Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-04-04

turc to draw forth the sympathy Of the
most hardened:
We have teen kindly favored with
the following extracts Of a letter from
Paisley, in Scotland, received by n gen
tleman Of this town, few days since.
The writer is distinguished clergyman
OF that CITY, who 'teSiiEeS that lchich he
knO'cs, Of the sufcringS Of the Iaboring
part of the population.
Paisley contains upwards OF 10000
people, of whom Is or 10000 are ma.
tives Of ireland. il is the only Town in
the United Kingdoms, in which a par
ticular species of silk weaving is carried
on. This branch Of trade has been the
first TO suffer, and from its very nature.
has suffered most from the present ex-
traordinary depression in the CONNER
cial world.
apologising TO his friend for not
having written sooner,he thus proceeds
"The truth is, this town for two long
years, has been passing through cri.
sis such us no population in any civil.
lied country, was ever subjected to. Up
wards Of one half of our population
have, during that long term, been expe.
riencIng pIivaIions equal TO those Of
besieged town. Living. even in the
depth Of winter, on an al iowance Of one
pennyN day per head and often less,
as the entire amount OF means. If any
member Of family could obtain little
work which would amount to that sum
for the family, the whole were cut off
from the supply, leaving them worse
than belore-the individual at work 70.
quiring greater portion Of the food TO
enable him to exist ,auid the exhuusting
influences Of toll.
80 enable the Committee to afford
this miserable a lowance it has beeu ne
ccSsary TO raise, by subscription-but
chiefly by collections at the Church
doors over the whole kingdom; L50, 900.
sit was physically impossible that life
could have been supported, had not the
people pawned SUCCESSFULLY every arti.
Gle of clothing and furniture, dopn TO
their rery Bibles!
q have seer the dwellings Of trades
men in my own congregation, stripped
o: every thing but pot 10 boil potatoes
| have known them, in hundreds Of in
stances, for months,even in winier,with
out blanket have seen all this in
dwellings which were ever clad and a,
dorned with all the comforts that we re
found in former times in u tradesman s
house; and had il not been for the bales
OF old clothing, and new, sent from all
parts Of the Kingdom, the people must
have been lefI in u state Of perfect nudi-
ty.
AT the outset Of the business, DR. B.
and myself, with most Of the ministers,
were constrained to embark anew in the
cause of humanity; in the hope that a
few months would bring our labors TO a
close. We have bcoa miserablY disap-
pointed. Year and year rolled on, and
at this moment, our distress is positive
ly more intense than ever. What with
a new mission TO London, interviews
with The Government, pubic meeting S,
&c. &C.. our names got mixed up with
the case all over the Kingdom. Benevo
lent persons. who were going TO sub
scribe, congregations about 10 make col.
lections, addressed letters 10 US, week af-
ter week, month after month, year after
year, TO be furnished with details, as to
the state of matters Of the particular
time: and | my say, il wrote one let.
ter, | wrote thousands, long as ;his, to
benevolent gentlemen and ladies', and
ministers, all over the kingdom ! have
spent whole days from morning till
night, without stirring from my chair,
hearing and taking notes Of cases.
have spsnt whole days visiting and sift.
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town and coun'y committees-whole
days in penning leIIers-and yet con-
trived, with few exceptions, 10 perform
all MY Sabbath duties. Are you aston.
Shed2 When n vacant hour could be
snatched from this slckening, aud sub
DUNG toll, was glad 10 flee 10 the mag.
azlne r newspaper, TO refresh my ex.
hausted Francs? y And as TO our
accounts. often were our funds exhaust
ed, and 10000 StarUing human beings on
our hands
often would NJ J. and E. in
qaire, Have you written yet? o, my
dear friend. have thoughts been letters,
you would have had plenty every day.
| used, IN reply, TO point to piles Of let.
ters on my table, and say, DO you
know that the answer to these is a mat.
ter Of life and deqihl
Some months ago, we found we could
go on no longer. We who had the chief
part oil the toll, could stand it no longer
Nor could we on principle, continue to
superlntend the starvation 9th people
We addressed from time TO time, strong
remonStrances 10 the Government Al
length, Government Commissioners
we're sent down, new committee form.
ed and we resipnod -