Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-03-02

relates may. BY this meas measure, be materi-
Tally facilitated.
i az recommend to your sattehtion meas
ures which wilDbe laid before You for im.1
proving the health of towns, anpbject the,
inPortansss Of WHICH you will not fail to
appreciate. ,tz.r.,
| "Deeply sensible ofths Blessings which
after q season of calamity have been So
ofieHvouchsafedtot this nation by SUPER
intending Providence, | lconfde these i'm
portant matters to your care, in full con-
viction that your discussion will be guided
by an impartial spirit: and in the hope
thar the present gsufferings of my people,
may be1lightened. and that their future
dondition may be improved BY your DELHI
crate wisdom"
| '0h!q 'd4' ~ IRELAND ed q bsiqob
The condition Of. the country around
Cork, is most appalling, starvation being
universal, deaths from want of food tres
quent, and fearfully on the increase, while
despair has seized upon the public mind
from the apparent indisposition Of the
Government TO exert itself for the preser.
walton Of The people. 10 l'i" iaDIi s1 ,aS
The prices ofifood hav6 now risen to
height which places it far beyond the reach
even ofthose among the laborIng classes
who are employed, and the most unfortu-
nate condition is mainly attributable to the
obstinate refusal of the Government to
establish food dePots throughout the coun.:
try, and to the, Encouragement given by.
it at an carry period 10 the procuratlon of
food from funds raised by private subscrip.
tions by its refusal to aid any funds appli-
cable tothe object oflowering the prices
Of food even to the poor and the destitute.
A Roman Catholic clergyman (Rev.
Mr.. Begley) at a recent meeting in Bantry
said-"When call to my recollection the
scenes that have witnessed within the
last six aweiks--when have seen those
who were hale and strong struck down by
famine and disease, the young and the old
hurrying on to eternity, and that induced
and brought ON, will say, by the unfortu.
nate misgovernment of this country, but
the want of paternal sympathy for the peo-
pie. by not timely interfering and rescuing
a generous, noble, and devoted people 4
when I see all those sacrifced-when
see that we are placed in this position.
that even the men employed upon the
roads; scanty as that labor is, cannot sus-
tain themselves by their daily hire, even
for one day--when remember all this,
cannot hut be deeply affected. Hear,
hear, hear, hear know / have record
ofthe facts, a d Lc-uld give you the names
of the individuals know men. to be
working two entire days upon the public
roads without ever tasting a morsel of
food-(great sensation IL know many of
their families obliged to 60 to bed for two
successive nights without tasting morsel
of food, and l know that not many days
since. Tim Mccarthy, on the Strand, and
his family, for 4s hours. had not eaten
morsel oftood, but Jas they said themselves,
they drank the cold, black water; and
when some charitable hand reached some
assistance, two Of the children tainted on
tasting the food. ''o3 sd Tomas a~ ,tai.s
"A miserable looking man, standing
some distance from the speaker, here ex-
claimed-'I am Mccarthy, and l can
prove the truth of that. - Sensation.
Rev. Mr.. Begley-A state OF things has
now come upon US, and officials have been
travelling the length and breadth of the
land. and they can no longer plead those
excuses for the neglect of the people,
(Hear, hear,) therefore charge them
before God and man with the neglect ola
J fine people, whose hearts blood would be
shed ia defence of that Government. who
would risk every thing in displaying their
allegiance and affection for the Govern
ment, if they had extended to them sea-
sonable and timely relief. Hear, hear
% deaihs-at least, % funerals, went to
Kilnoconage within the last week, and 90
more went to the Abbey, and out of that
4e will say audit is my firm conviction
that 30 persons have died by the sliding
scale observation. zzs. . so,o.T I
Mr.. Lalor--By the rule Of finance.
Rev. Mr.. Begley.-Proceeding on their
favorite principles of political economy.
they have given the people some trifling
employment, but, gracious mercy what
does, that avail. when tell you that the
people on the roads are in actual starvation
when they cannot, from their scanty
earnings, derive one, substantial meal in
the d honrs? And when thisi is the case
regarding them, what must he the condi-
ton of the thousands that receive no em7
Eployment-who rise in the morning with
the dreary prospect of not, being able to
provide theraselres or their families with
a morsel Of food-who go to bed with
heavy hearts anticipating but recurrence
of the same priyations for the next dayr7
who are ready and willing to labor, bat no
employment for them? Hear, hear. -
There is neither compassion nor sympa-
thy for their condition. they are hurrYing