Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-02-08
VOL XIII.
The Destitution in Kansas.

To the People Of Oltao
The undersigned, who have been appointed
a Committee TO solicits seeds, clothing, etc,
for the people of Kansas, many of whom were
rendered almost destitute by the recent drouth
in that Territory. have the qualification to
state that they have learned that, owing to
the prompt response of the people of Ohio and
other States to the call for relief, but little
actual suffering from want of food now exists
in Kansas. 1t should not be forgotten, how
ever, that some thirty thousand of the one
| hundred and ten thousand now inhabiting the
| Territory, must be fed and clothed until har-
vest, and seeds should be furnished so that the
| people there may be able TO supply themselves
with food for the future. Reliable accounts
received from Kansas state that many fami-
| lies literally raised nothing in 1860, aud are
| destitute of garden seeds, potatoes, corn and
wheat for seed the approaching spring. The
object of this appeal is to urge upon you the
! immediate necessity that these wants should
be supplied, and. to be useful, relief should be
| forwarded without delay. We subjoin here
with a statement of the needs of the people of
Kansas, furnished US 10y H. 2. johnson, Esq.
Of Leavenworth, and S. n. Wood of Council
/ Grove, K. T.
ave feel Ike expressing our heartfelt thanks
to the people of Ohio for their prompt and gen.
erous contributions for the relief Of the desti-
tute in Kansas. Owing to the unprecedented
drouth in our territory, at least thirty thousand
! people were rendered destitute of the common
necessari,s Of life-food and clothing. To our
certain knowledge, families have been all win
ter without shoes and necessary clothing. For
/ days have whole neighborhoods been without
! any food except buffalo meat. Our people
| would willingly labor, but business is at a
stand still, and the best can only provide for
themselves. Through the contributions Of the
| country much suffering has been removed, and
we believe lives saved. Temporary relief has
in fact been afforded, but much remains to be
done. Those thirty thousand people must be
| fed and clothed until next harvest, and even
then. such relief amounts to but little, unless
onr people possess the means of future exist
ence. Food cannot be sent from Ohio
| FIeights are too high; but the express COM
| panies have agreed to carry money and cloth
ing free. Let each ncighborhood in Ohio then
/ contribute a box of good common clothing,
boots and shoes, jeans and sattinetts for mon,
( flannes, linseys and calico for women particu-
! larly, are desirable. Next we need garden
seeds OF all kinds. There are literally none
IN Kansas. Let package go from every
neighborhood. Oac hundred thousand bushels
! Of Spring wheat are necessary for seed. May
We not hope that the people of Ohio will con-
! tribute of their abundance to furnish this
wheat, and pay freight on seed corn and pota-
! toes, and thus enable our people in a short
J In r,l, al,
/ Wheat can be purchased in Illinois and Iowa
] for from 80 to 60 cts per buShc. Corn and
potatoes in the same localities, will be donated
in abundance, if money can be raised to pay
! freight May not hope thtt the people Of
| Ohio will 90 to work, canvas their cities.
counties. towns aud villages, and send their
share of this relief? What is done should be
done Immediately. Wheat sloald be sown in
February, and no time can be lost. Clothing
and seeds should be sent TO 5. G. Pomeroy,
Atchison, Kansas, (marked) kansas Relief
clothing" for SeedS.)
Money shoald be sent to Governor WM.
DENN1soN, Columbus, Ohio, by whom ii will
be forwarded to Kansas to pay freight or pay
fol wheat, S. n WOOD,
Council Grove. K. T.
! II. Il. JOHNSON
LeAvtnworth City, X, T."
We think the people Of Ohio need no urg-
ing in a case like this. We present the needs
of the people of Kansas, who have been sorely
tried by the evils attendant upon ali unprece-
dented drouth, believing that they will prompt
ly respond by forwarding the desired relief
Those who wish to aid in the purchase ofseed
wheat, etc, can make up packages in their
respective localities and forward. directed tc
S. q. Pomeroy, as indicated above.
WM. DENNISON,
w. B. THRALL,
: A NJ. GANGEWER,
L. l.. RICE,
VT. BASCOM,
II. z. GILL.
Committee.