The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-12

promised lana q falr Trial, anu nave louAu
1t wanting In many respects. ~,
few Or them paid their fare to this city;
the majority were furnished free transporta-
tion by Mayor J. B. Stockton OF Wyandotte,
Kansas, chairman OF the relfef cornmlttee al
that place and other prominent citizens.
About dozen travelled on the strength OF the
following:
70 Steamboat Captains- bearer, Henry
Clendenin, has had all of free Kansas that he
can stand, and ID desirous OF returning 20
Vicksburg. II you will return him as per
Sells u Co.'s printed circulars and look TO
them for the transportation Of himself and
family, you will confer favor not only on
him, but on the committee Respectfully 9sIn
Secretary Exodus Committee.
Clendenin presented the letter, Of which the
above is copy, to MeSSrs. Miles Sells d CO,
commission merchants on the corner OF Com
mercial Alley and Pine street, and the ofhcers
Of the steamer Joe kinney sent aenn taem and o1i
four OF the eleven or twelve others VINO We're
with him. Mr.. Sells presumes that the ex.
penses OF the other seven or eight were not
charged to any one. The cost OF transpdqftt, "
$14s, exclusive of the charges for freight,
which made the total $3.50. AS may pc sup
posed, the emigrants were In very bad condl- |
tion. They were. visited on the ievee ~
great many merchants, and, later In the day, |
were taken to the offices OF Messrs. W1ckham
" Pendleton, Scharff u Bernheimer and Miles
Sells Il Co, all commission and Hour mer-
chants having large Southern trace, wnere
they were given food, and to those who had
no money passes to Vicksburg or interme-
diate points along the Mississippi river on
the steamer James Howard.
Although Mr.. Sells and his employees ap-
peared to be desirous Of having full report OF
the migration made, they tried to conceal the
fact that the fare Of many negroes was paid
by them, Messrs. Scharff 4 Bernheimer, and
| Wickham u Pendleton, for their correspond
| . Il ,I;, In, fhn r
| O'Nei captain Of the steamer James Howard
said that the cost of transporting forty-three
colored persons would be betrayed by Wick
ham u Pendleton, twenty-five. by Scharff % q
teen by Mr.. A. Cohn, a planter living near Hard
Times, La, who has been North for some
time getting laborers. About twenty negroes
paid their way and some four or live were
not charged by the boats officers, Which was
in accordance with orders received from John
A. Scudder, president OF the Anchor Line
Steamboat Company. The merchants men
toned merely gave the emigrants their bust
| ness cards, on which were written requests
| to send the bearers South.
| The em1grants returned to the steamer
James Howard by twos and threes, taking
with them their few articles OF clothing and
armfuls of bread, crackers, meat ana n e cheese e
which the merchants had distributed to them.
Many returned to the offices second and even
a third time to procure more food, fearing,
and with sufficient reason, that they should
nave TO munger frequently Willie ol enei way
back home, unless they took great precautions
much greater than they did when they
started North
The writer visited the boat shortly before
her departure. "This," !" said Mt. Watkins OF
who was badly beaten at Wyandotte because
he was determined to return home"
He pointed to a gigantic negro with all the
African attributes and rather I,epulslve ,l aav
siderably, but whether from blow or from
the effects OF rot-gut whisky which he had
drank. as his breath evinced, it was hard to
determine.
"Yes, sab, Use de man." said he.
"Just tell this gentleman who you are and
, all about the fuss" said Mr.. Watkins, and
} the negro returned:
. IT Is Augustus Williams, an lib at Hurri-
cane, In Davis Ben, VAIN county, Mississip,
an de capn oh de Joe Kinney sabed my life.
went to Wyandotte 21st April, an tried to
! git wuk but could'n. Den | says to myself,
says l, I'm gwine home an somebody M mus
al hyahd me- kase hset dey 5m9R gm9Rea %
: Where did this occur?'
"On de bank"
'In the town."
Eyes, Sah."
| "When"
"Last Friday"
! "While the Kinney was at the wharf?"
"No, sab; she wasn't arrove yet
.Then how did the captain save. your life?'
|
. cabin wild de doahs all locked, an wouldn't let
, "Tbey whipped you before the boat ar
! rived?'
"OohOO"
,, , "Tell him dat dey followed you on de boat, .
softly said bystander. ,m..
Oats how dey done it! dey followed me on
de boat"
can he clum onto raftah n hung dab, q
dey wuz jis a-lickin him on de nut, said a
bystander.
""Who hit your"
. "Da folks dah'
! "White fOiksH
mo; cullod."
"Those who went away from the South?"
Eyes, sab. Dey wuz mad at me kase
, wuz goin' back an dey Wuz gWlne 90 STICK
, it out"
"Why didn't you stay there?"
"Kase dey jumped me. You see dey TOOK
me foh a gemman named 1saak Montgumry
which he Is a-getting S5 a head fob all de mig
! gahs what he sends back home"
! "And these emigrants people who
came from the South-were angry with nj Mont
? ? gomery for getting, some Of their number
"Dat's it; dat's what I'm tinkin'.'
! Mr.. Watkins "yanked' up another coloree
N Smith, and that he was considered giner
rally to be moughty dog-gone peart by smar
folks"
5 Kansas am AWFUL said he; wuz dal
I ION some While "a cOuldn III 10 Wuh.
tramped it frum Wyandotte to Leaven
; worth, an all 'roun in de kuntry foh no good
j Dab wuz no wuk fob me- dey said, an Lave
A-moughty how wuz hungry! De front o
my stummick wuz a-gwine to git 'quaintet
wild my back bone, an my toe-nails wuz a
drappin off q tryin' to clim' mp q fill de mar
!, rah in my pooh bones. | didu' hab no blood
it waz done gone sucked away by de human
} vampires as you've heard tell on in de book
7 De casion wnz de moghty high boad had tt
: pay. Wen | wuz in Wyandotte sportedl
whole family payin' boad-a cuilud family
too" i
"How many persons were in the family Z
'sDar wuz Mistah Jenkins, wot did 40 ~
: Wuk, a his ole woman, n foah chlllun.
t "Any othersr'
: "Yas, dah was dog little purp,, an h
. eat morn'n de whole capoodle on EN-.
"How much did you pay"
Il A dollah week an foun' myself paint o q
while. 1t wuz dad blamed baud