New-York tribune., 1880-02-08
DESTITUTE YEGR0 EMIGRANTS

rxprcrING TO MAKE THE VOYAGE FOR TEN DOL
1ARs-A wRFTcmED PARTY or 1wENTY-ONE
P6RsON SENT HOME.
There arrived on Monday, February 2, In
This city party Of coiosed persons from II rrison
County Texas. numbering fourteen peisOns On Ihrs-
day seven from the same place reaohea mere Inc
entire party Of twentyone consisted OF Thomas Larkn H.
with his wife and six children from four 20 seventeen
years of age; Lucky Singleton ais wife aud two chill
Gren, Lawson Slias his wife ana Two chlaren' tn'
Youngest only few month, 0ld; Lemue Manywea'heF'
nj, wife and one child Augustus Singleton aud
william Daniels. They arrived ~ very ioriofn
condition and on applying for relief TO tn Com
sioner, OF Charities and Correction cent TO tie
Kinc. County Aimshouse as State paupers. Sias and
Mauyweather were sOnsin.law OF Larkin 40 tbat"lih
the exception OF two persons. the party consisted OF
relatives The wife OF Larkn died az the hmshousc "h
Wednesday OF pneumonia His o'oesJ daughter gave
brih 10 child the lew hours before reaching
Jersey Cdy In which place she has remained since The
arrival These persons were all very seSntilN
eothed; they were all nearly 81 with theis long
and wearsoms ride by rail from Texas IN third-cass
cara; ana their money had eaten rs niue us
posslbe on the road. and were nearly famished when
they eached the almshouse. Their case Was nNe'ti-
g,ed Yesterday by Dr. Chsres Hoyt. the secretary
OF the state Board Of Charties. IN connection WITH
Ripley Ropes and Mrs. Lowell on behalf OF the local
authorities.
DR. Hoyt gave a TRIBUNE reporter the following ae-
count OF this party Of emigrants from The South whom
ne describes IA fair type of the persons from their
loeantysimpe unsophisticated and apparently truth
sul They left Texas To gO Liberia and came To New
York 10 take ship for that country, IN perfect good
faith They were induced TO leave home by Larkin,who
IA minister "a Of some Intelligence, able to read
and write and about iiy years old. He Is the oracle
10 ,hc marty and has interested himself IN encouraging
emigration to Liberia among the coored persons OF his
| neIehborhood. His brotheriulAw, whose name Is
| Matthew'S went to Liberia two years ago, and
has written home glowing accounts OF the cOun-
try has Lberian papers, ana hed out Inducements
TO Larkiu to follow him with party LarkiD had also
| ASSURANCES from some one IN Washington. ID. Col
whom ne now knows nothing except that his name is
| something like Carpenter COyingon. and that lie
SAWS he is connected with the Colonization Society al
| that place-that II Larln would so to NewYork. ho
conld get his party TO Liberia upon paying $40 for
each the balance OF the passage money to be paid after
they were settled In their homo SO they began
several months ago their the Journey.
and among them accumulated nearly 5000. and started
| with the honest intention OF going to Liberia.
Other parties are now forming IN Harrison County
| with this object In view. brother Of Matthews is
active in inducing cmgraton and that county has be-
| come the centre from which the influence radIates
throughout that part OF the state. Thirty persons
| pect TO leave there the last OF February and stll
others iii follow in March Larkn says he knows OF
thousands who have been saving lhelr money to come
10 NewYork, from whence they expect to get to Liberia
No complaint IS made by Larkn his associates OF
bad treatment by the White residents at bOme OF
| Iack of work. The incentive TO emigrate simply
rho desire TO reach Liberia which they looked upon
the promised land aud which had been made to appear
| very attractive TO them.
Acting under the State Law concerning paupers from
other states Dr. Hoyt and Mr. Ropes agreed IN deciding
send unfortunate persons back to Texas, and
not forward them to Liberia as ne emianis al fist
desired Their for this decision were III he first
place, the doubt concerning tue deHrabny OF going 80
Liberia, OF which many colored men have given most
djscouragng accounts The facilities for going there
are also very slender being only by sailing vessels and
at long nfervalS But "A reason thai had stl greater
WEIGHT was this That the parties O .Ored persons
! arriving In New York are probably only the fOrerun
nrrs of an Increased from tue place.
under the same deusiye expectation Oi being forwarded
10 Liberia for small snn OF money and That II New
York Clfy should come to be understood forwarding
aoeScy for this purpose would long before the
Authorities would find on their hands number OF pau
r mai thew eould hardly afford to take care or II
~nnld moi only then have been wrong these people
10 send them on, but might result Ia lOOdng the ciiy
| with those VINO would follow them
After much hesitation. therefore, Lafkn and MS party
agreed TO return home Larkin Had he hBd decided that
N was religious duty for him TO return and warn the
narties that are now forming and 10 tell ali the persons
whom me has influenced what his experience has been
One Of the party Augustus Singleton, had S4 money,
and Daniels had 81 30 These iwo were dscha gcd from
rhe po0r-bOuse aud VIII home at receiving
from the authorities snc assistauce ns tbey may need
10 reach their destination. Sias and Manyweatnef viii
return with their families In the Galveston steamer
that leaves NewYOrk to-day. Larkin Will return as
| soon as his daughter can travel. .-,
DR. Hoyt said that the whole party presented the most
puabe picture Of wrechedncss o had ever seen IN MS
experience among the poot ana he hoped that by the
publicity given t6elr result OF the experiment Others
| might be warned against repeating H. lie considered
IN very fortunate hat there was state Agency 70 deaf
with euc cases the local authorities WOud hardly feel
u nm lertaking send pauprrs all the way 20
tber homes as the State Board does since june lSTN
there have been about 100 commitments TO the kug;
Coupty AmshOuse frum the counties III ms vclnt al
OF whom have been disposed of except hiiyeight arc
In the past year 103l persons have been sent Dack
their homes OF to the Insane and other SYlums rom W
tweys ustitutons Of the nn0 Ginerents parts OF h'
| Slate.