Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1847-11-19
From The PjRsJwg Ga=eite.
UNEXAMPLED DISTRESS.
TIE NEWS FROM EUROPE

TIE NEWS FROM EUROPE
Three steamers have arrived within the last
week, with but a repetition Of bad news from
Europe, and particularly from Great BrItain.--
The news received bv the Washington is most
melancholy of al-showing as il does, the deep
commercial distress which psrvades the country
and the threatened calamity to Ireland.
We had hoped that this unhappy country had
seen the end Of her mseries. OF alI caIamlIies
that ever afflicted the human family that oil IA
mine is the most appalling. 1t is a misfortune,
/ the extent of which can never be realized in
country like ours, always teeming with plenty,
/ bat when mendie OF starvation there must either
/ be some awful visitation Of Providence or some.
thing rotten in the Government or people thus
afflicted.
/ Its impossible to deal frank with tho subject
and not lmputo some blame 10 Ireland, though
! the extent OF this blame seems to be much over
rard by the English press. Thus we read, that
when the Queen on the 18th of Seplembar order
ed a collection to be made for the poor of Ire
land, the young barrlsor whom the London
Times dispatched all over IrcIend, as its Com
missioner" affirmed il would be a contribution
towards perpeuaung Irish Incidence; apathy,
heIpIessncss aud mendclry.
Manchester editor adds: alt were a sin 10
let any portion Of the Irish finnish IN the midst
Of plenty. But charity begins III homc--haye we
enough to spare"
Many Of the clergy we also observe, discour
aged these contributions, upon the double ground
/ that they were calculated 10 make the Irish peo-
pie lose all seIfdcpcudcnce, aud further that
they were bound 10 take corc Of the people of
then own Parishes, many OF whom were needy
objects oi charity.
Within the last twelve months, the Irish Ma
Ton has received charity or relief. at home, or
from abroad, cxccc6rr" serenity millions Of d0L.
: idrs. Ten millions sterling were voted nj one
time nv PaTlamenl, and Two millions sterling
more Ci;en at another. The contributions Ol
Great Britain amount to three quarters OF a mil.
lion more, while the municent charities Of the
nircd States are estimated at half million OF
dollars. They can hardly be less than this sum,
when the contributors forwarded from this city.
county. and ucghborhood, amount to more than
lorry lhousand dollars. But prnceIy as have
been the public aid bestowed, they have ailed to
drive out the monster OF starvation. Thousands
upon thousands have died, and hundreds Of thou
sands have left The couutry, and still distress con-
'iuues. SuraIv with such n state Of fact there
a, we'll as of external wrong in the government
OF England. We have no doubt the wrong is
grcm upon both sides, and with continued de-
pcndcncG upon other peoples charities, with an
oppressive landlord system, and ubsenteclSm, aud
impractical reforms aud agitalions, without ac-
ton. ii will continue until ireland is dcpopulated
by starvation and emigration.
10 show that We, nor our correspondents have
exaggerated the prevailing distress, we give the
follow extracts received by the CNedoniu.--
Here is one:
"Ata meeting Of Tippcrary magistrates, the
; Earl of GlcngaIl deliberately affirmed that the
tenants of Mr.. Roe, determined on his being shot
b cause his children being minors the properly
would be placed in chonccry and the tenants
might be able to eyode payment Of rents! The
Freemda'S Journal says, in commenting on the
transaction, and questioning the accuracy OF the
statements of the Earl of GIendall, that his Lord
. ship cooIly aud deliberately sratcd--and the
= statement excited Il powerful scnsaton-that a
conspiracy had been formed among Mr.. Roe s
tenants whose consultations for IA long time turn
led on the point whether the landlord or his agent
should be- assassinated. They admitted icon.
. unucd his Lordshp) in their helliSh committee
, that Mr.. Roe was an excellent. extremely liberal
i. and generous gcnlleman-hat it would be a pity
10 shoot him. and that it would be better to shoot
the agent But when the fellows had fully dis,
cussod rhcir Vaccinations they came to the de.
termination Of shooting the landlord, which they
uasl did
The Limerick Examiner says: "Dungarvar
d is At present suffering most severely from famine
q and dvscntcrv; such is the number OF poSlulant'
|. for relief that the guardians have been obliged
to get military and police TO secure n passage TO
- them to the work.house each board day. 1t /
" unusual to have a thousand applynglo to them 70
4, food. The number of deaths for one year hav
" been caculatedm N 10000"
u. The Dublin Mail says: ave cannot contem
nd plate the picture which society presents through
m out the four proyinces--iom Fermanagh to Clar
er In Galway, in Waterford, in Tpperary,
Limerick, and the Kings County, without b,
lng Impressed with the conviction that the NJ
'iy preaching winter will exhibit Ireland in a sta
gh OF mnrderoUs combination against human lie
'cS and OF laWlcss resistance 10 the rights of prC
rs perry
nd The Dublin Freeman states that another mn
his der had taken place, owing 20 distrainl for rem
us. near Portumna. -Four men had been S,aVionc
Nb. in charge of some corn crops, dstrained for re
by Baruurd O'Flaharly, in the cause OF Il
lk. Martins minors. aud on Sunday night. went @
1t watching the curu, when number of men c
rry tered the house where they were staying, a
NY attacked lIornn aud Kelly, who were there
ote, accident. aud beat diem 50 severely that one di
ner on the spot, aud Ghe other is not expected 10
d. cover.
'or, \ Dublin attorney was. on Thursday, Co
he mtcd Tor raI, ior having stolen from an uuG
pity Innate tcnale, the sum of one PsHny"
or', These are bat examples Of sho perYading crir