Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-12-21

that Slavery shall spfcau Wherever the
Union extends
The fifth proposition, as to the navi-
cation of the Mississippi, is already Sc
cured to all the States, and has no sense.
And the sixth and last, crowns the
column. 1t is simply to so change the
Constitution as to give the shareholders
the control Of the Senate without regard
to their numbers!
Through all this circular We see the
naughty manners Of the ovefseer, in
which the Northern people are assumed
to be inferior, and are to submit to the
most insolent domineering, like the
crixehg slave on the plantation. And
perhaps they will.
THE KANSAS FAMINE-HEARTR NJ
ENG DETAILS.
A correspondent Of the Chicago Fri5-
une writes from Atchison, Kansas, under
date of Dec 9th:
reached this city yesterday morning.
On landing at the levee from the railroad
ferry boat, the first objects to be seen
were long string Of wagons, with num-
bers of gaunt and hungry oxen standing
near. was told they were from the in
terror, driven here to be loaded with the
provisions sent for the relief of the peo-
pie. The first men / saw were, Mr..
Pomeroy, the general disbursing agent
of the Relief Committee; DR., Ayers, OF
Linn county; G. B. Lines of Waubonsa
county, and Mr.. Graham, of -Doniphan
county. l was Immediately piled with
questions to know how the people East
we're sustaining the efforts made to re-
lieye the destitution. | gave all the in
formation of which was possessed. and
in return was told that the destitution
had been underrated entirely. The
Rev. Mr.. Graham said that there were
1000 who must be sustained for some
months. DR.. Ayers, one of the most in
telligent and we'll esteemed citizens OF
Linn county, said that at least forty
thousand must be kept from starving
for six months to come. These gentle
men / know and have every confidence
in.
walked up to the Office wherein is
transacted the business of the relief
1t was crowded with the men in charge
of the teams standing in the streets and
on the levee AS | came along [ count
ed twenty-three, and was told that al
least fifty were in town. Such a scene
| Great, stalwart men, gaunt lean, hungry
looking weary, sad, tired and dispirited
poorly clad, and in ali respects filling
one with the conviction of suffering
patiently borne and long repressed-
men, some of whom [ recognized, and
all of whom bore the unmistakeable
character of sturdy industry and indie
pendence common to our western pio-
neers. To look upon those faces and
read the sad tale of suffering within
told the story far more forcibly than my
feeble words can.
| Mingling among them, / took down
in my note book the statements made by
some dozen of them I give you a few
that your readers may see this is no fic,
ton.
The first I spoke to was poorly but
decently clad middle aged mana re.
spectacle looking farmer. This is the
substance of his story:
'My name is Walter Cain: [ live il
Jefferson township, north part of Jack
son county, about 40 miles west of Atch
ison. l have been here four times with
out obtaining any aid. My orders from
! the local Committee represent about three
hundred voters, (about twelve hundred
persons.) There has been literally moth
ing grown in our section and many mus
suffer. [ planted % acres in corn, whea
and potatoes. l have no corn, no pota
toes, and only about 80 bushels O.
wheat, as the harvest. Ny son-in-la
had fourteen acres planted in corn, bu
did not harvesta single ear
By this time many had gathered
around me and were disposed to tel
their stories. Ipicked out a small, keel
eyed, intelligent appearing man, ant
asked him what part of the interior he
came from. He said
"My name is A. v. Saunders; [ an
from Whitewater creek, Otoe county
Whitewater is. in the extreme southwest
of Kansas, and is at least 200 miles from
Atchison. Our country is somewhat
new. Judge Norton took the census
He reports about 400 persons in the
county. Our settlement is about spec
linen of ALL Of eighty-three acres
planted in corn by six of my neighbors
(the narrator at the same time telling
the proportions planted by each of thai
amount,) we have not harvested a single
bushel. We have no breadstuffs. We
have some buffalo meat, no potatoes, nc
vegetables. Have been here ten days
it is two hundred miles to our place, and
I only get for my wagons, (two I think
he said) twelve sacks of meal and eight
of potatoes. -
A grave, earnest looking middle-aged
man said, in reply to my questions, that
"His name was W. K Beech; lived on
Mission Greek, Waubansia county, about
one hundred miles from this place The
settlement contained about $50 persons
last summer, half Of whom had left. OF
the rest, only three farmers had any old
corn. There Was nothing raised there
I know of six families perfectly desti-
tute These families will average six
each-about thirty six in all. Theg
haze nothing, sir, but what the neighbors
give of their little supply"
This was said in very earnest tone
in response to my startled look.
zone family consists of sick widow
and five children. They have nothing
but what we give them Have beer
here with two teams waiting ten days
and Mr.. Pomeroy cang give US no more
of load than ten lsacks of meal, anc
twenty sacks of potatoes. Wear afraic
of these freezing
"Will you please read what you have
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