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Show THE MX.UO EIODIS. lion It hh Brougiit About. Boston, 7. The Advertiser says the work of northern associatioua among southern negroes inducing them to emigrate ireru the south which has resulted in the present exodus movement, move-ment, began soon after the presidential presiden-tial struggle. The popularity of the Liberian movement among South Carolina blacks led the exodus magnates mag-nates to open correspondence with western land aud railway agencies and jutt as they were about ready to talk up tbe advantages of the chosen western paradise the railway land negotiators themselves rushed in with glowing prospectuses and precipitated the stampede. This land conies to the railway company as a subsidy Irocu Texas. The sections betwren tbe railway lauds belong to the elate and these aro io be prtompttd at $1.50 an acre. ' It i; understood that about 2,6u0 families are ready tostart It is euppesed that these people will start aliotit April 1'J, emancipation day. Letters t.avo been received in Bos'on within a week from lending sculheru colored men, stating that the tide will swell until there Will bo a sufficient decrease of population in the southern states to ruluee the representation in cdu gres in the next apportionment by at least tilteen. Tne locality in which these new settlers were to have been collected wan Texas, let oen New Mexico and Indiwi territory. Here, with about 'J0i,000 men, oi c-lbiid ol t Lie in with tamiiics. it wm aLtid- pated that iu lirao a territory might be set ofl by itself, as a elate to to called Lincoln. Iu furtherance ol this scheme, there was formed, some months' eg, iu Ibis city, the National Farmers' ari-oci ition. This i-ssoeia-tioo engnged from tbe D.iliaa atd Wichita rilioad. Texas corporation, eixty five alternate sections of land, to be paid for at tne rate of -1 50 an acre. The association ipued lols ol 200 shares of stock, each thare at if UK); these arc guid to colored people, and are accepted by the railroad corporation as caib iu their purchase of land. Tne orgauizitiuu referred to ie one oi several in the north, their formation being preceded by the circulation of political documents among negroei during the pet two years. Probably the most ii,ll jcnlial ol thee documents docu-ments have emanated rum Bjs'on, and arc known as li.e "tirtd principle papere." 'I tie latent w re ie-n'. d in August lust, en:it:d "A pi an to transfer frei-Jmen nf the pnuiu to ;uverumer.t lands of the w;et." |