Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-12-03
No. 20.
Ireland.--Depiorabie Picture.


The National lntelligencer publishes
the following exlrac. Of letter from
county Roscommon, in Ireland, TO ci,i.
zen of Washington, dated Oct. 80, 1916:
Never had we such accounts 10 send
as IN this present year. Ireland is visited
from north To south, from east TO west.
with most dreadful famine. The poor
are living in many parts on cabbages and
salt. and many of them dying in the high.
roads, in the fields, and in The towns, Of
Irish cholera and various other complaints
in consequence of such food, and very
many have not even much Of that sort,
bad as ii is. The potatoes IN toto perish
ed; indeed. they are totally extinct in
Ireland. had myself ten acres Of the
finest seed in the country, and The most
promising appearance, and in two nights
the blight visited them, and they were re-
duced 10 snuff. | will no, get one stone
of potatoes in the whole field. Such is
the stale all over the country -hundreds
of acres ro,ted in twenty four hours. The
poor, (that is, five sixths of the whole
population,) are living as above. on bad
vegetables or Indian meal, 10 which there
was in The beginning the Creates, possible
objection; but hunger and The want of
better overcame every reluctance. For
the last month there was no importation
Of Indian meal, and the people congregate
in hundreds and thousands. break into
mills and bakers shops, and force away
all The meal and bread they can Law hold
Of; the military and police are called out
10 protect the property Of those persons,
and in many cases lives were lost; the
unfortunate people fired al and stabbed by
the military. Such is the awful and de-
plorable state of this your native country.
God only knows when this awful and ap-
paling state of things will cease. Life
and property are a, stake.
"Will you write 10 me and inform me
what prospects there are of getting
sufficient supply Of Indian meal and pc.
taloes from the U. States! Was the har.
vest this year in America abundant or
defective! have seen in Washington
paper that, in 1915, the official returns of
the Indian meal was fifty two millions OF
quarters, and this years would exceed il
by eighteen millions. This, if true. is
consolng; as, if that be so. we may hope
for sufficient supply from your present
country.
Il am as,onished that the Americans,
mixed with Irish as they are, never man.
lfesled the leas, sympathy for US in our
presen. deplorable condition, more espe-
cally as in India the Irish there entered
into the matter very cordially, and made
up considerable sum in Calcutta, say
ell 900, towards the relief Of the poor
r Irish, which was RENTED TO Dublin, and
they are still adding TO it their con,ribu-
lions mon,hly-many, very many poor
! man was relieved from The Calcutta fund
Strive to get up similar fund, and TO as
: sist US here, as the Indian meal, am in.
formed, is sold there for five shillings the
! hundred. have two thousand paupers,
! who have not morse or means TO pur.
chase stone Of meal, crowding in on me
weekly. had to sell my cows. except
: one, TO purchase food for them, only Civ.
: ing them one meal day 10 keep life in
them"