New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-02-27

NRW.YORK TRIBUNE.
state Of Ireland.
c.-.nup,csted for The Tribune.
from Az AMERICAN LADY.

LkiltH 49,
DUBLIN, Feb. /, l647
s. hasten. with grateful heart to
-,.,,. lhs receipt Of your letter, and the
sa..,;m, from ymnelf and those kind friends
a'n "'1. ., lo.,sad times do | thank them for
~ :" 800 boon d having it in my power-yes,
@t..,;,s a. most hamble part. in relieving the
80 @esrcu sbcus me. had just spent the
~. .,gsas--bsdbe been obliged to lock the gate that
~. 10 he domsin-where | am stopping a week
70 With The servant while the family are from
=, The applications are so pressing, the coun-
-.,es 10 disconsolate, and the skin SO shrivee
a S1sd that no eye could see them, but the op.
-.son list rouId or could be unaffected / had
"a me Inst Of my books in my own possession
:. nv means for dong exhausted, and was ask
= ai0d what wilt thou have me 10 do !" and
Las me 10 tell you what ] did this morning
.... ON lsst evening when the parcel arrived
80 e,a,,iped your letter, and though it made
:. ~, Ten dollars richer, yet had 1t beena thou.
~ I coun not have been happier for saw so
81 Il God in il, that / could not doubt but
-, ,h,t should be distributed, He would send
~. Ths,. sre two men cracking stones near
-. ~,,s xto are actually in a state OF lingering
.,srs,sen One has family OF eight-hsd pawn
"A N ,bs.r shoesst wearing apparel for food. He
h.. .,,,o and sxpencc a weekdays two shil-
lse. veekJy for rent which leaves him five and
.i,Ssaee 10 warn and feed himself and family
,ooo iii the ns1t Saturday night Judgc ye. In
,sSsor be he'd been sick for weeks before this
,,wrrxry work was offered. and fearing he should
lp he oppatunity, he undertook it when he was
oaix vrsble One child died last Monday night
n. ,ou nan came TO me and said, What can do
Ih,s nothng to wrap it in, no coffin. nor a candle
t~~f =.
hdtod bot little Indian meal. A little money
su sissn him. A carpenter went into the cabin
ud made coffin A few lsboring men went be-
4, 4 W. sunrise aud carried the child to its
hans res-a child of four years. And this time
pss, b taken, because the father must not lose an
kur, l,ler The other man is as destitute but
has %, p large family.
Thfncnng bought two large loaves of bread
m,,. portion Of Indian meal stir sbout-sent the
,sysn, 10 ssk them inland now my friends who
pachssed this breakfast, had you seen these men
yoa would never wish TO see the like again. They
have subslstea Tor about ten days on breakfast OF
stir about which ! had made each morning, but the
lss six days had no means TO furnish it, and they
had worked six days on four days scanty eating,
tsice DAY Of thin gruel-sometimes a little stir
about The nck man has become so shrivcled that
b ain 10 dned, adhering to his cheek bones, his
eyes are prominent. and he was SO weak that he |
sypsred unable to walk and finally said" Last |
IN ucald scarcely reach home had not one |
as.ta 10 eat and had worked in hard RAIN sii |
~ iwHs enough. 1 len the room, and did Just |
sEJaher weak woman would do-iell a.weep- !
= Recovering little, ! took up The New |
lxi Inbune and met the sentence" Effort for |
hsaslS | read it, and wept again. | praised |
he Father Of Lights that there are feeling hearts
yet N my country Cursed as she is with the
Gcdhstng SIN Of Slavery, yet her pulse can beat
b poor, oppressed. neglected Ireland felt like
syng Across the Ocean and falling ON my knees
eskSe the audience in Tammany Hall, IN the name
d the patient dying fathers and mothers, brothers
aud ssteu Of this abused People Gould Angels
weep ,hey would do il now. No wonder that the
Immaculate Son Of God sweat drops oil blood IN
ihit memorable Garden IL he had sins to bear like
ths-ffh the black guilt OF the Rich Aristocracy OF
ne klasdou Of Great Britain were upon HIM -
~ yoa IA who are the greatest sufferers Inc
mnal Catholics, OF course and, to their honor be
nh hey bear this grlevOus burden win the
ns aisUdof patience. Not one single reprosch
rave ever heard, from priest TO peasant upon the
lnat Puestants. though have mingled with them
ntlaM every condition. The Priests are indie
hisiAe by night and by day-both doing and
sHsg-rot amching from the most loathsome
aces Of 9Th and putreiaction. And the Sisters OF
'aansy need not be named-their self denying,
l,rseser0e AAorx may well put TO the blush those
"no ook npon them with contempt.
"nsf nrs shall say-but beg you to be IN
's1@ 70 season and out OF season-in keeping alive
ssae,ect Flatter not yourselves that the Spring
s ny maze things more tolerable 1t can only do
AZ hslP the starving sufferer few days longer,
~ sdtEg cold to hunger-ior though labor may
sse plenty, yet this goddess of the world. this
Asey Guemment, this Church and State combina-
"a ~ determined that the great gulf they have
ia N'secn this purple and fine linen shall
,~ssusened and the price of labor shall not
y Es~a Why not set their hunting dogs upon
"a ouce. or shoot them down in the fields as
% t1,ehc;ders do IN