Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-27
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Aspects Of q EegrO Life.

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Aspects Of q KegrO Life.
NEWTON LANDING, WARREN Co.. Miss /.
Nav lG, 1S79.-There is something almost pa
thetic in tho recent Iudicrcu5 manifestations et
negro ignorance AID crodul!ty. Tho simplicity
of the mass Of negroes is hardly to be credited.
Just below here IS camp OF De-
groes who Layo squatted oa tho Louis.
LANA bank OF tho Mississippi, visiting
for somo boat to take them to Kansas.
The boat people say that il would bs cruel
| to take thes, miserable people 10 Saiot Louis
and leave them thcr, to starvc. Some OF These
negroes were we'll 10 do fellows, owning little
stock. Onn map sold new wagon, t)r Thl'h
he Maid $75 for $5. 81 as to raise money to 70
to Kansas.
Another chap sold Two good horses tor $2j
| each, AID ! know Of COWS havlog been sold Tor
Sc by these reckless and improVidens people: A
mule worth $3.50 was got ride OF tor $40. Tbs
darkeys believe that 10 their Kansas paradise
they will recaive $50 actej OF land, mule.
farming tools aud substance for year-all
from the generous taod Of the Uaited States
Government. Cotton" s,id one old darkey.
gravel0, "oottoo grows better 10 Nansa' than
here.
"Whar is X K,nsa.?' asked another.
IL reckcn it's q days ride from heah, re-
piled smother geographically ignorant fellow.
Under shabby tent on the levee noIljed
singular pair, blind ootogcuarisn negro snd
hi5 wifo. on coormoul woman. weighing 3Oo
pounds If au ouooe. She would rtqIire tnru
Table to face her ab,u!. Says the old mau. Us,
had wisioa from d. Lord, and lie tells mo to
20 to dii yur Kansas. and shall gat back my
sight" dat is d. Iuf," says tho old fat W.
man. coroboratinglS.
"Why, au ,lie. you c,n't work; you'rJ too
lat," one excIains.
"We. d. Lord ass c,cl us. aod lilo will
pcrvidc," she replies As
O,o day the camp is greatly exoi:el A d
gro with news has arrived Jeff Davis has
tsken Memphis with 10000 troops aud four
euuboas. and is goin' to send bsuk TO slavery
ebsry darkey who tries to 70 up De lloer.
There is CONSERVATION u1Ii! tqlay tEuM
worthy news is brought in by special aud self
com muissooed courier nF sable hus.
"D.re is good news. hs says, "G1u. Grant
! has got ter Ficks5u!g With GJo' troops aid
heap Of guoih,oats' aad II a'Soin to lak1 Us Gil
up dc ribsr.
Many OF these waiting negroes daily expect
thet mythical govcrnm ,nt steamer IS gong to
! and O muIe iu Kansas.
Recently s,me white s,ouadtc!s hevj g,uc
| through tho B3rtharn L?u!siaoa parishes SILL
| iDg ths crndrlOus aud easily duo'd dNkaIs
tivkcls to ka1saS -prlcl, IS each. The negroes
have eore 10 Tho lCSeo and tried 70 beard the
| boats, sho@!og their tickets. huI then dll
they caru that they had beer "acld." BY this
tins the white ras.aIs tai lit out Of the c;uo
try" as the phrass IL.
O1o Of the meancst la Dcs played upon !hc
| negroes was on the part OF s)mc whito men
| from tho North who Travelled through these
parishes carrSsg trunks filled with tiny Ame,-
icao fllgs, su,h ss sell ia Boston toy stores for
| + pcaoy apiece. Tho negroes were told that,
| if they bought these flag ani planted them in
| the groulj, the Govcrom,nt mGu!1 in the i.iI
give them tho Land. The negroes bought fho
q ;gs ct prices r.n2iOg ifom 81 to IS apiece -
Whcn tho plauttrJ heard If this s,Oundiu!ly
| transaction, they eCdeayorod 10 secure Tie per
| sons OF these rascas, bus they had ''skippcl.'
You will ofteu hear Kansas bound darkcJ
say: "Goo. Gran: has ordered us to & to han.
| sa,, atd he will tako care OF Us.
| | lislcGcd to the conversation OF tho STICK RI
| 90 The steamer Na;chtZ for a halt hour. Kan
sas" wus the topic. A big negro, busily load
| log up 600 Of the furnaces With cottonwood,
was the cold water thrower, and not at all pop
| uar with bis companions. Go to Kansas
said this chap, go thero and stalve. ls's
fearful cold there; heaps cfsaow.
| A young negro answered: Il kIoWJ better.
| Cau't wo staud do cold? GolIy. it was cell
'nuff 10 ole Virgiauy; can's bo apy coldcr in
| Kansas. reckon.
and here added another: well, wo might
as we'll statva in Kansas az htaIVo here. We
amt, auy If VI getipg ri,h. Yah yah
yah II
Said an old da.kcy: "Wo Gao ait livin'
| 10 Kansas last as we'll as git It htah. A mau' d
got to work anywhere.
Here is q gray wooled negro, hIs much
youoger wits. and tbreo pickaolouies wretch
ed children, all sleepy with tine drowsiness OF
childhood Here they cit CT lie on the hard
deck, powiug their little woo!ly heads ou
their pudgy arms. They wako up still aud
sore, aud cry for 'mammy.' A young negro
mao takes off his coat, goes up to a toddIer OF
four summers, lifts him all asleep ttcm tho
deck AID spreads uoder him tho coat.
The little chap sinks toto tho toro and dirty
garment With the Same delicious sensation oil
perfect comfort with which the white child,
after q dsy'a play, nestles 10 biz clean bed
IPoor parish children OF poverty goiog, they
ueilher kocw nor heed wtlther, looking to
thess dusky and ,inpe parents 10 tho utques-
tioLiug trustlu!oess Of childhood. The blind
leading the blind, and shall they not both fall
Into the ditch?
Look around o. the baggage Of theso people.
a basket or tins aod crockery. o bale or two Of
bedding, often b,ds.ead with lha stats tied up
With rope. perhaps chest. For luloh they
| eat c,rn cake, aud driok from pail Of river
water The old maa falls asleep. sitting on his
box. his gray head and wrinkled face buried in
his hard hands. Tue children cry a1d be a1akss
from bis nap.
The whito men who come and tell them that
Kansas means want and misery to thom are not
believed. They reason that the whites do not