Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-12-05

OCH the devil barn me ifyou'd 90 to afr;c-
OF the NeSt-Indi,s, but prevail upon Mr.. Tan.
dy, or Heartily, or some good natured Jintle
men, to grant the poor some remedy, for weare
all alike, 10y my soul.
Squire Mac O'Nopoly, tho Jintlenan. that 7
work for, rents about two Thousand dirt, acras
OF the cleanes: land III the county of Limerick
and well StOcktit is with bnilccks, hctfers'
sheep, whate. barley, oats, and other sorts n,
black cattle, for bread. and beet, and mutton !.
and yet, as Cd is my judge, neither nor nv
wife, or my old mother, or the nine children
(Which is all that death has left alive with MS !
have tasted either bread, or beef, or mutton or
beer, since last Christinasday. when ll,yt;,
Fahy sent us some by way of curiosity. from i.
merck, in BOTTLE know very Well. Mr.
5W-6yIorce, you'll say, Arrah how the devil
do you live then. Paddy OHurey? Bui. as thi,
* Il question, which Cannot give Won any in
formation about, II tell You, in answer, bo,.
we conifiTc not TO starse. We break our fists
upon potatoes and spring watcr, we dine upou
potatoes and sprins water, and we sap upon
potatoes ami spring water aud sometimes q
icW spraiS ami sometimes u drop of batter
milk, amt ntctilncs a @iain OF salt aud very
ofttl, when We grow weak and iihgs:li for
want OF salt, spratS and buitenni,k, we mosten
our potatoes with salt tears Before the Uni
on, we sometimes got ScdG,i,hS, which Won know
means salt-ieiriagS; bat, the scaddans appear
10 nave disappeared and gone over TO ENGLAND
WIN TIE Sarilainent, so that we have plenti-
fui scarcity OF them. Our cabin fau' please
your ianuT) Is Il sort oi 4 nate building u,aaa
ofnnd and wattleS, with hole in the top. To
lei the smoke out when we can ret bit IRE
IN one corner OF this we keep a pig, when We
once get one and in another corner we all pic.
ourselves, man, woman aud child, uron ono
straw bed As 10 clothes, the old woman who
never stirs from under the straw, has 10 use
tor any my wife and the four girls are pretty
nearly hall naked DIV nv soul dear honey
speak the naked TRUTH the five bows are en-
trelN SO, and Us for myself. wear an old great
coat that was given TO me by Pat Cafiertv, the
coachman, God bless HIM and that civers eve
ry thng. Now, my good natured Jintlenian,
you must know, that there is Il near relation n
ninth cousin Of my wite's here, who was for
merry fixed IN America, at the expense of go
vernment, for his natural life for putting n
white SHIRT on the outside of his coat, and who
used To wCrk on the same plantation with the
black meyers Ill Wirginec, and he assures me
thcie Is no comparison between the manner
,,hey i've there and in the West-tndies (where
ne las also bin land the way we flourish in poor
old Ireland since the Union. The black meyers,
he says, ate and drink, and dance, and are clio
thed, and merry, and would think it the worst
OF all curses to be sent back again to their own
country: while we poor black and blue white
slaves can get neither mate nor drink, nor
clothes, nor any thing else, Except children.O
ana are every day flying in whole thousands to
foreign countries, though they wont give us
leave to go abroad but by the tun Let me
therefore, entreat, without further excuses
that you will turn YOUR blessed thoughts upon
our condition in Ireland, and let Your charity
begin as near home Is possible, and in so doing
You will greatly Oblige
Your obeiient servant,
PATRIC 'OHURLEY.
p. s. Suppose you would give bit of hint
to the Bible Society or the Waterloo Subscri-
bers.