rescutatfycs "f nrcriv m '.rcrv ~ @ r,, ~
~. mi in o,,iston" ti," nnrr.,n ,n,, H. to.I
from one par!sll to another, Il tiIey huya thc
lcast cnusa for nlarln. Tho migration nlnv bt
due In pArt to IN excessive supply Ut labor tn
tile last. 1t II true tlnt lnnlIy plantations arc
now suffering for supply Of laborers, but thfs
IL new thing. II uscl to bc posalbIe to get nil