The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-12-17
KANSAS AID socIsTy.

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knesnieh ssaloa3 an astieis a. The Iollc~s1
ing relative 10 things appersaining 10 Kan
sas Aid Societies, Sc, but from the fact
that The Democrat yss;erdaypuh eshsa with
great GU to i sstter from 4. "A Hatsey j, ses|
veteiy ceasuriNg the Chicago kama Ali
Society The to'lswins artielc aliud =
directly to that letter, and shows how ialsel
and unjust have been the numerous charges
made a. ains. sh,s society. principally by
Democratic organs. y will le guund ia-s.
teresting, as giving brief account Of the
difficulties experiensedE BY Inc Chicago Aid
Society in their enterprise:
From the chicago Tsitnne &c Il the ssh
Reply to the Attack eft. A. Harvey on he
Kansas Ali Society.
ln@anosher columnwe copy from the 81.
Lotus Democrat, OF the 81 lust. a cemmuni-
eaton iremJ "A. Harye now in X ansas,
but formerly 81 tbs city. aMr. IL was one
OF the eompany tnHkzsksrtsd trou, Chicago
for Kansas iaet Hume and was turned btck
on thepver ~ the Missour,ans He ieit
here - the cosnmissary oil the. company
Afterwards, while in Iowa, he was elected
captain u the fragment that pushed through
10 kansas; and upon the breaking gu, 0,
difficulties their last summer, he was chosen
Colouel ofseyeral small companies OF FREE
State men, aud has ressined that tile rye,
slnce. Thus much ~ regards the biagra
phy Of the "Goionei,s sud now word IN
reply to hs sttask on the Asd, Society.
Al thcvery time Harvey was w.itug his
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Mr.. sArney. MAS IN his way 10 Kansas 10
dis pense large anouat Of relief 1.-THE de-.
ttute aud suffering, and when Harvey's
statements were first seen BY the SIC ETY.
ha WAS probably e.joyine the a.d sen, -.
| him, and 10 now, pethaps, regret,ing his
| hasy and i'll advi. ed pub iestsn
| Every sensible person must know the diff
| 6culties the Society had to enconater il
iFrW ardiag aid TO the Free Stale people Of
Kansas. The Missouri river was closed
gainst them b. The Back Democratic Rut-
| fats. Neither provisions, clo,hiag, nor
| emigran,s could be sent by the natural as
we'll a. the national highway to the Terri
tory. The toilsome, tedious and Expensive
| and route across Iowa ard Nebraska, was
! the only way lett by Which The committee
could forward suceor. And even on this
| route Their rains were stopped and captur-
I'd BY U 5, Dragons and FLYING Artillery.
| aud dogg d by the reebooters I'D IN BY
| Strngleiow, Titus and A chson, with rob-
| berry and mu der as their objects. Ever,
| rain was obliged 10 run the guantiet be-
tween The warriors o. Pierce and the assas-
siIs Of Atshisoa. Some managed to reach
| their destination BY means of strstagem,
urced marching, aud lorg detours from the
direct road, without beins cap urrd by the
| drsgoors, or having q fight the Law aud
Murder" d lnotrais.
The land march from Iowa Civ TO Tope-
Ia Vas about four hundred miles. much Of
this distance was wilderness, where no
human habitstioas we're 10 be feund -
There we're no bridges ucrussihe streams,
n froad across swamp or plain. The pro-
visions tor the emigrants had ID be wagon
ed aiung for hundreds o. miles, The ex-
pense aid tsrdiuess, the ri and ha;dshtp
tobe met and overcome aay b. conceived:
yea 10 d spite OF these obstacles, the com
| sittee, in the couree oi TWO months, acu
| alis plaHied ia Kansas one Thousand subl
| 5odI d eagraHls nineteen ~ every tSen-
| " OF ahem ire there o Gay, and eHo vii
remafn permanently II be tefrii ~. But
this vas not al A very larsc amount "a
vast among tie Oh -etliefs @as rel we'd.
| Mesns Of seii>dffenee were furnished TIE
| Free Ststs residents as seii ~ 10 th.5 new
/ mig aLts, by WtlIch they were enabled 10
| make so gallant aad s'upoorn Sc e.iiss 81
their rights against the rUfisn horde Mo
INVADED ,hsm vita he aeterniDed purpose
Of 'swiping oat," % use theIr own lteguss2sl
| The "lss, Tree SAFE aan a Kansas" Moth
ine. nr. ysa,ed tbp ulter ex.afEai ltatlan :
rs. p xf.te pe5 s94 NJ lo.ss.,g liz
esn.a III fr,,a,5n h th.I rersit..sr IN, -
,srsevarsug Ta5 nsre,,lss, ~,
80 sf;',ss9 ..a.fb.ests.:sf>; o@;,,,
i ose,.is,,9s as..rs,5-s.. f'.,sa-.,.i ~ /
f,,ts tb..fa !. ',,,, ,,.,,,.s. ~ 80 a Al
So, ab, ~ IA -, g. -, Sc.
,sa.ts ,,;s4e s,.a ,,ssa - t.,sa,ha |
~. ~ 49, bG5 .4-s5- ~ $3.50
80 y ,I.s.' l'.,,,,s.;,is
r.ora :, tE,s.y ~, s,,h..s-=,,t,, ~.
n-a,d 1sliaf 5.i,b.. s.,4,5,, r.. g.
naonie Tbsre "a ~ ,.'..'s.,:.s,ri,. |
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,aa 49,, ,4.n s,.>.i#,rs -
NJ. r.,,..,,,~,,.. III, $50
,scr,b.d er,i,aIv "a nj ,,..t 800 ~
means !, c.,,,.,s "A ara il ~ stss,..1,. ia
$500 l. i'll. ::
1870, ~ $40 1..,s
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,,,.Il; .,s,,ss Observation-Disclosures ..,,h.
,l,s,sd ~ Il ,ysv & q,
A. son u. rho No.; ,i,a. ts...
.syigabIe far Ere. STE ~, In. A;d 60,
n.it,s. last 10 day il - ,ilin,, s.lt s,
mar channel .. coa,nunicatfnn :, nan, is
eliet 20 the settlers. Clo,hinr and nr.,vis.
s,u,. groceries and other necasxar5ss bava
been 4 sbur,sd wi,h ! iiberal hand IN
,noun, AZ ss.istaace sftoneJ nv he riya,
and distributed over tie territory ,yj,bin The
| ,sst thr.e We. X has bs4r ~ i,rrs IA,
a,,rh what remains Ia no sen, yaT9 l;ttia
| larger Of xlfap,. des,ituti.,u need he an.
| pretended. and no Free state man mr. f,r,ii.
$ will be obliged 10 leave fa. tefrito,y fnis
| ! inter. in conapoaence ~ ,r.n, ~ ,ood a.
cio,hing. II has not been lie poIscy a. tiIs
Committee 10 give money TO The egigrsn,.
aisceilanegu ny, a. that fnerhs,d On raijef !,
ublect 10 great abuse and suecgI,tion. M
Oh tae part if The COMMITTEE. bnt II the r..
,,o,ea,s. Money you. d he Wasted ana an.
,.abed 10 ri,cussrd ~uys witbgu, accom-.
| plisbjng the purpose fgr syb ch il wa. giyen
AID M liz mors targtb,s form az br.sd sng
anaent was conceived f. De more effsi.nf