New-York tribune., 1867-05-04
TIE DISTRESS IN THE SOUTH.
~ Eatior Of IN, Ttdhane.


and suffering prevailing in South Carolina.
Ihave received aud daily in receipt Of letters from
benevolent and phlanthropc persons IN the North anu
West making inquiries to the extent Of the destutiO
nnd II you will do me the favor to publish the coliuL
iect TO All Who feel generous interest in our distress
The writers Of nearly all OF the letters % and have
mo hesitation In indorsng the statements made nar
the honor to be- very Of South Carolina
Fy.o,Jire D@Dgrt1nh Columbia, s. c. April ~, loo!'
We give below the most important OF the abstracts
which Gov Orr refers, the Limited space az 0"'
mot allowing us 10 print them In ful'
y, Jri Eyc,Le,ey Gos ORR From all that has come
under my Observation in supplying the poor OoD O G4T o
faIy satisfied will require 2oO bush per month 70
Hn1V their necessities 1000 bush per month 10 prevent
actual S'ar'"'iO" 'V' ''-' '''''''' WS. MARTIN
IG,car District will require $1,000 bush There Is not
more corn II all distributed than enough TO do the Dis
frc longer than the 1t of February March Our crops
both of cotton and corn, have been extremely poor;
Chesterfield Disrict-Mr Waddel writes I think it
viii require at least l6Oe bush OF corn to supply 'ne c
Marlboro DistTeLIMr j. McCOllum writest at Is es
tmated that the district will require lOOOO Dush 10 sup
0Ssser Ds,ict-The Hon. W. A. Walker certihes that
there about $40 families Iepr9sentng i2O persons SS
sbled soldiers who are under present sta % u
from 900 to 10 600 bush meet their necessities
Rershaw DSriet-Gen. J. b. Kershaw writes: "The
piled TO for relief by white persons, who furnish Ger
ifcates of destituton and the number G oeSllue oe
HoTy DiStrict-The Hon S. b skipper says; believe
chat il will require not less than 10000 bushels OF corn 70
supply the district 5000 OF which must be Tor Charitable
Wigi9mS5,ro Distrie,-The Rev W. A. Hemningway
states that onetwenteth of the population or TINS as
tSs torgsio, IfS IN pis%e believe viii require at least
5000 bushels ofcorn to meet the neceses OF te PsuS
of this District Il, f. o. p % %Sp,IprN,S
The following extracts of letters are In response To-
circular sent out by the Rev. MI Martin under direction
OF SsiSogSooa Gy STI Of No &C Edgeed arc
several Old persons both white and coored who io some
until the community longer able to support the'
and S.Sr %2@T SlS %DbeUs DsCo D. Wyatt Aiken
writes There several widows. with families OF ttl9
Seighbors until these longer assist them ana they
are now at the door Of absolute want want ,,o po,. NJ,
writes II have widowed mother ana Two Wldoweu SIS
Sers who are much needing assistance one ot my sisters
has small children the other 5eVeh an mes aIS re M
ing with my brotherinlaw WHO mas ioSt S & use t " & ms
year he failed entirely m making crop ana nc nS no
gTe. TgtrIiSS Diste-CO F. writes There in
my immediate neigbOrhOOd 20 or 60 persons IN great
Or, TSsL Ib6eTiie Distrc-In a limited nighborhood
Due West gentleman writes te me- tnat tnoy must lus
have bushels per month to keep the people from acta
Lexington DsI have list Of poor consisting E:St Of
old unable to work and widows with small children
and resources these are now IN state oi Deggapy
and want. We in the rided region ana one person
IS able assist another Extract from letter Oh
' RitbJgaS DiS,re including ne burnt Oityof Col'uaba
have my list 4SO names representing lG9 persons
most not all OF When I a1 EmTace BT S bo We and COZ
Ored We are in great immediate want, ,,o. ,,ror
the list who received each two weeks rations Of the
out of the shipment made to me IRON tIe @ n tr ., G
Association that list Is day increasing nu IHefo Ho
many want who are unwilling to @ apply BY Tor relief 1oros
writes There are eght families Immediate neigh
bOrhoOd who suffering condition, and who cannot
Ab6eriHe o. H-There is no end to our necessities. We
have received 46S bushels of corn ana ihat VIII not sup
say how many families there are but Their number Is
legion Extract from letter from & DT j. Branch
with the extremely poor but with those who are
BaTnVeH Distriet-The Hon. B. IL. Brown writes 81
among the most destitute regardless Of color This was
great blessing but the relief is only temporary In
Women dsessed white and colorad there are not less
than from 1900 to 1900 families in this district large
Ionfioel0 TairJicId DSrictCol W. j. Aston wrtes ;
There aIe witnn an area m vi t 0 20 and ' me- IN ~ ave min
cipaly women and children. white and cOlorcd, the
mothers being able TO support themselves aud chill
dren There is another class in whok there males
able to work but with large helpless families, who are
destitute OF provisions, and have money
Union, @. H-Judge GOudoloch writes There are in
this place families who know are in very great suffer
Greenwood AbberiHye Dissies-The Rev W. s. Farrow
must be fed OF die Of starvation"
S.ny O. 1.-THE Hon. A. Gilbert writes ,s %T6e he
day have heard Of mother and two daughters VINO
70 Sustain life think the lowest number Of families in
want may be put down at 1907 white and cOlorod."
BdFageN District, BqDibeTg There 35 families
near Inc white and cOored who in extreme desttu
ton and fear fatal results, unless speedily aided"
Letter from the Rev. c. Wilson
BRADFORD springs, Sipter Distre"The suffering, as
YOU extreme, and unless relieved the hands OF
charity many persons must die Of
The Same NeihborAOOd-" The suffering Is very great
Children arc eating all sorts Of things they can got hold
of aud their appearance betokens great dcstutOn One
boy I8 years of Addison Logan, has lately died or
absolute starvation Within five or six miles Of me the
population fully 5OOi at least oneha now suffer
ing severely aud within month from this date the whole
population will have nothing 70 eat" Extract Of letter
from w g Burgess, esq, April 5:
BshOpruie, Sumter DSTici-The Rev. F. J.. Kistcr
ports three families without means and subsstg the
shortest allowance Of charity from day TO day, some OF
these must have help s0on or die one IS W0man BIND
with eleven in the famiy-her daughters aud their
rhdren another, greatly afflicted; another 76 years
old; another, 30 years old ana bnd; nVe IuOtncflcSs
children, Starving and naked; one coored woman, very
old and helpless another coloed 0years old; another,
100 years old another, old and blind"
ROUeS Pump Ordnge6lUV DSrict-W. J.. Wolfe, the
Railroad agent at this station reports three white faml
lies and ten cOlOred in greatwant
OTdngebing Q. 1.-THE Hon. W. f. Barton writes There
ARE my immediate neighborhOOd fifteen families, white
and coOred who in very needy condition, and must
GreenoiIle, Q. H.-Gen. W. II. Easley writes "There
In the vicinity OF Greenvie, and In the town ITSELF
at least 25O families who must sarye unless supported
by charity, and In the district very many more"
MtdrdJ, BGTHtceH DiSiric-"As far as can there
8 possible escape from general famine, in which all
viii suffer many perish! IN precinct OF 80 miles in this
district there Is not than planter In 30 who has
corn enough 70 last him single month not more than
one IN 200 who las enough Tor TWO months none that
have that last three months and OF these there
s. hardly than five in the hundred who will be able
10 supply themselves with provisions OF sort unless
Ivy borrowing money mortgage, not only Of the grow
tg crop but Of the lands and at such rate ~ interest
that crop they make possibly save them from
ruin great many Will almost quite starge unless they
get help from other tnan their own.
Briefly the famine which threatens the land Is all
the land and region help the other The
mules andoses especially where owned by the negroes
and upon which the hope OF years crop greatly
depend.