The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-21
STILL THEY COME.
Carolina Negroes Flocking to Indiana
in Drovss--.Drummed Up by
Seheming Politicians.
No Provision for the Maintenance of Those
Already Here, and Democrats Applied
to for Money to Pay Their
Way Back.
The Exodus COMMITTEES Cry for Help, and Say
That If Democrats Do Not Come to the
Rescue Their Republican Breth
rem VIII Starve.

On Friday night a special train of three
coaches ana . baggage car followed the in
coming passenger train over the T., @. and L.
road. The coaches were filled with North
Carolina negroes to the number of nearly
2Oo, including men, women and children
They were AL shaboily dressed, and each
carried pack, in some instances not larger
than collar box, and from that
size up to the dimensions OF
barrel These packs represented
the sum total OF their household goods.
They were directed into the gentleman's
waiting room az the depot, and when they
were all in every inch of space was taken up.
A Sentinel reporter gazed on this poverty
stricken crowd of humanity, as they sat hud-
died together, and In each face was depicted
a blank look, bordering on despair. sadder
spectacle is seldom witnessed. and could
she men who are importing these Ignorant
creatures have seen the sight at the depot on
Friday night, they would have certainly
blushed for shame to think they were en-
gagged in such a nefarious busi ness. The
newcomers looked hungry ana God-for-
saken, and one old gentleman said they had
not been fed" since early in the morning.
The reporter attempted to interview some OF
these men, but in most instances their mouths
were closed 10 a0y answers TO questions pro
pounded. IL was very evident TO the inter
viewer that they had been posted. After
several attempts to ascertain the history OF
their coming, without success. the reporter
anally singled out one negro with a dis
usted-lookiDg couutenance, and from him
ELECTED the fact that the crow q was drummed
up by one scott, a darkey from Washington,
who belonged to the bureau Of immigra-
tion,' and that the negroes hail from Hall
fax, Smithfield and Lorraine counties, North
Carolina Saturday number OF prominent
Democrats, including the state officers, were
called upon BY the exodus committee"
and asked for contributions to relieve the
suffering immigrants claiming that all the
money they had collected was exhausted,
snd that they did not have anything to pro-
vide for the immediate wants OF those ne
groes already here, and as to the new ar
rivals they could not possibly DO anything
FOR them.
About 10 of the negroes applied to Audi
tor Manson on Saturday fer money TO pay
their fare back TO North Car lima, stating
that If they remained here they would sure
Iy starve, and that things had been misrep-
resented to them by the men VINO sent them
here
At GREENsBgRG.
Our CORE respondent writes under date of
January IL as follows:
This afternoon train brought 10 of the North
Carolina negroes here. Your correspondent
that they had all got places among Republ1-
cans TO work, and that they were ali voters.
They It te 49, there will be about - more
here SUMS wo. ne think the RepuDli-
of This wasn't .IeI9na TO t6eir narty be-
fore brir n negroes here to work.
LATER FROM GREENsBURC.
our correspondent writes: Another large
party OF North Carolina negroes arrived
here Saturday evening from Indianapolis.
There was a small party arrive here yester
day afternoon, who left town for the coun
try Immediately upon arriving, having al
ready obtained places to work among the
Republican farmers. The parties that ar
rived here last evening were met al the
depot BY some of the prominent Republicans
of this place. Among them we no iced the
face Of Hon. VIM. II. Goddard, q very prom
inent Republican and Blaine man. They
were taken to the colored church here by
the minister until their Republican friends
could find places for them. Mr. Goddard
stated 70 your correspondent this morning
that they were most all women and children
that arrived here last night, and that there
were only three or four men. III Goddard
mad counted them he would have found ID
men IN the party, all old enough to vote.
Your correspondent happened TO be on the
train that carried the negroes, and inter
viewed three or four of them, VINO stated
that they did not know what they were
going to do, or where they were going when
they got TO Greensburg. They stated that
they bad leader with them and to him
your correspondent was referred. The pump
was applied. but without success, as he
stated-"If the papers went views, they can
not get any from ms.' He said there would
be about 100 more here this week. We
can not see what they will find to do here,
unless the farmers turn off their white
hands and hire negroes in their stead, Tor
there is not work enough here to keep the
men who are asking for work employed.
AT NORTH VERNON.
Our North Vernon correspondent writes,
under date of January IL, as follows:
In the neighborhood of 35 colored people.
here this morning, route to Kansas.
They were well clad, and had with
them an ABUNDANCE OF household goods,
guns, dogs, etc. They appeared 10 have
an abundance OF money, and were rather
above the average in intelligence and appear
ance. One large, healthy looking, coffee col
your correspondent with the information that
they were emigrating Tor the purpose of better
cal significance. He said that they had been
unable TO make any money except by the
hardest kind OF work; that he had worked
past, and pledged me his word
and honor that after paying the expenses of
tickets to Topeka' he had but $40 left. He
further stated that he had contracted with a
capitalist in Kansas, who had agreed TO fur
ulDu lduuf uOu5cf bcdAh anu I'M"
PIGMENTS, and give him one-haIf of the entire
crop raised; and he further informed me that
he expected TO grow 80 bushels Of corn TO the
acre, and 10 cultivate 40 acres,
for which he claimed he would
ind ready market at IS cents
per bushel making total of o. 200, net, for his
share. These estimates and figures he had on
piece of paper that, from Its appearance,
had been used as campaign document. Poor
deluded man, when he reaches Kansas and
finds that more acres fail 20 produce 20 bushels
of corn than there are that produce So and
that IS cents IL monstrous price for this staple
in that country, he will realiZs how shame
fully he has been deceived by designing men.