The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-11-18

4 followed by tle-looklng women ana chhureh,
half naked, whose cries were unlike anything hu-
man--being husky, broken, and quite feeble, from
starvation. In the course Of sermon delivered al
Newry, on Sunday the 18th instant, the Rev. DIR.
Butler specified Of death from starvation IN
that neghborhood.
Our Dublin correspondent, writing on the gain,
says; There are again most heart-rendng accounts
Of destituton from various parts of the country, and
social disorgaDization is prevailing far and wide.
Although the eoasa Of works have, up to this day
hated no less a than k700 900 for public works,
there are still complaints in many counties, either
that works have not yet commenced, or that those
in operation are totally insufficient 10 give employ
men TO the crowds Of destitute beings who prowl
about seeking the means OF keeping body and soul
together. ..,.. ...,
Il There are many wicked yagabondR who take adj
vantage of the general destitution in organizing a
system ofoutrage; but the really destitute seldom
Join in these confederaeies, but patiently endure
their suerngs in the hope of speedy relief. This is,
think, the most trying PERIOD for may expect
a considerable alteration when employment becomes
general throughout the country. The system of
voluntary relief, too, now Is pretty generally
adopted"
Il The aborers in different parts Of the country hay-
ing objected TO work by piece or task work, and
shown a disposition TO resort to violence TO pre-
vent others doing so, the lord lieutenant has address
ed memorandum to the chairman Of the Board OF
Works. 10 the effect that If after full explanation OF
the nature of the task work, and the wages which
may be earned, the aborers shall still refuse the
work provided for the support OF themselves and
n their families, the officers at once TO withdraw
from such locality, as 1t is not consistent with the
directions ofthe government that they should be
subjected to offence and violence In performance of
their arduous duties.
The total amount Of money voted at the various
meetings 10 the county Of Cork held under the labor
rate act, is e608,0l las. Id A numerous meeting
Of the landowners and others was held al Fermoy on
he tn sha al. Of he
Mr.. 0'Connel was present The speakers, lay and
clerical, seemed disposed to account for the existing
distress, not by the failure of the potato crop, but by
throwing the whole blame upon the government. A
general order has been Just issued by the lord chan
cellor, authorizing lin consequences Of the prevailing
distress) sums To be granted to local relief commit
tees out Of the estates Of minors, wards unatics,
&c.
| From wilmer Il smiths European Time.
Domestic.
The serious rise in the price Of all kinds Of pro-
visions has the political economists on the qii
vipe. Wheat has now reached the lowest duty,
; four shilngs per quarter and 30 imminent is the
apprehension Of famine that the cry for opening the
ports not only continues, but is daily becoming
louder and more general.
Calculations put forth, hap-hazard, respecting
the quantity OF grain which II will require TO
/ over the next harvest The London Times, few
days back, startled the isle from its propristy, by
million quarters Of wheat, and that the commercial
marine Of the country is insufficient for bringing this
enormous quantity home. The London Times has
been reminded that larger quantities have been
imported in single year, and that year compar-
atively recent one In 1889, the foreign and colo
NAL corn brought to the British market amounted
TO 4,6l5,262 quarters. From that year to 1912,
the average import was little short of the guam
uty which the leading journal has declared the mer-
chant service unable to convey Strange conjectures
L.. L.. Il.
lapsty on the part Of the Printing house square
oracle; amongst them that, by exaggeratng
the danger, the London Times wished to attain its
J object OF having the ports opened by an order IN
council. Unfortunately for this assumption, the
London Times appears to be Indifferent, rather
opposed to tamperIng with the temporary corn bill
passed the last session.
i But The London Times" is favorable to the use
Of sugar and molasses, as substitute for grain in
the distillation Of spirits. II has been proved that
hundred and half of sugar is equal TO one quarter
of malt and that by using sugar during the threat
ened iamise, nearly million and half quarters OF
malt would be saved; the revenue would benefit by
the change not less than the people. This involves
another consideration. Can sugar, which is
sary of life, only inferior to breadsufs, be had in
sufficient quantities, under the law, to make
up the vacuum which will be created il the proposed
change is adopted
The truth is, the famine cry has been overdone.
There is much selfshness in it. The price Of pro-
visions has risen far beyond the legitimate value,
whether estimated by the stocks on hand, or by the
state of other countries. There is much super
3 fuoss money in England, that capitalists always
morbidly alive to every project for increasing it, The
food market is better field for speculation this year
} than the share market proved last year. and the
consequence is, that cupdiy specuates, and prices
rise. Nothing can escape the ken of the sanguine
worshpper of mammon. Like the proboscis OF the
elephant, nothing is too light too heavy for his
capacous A needle or an anchor he can raise
, with equal gusto-his great revenge has stomach
for them all" One of the anomalies which the pres
: ent state of matters has produced, may be seen in
Ireland. The cry Of restitution booms fearfully
| across the channel and the English exchequer is
opened with liberal hand to feed the starving peo-
|, pie. Yet one tide this week bore its bosom no
less than sixteen vessels up the silvery Thames all
of them laden with provisions from that land of
moral in this, if sympathetic philosophy could find
D it out
: Much has been said, great deal has been writ
ten, about this food crisis. The granaries of Eu-
rope have been gagged, according to the most APP
proved rules of Cocker the quantities of grain
which they can spare after their own wants have
been satisfied. The spirit of commerce is essen
tally democratic. II has respect to persons, and
the needle points not more unerringy to the pole
than does the transit of merchandise to the best
paying markets The Black Sea and the Mediter-
ranean will provide us, it is asserted, with a million
quarters half that quantity will come from the Bal
tic and the other ports of Europe and the remaining
two millions and a half we may anticipate from the
United States. There are those, however, who say
: that America is capable of supplying US, rrespec-
tive of all other sources with double the quantity
we shall require. Nay, there statsts who assert
that the western continent could send mil
lion quarters of wheat during the present and the
coming year, if the mercantile marine of the two
countries choose to employ their tonnage in carry
ing out the speculation. With such resources the
dread Of famine is preposterous. The paying
part of the question is another natter and this may
be safely left to the judgment of those whose for
!, tunes are made or marred by an acquaintance or
otherwise with the vulgar rules Of arithmetic. I'm
der any circumstances, the price of provisions in
Great Britain must, until the next harvest "rule''
= sufficiently high to satisfy all but cormorans in n
handsome per centage. .. '-
: The merchants Of this country are about making
crusade against the present high duty on tea The
! existing mpost has long been found oppressive.
All high duties have two tendencies--to limit the
II npfYn and