New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-26
TIE SUFFERING IN KANSAS.
GEN. POMFROY's LABoRs.

Co7-e.rou5s1ce o. The " Y. Tibune
MANHATTAN, Riley Co., Dec !, 1850.
Six months aro the m0st visionary and eXctable nSn
in our wbole borders did nos dream Of the actual des
tuition and suffering now experienced by many counties
IN Kansas. Men supposed crops would, in many To-
cs'ea be seriously diminished. II soou became sp-
Parent that Ieope lad oveIestimated the amount 10 be
harvested. Still, many countier claimed hal! acrop
but hen co came 10 be stripped Of e husks, Il re-
,eaed the horrible truth that az had been deceived
the i-orn had destroyed nearly crcry ear. lpresume,
It'll tie exception Of A narrow "trip bordering on the
MrsOu River my own county, Riey, has been as ior'
trGie in heT crops any other IN me Territory and
ksc,r " here men informed our Committee they would
rase five hundred buslels Of corn Two weeks before
afS esting they have not five bushels suitable Tor
bread The truth H. the real wants OF Kansas were
lot known early enough. The scarecrow which Judge
Williams mali iOusly and falsely se up, CONCERNING
ort Scott and Southwestern Ksa7as, hss mort seri
uuy operated against the POOR suerens OF the country
All Ills sride Of United Statea tro0ps all this excite
n eIit about the "AbotOnits ia hansas all the bel
iigereht elegAms from Washington have ended in
noting. Bnt il bAs mott re!lOuely interrupted TIE
supl les 10 Kansa1.
Tton the shoulders Of one nan mainly does Tie labor
Of tits relief rest. His shoulders sre broad, to be
snre ard covering ~ uObl, ard generous heart ss
ever heat in a human b,rsoin. allude 10 Gen. Pom
eroy OF Addison. To bin are nearly ali the relief
got de- sent. he personally TO the reception OF
every CARLOAD paws the freight, and often out OF hi
OWL poe ket ccnyeys il all across tho Mssoul River
with lis own teams and then sit- in tbs Office from
morning till night and many times through tue long
ith' -ieing 10 tales OF sorrow that make the heart
sh,-e giving focd 10 Lhir man shoes "a that woman
clothes to THE family and -four aud cora 10 ths an
sw eir T. sometimes over one hundred letter. in single
dny. Gen. Pomrroy has been doing this Tor weeks
CIV Eg liz tine Office teams, money aBd health, al
OFT, 10 the poor sufferers a h,nsas On be y do
ing notle service, one for which thousands unite IN
tlTIke 10 God.
We lave many men in the Fat begging for Kansas
but a1iong them no one l. working, no one moving
Il hearts q zenercsity like Mr. Hyatt, of New-York
Hi- n,De win he cherished in this young state when
Thousands who are now sb-GIb!ng public attention,
i'll have been forgotten. Hs generory is e4uslled
Only by biz means: would 10 tod such men "rru
citel or fourd.
ee prop0rii.n of tbs rolvf zen, 10 kans,s from
the Wettern staer l. in PotaoeS ana during 'he week
OF two past weather too cold 10 trust them on
long routes Of hunid miles or 20. Inc fear now IL
that TIE relief goods will LOT be cent on Win pro or
disgGtch.
Gep. r. informs me that goods are coming, bat
coming sicNig. Teams are waiting, and sOms "at a
eek Or more fo- lilie corn ht!e hour to take
on filv or hundred lies 10 those starving at home.
MuSh has bern done aresdy, but lt M urEe II upon
dear frienda IN tbs tas' ana Wet, that mucn
mcrs-rtTz much iore nssds 10 Dc lone before Kan
sas l. entirely relieved.
| Al tho 4" relisf goods" sent hss been inmedidtty
Distributed ard bali enough 20 supply the demand
Tie Wrr has most generously responded 70 orr can
| and iron IEcu and Ler Immediate sister States Kan
IA III receive ail the cor -four, potatoes, &c, she
| w6n;s. All the West asks u sacks to put thesr
| goods in and money 10 pay frright.
Be as,ir " friends 81 tie dstresssd-b tina:
hnlf u d. siftuton Of Kansas i HOf yft knora IL
our Winter proves mild and genial, il wl be- indeed
gOctsni poor; but should the weather become
iigronr blustellng and coid ~ some pTdis' the ei
f-iifrs OF 81 II new country cannot be told In words
Aliires u.os, needed from the North are clothing
COED, substantial Il thing cloth 10 be- made up inic
gnrneitr, sbots boos and bankets. These, together
viii motey for fregbts and for other incidental eS
uen,e.. az WIN, \ wanted from the North mos.