Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1846-11-05
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SCARCITY ABROAD.


fearful accounts Of the scarcity prevailing in various
parts of Europe, with statements Of actual famine
in some quarters While the potato crop has fail
ed in the British dominons and elsewhere, the rye
crop, much depended on in Germany, has failed
there. In France great apprehension is felt with
regard 10 subsistence. A riot occurred in Paris on
the last Of September in consequence of rise in the
price of bread. The shops Of the bakers Were at
tackled. The Paris Refbrmc of September "a has
the following:
The appreheusions of scarcity not less ser- |
Gus In Germany than in France. In the northern |
States rye and potatoes which constitute the prn-
cpal food Of the Inhabitants, have completely fail
ed. They will, of course, be obliged to make up
the deficiency with wheat, the surplus of which is
annually exported TO the northern harbor of France
This accounts for the extraordinary rise i'm the price
Of wheat the shores of the Baltic and the inuti
ity of the orders sent by French merchants to the
markets of those countries. Southern Germany has,
in its turn, become alarmed. The Government of
the Grand Duchy of Baden has decreed the free
importation of foreign grain and flour. The King
OF Wurtemburg, by an ordinance of the 18th inst,
also permitted the free importation OF flour and TO-
reign farlnaceous productions until the LIST of May
lS47. In Bavaria, the wealthy inhabitants of MI
remberg have just founded association for the
supply of grain. That society, which has been au-
thorized by the King, will manufacture bread and
sell 1t to the poor classes under the market price,
But it is in Ireland that the greatest distress is
felt-Four millions of people dependant potatoes
for subsistence are now by the failure Of that article
reduced to the verge Of starvation. The Govern
ment has been actively busy for some time in en-
deavoring to alleviate the pressure of this terrible
evil. Victualling establishments are in operation
to grind corn and manufacture bread; work is pro-
vided for the people who are destitute of employ
ment; and not less than twelve Government steam
engaged on the Irish coast in the transpora-
ton of corn meal and in otherwise minsterinp to
the distressed and distracted condition of that I'M
fortunate island.
Such efforts as these may be efficient to alleviate
misery so far as their influence reaches But what
are such efforts in the midst of 4 nations famine
when the long interval of almost year must eapse
before another harvest2 Supplies from day today,
to meet the demands of constantly recurring want
call for something than one vigorous interposi
ton, or two, or dozen. The subsistence of one
day will not suffice for the hunger of the next day.
The ills of present suffering, dreadful they may
be, are aggravated by the gloomy dependency, the
utter despair, mingled with the prospects of the flu
ture. The London Times of September %, makes
the following reference to the condition of Ireland
The acorSt symptoms Of the Irish famine, as ,ye
had to observe yesterday, haze began to sI,o,o them
setces an The .cay Of popular gatherings and pro
cessons, achich at present are OnIy turbulent hut
may soon become outrageous. The twin powers of
Fear and Rumor have lent their hands to the color
ing OF picture already sufficiently sombre The
people have made up their minds to report the
worst and believe the worst. Human agency is
now denounced as instrumental in adding to the ca
lalnty inflicted by Heaven. 1t is no longer sub
mi
government. The potatoes were blighted by de-
cree from on high, but labor is defrauded by the
Vaccinations OF earthly power. Such are the first
aspirations OF discomfort, inflamed by rumoF, and
diffnsed by fear. =
A London journal of later date, the Sun, of DC,
tober LIST, gives more distinct picture Of the suffer
ings experienced in some parts of Ireland
Unhappily the patience of the unfortunate Irish
is at length exhausted. We haze no,o before as
that most appalling spectacle Of national agony
people dri0e, to desperation by the pangS of hun
ger, and b'aoing Uiolent death rather than en-
d,ge the bitter to'ments Of a more lingering disso-
luton! After sustaining the direct woes of star
walton with most noble fortitude, after pining in
their novels under an accumulation of all human
misery, penury, lnanition neglect and despair, and
after bearing these extreme suferings with meek
ness and tranquility beyond all praise the laboIers
OF Ireland have been tasked the utermost limits
OF endurance, and have now risen against their more
week slight glinmer of the approaching insurrec-
ton was observable in the vicinity of Crookhaven
where vast concourse of the emaciated peasantry
assembled together in the village OF Goen to pro-
claim that their wretchedneSs was no longer endu-
rable.
The sullen anguish depicted on every one of
these melancholy faces is described by an eye
witness to have attested sufficiently the extremity
OF their distress. GA more appalling spectacle
could not be Witnessed writes one correspondent
Want and despair the pervading Characters
tics of the multitude. That dark promise Of vo-
lence and INSTRUMENTATION has been fulfilled. At
the very commencement of this week, namely, on
Monday morning, the peasantry at Dungarvn as
sumed such threatening aspect, and congregated
together in such dangerous numbers, tina. the mill
tary were called out-several shots were fired upon
the mob-many of the starving rioters were wound
ed, and on Tuesday two of them died from mutila-
ton. BY the context Of this miserable intelligence
from waterford, we are informed that brickbats and
other missiles were hurled at the dragons and
that, Notwithstanding the recent discharge Of mus
kerry, dwelling house at Cappa was assaied,
and that knots OF insurgents scattered over the
country intervening between that locality and Cork
The severity of the distress in ireland and other
parts OF Europe is the more oppressive from the
fact that the scarcity is chiefly confined to those
articles of produce which form the main subsistence
Of the poorer classes. The wheat crop in England
has turned out well we may infer from the favor
able accounts before harvest that it is an abundant
crop, or at least beyond an average one. "At the
present time" says the Manchester Guardian of
the 18th ultimo, purchases of American flour, for
shipment to France, are making in the English