Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-10
The Kansas FRmine-Relief for SufTerlna
PeOple-A Call upon this Community.

PeOple-A Call upon this Community. 4
The great destitution that now exists in
Kansas, the result of period of drouth
such as never before has been known to the
inhabitants of that region, and which, unless
relief is had from abroad, threatens popula-
tion of 10000 human beings with the
horrors of starvation, is the occasion of
a call upon the charities of the people of Gin
cinnati--a call which, we trust will not be
made in vain.
The extent and character Of the famine,
the present condition and its causes, and the
prospects for the future have already been
made known to the public, and it is sufficient
now to say that according to the testimony
of intelligent and honorable citizens of the
Territory, unless systematic relief shall he
afforded from abroad, a large number of the
people of Kansas must perish during the
coming winter. That these considerations
will not be without their weight with our
fellow citizens we are fully assured.
Hon. W. F. M. Army and Rev. Joseph
Denison, of Kansas, are now in the city with
view to make a call upon the charities of
this community. These gentlemen come
with credentials to authenticate their mis-
sion, and give us to understand that an eff
cient organization has been effected by
means of which every thing donated will,
without delay, be transported and distrib-
uted in such a manner as to reach those
whose destitution is greatest. In the States
west of Indiana, agricultural produce is re-
ceived; in Indiana and the States farther
east, money, boots, shoes, wool n materials
for clothing, heavy cotton cloth for meal
sacks, and sacks for grain or meal, are de-
sired.
Remittances in money may be forwarded
from any of the Western States to DR.. John
Evans, Office 55 Clark-street, Chicago, ILL.,,
who will pay it to the general agency to be
used for the purchase of sacks provisions,
and payment of freights, and take their
receipt for the same. By this system every
person who receives money or produce, will
pay it to the general agent, Thaddeus Hyatt,
New York City; S. @. Pomeroy, Atchison,
Kansas or Dr. John Evans at Chicago, and
they will receive and receipt for it.
The agents, Messrs. Army and Denison,
desire, at this time to collect the means to
procure bags in which to transport the grain
collected in Illinois, Missouri and Iowa, to
its destination. They propose, for this pur-
pose, to ask the different clergymen of the
city to take up a contribution in their churches
tomorrow, the proceeds of which are to be
paid over to the Mayor for their use. The
Mayor has also, as we are informed, con-
sented to receive and forward such donations
in money or other articles, os may be de-
livered to him, for the relief of the people of
Kansas. The amount of grain already
donated in Illinois and the other Western
States is, as we are informed, sufficient to
supply present wants. The miIlers in Kan
sas have agreed to grind at half the usual
rates of toll, and the railway companies to
transport at half the current prices. The
present want therefore, is bags, articles of
clothing, and the means to pay freights.
Chicago has donated largely in provisions,
and it is to be hoped that in whatever is re-
quired to carry comfort to the suffering
people of Kansas, Cincinnati will not be be-
hind any of her sister cities.