The New York herald., 1874-12-08

ing up. xr. Mccoy got me the nour on credit
and SAID ne would pay Tor 1t himseif " could not.
40 not know where can get any more when that
Ia out None OF the children have shoes or UNDER
clothing. They have one dress apiece. have
ing. Ny baby boy has no stockings. shoes or
underclotning. and out one old calico wrapper.
MY cabin = Is Spsq aDa cSd
another place an old farmer said TO me:-'srho
grassnoppers have DESTROYED all my crops.
mother and myself had out twelve acres ol
corn, rye and potatoes. We have l20 pounds OF
dren have shoes. Ny wife has no shoes and hardly
any cotnng. MY daughter Eustata has gone to
LIN Lincoln 70 hunt work she Is nineteen years old.
put what can we poor people do to help ourselves.
! wish some KIND lady OF your ACQUAINTANCE
could get seed In the spring to plant another crop
would face IT through this winter. nave an ex-
living IN little cabin, said to me:-"we h. ve
p,s. peen ous acre TWO years. and came from Chau,.
claim. NY husband was solder in the Second
liiinols cavalry ior iour years. and served under
General Ger, era ora; We have q good farm, and
Ieel IKE sucking TO 1t. or course, after being on
IT so long, we dislike to give 1t up we have no
money IN the world except ten cents thar have.
this year, and we have now literally nothing. No
horses, hogs, cattle or sheep. am baking my last
get nour TO make any more. was thinking about
u all day and had lalth TO believe that some good
did not despair, Tor Coo will not
LET US sTARvR
Our women are nearly out Of shoes, under
Sorma qsss u in taught SIX yesrs
are hard times that have fallen upon us. 1t Is
unpleasant to accept charity, but the truth is We
families are a as badly o as my
went into another cabin BY the road and found
ts g ten Ola EsspnE sF
her she said :-"My mother and father are out hay
ing Ior nelghbor; There are nve cnlidren OF us.
rel. Father had pig, but ne killed It and we ate ts
all up long ago. Father says when the n0ur IL ous
care Of u.s. Our neianoor, Mrs. winters, is as
badly on as ourselves, and Mr.. Foster is worse on.
We nave no shoes or stockings we have one
Austin. We owe him that much, and father says
thankful Tor that" SO lar as lay in my power I
then hastened back to Omaha to lay the condition
ofthese poor people before the authorities and the
'N'' " AT ONCE % AND SENT RELIEF.
For six weeks the people Of Nebraska have been
feeding y shs s Inorsunates % , It requires $4,000
/. do not believe IN making Congress an
the right thing do IN this case is Tor the gener-
ons people OF the country TO give from their
tute Nebrasklans until they can raise crops and
take care Of themselves Such an amount viii
never be missed out Of the great storeh0uses.
These people are the pioneers OF this nation.
They are all natives OF other States, some from
New York. Not . family among them had ever
seen want before, and the manner in which they
took tue blow Is proof OF their noble
mettle. 1t is dincult to make. people
VINO have always been accustomed 10 lv-
ing In large cities ieel the total want
OF these heroic settlers, but nothing shall be Lett
und0ne on my part to make the case clear one.
have already gained good point. Mr.. John
Balestes has placed the lower floor Of the build.
ing No. II Barclay street at the disposal OF the
settlers We have established q headquarters for
the reception OF clothing Tor them. We want
that badly, for DO not exaggerate when ! say
many OF them are naked. That Is not IN brick
houses either or tenements, but nuts and dug
outs and cabins, with large Ventilation Tne STATE
has done and is doing wonders. Every bank
In Omaha is now paying rate Of $50
people, and every storekeeper and mer-
chant is giving according to his business. from
SIS month up. know New York. know the
great, generous neart Of the people, ana ! nave
profound faith In 1t. The people nave intrusted
the delicate and dficult task Of gertlng them out
OF this trouble 10 us the officers OF the army, be.
cause they know we estimate their sufferings and
sympashize with their distress.