New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-09-10
Ireland-How lhe People Lire-W omen, &c.
LETTER FRog AZ AMERICAS
BELFAST Inne aoth. i.46.

ing over again some OF : e IOrk scenes, and wish
Ing. not 10 be there. but have full whole New
York Tribune TO devOur al my leisure. and hear
little what yon doing IN the midst OF wars and
ruInors OF wars which daily are reaching Europe
an shores
If all that your trans Atlantic brethren say be
true aside from ycur Slavery You are getting to
he an incorriz.ble race-t only TO be east ont and
trodden under loot OF man.
Is hook and by crook ! have So managed that
have much gay own way among various classes.
10 ascertain bow affairs are managed IN each de
uartTncn.-have gone over the cuti-e % Ireland and
haze been a thousand times mora than paid Il X
we're possible would wade the Atlantic to see
what ny eyes have seen, and hear what mr. ears
have heard, o: the lnsh and their country. -Four
hundred miles Of walking in the widest part and
upon the islands Of the sea. brought IL contact
with things untold in history Yet. The scenery.
the peopie in their real state. whole present
picture which has no parallel in anything now ex-
tant. Suppose take YOU on TO one island called
Conomore-the country Of Conomore. At curly hour
set OIL from Ciiiden (thc cepal visit this island
the distance OF seven miles, reaching village OF the
ancient kind-such houses of constructed
Ike stone wall, without gable cnis-sOrne With tops
Ike beehive inverted ba-ket--Orne with ho.es Tor
smoke 70 ascend and some with WY OF escape but
through the door selected one OF the largest dmcn-
s!onz knowing that there would be tH turnout from
every cabin aud poatofcd IN sight, and hcaEng WIS
disappointed As by nuGlc, IN few moments every
ne.hborng cabin vacated the hillside and bay had
not foot TO tread thern-cvcry spade dropped and
in few moments the ground Of the cabin literally
packed with and children in and taer
some with hair erect. and some with caps, and some
wiki; hats but more with solid they AL
sc, down upon their launches, and began their wei
10 Ireland and their wonder that so "goody a
body should leave line country tOsee poor peo-
pie :" ny Polka coat my velvet bonnet, and all that out
wardly appcrtained TO me passed reyiew Taking out
II tract, reud llttle, while they wondered al my PLAN
spache" thanked God tgt they had such de-
voec gong, they supposed. on penance and sure
ye be hungry-and such daccnt body would nj
potato Assuring them wac not hungry, they all
and joined in universal vsledictOry OF God
bless yc and speed We yere journey One woman fol-
lowed and begged 10 turn INTO her cabin and
take egg; telling her that greatly obliged that
she should show much kindness but must hasten
TO walk across the strand before the tide should
set in
crossed the strand and reached TN island mile in d..
alneicr o. rude pile OF stone. with little pitch ROW
and then green. without road ;ootpaths being
obscurcd by sand blown in from the beach that guess
work was my only smae. Here were huts-some Oh
stone, and OF mud and here. too, Were hs5a:.ons
dug in the sand rabbits burow, and whole families
live therein aperture 10 crawl in admits the inmates
serving as door, window and chimney the ground
spread which for table, bed and chair
AZ each end OF this Island live the owners called Lords
Wading ankle deep in sand, made my way 10 one o.!
these domains. and found entrance into the kitchen
The lady gone 10 Cltden and the tocrless kitchen
YVES a deposit for calves pigs, hens and ducks. Two
servants sitting the hearth and handing
tract, which had red cover the scene that followed
grl out and in lew minutes the dapdated door,
with tremendous noise, was BURT open pouring in a
host OF men. boys and girls who were employed planting
potatoes and they with consent pounccd upon
demanding books and they must be rcd Begging
them 10 be quiet and would make equal distribu-
IiOn. (havipg about fifty with mclthey would hear 10
OF this but rummaged my basket demanded an tn
trauce into my pockerai clamoring AT once. some in
Irish and others III broken English, while the servant;
girl stood aghRst md more Manageable than The
rest who had entered before the mob and had been
I n frur l,c IN ls e.
"daccnt. that they bnckguards; ana after had
gwen tie only in my possession he succeeded by
physical power drag them OF the house-such rs
dragnhe while the others took their oacH time ANA
oicn way. made OF with an apology from the servant
that she could give nothing TO cat as all was locked
up.
Nv next depot was to be nj the extremity OF the island
where lived the other LADY," She out but.
admitting into the kitchen had 4 quiet survey OF
what was passing dDe Here counted sixty three nv
Ing and moving beings qraGrYcf and bipct besides such
walked kennel OF dogs their coops for hens,
chickens and ducks. calf two pen Of young pigs
fold OF sheep and lambs. and able bodied hegoat-
these all walked Snd talked each his language. with
pugnacious symptom, and If the Lion and lamb did
no, lie down together. the goat and lamb did
But the &" iddy'-sh entered with goodly-lookirg
daughter OF fifteen both attircd in long linen coats with
respectable tails reaching nearly TO the ground worn by
the father and brother They passed through in disn
fed silence and III moment the lady returned saying
Come down to the pGrlOr went down 10 the par!or,
and here ground noor, dirty looking bed few
oden-bouomcd chairs and table by The wall. with
one leaf turucd up and platter potatoes and cup
OF milk VIII you take some dinner did not de
cline ioy was hungry and long walk was before me,
and the tide yet and the set The lady
yOuugookng and handsome and the mother oi
SiI;ge hopcfuls-was rich and rode out Cit.den Civ
iug great dinners in the city END the island assim,
latirC hcrscl. 10 the society around her
Eight o'clock aud the tide said he md had
strand of mile cross and six miles TO Clitiicn thea
before me A boy was sent 10 show me tue shortest
course and when had nearly reached the strand girl
called out the mistress says maybe you Il come back
and stop Hl night. strange oversight my pride an
swcrcd, that this invitation not given before. !
thanked the child and went quite 10 my dsadvan-
tagc Midway the strand the quite deep
wadcd in and stood demurring the night dark and
to ind my ont seemed impossible. turned back
and made my WAY 10 the ladys; she then made r
shrcwd Investigation of the cause OF my visit Looking
her altogether her savage living her ragged dress and
prcencc high rank was disguised 10 ind myself al
the option of such OF the affair, and told
her plainly came 10 Ireland because had right 10
come that they daily sending loads of heggarcd
and abused cmigran;s and had come 10 see how
and wha; they could be u home and making the sppli
cation her own kitchen, She understood me when
said II hare and satisfied, She was rcbuked,
and treated with uncommon attention through the
evening She gave me clean bed in I!oorless ROOM
cup OF milk by side 20 drink in the night and IN
the morning presented me with dish OF potatoes and
sorry she had no bread declining the potatoes !
walked the miles without eating, and was much
enriched by what had Here should say had
been almost the entire OF Ireland and this was The
greatest il the only rudeness had ever received
wretched one.
spen, the fall and winter in Scotland. and DO not ind
the lower class Us elevated IN their as the Irish
and no, hospitSbe-greai lovers OF whisky and 81!
Ter. and shy OF strangers. y
CASADA.-Up to lst inst 1898 barrels Of Ashes
have been shipped this at Montreal being 5000
barrels less than last year date Last year there
were $50 barrels on hsnd-now there are i6e5--W
Finch died u, Niagara e5,h u. aged I02 He was born
at hilSenny Ireland April L. l7i41hs Montresl Plot
says tha all parties in CaHsda for throwing the -
Lawrence open to the navigation OF ali nations. That's
r'sAt NSoi ;ac use o: road but travel on There
are not qaie 1900 Yankees in all Lower Csnada-Jo
sish Eaton has performed Capt Barclays feat OF travel
Ing lOOO miles III LOCO successive huurs-nmicran,s
arrived a, Quebec this season August 18th. 20 80
Lake St Peter between Montreal and Quebec Is 70 re
deepened CSpt Bayfield, hss been sen. IRON London 70
ascertain The 5es, channel.
- THE MONTHLY Flora edited By John
E. Newman, NJ D. The publishers Mess-s Lewis &
Brown s72 Pea.lst have sen, No VII Of this beru
tul work.