Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1847-02-18
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story Is The following related ny one OF tDe nags-
ualcs, to his Grace, the n of Wellington. The
letter has attracted great ention n England and
b,s hoo, c;,e,la,ed far and wide
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Dec. H. lS4o' says
TO His Grace, Field Marshal the Duke Of Vel
E1gton
NV Lord Duke-Without apology or peface [
presume so far as to trespass on your grace as 10
state n Won and bv the use ofyour ilustrous name
TO presen, 10 the British public. the following state
nent of what have myself seen within the last
three days:-
Having for many wears been intimately connected
with the Western portion of the county of Cork.
and possessing some small property there thought
il right personay to investigate the truth of the
several Iamentable accounts WHICH have reached
me. the appalling state of misery 10 which that
parl of the country was reduced
| accordingly went. on the 18th inst. 10 Skibbe.
reen. and to give the instance of one townIand
which visited, as an example of the state ofthe en-
tire coast district, shall state simply what there
saw. Ii is situated on the eastern side Of Castle
haven harbor. and is named South Reen, in the
parish of Myross. Being aware that should Ihave
TO witness scenes of (riohfu hunger provided
myself with as Inuch bre ad as FIVE men could carry
and on reaching the spot | was surprised 10 find
the wre,ched hamlet apr aren,ly deserted. enter.
ed some of the novels L. ascertain the cause and
the scenes that presented ihemselys were such as
no tongue or pen can convey the slightest idea Of
In the first, six famished and CHASTITY skeletons. to
all appearance dead, were huddled in corner on
some filthy straw. their sole covering what seemed
a ragged horsecoth their wretched legs hanging
out, naked above their knees. approached in
horror. and found BY low moaning they were alive
they were in feyer-four children, woman, and
what had once been a man. II is impossible 10 go
through the detail-sulIice il TO say that in few
minutes was surrounded BY at leas, 200 Of such
phantoms. such frghtful spec,res, as no words can
describe. By far the greater number were deli.
rious. either from famine or from fever Their de-
moniac wells are still ringing in my ears and their
horrible images arc fixed upon my brain. MY heart
sickened al the recital but must 20 on
In another case. decency would forbid what fol-
lows but i, must be told Nv clothes were nearly
torn off in nv eudeayor 10 escape from the thronq
of pestilencc around. when my neck cloth was
seized from behind. by a qripe which compelled
me 10 turn. | found myself crashed by woman
with an infant, apparently just born, in her arms,
and the remains of a fLthg sack across her Isias-
the sole copering of herself and babe. The same
morning the police opened house on the adjoining
lands. which was observed shut for many days, and
too frozen corpses ,cere found lying upon the mud
floor half deUoured bv the rats
A mother, herself in fever, was seen the same
dav TO drag out the corpse of her child girl about
twelve. perfectly naked, and leave il half covered
with stones In another house. within 500 wards
of the cavalry station at skibbereen the dispensary
doctor found seven wretches lying unable TO move
under the same cloak. one had been dead for
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