New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-02-12
NEW.YORK TRIBUNE.
etisr from Ireland.
Correspondence Of The Tribune.

-. q sstion may be Of some service to both
~. ,,os,,csn and Irish public at this time by fur
-, the former, through the columns Of your
,r;delycirculated paper, with the most recent and
,~.u authenticated facts developed By the iri8httul
r,sr;ns which is now desoating and bids fair
.,r,ost 70 decimate tins devoted nation am
,be more strongly impeled TO DO this from having
,..d in The Tr.JHae Of the lst instant that active
measures Of relief are even now in progress among
tho people Of New York and other Of the United
s,,tes 10 meet this fearful-msy | not say ti7Ph-
hd,-emergency. Be assured that the reception
Of tins fact by the grateful People Of Ireland
dearly attached as they already are 10 the Ameri-
can People-is such, that if It could only be known
BIZ the respective donors. it would more than com
pensste them for double the amount Of their con
tnbntions. even though every dollar had cost
serious personal sacrifice And, indeed. 1t IS one
Of the oompensatng-if not sileviating-circum-
stances which occur TO the thoughtful mind when
contemplating the terrible calamity under notice.
that the means which have been called into opera
ton for is abatement are Of such liberal aud
comprehensive nature that they have already done
mehfy work to soften sectional and sectarian
pFtJuditte thd % fDuHlltss Dthuihui iiAHhnt'hof
to impress md enforce upon the public heart the
s-est lesson Of T1re,soi BrofkerLOod
Bot truce. Tor the present TO the interesting
thoughts with which the momentous subject is so
pregnant and let as turn our attention 20 some of
the more interesting Jaciss
From he C6rt Eiauin,r Jdaaarys
"DiSGLF Rev Mr. Gayer OF Dingie, in a letter
.,V, the people there dying by inches that he
ers they are patient 10 lie down and die without
breaking open the government stores and that two
thirds OF the population should perish il food be- not
ebeapencd there
acRooEuAyEN-A correspondent writing % ms
from this locality says There have been fifteen deaths
o starvation In this locality these last feven days all
leaving widows and orphans
aTeAeros-Rey. Mr.. Corkran p. p. informs us
that sixteen deaths from starvation have occuedin ten
ds,. This within dozen miles of the southern CAPT.
t,i Of Ireland Stretched on bed OF straw, lies dyins
husband father and grouped around that couch
wre,ched wife and children who dayour wild weeds
themselves tina, they might leave the only remaining
mOrse OF food to the dying man
From As Hafzfora Freopoa's CorropoadNoe.
B.srRY Jan. This morning | have been
made ac0usinied with some circumstances which
think advisable TO report 10 yol IN the nope that an
ihennc cases will meet with assistance
This morning man asked me 10 assist him 10 puf
chase coffin for hs son. who died OF starvation last
Tuesday the body still lying the sop with his mother
and sister who were in fever. lie said that his son.
whose name was jeremiah Shehsn of Newt0wn worked
the Keeoyonagh road up to Saturday For two days
previously neither he sny OF the family had tasted
iood and the Saturday he fell with weakness while
II his work and had TO be brought home on comrades
hack Deceased got something to eat that night but no
iced entered his lips on Sunday morning, or TUESDAY
when he expired / told the man wished to have his
statement verified By some respectable person when be
referred to Rev John Murphy rector Of the parish
This gentleman having come up at the moment ne as
sured me that he had knowledge OF the truth OF ne
statement. II may appear strange that persons coulu
die Of starvation who were employed on the public
work bat the fact s though the sborers are regularly
paid in this district the rate of wagosis so inadequate TO
the high price oprovsions that food cannot be procured
In sufficient quantity TO support the aborer himself
DEATHS FROM observation-disclosures Dim
gIraa Jan 4-Thore are eight hundred persons IN the
poor house st present Every available corner oil II Is
erammed even the coachhouses and stables are hled
with paupers In its hospital there over two hundred
SIX persons died there Friday nght last and TIE mas
Ter says that the poor creatures are quite exhausted
with the hunger before they taken into the house al
also much that they are not able To- bear the food
and that on being admitted some Of them drop down
senseess In the hall from exhaustion having been lasting
one and two days previous IL is feared the over
crowded state Of the house will cndsnger the lives OF oil
'he inmates, and bring pestence among them. There
are now In the house two hundred paupers more than II
"ss Originally Intended To accommodate but ~ TACT
was Tour times rs large IL IT, would not contain
Tue vssi number seeking for admission last week
twen,ytour persons died in Dungaryan and Abbeyside
alter three four days Illness. subscriptions We're
Nonasy nisht ,here were hve more died in the poor
house making the number o. deaths here within the
last six or seven days ihrtyhvc Truly this is an alarm
Ing state Of society; yet the rgidnoss OF landlords in
their endeavors to drag the rents from their wretched
tnsnss whit sbsted Within the last few days
over nifty eecment processes have been served on tne
starving Of lands in the vicinity OF this town
Many poor In this town and s Abbeysde were
forced TO out Of their miserable cabins their
very beds, such a. they 20 hide them from the
iron grasp Of the landlords baf These very creatures
are actually hall furnishing
FTcm Correspondent Of Fyecm1p's Journal
APPALLING DISTRESS IL CIAREMoRRIs--CI0re
@orTis, Wednesday Fso-aia9 Since my last communi
cation TO you few days past a crcumstan has oc-
CURED here which Of itself sufficiently shows the utter
ocsu'uhon to which the people in this ncighborhood
are reduced
horse belonging 10 poor man named Mackum. nc.
siding In this town died iew days since and the ami
ma having been skinned the left for dogs
and birds Of prey 10 feed on but before much of il had
been consumed Il discovered that portion Of IL
had been carried away by poor starving family named
Nelly who reside At village called hibegwilis, with
snort distance Of the town snd by them salted and
used flood Although the priysons and suerings OF
zoe great bulk Of our people are beyond description yet
oouolet the truth OF this horrible statement when first
heard y but having been told the residence of the
'escned family repaired at once 10 their miserable
mens.
10 approaching 1t met the wile-a horrible famine
'NAsn spectacle. with the bones almost protrudng
~'' S"C tNt0fhtd With me 10 utf CauiD,
20 which nothing could he seen but wad Classification
~" winch served as bed tor the whole family
NnOn any night covering whatever save the taitered
lys which thcy wore during the day ON asking il the
eiy heard were true she did no, hesitate 10 tell me
AZ Aooott Sir said she the tears rolled down her
worn checks look here pointing 10 xix helpless
udrrn These did not taste rnorsel OF food for four
ihfee OF them, We thou ght were dying of hunger
Sas my husband hearing that Mackums horse died ,
ssga' home basket full Of Il which was al the dogs
sss Ell and on this alone wei have lived the whole week
49,, - me Lord only knows what will now do for my
saving children since il is gone
=. men asked why her husband was not employed on
Paonc works she repied-that tho parish priest had
turned his name on the working list bn, up 10 this time
asa not got any employment and that If he even had
'fom starvation. '
se truth OF this We all know TO be fact That the
-, " single man are not sufficient TO maintain a
ay OF seven oreighi In number and no, more than
e- s ~ eeen iamiy will get employment The conse.
ereasng ~ CIV ' -
nc emu and lassrscorded In this parish 90 my own
",ease) was poor widow named Cunnif whose
A. were kept un5ured five days for want of cof
20 no1 wish 10 trespsss farther on your space by
o.;, - seserI persons whom know TO be obliged 10
a., ne peohc works from cold snd hanger. and who
d.h lingering IN their wre,ched bowels waiting for
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