, 1860-11-05
Tho Famine in Kansas-A Good
Movement.
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Tho Famine in Kansas-A Good
Movement.
onIAsp. Nov, 1st, 1850.
Editors Chicago Tribune:
GESrLEMEE: The undersigned, with Acssrs.
4 E. Jcnss and john 0. Wilder, were this
Of our citizens. for the purpose Of asccrtainin.
hov We can send produce to Kansas, who will
receive 1t and forward it, and see to the distri-
button, DC, t;c-
Supposing :lat you coull answer Oh. inquI-
ries we write you, and ask answers to the 1ol-
lowing:
1st- Is there an accredited agent for Kansas
nations:
ii. Could Il car he furnished US at Lemont,
on the Chicago, Alton 4: St. Louis Railroad, Ii
We ascertain that We coulu load it, at any tilac
we might designate:
Our donations will be corn, potatoes and
beans, mostly.
LAsTLr-1Eill the corn be required to be
toes.
Please answer by Monday next, il possible;
that ist send mc IN answer at Lernont, Cook
county. Ill, by sionday next, to the carc Of 4.
E. Jenkf, aud greatly obliEc, .-....-
ASs~ER.-We are glad to notice this move
meat, which the necessities of the case de-
mand should be more general To the ques-
tions Of our correspondent VIC may answer,
LIST. There is 10 accredited agent for Kansas
no'F in this city, but several responsible par
ties have signincd their willingness to receive
and forward supplies. Among these nc may
name Rev. E. B. Tuttle Of the City Ministry,
and Rev. alr. Collyer Of the Ministry at Large
I'd. An inquiry better answered At the Office
Of that Company. We may say, however, that
from the known 1iberality Of the officers Of our
Illinois roads, a car load Of produce designed
for the sufferers by famine, ,wou1d not be asin-
gle hour de.aincd on any Of their roads by
questions as to freight money.
LASTLY Shell the corn, and in every way
get your Donations into the least bulky form,
and the sooner all Is done the better. Wehope
soon to hear from Lemont Station that car
we'll filed has gone forward.
Report OF tho Chicago Ministry ut
Large.
at Meeting Of the Trustees Of tue Ministry
at Large, held at the house Of E. ". Willard,
on the Goth day Of October, the following re-
port was presented By the Minister at Large:
REPORT OF THE CHICAGO MINISTRY AT LANCE FnoN
ocT., 1859. TO OCT. 1SCu.
In thi. bricr account Of aAothcr year Of cndcavor
In this Ministry. have to report the continuance
Of Mi the branchc: Of nsefnlness that hare marked
find homes and places for children; to f1nd employ
meat fo: needy n.eu elll wur,cn; the ministry 10
the sics; thu presence at funerals IT those WIN
have l'elon.td 10 no church, by sympathy as-o
ciatin;,. and tic demand for counsel and assistance
In ail possible and EsaDy impossible nat1er4 have
absorsEd the strength aud opportunity oi the year.
powerful for good. lii the ~inier, the number If
pupi!< Was about soo: towards midsummer. la.
Al tlls TINE We are 1lltas up again to the full
brst Il. Lave tic children taught TO M;nt and f<;
rs well Us to read haze adopted the most Interest
Ing bucks could aid for clas: books: have t1ird
tn foster trist Vi purity and tdncss in their per-
sons: and to help t:,enl tavc devoted the ra,is at
ncw SHOES. The result has faly justfhed the ,nea-
sare The difference IL their appesrancc is most
marked and encouraging. Many of them have
come to feel that dirt Is disgrace.
on: nj: :as scloo was carried On through tic win;
ter with po"e! an.i success. The pupils. s'als and
They were urtter.: aud attentive. We nude te,.c-
In: ard school materal entisrly fire. This ei1o1s
mostly takes hold OF ;hosc who hare lost their
work at day. About two hundred aud atsr came
in and many made good progress. Or natio!ali!iss
VIC had Ancticsn. English, Scotch. Irish, WEIGH,
CcsInan. SwIe. and Italian.
Our lsbur IN providing homes and places for
children Under eftccn :carf, or for mother and
child together, /. still an important aim Of
vice. One hundred and forty-two have been pro-
vided for In this way have done well: rome
nsain not well. 1t IL !,asd task to ret boy or
gill who have rim our streets until they arc twelve
years Of age. to etay iH place, however good.
We devote three hours each tlay to our Office
work In This time. NC meet all those wilo must
have wJEk s' do, ard those who W-nt WORK dune
Ik0ac who arr poor Or Ls:ne- in distress dis
contented or In nced-for the most Of them can
and wosk-lo the rest We clu ocly give advice. en-
couragcneat, al ze7ruof* supposc our app1ica-
One hundred and ffsy girls and wvn'rn. whore
csscs were wor., recording, hare tccn provided
for. and more than twics as many who did not
need a record. Places for one hundred md seven
rlaces for men aud large buys have been noted
!snwn. md nany more sent who were not OF any
interest,
luz sinister, With his able assistant, Mi.a E. r.
Ncwcomc+ l:nve made nany hundred visits du7fn:,
the year. 10 The homes Of the poor. together with
maa employed luf1n. the winter fos some weeks
fu that work cutiFclr Nc hare hid lar.e and t,{-
vcncnt rooms lent to us by our fast friend, iona.
than DErr. eyer sincc our own place was destroyed.
stil! deem i Of great Importance 10 our future
! Ut our own again. Hs Icon ~ possible.
We most gratefully acknowledge dnnations OF
new shoes from Seah Reeve. D'r.gett d. Kassetr,
wadsyo..h & Wells, asd Acndeirvu d; Co.: five
barrels Of four from Richmond i Co., and lnan.
| other articles from our friends In this cily.
| We begin the new year with rev confidence
that our Institution Il doing Its share Of good
in helping the poor help themselves, and IN Bring:
Ing them IL rec that the life tha, now il, WHEN
tousaN
hare BEEN including one hundred and uit5 dollars
t from private source and for particular purpose,
two thousand AID Twenty-Five do!lars, si1ty-.lx
| cents. Respectfully,
honEnr col1rER-
TO M:ssr.; Eur. James, Bats*. nFulqrd and Dtge
| lou, Trustees to the Ministry at Large.
| 1t was moved aud seconded aud unanin ously
carried that tho report Of Rev. Robert Collyei
be accepted and entered on the books Of The
| Ministry at Large, md published III the tlaily
papers Of the City Of Chicago, aud that tho
thanks Of the Trustees are cminently due te
the Rev. Robert Collycr and his assistant, Miss
Ncwcomb. for their efficiency and promptues:
| this important trust.
TIE NEW Posr 0pr1cE.-We learn tha.
Postmaster Cook intends to replace the pres
ont mail wagons BY camcls, Of. at least mnl.
train and guides, as soon as he removes to tn,
new Post Office on Monroe street. Ccztalnl,
nothing vehicular can get within block o
that structure for weeks 10 como. The onl,
enterprise displayed thcrcabouts, outside til
building, is in the fitting up Of scyen by nin.
heneEics and wood-shcds ~, r.:,,, .noo froc,.
ready for :sunchins es beer saloons and appl
stands. Something should be done for th
! amelioration Of the wrctchcd state of affairs Of
Monroe and Dearborn streets before frost set
in ; but will it be done: Who is moving IL
the matter:
SuIr CARrESFERs--The disagreement bt
tween the ship carpenters Of Banta's yard an
their employers, is not, VIC learn, question {
wases, but one Of timc-a clash between en-.
toms which arc observed at nuHa1o, and thos
common 10 the trade in Chicago. There is n
disposition on the part Of the men to insist O.
higher wages; but they do not like Chicas
hours. We hope the dispute will be settle
satisfactorily to all parties aud tiiat the bus
ness Of taa yard may not be interrupted.
ABCs1S3 4 SEANAS.-Two men, Andre,
Baldwin and James Brown, mates OF th
schooner Wings Of the Wind, were on satu
dag held to bail before United States Cainmi
siouer uoync il $500 each to answer to
! charge Of n4altrcating their seamcn. 4 M
who was brought up by themselves to proy