New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-26

Many men lave their farms now mOrtgaged for 1910,
rsyinR PER cent Ter month, some a. high 9s ;. Their
cannot n iFe the money I1e,e y no nonIg "a kan.
sos. pbilsDthrorst ask God where you shall invest
little Of tho riches be has bessed you with ard see
II He don't ray, "loan Il 70 some OF the poor Of Kan
sas !" But tie poor Mus, frs be fed and beg Of the
Fact ard the Wet not TO weary in well doing, until
tie wall Of cstressed PEOPLE sbsll 90 up for
ever in this land OF beauty and usual prosperi;y;
UsrryD srArss ExPayss CoyPAyr.}
BrggALo. Dec. II. 1890 :
To rHR Aegsrs or THr UyuED STATES EXPRESS
'hIors &. Chairman F. c forneTOy esq. you win psss
ward free Of esPenle 70 ATcs.9s K all 81 cloth
ssnxED 70 sad C6@@tee and which inerdei for sESKsiL
sas viii be subject to chargp, as heretofore II expected
that should advance any charges hese donssoua 10 other
Express Coupsniea Your. truly HssRY KIr, Gen sept
Correspondence Of The n Y Th6uns.
ArcHrsos, Kanaas, Dec TO- 1850.
have been here two days and Ssn scarcely realize
the horrible tales ofdezuOn acknowledgement have
heard. The evee and streets crowded with tesms
from the interior thft have come distance Of from
fifty to two hundred miles, to obtain Scanty modicum
Of assistance. On Saturday there at least fifty
such wagons camped around AID the evee, waiting
tie time when they might &c, part Of load at least
Gaunt, hungry, lean oxen and even srill gaunter,
lesner, hungner-looking men, with their coarse
PATCHED, and ragged garments shredded to the Wintry
wind, were the principal features Of the scene. The
disburring agents Gen. PoDeroyl Office IL crowded
constantly with these men, hardy, toll worn pioneers
who the frontiers OF civilization bave for years
been blazing the pathway Of free institutions across the
vast prsiries Of the Continent. They are the men
who, rough handed sturdy, ard independent, would
se0ru the bounty Of others while the shadow Of hope
lay qgon them They zone here repreisentng their
wives ard children behind with but a day or two's
supply of food aDxiously watching for their return.
They with their half starved oxen long distsu-
ces scross tracts Of country destitute Of fodder, and
where coon il can neither be begged, borrowed, or
bought. Bringing the orders Of their local commit
tees they reach &tchison 30 find that in many insten
they have 10 wait week or ten days, and then re-
turn with but meager supply, barely sufficient IN
most instances TO support The destitute Of their locality
for period Of two weeks.
Tie aIsount Of provions received here by the Com
nltee since TIE lst Of November, has been sbout l25
tune, raostly corn aud potatoes Within the Last TWO
DAYS abont 70 tuns have been distributed. Since the
10Th Of November, the agent has filled orders for %
townshps and get has Tot been able 10 fill more than
ore out Of three Of the applications received.
The rule has been to supply those who came from
The longest distances first. Some Of The teams here
DOW have come distance Of two hundred miles. The
settlements in the western part of Kansas have been
pushed far to that boundary. Most of the improve
mAnts are new. The cod grows nothing ct all IN dry
season In edition tie terrible drolth the grass
hopper Lave dcvonred every sickly spear Of grass,
leaf or wee which managed lift It's head from the
burning soil Add 20 This tina, In many Of these en-
IRENE southern aud western counties the Spanish fever
Il carry ing oft their cattle and sou will begin TO have
fart conception Of the fearful necessity that compets
the people Of kausas TO ssk lid Il iLer brethren IL
the States.
Let ne give two or three Of the variations made me
By the men who were waiting for their supplies These
siaemeLts nearly rerbdtn, as they fell from the
IiIe If the narrators. Ore man from OtOe COnnty,
d4tanre Of 2tN res in the extreme southwest said:
lIrr l.. A liro mi IA
water. Our county II somewhat lew. JudPe NortOs
took The He reports about 100 pscon ia the
county. Cur settlement il about specimen Of all. Or
eighty three acres planted in corn by ak OF my neigh
bo-s, ttey have not harvested single bushei. We
have no 6readatuff some bufaio neat no p2atOes,
corn; have been here ten days, and only get for my
wagons two, think he said twelve sacks Of meal
and eight Of Eotstces.'
mijdle-sged, earnest, ACKNOWLEDGING man said,
in resi- ore to ny questions, that
"Hi. nume wss W. h Beach, lived on Mission
Greek, Waubonse County, about one hundred miles
from Atcl ison Tie se'teInen, last Summer numbered
about 40 persons half Of whom have lsft. OF the
rest only three farmers tad any old corn. There wss
nothing raised there. Ile knew Of six families per-
fectly destitute These families viii average tx eich.
I6eV hare nothing Bat Tkat tbe AeigAJ0rs g'ye them.
One family consists Of sick widow and five children.
They destitute. Have been here with two teams,
waiting ten days, ard Mr. Pomeroy can't give us any
uore Of "A load than ten sacks Of meal and twenty
sacks of retaoes. We are afraid Of theaA freezing"
Dir. Pecch impressed me- as thoroughly honest, con-
ssientious nan. J read to him what had written,
and he corrected & few iGmateral errors tnerein.
Another man VA one Of the uos, pitiahle objects
had ever seem he was but half covered by garments
that farmer wouli have scorned 10 place upon
scsrecTOw. They were originally Of hlmespun ms-
teiials but had been patched with mul;ifsri0us
riey OF rags snd shreds mainly eur from bed,ks and
old bsgS, that the WORKOUT fabric would no logger
hold, ard all the particoored motley hung tapping
about his lean limbs. His face gannt, hungry
looking in the most complete OF the term. Hag
II hoo md IA q
starved look that seeu would never be forgotten
IEten to his story:
:. Aiv name is Abraham Huck. TIA from Illenoy;
came to Kansas lsst March, and hired place on Deer
Greek Anderson County. WaTn't able 10 60 on and
build, 40 bred tLis year. We got wife and eight
cl ildien. Left bore las. Sunday six days beforel
wife and one O. the chiilerps With me- Left seven at
hone with some turuipS AL peck Of mc0t ~
e What q peek # meal for seven u was my shocked
nTis,'s aIl. Sir. and we've had nothing 10 eat on
the read for three daye, eep. the little I've begged
planted ffty-ve 6cres and harvested ige bushels
O. corn. Coudnt bave lived at all but for the turnips
Gol forty bushels Of gu. About fifty persons in my
neiahboihood and they = al destitute. IL DIVIDED
~ tuInip- a. far ar they d 20 Lost three yoke Of
oxen by the fever. Thar 2 money, no clcthes,"
and be- cast melancholy look a. tis own tattered gar
neutF. (" knows families a. have nothing bat milk
and eele meal to live on. Could name fifty Ia
tbC<s rsr;s IN that are condirOn."
Inquiries made, and Il was found thai neither
lie nor lis WIG OF Hih tthii w
since they reached town that morning. They wore
sosn supplied with bread, which was yoraciously
eaten.
These instances could be- multiplied 70 any number.
an t,i that every day, bad aud even worse esse
Of dcsti;ution Are presenting Themselves. Mr.. Huck
received for his township sacks OF meal and seven
Of potatoes
A ssck # meal contains 100 pounds and the potatoes
will average abIt 10 pounds 10 tie sack. The pro-
portion given to each township s about as above. A
sack OF meal allotinQ at plantation rates peck 3
week for each person will keep with potatoes family
OF eight for week. Ten sacks will sustain eighty
peIstns for that time
That there thirty thousand persons in this Tern