Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-11-28
The sunhrinra in Knnsnn.


Much has been said and written of the suf-
fering and starvation of the Kansas settlers,
but the half has not been told. The Cover
nor of Ohio has appealed to the citizens of
the State to contribute on Thanksgiving day
for the relief of the suffering in that Terrific
~, and we trust a response will be made to
the call that will show to the wide world that
Ohio hearts and hands belong to true men
and women. We publish below one more
letter from Gen. PomerOyw who writes of what
he sees and knows. Read it. men of wealth,
and think Of your own families as you read
read it business men, and be satisfied to be
stow aportion of your profits to the needy
afar away; read it farmers, and think of
your wives, thanking God if they can
get 'enough corn bread and v%ater;" read
it wives and mothers, and if your children
are comfortably clothed at home, think of
somebody eise's children who are shivering
and dying in the bleaS winter winds of the
Kansas prairies; read it, one and all, and
then deny if you can, to contribute your quo
"a Of the needed aid for these suffering ones.
AToH1sOx, K. T, Oct. 8, 1860.
Ny DEAR HYATT: my ear is panied, my
heart is sick, with every day report" To
day we buried another of those dear little
children of Mr.. JohnsOn's, making three
since l took the iamily$ in charge, while you
were here. The father is now able to walk
| about. he came over this evening for asack
of meal; said they ate the last bite in the house
/ for breakfast 1 offered him some food, but
be declined, saying she wanted nothing but
70 eat a morsel now with his broken family
| Oh, whats desolate household "Simeon is
| not Benjamin is MT" and to-day Joseph is
taken away. They were obliged to watch
their dear child through all the long hours of
the last night without a candle or a lamp,un-
I'll, toward morning, the remnant ola wasted
moon shone in upon them and revealed the
! diving image of their love. By moonlight
| they received his sad farewell, and closed for
/ ever his sparkling eyes. To-day we commit
/ ted him to his long sleep Of the grave, thank
full that one poor boy, heired to misfortune,
has in the sweet autumn gone to the better
land in season to escape this awful Winter
l have supplied the family out Of your meal
for the present. As soon as he is able to work
the afflicted man will get some employment,
which seems to be the highto of bis desire.
The Door fellow who walked 80 miles,
and carried provisions for his family on his
back. has obtained work and is doing we'll
The whole family seem so happy to get here,
where they 'can got enough corn-bread to
eatI' Ii surprised me to hear the mothersay
Hshe never would complain if she had enough
cora-bread and tDaterP' > = > God only
knows what we are to dol As yet nothing
has reached the mouths of our poor people
but the $500 worth of provisions you sent to
Anderson County, and the $500 worth you
left here. But all who have anything are
now with commendable lberality beginning
to divide with their poorer ~neighbors. This,
however, is only the 9th day of October Ny
lGodl what will become us in January, Feb
ruary, March and even until Junel "lftheSs
things are done in the green tree, what shall
be done in the dry ~
Numerous letters addressed to you from the
Southern section of the Territory arrive dali
". all of which l reply to foryou. They are
ali OF the same general character-'Ou OF
DTOUtsiozyf out OF tgorkf no money! LAND
SALES oRDERED DECEMBER Sd then they lose
GlP
1 tell you, Hyatt the burning chambers OF
the dread hereafter have no wrath too hotno
flames too scorching, no serpents too undying-
for the despairing gaze of him who coldly,
and for no purpose but ViHdiedUenesa, turns
the poor out Of doors, and rObs the labOrer Of
bis homestead
shall be always anxious to hear from you,
and breathless until I know of your success.
Truly yours, 5. o.. POMEhOf,
sThis family were brought to want proxi-
mately by the failure OF their crops; disease
followed restitution. When I was at Atchi-
son, the whole family were down with fevers,
parents and children, all together. T. q.