The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-08-13


which have poured in upon MS. within the
last two days TO public inspection. The
reports Niilth are how rat forward are
Ton The parsl Of kilbrogan. including thc
town Of Bandpn--the Baron Of nuhaioV
the parishes OF Iicarrol Churchtovn-
aud the towns ri Gcye aud Frr,poy.--.
some n these haze been forwarded to ms
from nesi respected and distinguishrd
qaarier-and We are invited TO .xe,t all
Tie Influence OF tn press in awaking the
fieh In feeling Tor the Distress and mise
y which are 50 rapidly spreading among
Tile poor, aad also TO impress upon the lat-
ter due sense of the excrtions which are
milking IN their favor, By those of their for
tnnate follow creatures, who have come
forward IN their behalf, 10 whom Provi-
deaee has been more boumtifu. We
pledge ourselves to this iact-that the dis
tress, IN extent and degree, even in those
parishes where ii was supposed to be less
severe, IS liishtiul and appalling and that
scenes have been witnessed by the visitors,
which 90 far exceeded any idea that had
been formed Of what human nature could
endure, thai the beholders were obliged TO
retreat III dsmay and horror. We speak
hdi at solitary instance of Indebtedness,
such as we have described but of masses
of 1t, where human beings had not tasted
food for six and thirty hours, and where
eNistence twas only preserved by some NOR
81 of food administered by creatures al
most as pallId anu woe-worn, but who had
iust as many rags as enabled them to crawl
oat without outrage ! decency. On Sa-
tuFday we expect To lie enabled To lay de-
tails 81 Inc state of the city before the pub
he FOR the present We Coniine ourselves to
a portion Oh the country reports which
haNe been cent to us during this day and
yesterday Among those which are neces-
serily postponed are accounts of the NEE
ting oi landed proprietors and principal in
habilauts OF tie parish of klboiane, at
which the high sheriff Of the county presi-
ded, and according 10 the returns to which,
ii appeared that there were 272 families,
exceeding IN number 1900 persons in the
parish in want OF food, or the means of
getting it. Also the account of the add
Joarned meeting of the inhabitants OF u
part of The town and ncighhorho0d OF Ban
don, by the returns made TO which, it ap-
pcarsd that the number of individuals in
that parish actually in distress, Amounted
to Two Thousand one hundred and fifty
ionr. Al IA general meeting of the clergy
and gentry Of the Earony of DuhalloN,
held at hantak, on Friday, May the 3lst,
ia22, ". NriNon Bcchcr, esq. NJ. Z. in
the rhair--It Was resolved, " thai ii appears
10 this meeting from the reports Of the
eiergfmen in each parish, that the Barony
= III
counties in Ireland, and larger than many in
England, with population of upwards of
5000 inhabitants, is iii a state OF dreadful
and general distress thai its wretchcd in
habitaats are falling victims to famine and
disease-~-famine occasioucd by scarcity of
provisions and want of employneut-and
disease, the consequence of famine and bad
food
County Of Derry.-There is a sickness
Of the heart arising from hope deferred.
such sickness is the forcrllnnrr of despair,
and i'll this depiorahle condition is the star
wing population Of this town and district AT
present placed. We regret that very little
comparative relief is pcrccIyable here.
For the last three or ieir mornings, at an
early hour, il was lamcntabie to behold
.toops Of starving lahorers parading our
streets; at length they formed a large as
sembIage, and proceeded TO the houses of
several gentlemen in this town, seeking
y Ok, and declaring they were most anx-
III 10 labor for their bread that they anu
thei. f,mil.es were furnishing and that Il
on thing WIS not done for their relief
Icy must either piandcr or perish And,
indeed, II something be not promptly done,
sundred of human beings, of our wretch
d fellow mon, must inevitably perish be-
lore twelve or fourteen days have passed
away, and thousands before the middle OF
next month. They nave hitherto conduc-
tedg Themselves Feaccably, but We must
Warn ttLen 10 reflect Oh the danger of such
assemblaSes, to beware of the machina-
lions and excitement OF evil minded inccn-
diaries, and 10 reflect on the powerful laws
noW in force for the preservation Of the
public pedce.-Tumuiuary meetings and
violent proceedings can have no other ei-
ieet than IT, add To their inlscriCs ten-fold.
But, good God can nothing BE- done
promptly to alleviate the pressure of such
meant rending-such appalling wrctchcd-
SIS? II Is evident that nothing but EN-
p!oymcnt can afford this relief. No fine
spun theories II political economy can APP
peasa the cravings ofhmser. Can famine
nrool. delay?
.lIapo.-Thc awful and most melancholy
duty of announcing the frequent visitation
OF death to the inhabitants, of our unhappy
fellow citizens who have, by the use of
nettles and other herbs for while averted
!hc blow, until III fact, their stonarhs reiu-
sed to receive the unnatural food, c0ptin-
ties TO deyoye upon rs. Two cases of this
lamentabe description, which have occur
red since Cur last publication, between this
town and Furough, are unfortunately too
strongly attested 20 permit us, with all
ire caution we exercise, to doubt the facts.
It has also been stated TO u.s. from I'M