New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-15
THE FAMINE IN KANSAS.
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SIR: Permit me through the medium OF yOnr
columns 20 make the following statement III NJ
ference 10 the want md destitution in Kansas In
the beginning ofthe present month (NOyembsr), Twas
sent by OF the citizens of the City otAtchsOn 10
make an investigation Of the condition OF the people
in Northern Kansas aud 10 furnish them and the pub
be with such facts and figures as could gather from
MY own observations, and il Id these facts, figures
aud information, which j wish your readers To have
! the bcntbt0f
The fret place Visited was IIawaths, the county
seat OF Brown County, X. T., where / found the
people in about the same situation ns 7 had ex-
pected they had organized for relief purposes aud
had taken the estimate for IRVINE Township, from
which il appears that there wHs sown 857b acres
Of wheat, and harvested 9 H. bushels, whck is
~ bushels per ucre; 2,7O2 acres OF corn were
planted, which produced / ,3I5 bushels, l. e. AIS
bushels Of corn per acre; ACT acrcs of potatoes,
which yielded 742 bushels, or II bushels per acre.
and 81 tie time was in that place November y,
there ~hs not sufficient provisions in the township
to std the people ~ days, not TO say anything of
stock 70 be fed in that time.
To show how the people sire, and 10 give the
public chance to know who the persons are. and
what are their antecedents, &c, viii furnish from
each county The statements of some OF the citizens
IN relation TO their own aud neighbors' coses aud
for this purpose nos give the
STATEMENT OF WILLIAM JONES.
u Byeat Hnweihh, Brown County, X. II. am
IN Tailerbeler condition TO stand the hard times than
Il IN Oniy Of my townspeoplc. l have 100 acres of
aLo paid for, ~ acres improved and this year nut
IN 70 0i corn acrrs in garden ard had acres
Of Winter vhoat. | raised 2 bushels of potatoes
3brsIcl u beels and nothing else. | am u farmer
aEd never cultivated band with industry Gndaso
tGd tuccef- rs I'D this year. hr. Chaudl, lives near
ne, and has ~ ceres OF lnd3J acrts under iclpforc
menl; Was born IL the state Of Maine and is good
Ia mei Le put IN - acies Of com, acre Of potatoes
Gnd good garden. ard raised not an earthly thing
Mr.. Denny byes on Valiant Crock, ia Brown Conn.
T., ~ Il; Lss ~ acTcgoi land ~ scres mproyed put
IN Unity acTes Of corn acre Of potatoes and rai5a
bushels Of conn., and nothing else he has eight in tho
family, and hgd beau 0! cattle but was Obliged 4,
eel Head TO Fey debts contracted in putting hi crop,
ma making Improvement on bis farm.
We Hrc all Ia about The same con tition as 20 money
FOR we nre all eunyioss, and, uness we can gst I'D
SIC s'all suffer- lhaye given fair slmplo Of our
oohdiiIon' VILLAS JoNEs.
The next point | visited was Seneca, the
county seat OF Neumha County, Kansas Terrific
y, WHOM nddres5ed q smnil gathering Of the PEG.
PIE on tie sbject Of aid for Kansas. There wcro
~ persons present who Ind cultivated the soil thin
season. All mad planted com, but only had raised
bu,hcl 10 the mere; out 0f thcse lgput ia wheat
md i averaged i.O6 busLels per acre. Iasked This
question 70 The audience: Glow many person,
pr,fcnt have 30 days provisions now on hand. orthe
means 10 Obtain 80 days provisions and none
wero ~ Fortunate Also, How many persons
present have - in monty - and only two reported
Themselves in the affirmative. AT Cen,r,lia, IN the
'"l't ..4-,' IA al sadIvco "a ~ tanners, net ono