New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-09

70 bal, directly or osi,eaIy receive one dime Of money
or prodnee contributed for relief as u compensation
" for orr time. labor or effort, and shah only DO en-
t,d 70 conservation for incidental expenses neces-
,ay for the transaction Of the business, and sh"
give snd take vouchers well from eaco other ~
from all other persons, and preserve the same TOT
settlement
The reports received from the county and township
Commits "a show great amount of dssti uton in pros
nee, az well as already exiog. They are too lengt
for publication as they contain the name OF each settler
ard hi. condition and wants. few Of the reports in
condemned form cau only be given here and these are
from various portions Of the Territory.
The Conn ittee Of Auburn Township, Shawnee
Comfy report the names of Ga families consisting OF
2i persons In this township 30 700 bushels Of corn
were raised in 1859. The crop This year will be
" bushels Wheat raised in 1883, Log bushels 10
" 1860 only 10 bushels Potatoes in 81, 2,7i5 bush
fls: In Co Is bushels Garden products this year,
s5 Cash on hand, s3i8. Thirty three families are
without money. Old corn and meal on hand 6C4
- bushel -four on hand 1900 pounds; groceries W.
al psrsops bsve left persons have moved IN an
ID need an entire supply of 80. grain xssprng
Cot, pwood Falls township, Chase County, report
90 families, lls psrsops The Committee IN conclusion
saw that the whose names are on this ist nave
Z" been here over q year; have spent all the re8oy
means which they had and the drouth and failure OF
crops have left them without bread or the means OF
procuring it,"
Judge Graham, chairman of the Committee for
Center township, Madison County, In suomitnng Tue
hOne.tbird of the inhabitants in destitute cir
cumstsRces. OF thu other two-tbirds there are 50
families i42 persons, that are partly supplied; lam
ess relief lie had from abroad three fourths OF the IN
habtsnts Of this county will be compelled to leave the
country or stsrve number of cattle have died in
this county of Spai isb feveri
eloT To ,rte County.
"Eihy three fan es 26j persons. They have 30
bushels Of corn and meal and sacks Of Hour; not a
dollar in money. There il not bushel OF corn or
me al TO the individual in the township and only four
pounds of, flour 10 the person; eleven families are
without meal or flour, except as they borrow from
otbers."
Butler, Hunter, and Otoe Counties, with popula-
ton Of 909 peIeOns are reported BY Judge Lsmbden,
p G. Morton, esq., and Dr. Lewelin, az follows:
"n is truly alarming as to crops; there are none
it is a complete failure. There will not be twenty
bushels of corn rsised in the three counties. Three
fourths Of the population almost destitute Of money
clothes, and provisions. Very few have more cattle
than supply their immediate wants some, indeed,
have been deprived Of their last cow by disease
which has prevailed in this country, called the Span
ish Fever Many families have not more than one
bushel of neal in the house. that with soma buff
fao meat and milk they get composes their daily food
The facts they really exist are. that the people are
in suffering condition, and, unless supplies are fur
nshed from some source much suffering will be the
rebuilt"
Msrsball County, Blue Rapids township, report for
iy nine families in very destitute conditions they
have little money aud scarcely any groceries on hand
Atchison County, Grassbopper township As families
DPS perons-two-thrds of the families in want of
Winter clothing and seed grain wanted in the Spring.
Bourbon County, 40 families-2O63 persols-a
needing help more less he statistical tables show.
H. A, Smith, efq, Secretary Linn County Relief
Committee. says:
1.-THE ports received thus far by the County Commit
tee present most alaI ming state Of facts The township
Of Potos reports 90 families destitute, and ID ose am
lies embrace f9l persons Scott township reports an
sggregste OF 49, families, los Of which need imme
date assistance; and such ia the picture OF other town
ships as well as P6tosi and Scott May Heaven speed
you in the good work you have commenced"
Thus we have given few of the many reports that
have been forwarded by the Committees, which will
give sore idea of the condition Of the people, 1t ia due
TO the inhabitants of Kansas 10 say that they have
been indusrious when their wheat crop failed they
planted it in crn. In most instances three or Our diff
erent crops have been put in the same ground, and all
have failed.
IL is ALEC proper to say that this drouth has developed
the fact that the soil Of Kansas Withstand dry
season equal to that of any country The testimony of
men who have lived in Kansas from ten to thirty years
lie that every year crop Of 40 bushels to the
of corn has been raised till this season. We have
statements of the following persons {, this effect;
Gen. Whistler OF Cofey County, 10 years.
w. Brown, Shawnee County, IL years.
John 4. Jones, Ottawa Reservation, p years.
Peter Welsh, Usage Reservation, 30 years.
Judge Baker Breckenridge County, II years and
IL.
the acre in former seasons.
An arrangement has been made with the railroads
that all produce, Sc, clipped to Pomeroy Mahen, at
Atchison Kansss will be transported at very reduced
rates of freight. When shipped, the bill of adng mus
safe that it ia " For THE RKLIEF OF SUFFERERS IN
KANSAS, and copy Of the bill Of lading sent to Gen.
Pomeroy, at Atchson, kaDsae.
The necessity of system will be apparent to every
oDenot only 10 reduce the price Of transportation
but also for the benefit of the railroads. save
them trouble and prevent frauds being practiced;
hence they agree to reduction ONLY on freighs that
are foTrdrded as ADORE, AND on 40 OTHER
BY the following il will be that the undersigned
ID authorized TO agent in the West States. lie
win Immediately WHIT the prominent points for the
purpose Of soliciting donations and putting the freghts
in the proper channels, 30 that they will reach the
Kansas borders at Atchison and from there be dis.
tr.buted to the various County and Township Com
mi ices.
The gndsr;Isn;d clifton. Of Kansas Territory hereby GER
states Of hois Iowa Wisconsin &c for our destitute and suf
Ssnss coHsHd his mission f 70 he tnd t so0
'dsraon Of the friend, Of in the States sgued)
County G 'aofd Marsha. County, W. a. EI, G Sey
County John Cox Chairman otuH~s Relief Meeus Jas.
burn Relief hretIs Jane. McDove Mayor Of Ls.vea.
. SG1tA Rds GS@'s Mp 'Ptts Tom
MsIon B,eetinEdss County John W s ott Allen Co |
II II Fas%c sSUT y Topeka G. p.iie m ssyoy
Lawrence IL FsIchd Mayor Of Atchi.on g. Chase,
Champion, n Blake Junction City Dsv. County
The organization arranged is an efficient one,
ard the donations will reach the sufferers promptly
We therefore ask the citizens Of the various counties on
the railroads in Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin, TO send
their contributions in grain above specified The !
citizens Of Indiana and all States east are requested TO
send their contributions in money, boots shoes, wooden
materials for clothing heavy cotton cloth for meal
sacks ard sacks for grain and meal, az would cost
too much TO transport gram produce from the States
esst of Illinois. Thsddeus Hyatt, of Eew-York city,
VIII inform the friends OF humanity in the Eastern
kfatE knu To taf I'd