The Arkansas advocate., 1833-01-09
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From tf,e BarJadoes .uercurg, Oct %.
 The iollowlng extract Of q letter rom
 -Atlgaliia, We copy from the .4nf{qu4
 tiee Press of the 27th Sept. The ees- lcrlption given Of the distress that has eensulfered is truly affecting, and as #the work of death is, according to ti4e writer, suspended ool5 fora Nhilc, by the timely relief received We trust those who have not contributed tow ards fae assistance ofihe sufferers, will come forward and initiate Inc iandabieexan1- 1 pie of their benevolent fellow colon. t.izts3:--
 T is impossible for nlesto give you q correct view of the physical and moral destitution, wretchedness aud misery of 1 this degraded people. The famine is truly awful. The contracted muscles. shfNeiled skins, and despairine eourtc- 1 naaees of I great portionof the pona!a. ton are q most heart rehding sight. 0n every side We behold hungry mo- liners, with haggaFd eouatcnanees. and weary out-woin limbs, tfenblinetlhder the weight of T beloved child. whose eyes are sunk dcePinfheirsaekets. jts
 ilalbs parehed aud Withered. and jts
 lace dfied and wfint.ied, as thooeh jt
 "as bending beneath tIie weight of lanr
 score years! Tlley carry thein 10 the
 doors oi those whose sufTerinas are f,at
 so grcat:-but alas! such is fhe eeners
 al poverty, that few arc able to. reIie5o .
 tlsena. 0'ts '
 s'it E an affecting sigI!t, when 2 g,{tle
 iood IS gwen, to see the hunger bftten
 mothersit downontbe ground. bath;ng
 her squallld child witl tears, while she
 feeds II on the fruits of benevaIeneo
 and refuses herself taste. ill her fop der charge Is satisfied. Strange prs.usbo
 have heard Of the famine. and wlo hava
 visited ass have said, in my lgeariea 3bat
 the hall vas not told. For sorne tia,e
 rom 3to i2 q day have dsed of starx,,,
 tloh; but the great liberailty of St
 hltts and Nevis has suspended at least for white, tile.uork of deatb
 The drought has heen dreadful. Tbere. aas net been a season of rai!, flf.. lasf eighteen moittils, and this, with fI1e. .colisafnmate idleness Of many. is G,a principal cause Of the famine. ''e 9analea papers received by {ae ed. 'tofs q the New York Daily Advertis. CT contain information of fbe arris.,l oi 2, 1enertl santander at Boeota on: the 4th October. He was rse'.;,.o,, oa "lth great joy by the peopAe. and b.a z i. li l'iss s'sken the paths of office, entered m II lils 1l 10lles as President Of the Repnblie u' 1;.t lSeW7prenada. On tbe sfh he pnb- 1is''ea ,f an address to the people. On e''e 1sil lae was waited upon by aIf tba iofelgn Ministers. with whom iotra1l.,e .,'e eiolls took place, and addresses V ,.t,.4;a lerohanged. To the Amerjcan M;,fil '',- ter ne said: ''i 1fiillis- ne friendly relations wbjcb b,aa; Y Y eNisf between tbis country and tpa ohi'ed States, will be to me an ol,;;aa4 o' 'p; pap'l9ularat ar attention. 4 Astrict friend s,nP and alliance between the eo,nnas @ls'.s isI, efilo nave separatedffosn the Snan lsl' monarchy, and a cordial h.,,ai1... 1'''.. ana 'a,pa good understanding betwcen a,,s'a n,o, aef hrethren of the North. arc - sai,'t z. aa connected with the cause of 'i;l, i;h e',, ,,a, sna' Tor my partI shall lose.no on o's'l''ty 10 cultivate them assiduonsI, ' 1feat 6 would be the happiness of An, Amo fica, T all it's governlnents and e' ,aa1 1a'''l- sonla De united in politfcsts raterasts tel'.e ~ .isi m oraer nIe lo geographical and conner.