Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-08-27
DISTRESS IN IRELAND.

The l,ish papers from Belfast, repre-
sent the distress among the pnor chs-
s's IN Ireland arising from the scar.i
ty "i provisions, as very great.
tn. rrale" Mercury says, it becomes
our painful d"ty To aun,unce that a
famine m this county is inevi,all.., uu-
LES same extraordinary effor, be m,ade
=" 'e'ieve the distress Of the people.
The '"a:';.'ts have risen 10 famine price
deSp''" "i all the efforts Of the commit
tee. Tnis very day are the potatnes
sid IN our marke, at BIS per peck,
"' 9l3L per stone. 1t IS iriahiiul To
contemplate The cons quences. The
Iahmin. man earns hut Sd. per day
SD tha', suppose each man regularly
em?lrved, his daily hire Is Insufficient
t" provide oac meal of dry POTATOES lur
his family VIVA, Us to he said OF those
crowds VIII" are out of employment
oil those thousands who are many days
III the week idle and mmr,nploved
Typns fever the usual attendant ON fam
me, is fast setting M.
a letter from Dnhlin contains the
following distressing Statement, -
"''r"at fears are entertained that there
VIII ne want of irrd IN ireland during
the next two months. Potatoes have
risen IN the country markets To an
alirming price, ard from the diff .uliv
"i procuring them at any price, "a snrt
panlc has already 5eguG to dilI'use itself
amongst the po"r people. Snme ,rdId
wretci"s, hy boarding their store, in
the expectation of a Stdrring Pratt,
have contributed much To increas the
alaim. Oiimeal, Which IS never thought
oi AS an article oi food IN the south of
Ireland, so long rs potato can be had
rs now eagerly bought mp at SIS. the
hundred weight Some milcrs have
the Cohsrl nee L" demand an advance
even upon this sum, nf As per cwt
lnr the accommodation ol two or ,hiee
months credit, taking specel care To re-
qn're good snh eni security Ia uuarautr G
Tie payment whan it becomes du :"
SidUc an .H'gierS-Nn sooner is any one
declared slave. than he is instantly strIppcd
at his clothes, aud covered with q species of
SACK cloth, he Is ais generally left without
shoes ar Stockings, and often Obliged Ia work
bareheaded. N the searching rays nt AN Ali.
can sun Many suffer their beard To grow,
as sign "i mourning ana dcs ,atInn. while
their general state al fil,h is not Ia he con.
ccivcd. Some of these wretched beings
are destined IL make ropes and sails fn the
II
ny Keepers, who carry whips: aud frequently
eXtort money from iiteiI victims as the prco
al somewhat less rIgDr in the execution oi
tneir dhty "ihers belong Ia ihcDey's house
n"Id and many are employed by the rics,
M""rS. who may have bought them at mar.
Ret, IN the Invest dTud9cry oi domestic can.
pl"yment. Sumo, like beasts nf burihen are
employed ~ carrying stone ard wood, for any
Pnhhc buildings That may he gouig on; these
are ns"aily IN chains, ana justly cons!durcd
as the worst among their oppressed bre In @ ,,
, Tw" black cakes Is theii prncIpal daily sus
tennnce aud had 1T not been for the charity
"i "a iIch Moor, who LETT "a legacy for tina,
purpose, Friday, the only day they a.e ex
= e'mpied from work, would hive seen them
without any allowance whatever. Shut uu
al night IN prison. like sn many .naletactors
HEY are obliged Ia sleep in the open corridor
exposed Ia all Tie inciemcncies nf the seasons
III tue country 'hey are frequently forced Ia
he III the open air or, like the Trualndlte
OF old, shelter IiIe!nSel,e s IN cnverns Awoke
at day light, they are sent To work with the
most abusive threats, and, thus emp,oyeJ
become shortly exhausted under the weigh
and severity of their Keepers whips. Those
destined /" sink wells aud clear sewers. ar,
tor whole weeks obliged 20 he up Ia the md
die IN water, respIrimg a mcphihc atmosphere
"thoIs employed IN quurrIes are threatened
with Constant destruction, which often come
10 theIr relief Some attached to harness III
which beasts of the field are also yokcd. ar,
Obliged TO draw nearly all the 'nd, aud never
!aii To receive more blows than their NOR,
favored companion the ass ar mule. Som,
ate crushed under the falling of buildings
while others perish la the pits into whicl
theY are seat !" be rot rid Of Ii is usual fo
one and two hundred slaves To- drop off il
he year Tor the want OF food .a-dlcaI alien
, dance and other u. cessaries; and woe f
th"se who reinain ii They attempt tu heave
sigh"r complaint in the herring of their inc x
: nrnble master. The slightest offence or IN
discretion, is punished with two hundre,
blows on their icet over the back /; ant
resistance to thus sh pckIn, treatment is otiei
punished with lunih