The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-01
The Money Of the Association Used to Send
Missionaries South to Entice Away
the Negroes.
Especial Correspondence 81 the Democrat

and a large number Of children. These are
crowded into small rooms and herded togsth-
or ina way that has never yet been seen On
any Southern plantation. Several OF the
men and women have consumption, and Will
die ut an curly day; others have pneumonia,
and are experiencing hard time; others
again are struggling along TOR life or death,
In the agonies Of dysentery, caused BY ex-
posture, change Of climate and water. Some
OF The latter have been wofully neglected, and
really treated In d barbarous way, that re-
fleets on the civilization and humanity Of
people who profess Christianity. The relief
association Ii certainly responsible for this
condition, forif they did exercise but q rea-
sonable amount OF core and attention to the
situation, there would be no necessity for this
record.
| In the other camps found many OF the So
called refugees situated In a far worse condi-
tion than they ever were In their old homes
| They are herded together In small rooms, and
sick and well breathe On atmosphere that 10
certainly calculated to breed peStilence. That
their general condition IL much worse than It
was In the South, will be illustrated by the
following series OF
INTERVIEWS:
| David Cotton, aged 10, wife and five children.
From Lovell's place. in Tensas parish; sick,
generally weak and will die soon. Homesick,
but SO long as provided for here will not go
home; says he and the old woman made out
very well on the old place; did much better
there than here, where he "hain't got no work,
nor nuthin' but trouble"
| Arson Fisher, aged 45, wife and three child
rem from Aikens place, Carroll parish. Sick
with tuberculosis, the result Of pneumonia
from exposure; will die soon; was doing well
at home, but got frightened at stories told
| him couldn't get n0thin' ahead" and was
told that Kansas was the heaven for eolored
folks; hain't found 1t @ paradise; done moth
ing since he came here; been sick all the
| time, but expects to get 160 acres OF land, etc.
/ Lucy Gross, Lake ut. John, Coneordia par
/ ish. Sick with consumption; Will die before
autumn; gets homesick, but IS going to re-
| main here and get home from the govern
| ment and the relief committee.
Peter johnson, aged 45, from the Ashley
place, Madison parish; easy going, stout and
muscular man; has been used to field work
always and finds q life OF idleness here very
/ irksome: will 20 back; ID satisfied he can Go
/ better there than In the North.
y Lewis Edwards, aged 81, from NO. - Mag
nolia street, New Orleans; ~ q roustabout;
could not net anything to do there and shipped
TO this country 70 see what chance there y ~
l get town lots, farm. etc, given. to him will
drift back some time, as "dere's nuthin' but
| dIspintmen' heah and eyerywhar."
Abe Williams, aged 45, wife and six-nearly
parish; did well at home, but "heerd de bull
] fits buzzin' at night; don't git no work, an
de InlgEah's heah don't recnise en- would
/ Sam wilkinson, aged 40, with wife and one
Z nh lii hand and dacks from Frank
Morey' s place, Delta; nothing TO do here; not
got anything from the committee, but mas
been promised land, ETC.; will try 1t here; he
would go back now. however. 4 crowd
started. 8@
Jacob Miles, from Nicholas place, Young's
Point, Madison parish; q worthless fellow Id
every respect. 'Came heah cause de white
folks don't think themselves no better an
| him." no work and don't want any 80 long
Henry Chambers, aged seventy, with his
/ wife; from COL Townley's place, Madison
parish. Both together wouldn't make half
hand; has beer, sick most OF the time; prom
ised mules and wagon and patch OF dirt to
/ live ON free, up here, and don't want to go
7 back; was never molested in the South.
John Dunn, Marshall place, Madison par
ish; s.skeert by stories told Of bull-dozen
done well dar, and was on nifty nice place,
de purtiest country In de world but feered
de bu1ldozers and hadn't any right to vote as
be wanted santeei would go back If sure Of being
Tom Dunn and wife, same place; don't
want to 60 back; haven't seen enough Of the
i country. gets ratiOns, etc; has not had any
work; did better In that respect on the old
place; won't 60 because the wife wants to
Gilbert Cobb, aged AZ, wife and four chill
dren, same place; a more Intelligent black
than his fellows; made SO to 81 q day on the
old place; says Mr.. Marshall was gentle
man and treated them all well; he had 9 team
and started for Kansas with 5000; all gone
now, and he Is living In small room Where
twelve persons sleep; had some work at sew
enty-five cents day; finds 1t hard getting
along; his children we're no care to him down
there-iust grew. without looking after, but
don't like to do it, will have to ask help; got
scared at stories Of bulldozing and left;
haven't seen any such country, nor half az
good up here, but hopes to get farm and &c
i Young Campbell, wife and seven children;
i same place; has a hard time getting along
has work In q backyard, but don't like 1t; he
would go back IL he had chance, but the
clothes given to them and will not hear to it,
especially as they have nothing to do here.
Solomon Lee, aged 60, with his wife and
three children, same place: very sick and will
die; the family will be left paupers; no atten.
tion has been paid to him by whites; sorry be
left the old place.
John Shaw, with his wife and five children
same place; had money left when he came
here; is carpenter, ETC.; built some cabins
and has the other negroes as tenants Don't
want to go back.
Mary Dunn; thinks .these people is toe
particular here. Lady discharged her kase
she eheWed tobaccy; ct Use gWine to work fol
white folks heah, I'D better staid at home
an done sumfin' for ourselves at works as We
understands. Don't git muffin ahead Out
Iheah. would 90 back but Ia evidently useless
4 anywhere.
i These are only few specimens OF those
whom have interviewed, but you will SEE
their reports. They are urged by the Radi
calls here to tell their story often, and to Gre
ate sympathy, but the people generally and
the foolish business, and avoid having any
thing to do with these unWelcome newcomers
One OF the results of my investigation
aroused concerning ing the DISPOSITION that has
B been made OF