New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-05-03

T. Aht NNi'ille'-r $50
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Toe Dlaish army in time OF peace consists Of $4,000
men. of whom 5000 cavalry and 1000 srtiery men
Tie army OF tLe German Confederation, ia time OF
peace consists ri i39 4s7 men. but IL can easily be aug
mentod by calling out me and c0nscrps DO which
case the aggregate numerical force Of the army would
amount 20 l20C COO men, with 26l0 pieces of artillery,
and Zs2, 0JO horses.
PUBLIC LBRARIEs.-1he number OF public libra
res in Europe is 1888. of these lUl are IN France,
Al in the Austrian States aud IA the kingdom OF
Lombardy aud Venice 30 in the Prussian States. %
in Great Britain aud Ireland Including Malta II M
Spain, in the Papa States, ] 4 IN Belgium is Ia
Switzerland. 10 In the Russian Empire u ia ba'
varia Q in Tuscany , IN Sardinia VA Sweden. in
Naples ia Portugal 8 in Holland. IN Denmark
. in Saxony 10 Baden, IN Hesse, . IN " ottem
berg and 10 Hanover.
NJ Ledru Ron, the French Minister OF the la
terror has had separation De biens declared be
tween him and ms wife, an Irish lady whose mad
en- name. Il appears was Harriet Sharp. This sep
ayafiOn de hens saves the wife property from the
husbands creditors.
Distress ~ TIE IRISH PRoylScEs.-Cioalea.
"A dysentery of most virulent character per
vsdes the district of Conlea from the rotten Indian
meal which was distributed in out door relief the
only result of an investigation into the matter was
A foe OF 1 III on the contractor TINS was nothing
as the contractor paid - over the price oil the
hest meal Limerick Reporter
SeqriF and T0omgrany-Between Scarih ADD
Toomgrany there are eight warehouses; Nhich
might be better designated slaughter houses lhey
are crammed 70 suiiJcati0n-iour in fever III one
bell The healthy man Is compelled TO sleep win
the fever patient and the beds are literally heaps
of manure There is scarcely attendance Inc
doctor SAWS he has no medicine. The best OF tne
nursetenders are only paid Is per day without
food and how can they be expected 10 be eihclent
La one of these houses there are - In lever % 10
another and IN two others 100. Ia one oil them,
Rev Mr. Quade p p. from whom We have learned
these horrible facts found putreiyns corpse ~
ing unwAshed on the floor, where Il had been lo'
several hours and in the same room with the pa
tents In these slaughter houses ~ dled 10 lle
three DAYS previous to Mr.. Quades visit las, Eek
SO that 10 per day is the average mortAlliy =
Even during the cholera the poor people wee 5O'
treated so badly as this. Yet what IS the i'ct =
WHY that in that union the ratepayers are paying
IS Cd in the pound Limerick hePo''e'
Terrible Destituti0n The village Of lmloch'
near Cleegan about four miles north oil CllueD' ~
West Galway, contains Is houses. only o OF "hlcn
now contain living inhabitants NlthA one Soal
GO families have died of save Only ioN 80
enough % emigrste. They have been iOuiu ca
inc dogs fortnight since, party went % 'le
house OF a gentleman, who, being absent III DuO
lin had left his wife and children without men "
sruS-there not being lock or WINDOW snu''ei ~
the unfinished hOuse-they drew pau'og9A s'at.1
from remote watch-hOuse, ~nlcn Was in'SN -" ~
turpios and seed potatoes but instead 81 o'eal.-5
il out only took as much Is ~ould sullce yi
n, two and have not since repeated thtlI Nsi'.
Tbi. was near Clegean. Galway jail IS hlled Win
narsons from the Chften petty sessions VINO nave
committed small depredatlons on lood' loi luo Pu',
-, 81 bsir,r cent ~ iail Some sixty OF them nad
no money 10 employ attorneys ana "ou'" -
been little obliged 10 any attorney Nno mig "a'S
volunteered 20 defend them. me JA5es q "l1 ~
ME sh0i- the skull rcrg distiHcty tHae' ~ 80
fhe teeth ara exposed 10 ghastly manaeF-the
pale lips are shrunk back anu ~ ~ 80. H.
r. ,e55tb-t H. skeleton hands sppeH unusualIy
isrse next 10 the withered arms--tne men lea oy
their wives look even better t1an their chld5en'
,ybose ,noearance IS stil more sppailng' Tue
des5 sh11t Cleggan are stili buried 10 sandhoies'
and scarcely covered A coffin Is suPerh 1ous
luxury. which has not been thought oil this Twelve
month
Bgflvsqggarf No. many days ago one OF me
unfortunate tenantry who were sJec'eu a. DaH3
saggart cut bis throat from ear 70 esr 10 tue AsOn
Of despair How comfortable us I1ul'1lu iH-'s
have felt over bis wine alter dinner "heh nc neA'u
10 Galway Mercary.
Ugvo-Tbe Galray Mercury describes the state
~ ~ co,r,v a. desperate some the instances
il gives are irightfal: a poor man named hgAn'
-,s3di,., a, Antrim near this town, having
been disaopointsi 10 getting the relief was driven
b,, bpngsr ~ tie shocking expecie1t OF deyourlng
the putrid liver Of an ass that had been Tor some
time dead in that locality and from the using oi
which. we learn be is now laDorng under eNotu
c;.,in, sicLnss. Within the week numbers OF
81 5os;os have passed our ofce for interment
!" tie IA church yard. borne on wattles. without
coain. One Of those bodies, that Of ial grown
carson. was carried by women. Ii farther adds