New-York tribune., 1867-03-16
TIE NUMBER or SUFFEREES IN JBh
SOTTH.

To The Editor Of TAs Tri5aHe
SIR Every philanthropic heart mu feel rritein'
for what you done in behalf OF the fam.n.
peope of the South bat every day the evidence
that the severity and magnitude Of their distress mort
mperfecty appreciated by the people OF the North As
one o the Secretaries the Southern Famine Iref Tom
mission have had by correspondence anl personal con,
sweep and desolaon OF the famine that j. fet ~ large
sections Of the Southern states and WIN Your rmssi
will state what has been the result Of inquiries
Tiie destitution which claims relief - NOS hmed
TO o1t sG y@Sr S G IN Counties north and soaSf the territory
over which be passed IL is not desututluh pI"n'ru
| by the Rebellion much by the dronfh tnai made
tens of thousands of acres planted IN corn ~ Alabama,
Georgia, and south Carolina, as frutrss ~ - d,st'
The corn crop was blasted before IL was two feet bgn,
and many large fields did not produce hhiie HI~h''
sons who instigated and perpetuated the Ebh'n; bur
poor men aud unofcnding women and children, who had
public MajorCen scott, the District Commander as
Charleston says that Government ratlons are pow slny
selves including the sick and nfirn IN hospitals AMI Ssl
the eoorcd peope Of south Carolina aud so there il a>
in Georgia and Alabama. Coy. Jenkins gays That tbd
number Of eooEd persons III Georgia WHO '"'' "'ed'
The whole humber of people in imminent Dec, Of rolet
in southern states is not $4,000 $1,000; bu fl rREs
HUNDRED THOUSAND. or these, there probably 2N0
in Mississippi and North Carolina. OF Alabama Tie Hon
NJ. IL. Cuikshauk, Commissioner Tor The dr>utu' anh
man who las the confidence Of more than one of o beet
Major-Geueras says that there not less tban WoO
persons IN that State that viii have to IN ied ~ pnho
charity until crop maturcd, ana. larger n'mlci ta'
this who will require partial relief or 6e"es, GOV.
jenkins saws that 60OOO OF it, white population and 3o"o
OF its coored people greatly need rtlief Gov Orr ~!
thai 5OOOO0 bushels OF Is estimated To u" The ease
that will supply the destitutiOn cf south taiolIa, ahd
those best qualified 10 judge put the number {" e Jesi-
tute at 100000 persons. ... -- f
These carefully made estimates eNceed $4,000 psoll",
who must bo wholly or partially relieved ny ""nty Tor
the next three or four months II than ensUl.
lars worth Of food be allowed Ia AN individual. t viii
take three millions of dollars Ia supply TIE Ia'h o food IN
the states 10 which have referred.
some OF your readers may regard this an incredible
statement but IL IS cOrrohOracd sorry 10 say, bN
the very full correspondence aud personal Conversations
| have had with Southern men within the ihst seven
weeks ,
The fact is the poverty of the South extreme aud tia
Cstitution Of occasioned by the late douth a-
pang; and if help Is not given In The form ot bread o
eat and seed TO plant and the famine VIII not only
he calamitous It's immediate results, but Will also bo
erpetuated through an0thcrycar.
know that the southern Famine Relief Commission
(sr James VI. Brown, No. Gl WaSt Ir'sI"f). ~ nsng
every means within its reach to ndu," the people OF
these. Northern states to relieve the di>lsS which has
fallen upon the South Much has been nif"' done by
but IL needs thousands where 1t has itec'Nd mnd'
o.
Nelc- York March Is. 1867.