The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1848-03-01


ling Of his fatllers and PROV esas curse his
Iiownstate Ayhe ihsreaseas sin ysafs biss |
increased in thnatiei until al length
fhe becans troublesome. Deatlls has I'M
ali probability cut him down from mis-
Schieyousla labor and has ended; his bitter
hostility Is our country in the silence off|
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3 By reference to our advertising columns
twill be seensthat q meeting viii bsheld
at the Court House op next sale day tfor for
the relief Of the still. suffering peoPle sof
Ireland, atwhiohs it is expected dahat silIes
sons Of tho isle aid their descend anta iiss
this dis,rictwill contfi butte Of their ability
70 the rclief Of those who remain in state
Eof starvation at homes while children
Einfths country boaasf IA d state of COM
Eparatiye' plenty s9s:
take this Opportunity ofealling The
tatten.ion Of our readers 10 the article by
I.Hibernicns, which; We take by request
fromthe, Charlestoa Mercury. Ithas ii.
ready appeared IN several of,ho principal
papers Of The state: and hns doubtless met
the eyes of some our. readers. We Re-.
quest for it an attentive perlsal.
Misery and des,itution still prevail to a
most painful degree among tkc poessss
classes Of irefand, aud deaths from abso.
lutte starvation are not uncommon. Itsis
difficult for us, situated as we are iii $-tlie
midst ofa sufficiency and even plenty, 10
realize the terrible force and maddcniag
power Of such a state ofthings ION people
poor and oppressed. One effect Of these
thingswas seen in the frequent and ap
palling murders which lately bruializcd
the country but are now put down bY.ex-
ecutiyerigoE Fhe general cryis hunger
proceeding from The Old and young the
helpless and the sill strong. oe and
distress hare settheir stamp on . swhole
nation in q manner not to be- mistaken.
Large bodies Of men, women and children
daily assemble around the soup shopsso
receive miserable, e,lDleof gruci Just suffi-
cient to retain tho spark i of life within
Them. Men meet toge,herin larges n,Inss
bers, TOP weak TO work, ,and ,naddenel By
Idcspair with. q phrenzied strength. 81
Much Of the corn meal sent from this
country, from traDspo portalion or fion being
improperly dried, become sour and pre- pre-
duocs and alarming sickness among the
people in the interior Of the islnnd, where.
this food is principally used, resulting
generally in death. 1T is computed that
the emigration and dentl, will diminishthe
population Of the island one fourth.
Money, is gone, trade has almost ceased
aud third ofthe potatoe crop is destroy
ed. The people are almost Frantic with.
distress, want and alarm, and look to our;
countryias their only support. More than;
onc-,hird ofthe people live on charity tso.l
thirds of the year and lodge in dens of
filth and pollution. There is good reason
to fear that the distress Of this year will
far exceed that Of the past. sssss
In view of these facts does It. require
our efforts to rouse the sons of Ireland and
the descendants of Irishmen to sense of
their duty to the land OF their birth, the is
land of their forefathers, in this the, land
oftheir exile and adoption, though ofslifes
tothem? Shall we call upon them invair
to carry and offer Of eirhearts' treasures
to save from starvation their kindred blood.
We hope not. We hope that the lightof
liberality may again shine onthe fsrdistant
isle and gladden. the hearts Of its behold.
ers. Let allWho are willing contribute
Of thoir means 70 re-illume this light
which rekindles the lamp oflifa and burns;
SO bright for Ireland aud America.
| r9 BY, REQUEST.
From the, Charleston Mercury. 81 So
TO 3THEIRISfI AND THEIR DEss
cENDANTsIN SOUTH ARoLINA.:
FELLOW CONFINEMENT The wailings
oilamentation aud woe are again ringing in
0urenrs from across the Atlantic; another
failure Of the crops Of the last season has
taken place in Ireland, and no hope, but
the very reverse, that Of despair, seems is;
bo looked to by the plifort rtAnnte victims 81
the dire calamity, and their sad and awful,
predictions will fto the shame ofthe civil