The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-08-12
Our kansas correspondence.

LAWRENCE, X. T., August !, $3.50
Drought IN ne 1eriso'y-Falure y Crops-ssalos E,si
grc,inS East, dc.
Kansas SUFFERS she never suffered before. Now 10
humane person party or Institution Is mathematical rs
the cause Of all our voc. Is the IMPLYING sky that
forgeis TO bless with It's showers. may almost say
,ha, for the last year We have had rain. There have
been perhaps dozen showers during that time but
one Of them left the Garth muddy wet for twenty four
hours; nor did We have IN all last winter over inches
OF snow
The spring was forward and the settlers put twice
much seed as in any previous year. But there no
rain, not a shower. Nothing would come up. First
the winter wheat went; indeed the crop may be cons
dered total failure Then the early spring wheat died
the later spring wheat followed In There will
not wheat raised in the Territory this year than
viii sufce 70 resccd the ground upon which Is grown
The oats potatoes and corn have also suffered severely
particularly the FIRST two.
OF corn IL Ia estimated viii mako half crop At
this place there not single shower, from early
an hour. We have had one or two very light showers
since. The drought said not 70 have been 80
severe that portion Of Kansas bordering the Mis-
souri, rser has been here, north, south and west OF
rs.
terrible IL will not be confined alone 10 fow but Il will
extend throughout Territory Last summer the farm
% used =. me en- ss had . q s91d e. .
their claims 10 get the Of pre- emptlng them, dc.
pending upon the sale OF this years crops the
win lose not only the money borrowed, bu. their farms
their houses and all their i'm provcmens, for which they
swcacd and labored, and struggled 30 hard The small
est amount OF borrowed money seems inevitably % carry
a down here, for until interest was put down 10
twenty per cent annum BY the last money
No business no calling can pay such interest e security
(and money loaned without ~ goes 70 the money
Their ella ms VIII borrowed monoy viii mol only ose Their
ARMS and improvements, but have melancholy pros
pct Tor living Of any kind, where thcfe are neither
he settlers who had money o. their owl % enter their
claims are not in very much better situation at pre-
sent. Certain things they must havc-somc groceries,
dry goods and household artlclos-they can't get tboo
without money aud have crop 70 SOL fos money. u
Ia fac, that large numbers OF our settlers arc nov living
bread, ard with nothing but rags upon
there are others sg.n VINO are receiving rern,nces
from the East and 70 have plenty of money. Bust
IN III, towns pretty good. 0ap o. staniy won.
dcrs how, While there Is 80 much poverty and fcstliu
tcn IN the country, there can be 80 much money and
Many OF The settlers are leaving for the sGAteasome
% remain, others merely TO get hvng somewhere
during the winer-insendhg 70 return 70 their farms in
The World has known us 10 the pas, az otleeins Kan.
sas' bot really there Is more susalng. more hosrt-
bleeding Kansas now nod VIII cOlnUe W be for the
nest year than there has been IN an psst Bu, he
world viii know nothing about present bleeding"
Politics are dead here men look only Q. The SKY; tas
only a tue weather. Some Of our citizens who woat 70
Pkos Peak last srrins have returned bringing uniavo
rab reports nom that region, while others ,hcf
catering accounts o. the mines.
fAbcvng sbculd not noe emigs,e hitbcr, bat
capitalists can DO much better Asrc sth money 70 invest
than they could al any time hitherto. Money is mp;
property down.
wnAr nm MssscErs or rrr Grrsr FssrrrV D1fsup
yKT borrow The Commitsec OF the Board OF Trsic
who vlsod New York, says the Boston rrarlv, for tie
purpose of treating with the directors Of the Great East
crn with the view of having that csse como 10 this city
fer txtbicn did not agrec 10 the terms demanded The
directors asked guarantee Of % SEQ 70 pay Of
the passagc 90 Boston. Ike Tor the expense on the
return rsare sod 81 500 for each week day abe remain
% here hey would listen 70 other tcrm, although
they orered SO 600 20 pay the extra expcnscs 81 c
trip On the terms proposed the Great EASTERN would
have 10 Boston this week ard remain tl The 12'h
Instsnt N no, probable that the committee OF the
Board Of Aldermen, arpoated % eorsr y ib the srec