The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1847-02-20
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IT an'i'wsr party must soon come into
. sIpower. II 10 imagined that Mr. Polk
Twill save himself by purchasing pescs
J on any terms which mssuaoimous Mex.
co will grant Some ere so exlr,vi-
san'Iy credulous as 10 believs that the
arms Of eur government will soon be
psralyEed by civil war. Opposition ar
dcles are republished in most oil the
newspapers. and are calculated 10 do
more mischief In Mexico ihau would
as The case in slmosl any other country,
IS there is nothing too extravsgsnt for
he essy creduiliy Of these people.
! To show that our enemies srs dispos.
|sd 10 reward even small services, the
Ecer who burned the schooner Unioo,
an enterprise attended usi'her with
difficulty nor dsngA has been awarded
10y on increase Of pay.
1t is stated that provision has been
made for for,ifying tho passes between
|Vers CRUZ and MsxiGs, Wig Puen'e
Nsclonsl, PIaudsl Rjoand Cerro Gordo
| DISTRESS IN IRELAND.
The sceounls from nearly eyerv part
af Ireland differ but little in describing
the real situation Of The people. We
'elec, few ss spec linen OF The whole;
The Cork Exsmiuer sums up The
state Of things 10 The neishborhood Of
lSkibboreeo-
Ia the parish Of K,lmoe; IA died on
Sunday, Of these were buried 10 co.'s
Ihus, IL were buried wilhou, other GOV.
ering than the rags they wo's when a.
live. ooe gentleman, gosd 'ud char
liable man, speaking of,his case, ssyG
the distress is so spps'Iins, that we
must throw away oil feeling, Of delics-
cy;' and another ssys: Il would rather
give Is. 10 a starving man than g. Sd.
for coffin lao died in Skibbereen
workbouse 10 one month; s have died
iu one dsyi And Mr.M'C,rlhy Down
ling sls'es, that 'lhey cams into tie
house merely and solely for the purpose
of getting coffin
The Rev Mr. OIsocsy visi,s farm ,6t
here is one house, he administered the
sst rites Of religion 10 six persons On a
.ubsquent occasion. he prepared Tor
les'h father and dsughlsr lying in
ths ssme bed'
.Ths Rev Mr. CuI6s|d sees'ls psm-
oers Of one family lying down 10 fevers
.The R.v MIR Fitzpatrick rslires 10
rest ., 3 o'clock in The morning, End ri:
.es after couple Of hours heavy sleep.
1t 10 the same with bis eosdiuers
| ,Mr Dootv,n soIemnly sssarss a
lpubio mesIiuS. th., .As people Gs drop
.{ping in dozens sboui 'hsm
Mr., NImion says ,ha, work on the ppS.
tIis road 10 even more destructive than fever
Iior The unfed Ytelcbes have not energy g.
though TO keep their blood 10 circulation,
and they drop down from lbs united fleets
vf cold and hunger- never 10 rise again
The socounls from Mayo, given in The
Freenan's Journal, are very painful. IN
he parish of Gong, ~ deaths occurred
Ewnhin a week;in q neighooriug parish a
hike number in three weeks. The Rev.
Patrick Fitzgerald Roman Catholic cur.,s
tL KIgssver, thus illustrates The intensity
Iof the fsmines
| shall never forge. the me,ssssou made
IN my mind few days ego by a most
Assruending case Of Starvation. ! have
Witnessed The poor mother Of Ave in family
E.ending he little children almost ilfelsss from
fnunger 10 BED; and despsring Of ever sgsin
Lsesing them alive she took her LAST leave OF
Ehem. In the morning her 6ry, se. was 10
ouch their lips with her hand, 10 see # the
t5rsa.h Of lie still remained; but tn. poor
tnosbsr's fsars were no, groundless, snr rot
}, breath could she feel from some Of her
Iiesr lInIe children; 'hs, nigh, buried Ihsn
o the nigh, OF eternity
| BY way OF climax may be added III. fo'x
lowing horrible relation from the Corn Con.
IsUulionblS
! Going into lhe hotel yard, I perceived an
Unfortunate womsn rush by me and trke
some ssh.gu,s which Icy in a fe.d pooI,sud
|fe,lrlng she ale them rsvenously. On get,
ling outside The gateway, she rssIsd for a
bsw PAGES and then fell' but while aving
kxhausted on the stret with me mos. ssvs
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