Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1847-04-22

~s.x sbem Iisbs svellrR slposl 70 twif . iheir
ususl size. Ror~6tn sile|b6msM oftxis csb
in hfted from The straw !. hom. beIInd the dy-
ing persos. boy ibast iGelve ycssS n sgs.
and held hlY ~ >csiose Ne gpoa, be fsSir Nf
m"sl hor!t6igi sPecaAeIe pet |om zSyes-
The cold xaiSsy sced child wis sr,ils!y
naked in froS, from his 6eck'doxn to his fsst.
Ils bodye e1y9~nileRto nesrlyst hfee times
ia usual AssS gndaiad bfrsi the sgged ger
mcnt that covered him, which now dsnged
m shrrds behind HIM.
The woman Of the other family, who was
sitting at her end Of The, hovel, brought Tor.
ward her lf4f inG9i, I ,hin faced baby Of
-twa yrst& tiih elssr, fifsrp eyes. Nhst Did
MT wnksn, Hsres stock snll a, vacancy. ss
ia glir p:s M II Hnohsr esisicnee had eelYsed
ia vIs,onsx J,ss coids naked arms were. no,
murh larger thSn pIpe pteins, while ps body
was swoa a6f - Ahc siSe Of > iull,grown per-
son. Lstlhe reader group these app@itions
..f den,h and disaase INTO tbe-speciacle et ten
rIcrt ,qnare, and then multiply Il into three
inuriIs al The novels in this region OF Ireland.
snd lac v ilfAnive st a fair estimate Of the
extent and degree Of It's misery. Were it
no, Tor giving them pain, ] should have been
Glad If The viii dressed children in America
could have ep,crrG these novels with us, and
baked upon The young creatures wasting
awny un,h0rmuringly by slow, consuming
destInn,iph. Il am sure they would have
been touched 10 the lIveliest compassion al
ia. spectacle, ,GuJ have been reAdy 10 divide
their waTdrQbe, with the, ,sufcrers. .,.
SS,BBsRE.s, Feb. %. DR.,
iIa,d. called totske ma. into Casilehaven
lsr,.h Il. w4ach cua,cs within his circuit. This
dlsir,r, Hrftl,Ss upop the sea-. whose rocky
md M, i'.thres are covered with cabins. OF
.rse description than thssc al Sklbbereen.
TN on, Nay we passed several companies OF
ma n. woiiirn aid children NJ work. all on.
:. srd and embclaled by des,itu,iHn. Wo
usp, with their red, swollen feet partially
s~s,hcd IN old rags, some IN meas coats.
wrh the aruas and skirts torn on, were sit
Inr by the roadside breaking stones.
1. Was pa,niul 10 see human labor and lie
struggling smong the lowest interests OF so.
cie,y. Mep, once athletic laborers. were
irving 20 pke out q few miserable days To
their exIsirnce by toihRg upon these works
Poor cscsiufeS Many Of them are already
famine. stricken !; they have reached point
fro,n " bich hey cannoi be recovered. Dr..
Donovan informs me that he can tell al a
GLANCE whethet a person has cached this
point or bi,g..- Aud am assured by severel
.'yprflrnccd observers that there are thou
snnds oi nicn Who iise IN The morning and
90 forth io labor with their pick aud sbvvels
Iu their hands, who are irrecOverably doomed
To- era,ir, No human aid Gun save them
The plague spot OF famine IS on their lore
heads the warn OF. wsni has eaten IN two
Ih.ir heart strings. Still they 60 forth uu.
complaining 10 their labor and toll. cold.
furnished. aud half naked, upon The roads !;
aud div lde their eight or ten pence worth Of
food a. piRht among a sick family OF five or
eight persons Some are kept at home, and
prove nied from earning this miserable plt
lance. by the fear that some OF their family
mny die before they return.
The .6JSt hHb.iation we entered, IN the
CastlciIayen district, was literally a hole. m
The wall Sceupied by what might be called,
in America. a squatter, or; % mans who had
AIrowed , place Tor himself aud family ~
OH acuteSHgle Of two dilapidated walls by
She roa,lstde. where hc lived rent Tree. We
entered the stinted den by an aperture about
three feet high, and found one or two chill
Assn lying ssleep. with slheir eyes open, in
the straw. Such at least, was their appear
snce, for they scarcely wiDkcd while we
we're before them. TIC father came IN, and
ibid piyluI story OF want, saying not moi
sci of loDd had they tasted tor twen'y'!our
hours. lie lighted a whlsp OF straw, ana
shnwc us one or two more children lying IN
another nook OF the cave. Their mother had
Ai.d, ard he was obliged TO leave them
alone during the most OF The day, IN order to
clean something Tor their subsistence. We
were soon among the most wretched habta-
lions ihs, had yet seen.fnr worse than those
0i Skibbereen. Many OF them were Hat rooied
bowels, half buried IN the earih, or built up
sgsinst the rocks, and covered with rotten
sirnw, seaweed Or turf. In one, which was
scarcely seven feet square. we found five
persons prostrale with the fever and aPpa-
ently near their end. /
A g,rl ahou, sixteen, the very picture OF
de .pair was the only one lett who could MN
lister any rchef, and ell she could do was 10
br,ng water IN a broken pitcher To slake their
parcbed lips. As we proceeded up The rocky |
k,l ov-r."oking the scene. we encountered
NV sights ol wreiche6ness. Seeing cabin
sanding snnewha, by ltseli in o hollow, and
surrounded bya moar of green filth, we en-
tered It with some difficulty, and found sin
slr child about three years old lying upon q
kind of shelf with its little face resting upon
the edge Of the board, and looking sieadiasi-
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