The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-04-06
GOING OUT FROM TIE SOU I'll.
THE LATEST PHASES or THE COLOBED
MIGR1 ROY no KANSAS

MORA ROY no KIESAS.
Five Thousand Tn,Igrnnts Already Gone Up
the Missouri Hiver-M ore said 80 he On the
WAY rh~tr urn.nns for seeking New
Uomes-Whnt IL Thought In New Orleans
ST. LOUIS, April 5.-Thc migration of col
ored persons from northern Louisiana. Missis-
sIppi. and other OF the southern States docs not
abnte. Thus far not far from 5000 persons have
arrived hero. almost all OF whom have pushed
on toward Kansns. Reports from down the
river shy that many more are folowing-how
many 1t Is impossible to determine in tho alb
scncc OF authentic Information. but the stories
are that entire parishes have boon dcpopulatcd;
that the infection IL reaching into the interior;
that colonies and companies are organizing
everywhere. Passengers tell Of seeing colored
persons waiting on the river banks for trans
portation North. and the emgrants themselves
who have arrived say that thousands are to fol-
low. Making due allowance for cXaggeration.
IL may perhaps be said In safety that a thousand
or iftocn hundred more are actually on the way.
II also appears that the influential men OF tho
South awakened to tho necessity OF stopping
the stampede. are making earnest and in many
instances SUGGEST ul efforts To- persuade colorcd
mon not to 20. Diversity OF opinion exists
among those who havr mingled with the emf
grants here as to whether the exodus II TO extend
through any considerable part Of the South. On
tho one hand II il conceded that II the tide gets
fairly siartod-and indeed it may bo saii TO be
running swiftly noN-that thousands from their
very nature will throw themselves into IT, Tho
race have reputation for following. like
Sheep. wherever tho head of the flock lends. and
getting the notion that Kansas is their prom
iscd land. To- Kansas they win follow those who
have gone before. On the other hand. it is
thought that ns In Kansas their condition. for
many months at east. cannot be bcucred. word
will be- carried back that nothing il to bc gained
by journoying there. Moreover there docs not
appear TO DE any hcHd - the movement-no
association or emigration society rs n central
organization. \ few small local associations
are doing something in special directions. but
nothing in % general way or upon any extended
plan OF operation. Thus far ii has borne every
indication OF cling a spnsmodir unconsidered
stampede. The cmgrants do not know where
they are going other than to Il place called
Kansas. Few of them know what they expect
TO do alter arriving there. Nearly every one is
Try. however II may How with mix and honey.
they have lituo money, littie c'othing. Tue
sranticst Of kitchen utensils. and no agricultural
implements. Those who have noted their DIES
ttute condition cannot but sympnthizs win
them br'nuse OF the hardships that are surely
IN store for them. IL II therefore argued that
tho uunaturalness Of the movement, tor 1t Is
not healthy emigration. will render il limited.
ronsous for journrying ont Of the south. Eight
out OF ton say TINT they cannot make living
there, II They hire small plantations. the rents
arc high $40 an acre bang the average paid.
and the prices Tor what they produce low. Gcn-
crai complaint Is made that they are cheated in
made ten bnlrs. which he was obliged To- intrust
to the man Of whom hc rented for shipping. lie
received not cont Tor II. Another snys ne
raised forty.eeht bales. for which he Obtained
$50 only All represent that they received un-
lair und dishonest treatment from the whites
ACCUSATIONS OF BULLpozING.
There are some who give as a reason that
they feared personal violence. They were
threatenfd: they say by polluciMns nut Is
killing and the wounding Of which they tell
happened. not in their parishes. but in adjoin-
ond hand. Take the case OF Lewis Woods. n
middlc-aGed man. who hailed from Madison
Parish. louisiana He said: " made very
bad living. because | was charged SO high for
rent and for provisions. At the end OF the year
men received very bad treatment from the
whites 1t was becoming 50 the coored people
dared not express an opinion against the whites
In Madison Parish, at the election last iall, we
were allowed TO yot. ~ We pleased. because the
whites were afraid to come there on account OF
the yellow fever; in the ado ming parishes the
S4Ffd RPn5 y Bka k At A d6f u H9e a i Sa
seen people from FranS SiiT7 Parish who sale said
that It was q very common thing TO see col
Jot Gibbs. also from Madison Parish. said
that he had lived there for fifteen years. adding:
raised and left me nothing; still owe him
s239Si IN the place, where lived there WASH 7
much killing, but in Franklin. Washington, and
Iensas Parishes there was heap OF killing
done, white men killing on colOred men TO pre-
vent them voting the Republican ticket
Some Of the men give glowing accounts Of the
prosperous lives they expect 10 lead in their
new homes. II is pitful to listen 10 their en-
thusiastic talk. for they are unquestionably to
be wofuily disappointed. Indeed, their suffer-
ings have already begun. according 70 Capt.
Yore of the steamboat Fannie Lewis. who has
returned from Myandotte, Kansas, to which
place he carried $50 cOlored persons. No one
was ready 10 wei ONE them upon their arrival
shelter and with slim chances Of obtaining en-
ployment Capt. iorc thinks that they departed
cution, but on account Of the failure Of the
crops for the past two seasons, which reduced
Them almost to starvation. He believes that
they were generally well treated, although there
may, nave been occasional acts Of Vioeues to-
Capt. Blake ofthe steamboat John b. Maude.
who brought up 200 em!grants, was Of nearly
raD sdiie nplnion; n9 thonEhl ihnt UNIV va
road agents. who wished to settle Kansas lands.
and that the colored folks, starved by the failing
crops. had been bagulled INTO starting, In his
opinion. they We're much better on IN the South
than they could hope 70 be in Kansas. He par
ucuarly dwet unon their uniltness for begin
ming farm or other work for themselves, be-
cause OF their lack OF means, a very few have
little money but most OF them spent their last
cent in payment for their passage to ST. Louis.
On arrival here. they have been cared for 10y
q ., committee appointed by the church
some $4,000 has been raised, 70 relieve
their wants The St Louis people have had
to feed them. Two OF the church edi1ces were
given up for quarters. In which they lived and
slept until preparations had been completed for
sending them on to their destination. Money
had boon raised to pay for their trans portati on
upthe Missouri River One man from Louisiana
had with him wife and nine children. Yet
not dollar had he with which to carry himself
and his household beyond here. The colored
folks Of 81, Louis do what they can to discour-
age the emigration, yet when those from the
south arrive they are cared for. The Relief
Association has given about GOO meals day
Tor the lust week. As the steamboats, bring
them in they are ,unoaded upon the wharyrs,
and are compelled to make themselves as com
Portable rs possible. Yet so destitute are they
that their entire dependence is upon the Relief
Committee A strange and pitiubie spectacle
they present huddlrl with their goods and
chhitels upon the levee.
Pastors Of ihe coiored churches unite I'm an
appeal to charitable persons for aid. They
say
For three weeks there have been almost daily laulcl
AZ our wharf scores sometimes hundreds, uf cuiur.d
refugees from the South Seeing second slavery.
Their accounts Of oppression aud humau treatment rs
Whit oneuer. And planters are terrible Their struggle
a. make their way he free West should receive The
attention ui liberty loving men and women here
Ana We appeal Co All such for mean. Go assist them 900
nnd- new homes tuluicd people 20 tuls city have
coufasrd them "a come Transportation companies have