New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-01
THE DISTRESS IN KANSAS.
TESTIMONY OF EYE-WITNEssEs.


The following brief statements extracted from
letters written TO the various newspapers designated
and from reports of meetings, memorials, &c. They
show that the cry in Kansas GIVE Us BREAD, OR VIZ
STARyE," is no political subterfuge, but reality SO
glazing and 30 palpable to stir the sou OF ell the
friends of humanity throughout the length and breadth
of this country.
Alexander Emerson. in The Ve.teyn M'oS.t P,oe.aat
Atchon What is to become Of us ye snsa. % @ tod
The half been told Of ne hoib derns that ia nov
eating out the yitals Of The people Of Ksnsas'
shObsl S~sine Of Bloomington ksns' IN me C,ne1naii
we .srye en- nasse or must We renew our lis try
the sypahiss IF friends nrish5c turtle. action"
miles there 20 children without shoe 20 their feet There
are women in our community who ere ot9 wei obliged
The Sentinel KanJsI hat FIVE teams had
rived Empor. from Aohson with provisions -Four of the
had their They days going and
returning Owing the they had been eight days coming
Correspondence Of Tas Mayqroka Ezcesor from Topeka
Kansas JAM z2 IT not surprising 70 bear Of sles Of suffer
ye,tedsy had 70 on bis es and Only shoe, At that
Others the company had their feet badly frozen but
none 20 bad ~ this man"
ing Winter large number Of people have
been employed in drawing loads Of provisions from A,chi.on
Nj sstenan Of Iowa Point Kansas in Tat Osa,oa owa)
CouisT says: "a family which visited barely able
70 live by dealing out ss By d5y 70 each PsTsgn three 'a'
s. Stewart Of Champaign, ksnss. in The County Union,
says contrast condition OF this peOpe with Iy own
cries Of Innocent children for but piece Of bread ring
IN my ears and cannot asanEt their appeals"
APPEAL YROA KAHsAs.-" From nearly every OF our
forty counties there ths VA. Of distress and the CRY TO-.
help The prospect before indeed dark sad desperate"
sighed by Parrot T. n Holiday, J. H. Byrd chas.
Ths Rev l. B. Dennis in The 50 Iosi Central AduOea,e,
Jan 81 says: One tog quite eyident-KanIs will
gratitude her friends abroad that abe viii be able
70 pay But with all this debt bsgng We have not
farhng paw and pressing demsnds such that shall
be compelled augment the before possibly lessen
NJ B. Blsuton Of Humboldt Allen County Kso,s. said at
Atehson All along the road poor fTos bitten
wholly unable TO their feet others hobbng along
n pain with frozen and al lacking proper clothing to
shield then from the incemency Of the weather.
Mr. o. O. Brown Of OSsswatAme Kansas In TIE Utica Ob-
IN. ~ February says In townships tho Com
ittees o6ss hundreds IA Quantities Of
pounds Of meal -four 10 smy To such state Of des
titution arc thew now reduced
Mis- Olive Merrill Valley Township Kantas In The Bsiois
Journal and Courier Iwre in behalf Of the starving
munily for starvation stare. IN the face and must
awful death"
lhel hepE5edn jan ~ says ThTeolourhs Of oil the
families in Kansas in starving condition No ia Kansas
70 bisne Decanse we nave oeen nsited "lth snlne
D. AcCabe at Atchison teo 49, says: reside in III
Dorado Hunter County The cdren entirely destitute Of
shoes and many girls from 10 10 IL Of have been bare
footed ali Winter snd the' clothing very thin and hardly
Charles KEITH Muscotsh, Aohson County, Ksn,ss Jan
@ says There are 20 In this peghboI6ood containing
me any other Kind Of braduGs and money with which
70 purchase and outside store there IL not within
circuit Of teu niles provisions enough 10 last the community
three weekA"
All who desire 10 aid in aeviang the condition IF
the sufferers In Kansas may embrace opportunity
sending contributions TO the Treasurer Of the Kansas
Relief Committee, John <. Williams, metropolitan
Bank, Hew-York. Bundles Of clothing should be sent
70 room No. rs, Cooper Institute.