New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-13

ittees of distribution should DC formed Oy cihehS
throughout the Territory oh OF wen LoltS S TU,
,GrtonoLly aroused. Ezch eecton had supposed that
oil er parts more ishly favored, but 1t WAS now
found that, excepting narrow strip on we missouri
River there was AN almost entire failure OF all ,
crops throughout Jhe Territory. The pre- q, with ats
accustomed genoosity, ncw fully iorgaye Mr.. Hyatt
for ctmn 20 Kansas and began 10 Inquire how the |
hungry could be fed. That gentleman has, from that
time TO this devoted his time and means to The |
work OF gttyg the facts before the country Ia ths
work several Kansas gentlemen have also engaged,
who can testify thatit has been no easy task. what
with q exciting events of the past six weeks, II has
been Utmost impossible 10 get the public eir. Let us
now however thank God that the cry OF the hungry is
heard!
In Es1sas Territorial Committee las been formed,
with "a reliable and efficient Executive COMMITTEE,
whose Chairman Ii Mr.. POuerOy, TO WHOM alldsion
has been made. As we now have rei bile iata to act
from and Peoples Committees TO act through 1t i dt-
fcut TO see hOw betierarrngements could be made Tor
sending relief TO every needy hamlet an hausds'
The Wet i, Eberally contributing grain, and we now
need cloti ing aud money to pay fei yht' and buy
sacks. A Massachusetts Committee, composed OF PROM
iuent gentlemen Of Boston and vicinity, IL now m
active OPERATION and organizations are being perfected
i'm other Stees all of which VIII act with full under
ttndng Of each others Hans. Such, ladies and gen
temCn is brief view OF tie movement Tor the rene
of the sufferers in Kansas In tlead'aS Tor your sym
pathetic scon, do not FAY that our people are now
diving by hundreds but that some are t0-hlgh' per
Thing Tor medicines and proper jO0d, aud mat th0n'
IDS ,tron0 men gentle women, and helpless chill
dren reach ont to YOU and beg for That succor wmch
shall save them from Tie LAST eAtrehl'y VI i"nhe
starvation itself.
Tie Rev JOSEPH DENNIsoN Of Kansas was the next
sneaker He fully corroborted the statements OF Mr.
Hutchinson and gave some statistics OF the actual fan
ure az the CROPS In Shawnee County, 29J4 acres OF
bect had Welded but 49, bushes 1919 acres of corn
but ls7 bushels 279 OF potatoes but II bushels
and 84 acres of buckwhent nothing at all Manyot the
farmers SO soon it evident that their wheat
wa going to be failure, lowed II up and put IN
corn and when il was plain that would not yleld
crop plJwed il it up and sowed buckwheat; ana when
they saw that that failure, plowed again ana
ulnted turriIe which also failed. They dld not suler
fom lack of endeavOr. lie thought at leas one-tnird
OF I'll tie land Kansas was under MORTGAGE much AT
high interest III Sh as AZ per cent From thelr
uVe,tipatons II appeared that there were 5000 TO
an 0C0 fersous in Kansas WHO must be helped from
nine months TO year bence or they would suffer IRON
stalN anon. -,
judge WATTLEs of Southern Kansas was then nitro
duted. lie said Mr.. Chairman-l come before you
toll iqlt as IA witness not an advocate. come by
request To TESTIFY concerning the idHLe ~ haIsls, us
Games ana It's extent krsL The drOutn mas Deen UNI
ureceCelted 10th lii extent and severity lnere was
jioi s,fi,ieII rain fell from July, 1898, to Oc 1907
period OF sixteen monhs, To cause Inc water 70 run III
The smallest streams. OF cOuIhe, nothing c0nld grow
Ia natmlty No amount OF sklillul farming, or deep
blowing or continuous Lauor could nave changed
lie results Men aid all tuat determined energy ANA
1
| 10 raise something, tat as the prospects darkened,
| tier industry Increased. Every farmer had sown
wheat III tie FALL all tine ground lie could prepare,
it Icing much Larger area iat was ever s'"il before
| in Kansas. This grew about four Inches hl5a ana
died tbele la\ Ing been ran To mOlslen the ground,
from July TO April. Settlers who had spent i0m 50
10 s. ~ on th,ir wheat crop, realized nUtng. 1hey
| Flowed tie ground again. and planted 1t III corn, IN
Lon es OF tic usual Slng rams Inc seed corn hay III
Il ground from uily 10 siAty day. Much That came
up grew to tniee feet high, tasseled, dned
| up and oied without any ar. 10 Il lev exceptional
cises, on mont spIinEy Land, small crops OF nVe or
ten bushels per gathered. Potatoes generally
| grew about inches i.lgh, and died Wl.nout
I iOiniug tubels. Beans grew ana DlOSs0med,
TUNED yellow, and died without bearing.
Tie same Of tomatoes As last resort the corn ami
potato -ieus flowed up aud sOwed Ill Ouckwhedt,
which OeO III its turn as dld also tine turhips AND
it was not I'LL the Summer was gone, ana
the public highways lGadlng from the Territory
were thronged with settlers leaving Ia search Oh food,
that The liinu truth became eVident that there was
famine il the land The struggle against iale was ne
| Toic hut tae conqueied. Alter urouIh Oh t"elEe
nOLt E, the neat teUane 80 Intense IJr TWO Gays IN
July that the thermometer stCOd at ~ III the shade.
Iii and animals Cled on lie plains, ana people were
Obliged TO Shut themselves i'll their houses TO escape the
scOItlng blast Vegetation WHheled, as by the tOuch
of te. Tee grass for feed, and none Tor hay
o tie praiiies. To snow that good farming cannot
sutc, ed gaiust such accumulation Ot circumstances
| will relate one fact. We have in Southern Kansas
sone OF tie best from tue Western States Mr..
Huolins is ID mel, hbOr OF nine la Lii County, and
| Lequenly took prelAiulns at agIl' ultural FAIRS
| Ii Illinois In Kansls ON the farm where
lie now Ietides lie has iised fifty bushels OF wheat to
tie aCe ana eighty bushels OF corn. Last 'I he put
about fory acI1s i'll wheat. The ground was deeply
plOw with two yoke Of TO each plow, and the
wi eat put in with cultivator IN the very best man
| LEI. lie cid not False one gam OF wheat, and out
hue corn. This is the experience Of the Farmers III
| Kantas teneIally. Notwithstanding there was this
utter failure crops, no one toJgbt OF comp umng
or bepgllg and had il not been Tor one OF your own
Citizels, Mr.. Thaddeus Hyatt, no steps would have
been taken III 10 ascertain lis extent or meet ITS
consequences. BY inquiries set on foot by hun, Is
aseianed that about 80 0U0 people with their cattle
aid horses, lA lett the Territory seeking food. That
least 80 UUU remaih too poor TO remove or to
feeo themselves, and Ill tact too poor 10 90 Tor thelr
pOyitios AteLisOn if 1t Is given them when tney
| get there. Ot tie remaining $4,000 or |O,OUO VINO
| nave property enough to live through II alone, tley
would utterly ail, With the adlonal burden OF Their
| poor neisLbUs. Second: i nave 50 tar alluded oay
10 tie drouth az the cause VI our present destuJni
but in new countries there frequently other err
| cun.stantes which interesting TO consider. Land
| sales aIe held IN all new countries, ana III Nan
| g. they were held last year, aud have been this
year also. The amount paid ino the Lnd-Oi6ce can
not iil short Of SiU0U,OvU ThId 1t Is known TO all
that II e attempt TO establish civil government In this
Territory resulted III much slie ANA loss OF property.
Tie amount estimated last Nlnterin Washington,
by Gov MeCary OF Kansas, as over $<,UOJ,OUO About
| SoOO00U OF this has been audlted aud allowed by
Committee appointed by tie Legislature Of Kansas,
ana is now before Congress for payment, ds the unwl-
Ing loss of innocent parties. Fourth: Frontier set
tlers frequently have unexpected nusOrtnnes, which
| heir mole interior neghbos escape. will illustrate
ibis by relating the lndoent which beiel family OF
| NV acquaintance, promising that the southern and
western frontier OF Kansas about 3OJ miles in ex-
ttut and that msiouunes, equally severe, are quite
| common Oh the whole line. A young l0an, his wife,
| ad little boy, two years old, moved IN the Spring,
with TWO yoke Of oxen, wagon, COW, ana morse, ana
setled Oh the frontier. They built cabin, plowed
| and planted. The crop grew In the Summer the
nan and child were taken sick. The faithful wife
a. f.., 10 nd pi.y