The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1847-02-20
Distress in ireland.

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extract, written by a magistrate of Cork 10 h
Duke Of Wellington. He had visited Skibb,
rreen, which is on the east side Of Castlehaye
Harbor. ~
4"Being aware that should have to wtnes
scenes Of frightful hunger, provided mysel
with so much bread as FIVE men could carry
and on reaching the spot was surprised to fin
thelwretched hamlet apparently deserted.
entered some Of the novels to ascertain tn
cause, and the scenes which presented them
selves were such as no tongue or pen can con
yey thesslightest idea Of In the first, six fam
ished and CHASTITY skeletons, 10 all appearance.
dead, were huddled in corner on some filth,
straw, their sole covering what seemed aragget
horse-cloth, and their wretched legs hanging
about naked above the knees. Iapproachct
with horror, and found by low moaning thai
they were alive they were in fever, foul
children, woman, and what had once been Q
man. tits impossible to go through the detail
Suffice tito say, that in few moments was
surrounded by at least two hundred such phan-
toms, such frightful spectres as no words can
describe. BY far the greater number were de
lirious, either from famine or fever. Their de-
moniac yells are still ringing in my ears and
their horrible images are still fixed upon my
brain. My heart sickens at the recital but
must 60 on.
SIN another case, decency almost forbids
what follows, but it must be told. NV clothes
were nearly torn off in my endeavors to escape
from the throng of pestlence around, whenmy
neckcloth was seized from behind by grippe
which compelled me to turn. / found myself
grasped by woman with an infant lust born
in her arms, and the remains Of filthy sack
across her loins, the sole covering Of hersel
and babe.'' s@
1t is added that hundreds live on one meal
day Of cabbage or sea weed. Many keep
their beds continually, hoping thus to need less
food to, prolong life, and many who have no
beds huddle together in heap, to keep each
other warm. A letter was read from laborer
on the public works, who stated that out Of a
number Of families employed at the same place
four persons had actually died Of starvation
provisions being so high that in large fami-
lies the wagesd those able towork would not
buy sufficientsto keep all alive.
MississlprI- UNITED STATES SUPREME CouRr
We copy from Washington letter the fol-
owing notice Of decision by the Supreme
Court of the United States, which is OF inter-
'stto the people Of Mississippi;
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This morning decision was given by the |
supreme court ina case involving question
4 slave property, which is Of some INTEREST,"
The constitution Of Mississippi prohibits the
and sale within that state OF slaves
rom other States after 1888 The action was
ne brought to recover the purchase money Of
laves SO introduced and sold. 1t was decided
y the Supreme Court Of Mississippi, that The
nipple provision Of the constitution was not,
nfficient to invalidate "a contract of sale forl
egroes until law passed to carry it out, and
ie fact was that this contract and sale were
'ade -between the adoption Of the constitution
nd the passage Of the law, SO the contract was
ED good and binding in that State. But the
ourt here decides 10 SGT aside that construc-
on, and declares that the constitution became
hiding as prohibitory Of such contracts with
ut an act of the legislature, and that, there. +
re, the present contract is void, as in contra Q
'ntion of the Constitution of Mississippi :
lstiee Daniel and Mclean dlssented from the Il
pinion on the ground hat the rule which thew 9
ID adopted, Of recognising the construction
hich the State Courts placed upon their own
institution, ought not to be infringed. a