New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-03-20
FARTHER FOREIGN NEWS.
We cut the following items from the Nation of
the Goth ult


We cut the following items from the Nation OF
the goth ult
In one week there have been twenty deaths from posi-
tive starvation in MAYO Dozens Of calls have been made
on the 10 hold nques,s The dead are buried
without shreuds collins The outdoor relief IS pro-
cess of slow starvation. Toe taxation Is heavy
there are officers OF poor law. but cons eanno, be
had and local paper says that on the back OF their
relatives the dead borne to the grave covered by
few fushes.
O, Tuesday week. SAYS the GdlV0g TiHdica0r, Major
N'Kee inspecting officer of this Union, accompanied by
Mr. Thomas J. Reid. clerk Of the Uuion. projected TO
Costello Bay, Tuy and other districts in that locality to
ascertain the correctness Of the statements OF the relieving
oiicers-rcgardlng the demolition ~ houses nj The poor
upon the estate Of Patrick Blake, Eq Of Gorlnamona
&C. &c, reducing many Of the unfortunate inmates TO
the deporabe state Of desiitution-many Of whom
died from accumulation Of misery and phi
vations nparaeed IN the history II the CsIes the
Hottentots. Over twenty witnesses examined TO
the connected with all the circumstances Of The
and full report has been furnished 10 the Lord Lieu
tenant
The same paper states that hundred deaths have
taken place IN the local house jail and hospitals turrg
the week. At R0undsioue, In ConnemNa four. Ave ana
six bodies have lain over ground for days none bere
found give them burial The body Of one old maA was
devoured by dogs Four persons have been committed TO
prison for stealing y, which they found eating
The Longford correspondent Of the Freeman says:
Society fast being resolved into is orgnaelemt
In amos, every part Of the country Owing 10 the pro-
gess famine re6uccd 70 the necessity Of pro-
curing food Just when governments had and
when society hal organic, alton. Al KucAn County
westmeSth) petty sessions last Saturday, eight per
sons were brought up in custody Of The police, charged
with the crime Of having stolen few iurnips"
few days ago FINALE child was Arres,sd for having
In her possession small head Of eabbsge which Il
suspected she had stolen.
The jail Of Longford is hlcd TO with famine vie
TINS who been committed 10 tske their trial for the
stesng OF csbbsges, turnps. g. Fever snd dysentery
prevail in the js 10 alarming extent. II at present
con ANS than three times the humber CT persons T.
was originally intended 10 accumulate.
Five hundred poor people left the port Of Sligo per
steamer shamrock Monday week with The Intention OF
taking shipping for America.
the Nensgh papers give ighiful plcture of the des
IN that union. and state that although The poor
have been crec,aby paid, the property IS totally
incapable Of supporting The pauPer'n which daily
nenuDg
The Wssfuesn IadpeHdeHf states the death. from fam
Inc. Of brothers, John AID James kinahsn. In the
parish Of Cam. County Roseommon. Their sges were,
respectively III and IA years They had been turned cot
OF he Athone work. house In cold weather without
ce given 10 their parents any other friend Tho Ah
lone Senas' says the Of their expulsion was their
mother held Of land They came home 10 her 10
die or the bare floor Of her cabin
An inqies, was held near Dangsrvsn, on Thomas Ter
" Of Castle Quarter. ard verdict Died Of siarvGtior,
returned Tae unf,rtanate took urnip from HELD
but got ~ weak that fell from his hands, and rolled from
his reach.
Three men we're lately buried IN Klmury, Ibricken.
without cofins and mar through want Of anything
else, was actually buried In basket