Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-02-16
THE EXODIrEs
Phs Advance Guard on the Homsward
March.


March,
WASnSGrOS. FrJruary 10.
spsciaI Correspondence of the Register
l .rl,.raphrd you last night Of the
arrival here Oi some oi the COlored men
who hal been sr,luccd irom their homes
in North Carolina by false promises and
landed in Indiana tosutIrr priyation and
vote the Radical ticket Two Of thee
men, whose names are summons and
RDundtrrc, gave senator Voorhees, "A
clear statement oi the treatment they
received while out west. simmons
went Ia live with Peck, a noted Radi-
cal oi Putnam county, and was To get
hity cents "A day ior husking corn ia AN
open field, AMI was tO board himself.
Now, IN Indiana, after rain and snow,
this is terrible work, and ordinarily
there II exposure connected with II that
"A North Carolina negro cannot stand.
Peck boarded him ON his place, and at
the end oi several weeks summons got
nothing for ms work. "llow was that1'
asked the senator. "Why, YOU see We
hat tn eat when Il was bad weather and
We got no pay for rainy days Round
tree vent to live with Presherry O. Hase,
also Republican, and was Ia get ten dol
lars a month and board, and al the end
of seven weeks only recolyed ten dollars.
How was that o asked thc senator.
"They sold mc some cloths Tor tho bal
ance Oi what Was coming to me, said
he. That WAS the kind ot paylanihro-
py they met With in the promised land
where they had been told work was plen-
tiul and WAGES high-whers social
equality wouli be- accorded them and
white ladies were To play ON the piano
Tor them. senator Ransom, In the pres
cnce ui your correspondent, quietly
asked some questions OF the exOdltters
who we're returning To their homes
in Wayuc and Wilson counties
in North Carolina, which
elirited characteristic answers, going
Ia show supreme disgust al the
whole prucre,ling. Allthey wanted was
10 get backbone, and North Carolina
seems a. dear tO them n 10 did tO the
brave "tar heels" during the war, who
when slrk unto death IN hospitals,
crayed always Just To get back home,
feeling that that would cure them. SAID
the Senator: People gave you what
YOU wanted in Indiana, Didn't they
mo, indeed sir, they replied with em-
phasis, III yOu didn't have nothing, no.
body would give you anything 'Ot
course." said the senator, YOU got
plenty 0i sweet potatoes" "Why, no
sir. the Last one Nc saw MAS the last cold
one We eat on the road when We were
coming from home Ia 70 out there.
When he asked them Il they we're going
hack IL would have made Mr.. Window
sick Ia have heard their negative replies
AMI witness their expression ul disgust
az the very suPPOsltlon. They had
fortunately kept some at thcIr money
having been well-tO-dO in North Caro-
lima, and that was the reason they were
able To return. Hundreds Ot others,
they told me, were anxious to get back,
but have no money. The women and
children stand the climate baily, they
said. ROundtree will - before the
Exodus Committee Monday, and, un-
less the Radicals get him in hand before
that time. he will give the Emlgrant Ald
Sagirtv another black eye. senator
Ransom SAYS u Is only necessary Tor
these men and others t0 get back to
North Carolina aud tell a true story 20
put an end to the exodus. They VIII
tell u.
West Virginia War Claimants
Mr Bragg's bill. reported from the
war claims committee at the House,
makes appropriations Tor citizens OF
West Virginia as follows John ;: BOND
81 ,O35; Alien Campbell, Sl21; VIM: IL.
Dixon, S572; Samuel Lewis, 500; VIM.
NJ. Randolph, 81 200, Anthony MONEY!,
SIOO: William Russell, SSOO; Mary T.,
Rutherford, trustee Tor Mary Jewett,
$625, Anna Stipes, Slu9.
Weather Prophets Why don't they make
AimansoS
Nenor. the Canadian weather pro-
phet has astonishrd the weather bureau
at Washington, by the accuracy with
which he has predicted, Is long As
month m advance, in regard 10 impor-
pOrtant changes in the weather. They
say he has access 90 weather statistics Tor
nifty years past at Toronto, and by an IN
telligent examination has been ah.e
d reach his conclusions as 10 What klnd
Ot weather would prevail IN different
months. His plan is tO compare the
weather chaRgcs Tor each month separ.
stely, running through long series oi
years. our Washington "Old Probs
say that they can nov pTedlst often
week in advance and viii, when the
data has accumulated at their ONCE
here, be able 10 predict Tor longer peri
obs. Ihis indicates that almanac max
ing after a while will be an exact science
ami tbat there will be no gues WORK Ss
tO SHOWS, rains and sWeltering days.
The North Has Learned the ssorss
Before the war the power OF the South
in Congress was attributed 10 the faes
that it kept its representatives IN the
House and Senate long enough to n1 ieAIn
statesmanship thoroughly and 10 build
up influence. The North, since lsoO
seems 10 have learned the importance %
this, fOr now Gen. 6arneld, vho nss
been in the House sightsen years, has