The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-05
THE "LlBERIAN FEVER"
NO MORE NEGROES Lea n rms
COUNTRr ron IERIC.I.
Returning Negroes In Pitirui stnte-Ic..
trrS from an EmiGrnnt to Liberia n
u'h bcsIre to Emirrhtc There TIL
Emigration Fever WAS worked r.,

N"Rr"es IN Fi'i"i state
Rat Desire to Emtrrntc There - tn
Emigration Fever Was Worked Tn.
~NNNNNNNn' Arrii ], \ year ago tho
steamship Hotsu smiled ont OF this port for tic
west YVES, G"a,t Of Afrtga. She was loaded down
u "' 'cop,'' VINO were anxious to jump
oue :, lhe southern frying tan into the AM.
made the occasion Of n ~ Drco + dr g,v',spr T",
forest CITY. TIT CIV swormrd nh oycr tho s,,,,,,
Of the beautiful rl,y nn "a', ,r r., y%,t' ,n" S,'',,,
and Its approaches from which the steamer WA,
to sail. From the appearance Of tnipys II n,cI,i
rs II the black population of tl nthnin county
had the African fever 'ally, and That II there
w." ,r"r.n "vr" ,tn "p noam,o ', n IN 'IIon1s'ion -
transport inc people 'h"y would have all Gnns
az Tno ono" mcon ,T Inc hSra s'I ro,, o, ,h ,,y ,nn and tn, tnn'.".
:, J. ~ ~ ~" WY, an" thr re-
also predicted that the Horsn was only ,nr ,,,..
runner If a rcyutar lire Of s,co,rn,s !, VI,
to ply between otr Southern ports and tho
west coost of Africa. The passage tram, rom
., ''" Wv" '''lt"' "a" lt"" H','"' y was
shown ON roper, would mako such n s'com-
cn,crn,i.e inI,,,,.ni q, rn ifa. tlov '
~ ~ nn.U'E.! ~ nv ms; 'hey e,hi''I'a
writing Of the subject.
We'll, the IIorsn Inns NOT so far proyed n f,-
"''N Nv
runner, hut only a tramp in the business; ITO
steamship line between our Southern ports and
west Airic" is still an idea formlcss; and IL
there is an army of black people in Florida.
n'onR,"' w :a.,'%,uH' "na Loe,S,"na VINO wans
10 go u" west Nlr.a' rave iahed 10 ma thcn
dnsrins the past four months. They may he
a,or,s a,1 ,dvooatas -, l,.,aaa .aeaS
"re .tI,I ' Visible ""' t" the naked q, @I, rya, o pvIa thar "r,
still talking through their bats. but they have
nn con.iGcrar No faIIawinr ""'' u '"'' "'
Now and again one of the Horsa's passengers
struggles back to the nelghborhood in the south
from which he went n year ago with the pride
Of hope reared upon great expectations all over
spirit and purse, to begin anew in the land of
n,hors Iass for,mnn,a = aorOnoI1a, ~ IT,
nv teSs t"n". - .oHhp.lleu W remain
in exile and to write here to friends and rele.
Zionist ever undertaSes to answer A pa,ta.
from one of the Horsa's people. W. r. Hafrcr.
written at Johnsonvii,e, Liberia. Dec. :. 1892 IS
being circulated IN the southern states. The
publication OF IT here last Saturday in tho
utch,n irp,une. a race organ, created quite a
70 see the Horsa sail away a year ago. In lis
letter 1 hrn N SHys; 1nov.
letters since I have been oyer here, but I have
nor got any hearing from them; so / write you
get a hearing from them. / hardly know how rr
10 tell you about this country. Something 30
eat is scarce over here. mother. The chop We
eat consists OF rice. stock-fish, salt herrings,
casada. eddOes, collard greens. potatoes; palm
oil is our grease; don't have any meal or -four.
we eat twice a dav. when we can get 1t. though
since | have been over here ! have been glad
enough to get one meal Of dry rice n day. and
nothing in 1t but salt and water. no grease at az.
Mother, you give this letter to Charley. and
tell him | say to have it struck and send ii to
the newspapers. so everybody can read what I
say. Tell the people say for them TO pay no
attention or heed to Bishop NJ. Turner, nor no
one else that makes lectures concerning com
ing to Liberia. because we have suffered
enough. We came over here April, 1895, and
ever since we have been here we have been in q
suffering and starving condition; and as for me-.
! have never been in such n fix before I'm my life.
bishop Turner. for his Fart. did not tell the
truth all down the line. He came over here
this year to conference. and he did not take
time to stay and tend to his business on ac-
count Of he was afraid he would take the fever,
One of the doctors was telling him about tho
late emigrants. that they were sick and needed