The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-23
BACK. TO THE SOUTH.
mo End of the Kansas Emigra.
ton Movement.
No More Negroes At Atchison.
fAtehison Patriot. May lo.l

~ n.n,od In the State OF Kansas with open arms.
Y NJ soenerous" contributions of their North
~ ~ friends have ceased to flow In, and they
" iii 10 'look leedIe out" for themselves.
Ia 4 consequence they are longing once
IRA for the old plantations. Several hun
1ed have already returned to the South, and
I'M not improbable that by far the greater
art Of those who are now In Kansas will
non return.
'0f the 800 refugees who landed in this city
d the Joe Kinney, only some eight or ten
antilles remain. Most of them were pro-
ided with homes along the A. and N. and
he Central Branch, but 1t appears that they
i ire not very we'll pleased with them. One
Emily, who had been sent to White Cloud,
anne hoofing 1t back to this city yesterday.
fhey said the white folks there didn't treat
hem well. Some Of those who went out On
he Central Branch have also returned 70 Ibis
The authorities have cut off the rations OF
nose who still remain here, and have In
armed them that they must look out for
themselves hereafter, as other folks DO.
To-day n representative OF the Patriot met
: Mr. L Il. Maggie, of New Orleans, who repre-
I .ants the New Orleans DEMOCRAT. He visits
! mr. mr State on business intimately connected
mth the negro question. AT Wyandotte he
rasbipped quite number OF the dissatisfied
nnes to their old homes, and will furnish
Transportation to all who will return.
now THE NEGROES WE'RE RECEIVED In KAN
SAS.
IAtchison Champion fRep.). May 1871
The st. Louis Globe Democrat publishes
1attars from Gov st. John, of this State. to
members OF the Freedmens Relief Society of
ST, Louis, in which he says that the refugees
who have arrived in Kansas have been cared
for, and none Of them permitted to suffer;
md that all their wants have been provided
i ior DO far, the Governor is right. But he
Mia: @There has been exhibited some oppo-
alton Ii the river towns to their landing here
In Kansas but / can assure you that Kan
ma as State, and her people, are right on this
question, and will not permit any to be driven
away"
towns" Wyandotte, Ieavenworth and At
Gibson have all done quite rs much for the
refugees as any of the interior towns, and far
more than any OF them with possibly four ex-
ceptions. The only points in the State to
which any considerable number Of refugees
have been sent are the three river towns
named above, and Topeka, Lawrence, Ottawa
and Manhattan in the interior.
d The truth Is that there Is no place In Kansas
particularly anxious, or even cheerfully will
ling to receive these refugees. And this Is not
at all due to the fact that they are colored
destitute are for a time more or less public
charge, and are one and all unskilled laborers.
1t Is not meanness. tits not lack Of charity
Or kindness. But Kansas people are, as the
Champion has frequently said, men Of mode
rate means, who have one and all been fight
ing q pretty hard battle Of life, and none
lave accumulated great fortunes And 1t is a
TACT, which 1t would be foolish to Disguise
that there Is little or no demand for unskilled
sbor In Kansas. Hence persons in destitute
circumstances who come to this State, white
or black, will generally find 1t exceedingly
difficult to obtain employment.
GOING HOME AGAIN.
ISt. Louis Times. May 16l
The steamer f. III. Durfee arrived here from
Kansas shortly after noon yesterday, having
On board thirteen negro refugees who were
returning tn their hnnan affair a 1irc o~n9ahla
experience OF about four weeks In the above
| nsmed State. The party was composed OF
AZ men and seven women and children, and
thew were gathered together on the after part
n the lower deck around a stove in which
thare was a blazing wood fire that made the
stmosphere uncomfortably warm for q white
i ioy the heat, and huddled close to the stove,
4 hIking, perspiring and throwing off g va.
riety 81 Odcrs which were rather more loud
than agreeable. II ever there was dis
rusted, disheartened set OF individuals on the
hCe Of the EARTH this one was. Their atti-
ndes a and the expression of their counte-
/ nances indicated that they felt they had lost
everything In the world that was worth living
Tor and had no hope In the world to come.
When a Ttmes-Jomndt reporter approached
the group, all were silently gazing at the
stove or out upon the levee where gangs OF
rollstabouts we're busily engaged In carrying
freight up and down the inclined pavement.
ALI Of the men and two OF the women were
slowly putting their clay pipes, and the entire
party wore that solemn woe-begone look Pc
cunar to mourners at q funeral, except one
chubby little girl, about ten years OF age, ana
@black as the ace of spades, who was seated
ma low box humming a simple air, and evil
IDENTIFY trying to be happy.
As the reporter approached the group, one
q its members, short. slim negro, Whe
booked as II he had just been discharged IRON
the hospital, turned his head to look at the
Intruder and then quickly resumed his study
0iafgure on the side Of the stove. The re-
porter accosted him and the following Ola
igle ensued:
3You have just come from Kansas, have
you not 7" asked the reporter.
Is, sah,' replied the negro, as he removed
his pipe from between his lips and spit on thu
stove, thus giving new odor to the atmos
pierre.
Where did you come from when you wen
/ to Kansas p
"From Tensaw parish Loozyanna; frum ;
place call Har' Times Landin'," replied thu
| darkey, as an expression 0f sadness mounted
| his features.
"When did you leave there?"
Bout TO weeks ago."
How many came up with you them"
Bout twenty-eight.'
"Well, how did you like 1t out In Kansas
He paused moment sighed very heavil,
and again spit on the stove as he answered:
Il like it well huff ter git way from dar q
quick az / could"
what was the trouble with your"
"Trubble huff; wuz sick an my wife WI
alck. an my mother wuz sick, an de chillu
wuz sick an we all got SO weak we couidI
stan 1t no longer. DEFY wGzzent no house
up dar, an we had ter camp out on de lebbet
ispec' I'd bin dar yit ef | hadn' got a ill be-
ter, an den | started TO de ole place at Ha
Times Landin'"
,"What did you go to Kansas for In the frs
placer
aKaze thought better myself. a
Where did you get that idea"
~ seed it In de newspapers; an in ha
Oils an SIGH, tellin' wot 8 great country kal
sos wuz"
Didn't the yellow fever scare have som
thing to do with it?"
NO. We didn' hey no yaller fever whar
cum frum las year. Some went Mort. ka
aey wuz 'fraid of it, but dey said WHIT
aey KEN back dat dey'd better staid dow
How far did you go2"
I'VE went to Wyandotte. We stayed as
eight days on de lebbee."
IheN Won didn't uat any of the land an