, 1860-10-23
THE CITY,
THE FAMINE INKANSAS,


The facts cannot longer escape the attention
Of the most tsrdy and incsedulous, that an ex-
t1acrdtnhry condition Of atI.irs prevails
.hrouhout alarger share Of the Few territory Of
Kansas, where there is at present Z famine in
thu laud," 10 general, 80 inclusive, reached BY
such stsSes and falling upon community 30
situated, that It ia doubtful whether 1t has had
any parallel within the present century. The
thrilling descriptions that reach us from vari-
Gus and reliable sources, painfully realzs tho
most vivid and painful narratives Of sueh viz.
itatioDs, il Scripture, which We have been too
spt to deem we'll nigh impossible 10 our age Of
civilization and certainly among our own c,ti-
z:ns, on cur own coil. Even the great fauine
in ireland, historic in tho isles of suffering, ard
lists Of generous deeds, whose memory will iye
in the p'aintivo
"Give me thsee gra1ns Of corn, mother"
aeems to promise to bc surpassed in the scat.
tered homes Of new territory uuless keIp
speedily reaches them, for Thousands Ne in
want, and tens Of thousands now suffering for
food, to whom November, new at hand, will
uahes in fresh terrors.
The mailer is not ncu 10 many Of onr read
ers, but IT certainly has never been fully pre-
sented in adequate detail, An agent represent
ing his own community, Col Steele, highly
respectable gentleman is low in our city, and
for ZONE weeks past has been quietly circulst-
ing his sppsala for aid. As winter is now near
at hand the danger becomes imminent thAt from
the vigors Of the season, and the greatly en-.
hanced difficulties aid expenses Of reaching
them from these Sales, riTer navigation oace
CLOSED, many will suder keeuly, aye stasye for
tie Eery commonss: neeessaries Of lifs.
Tne subject is brought moro Immediately and
publicly to Cur citizens, By tha mission Of Rev.
L. .C. Reynolds, q highly esteemed Episcopal
cleFg5msa OF Lawrence, Kansas, who. rs an-
neaneeo II previous 'ssne' nas come to cur
Guy ~ plssen. 'ne e'a'n'' 81 .as SUI st'cg resi-
1en'a ~ wa = ''' 49,: 49, 4'o1 no4as WV o'
~ 'n' eaA4S' soaNes"ea 11osl a's
eA' - eeA' aoA'a7 o'"so ~ ee~s's eeea "Ae@. ;.
49, NV '-' ~ - ., - 'Asu ~ 1e 'o.1a
seAetseo 4eep1Aos Au0 suAo'en en,s ans'lu u
' 1n@A' "..'' 04e Nv" IL ee0a 0"s'''Ds
@1e 'ee.'s" ~ A"o'-'' sP'"k'
uu1 'u'' ooee a'' isne'e 'ne p1essn' ana Sp'
pA"og "an's o. communities "nose crops u@'e
u''e''5 iaiteo 'AsoaBu 'oos 'e@a''au7c i"sA "
fa'n' ..., ;,
a puol:c meeting was ealea ~ n'5e4 nan
'as' sen'nS 1of INC p"rpose o. eeas,ng . s'a'"'
meh1 lsofa Ae'' M'' lse5no1o. on snss na'tes' 's
flo" reasons af's.pg l3en 'ne ns'e'1ess u 'us :,
ca1'' ana 'ae 'ne'eHene5 u .ae e'en,ek' 'n'
members preseo' "efe 'eSS 4uaa "oa'a u1' e.
unose olne1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -. '"7 4p'
pea'' se' our soAaa aaa suoe'au'4.4 e' "e'e
"'a 'ep'essn'ea, "au '"7 us t"p' "a,
anu ln'efes'ag' 'houga entirety iolo'1na'' "''''
Out 1e!ae' ae''oo n 'ne e'ose'
ihc speaker gave o1ae' nu' 1ntna's fAs'et'
Of 'hs condition OF t1l4iss IN hsneas. lie 'a'o
ths' oet OF popn'a:'on o. 4oo,coo aoeu' one'
loaf!h GAO neen oia'en a"as "1'a'u LUG year W
the gradually darxen'cg aspect ot hafseet mas
teFS. The crops planted IN Inc spfiag haa df'eo
up. Gardens became waste Corn heida
gaVeno Jleid. Farmers VINO In previous sea.
son haa 5eaEzso from oae 10 t"o 'noa@a2o
bushels OF corn gatherea IN la's season from
one to t;eo dtfhf!s Of corr to 1he acre. In ths
hope that rain would coma 10 their relef, pota'
toes ano other root crops Tsfe repianted, bus
only TO me feduct1on Of Inc s1oex ol 1000 lot
81 outlay that gaze no return.
| Ar. Reynolds says that upon his OWN table in
Lawrenca be he's had potatoes but three times
this GUNNER, and thesa vegetables are now sell
ing in that market al 81. GO to 81, Is per bushel
Store Eo2a tho farmers had purchased fer fat
tenirg with their CON crop, he'd been Kept aa
locg sc possible, and whom nothing else remzin'
ed, the animals, ,aaay Of them purchased Ut
or 4i cents rcr pound, we're cold fer penny
per pound, given away, or else taken out and
shot, 10 aare the feed for the families.
Tia settlers ara not Of class to eemp!air
and haye resisted to tn. lss: ths necessity o
asking for aid, aud the last necessity is upor
them now, both Of food lnd clothing, siacs
many Of them in narrow circumstances h.7t
left the repair Of thelr werarobes TO this verJ
n