Windham County Democrat. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1836-1853, 1849-06-06
Ireiand...state of the Country.

The approaching Summer is likely to be one of
greater horror and misery than have yet seen dis
is cutting away the population at rate not east
ly estimaed and the people, under the pressure of
their wrechedness fast degenerating into bruta-
ty. The poor buried by stealth, uncofined, and
night. Parents bury their children in gardens and
bypaces to hide the fact of their DEATH Gin order that
their miserable ptance of meal might not be stopped
The dogs turning into beasts of prey and we
heard few days since of dog horrfying parcel of
men assembled at n smiths forge, by rushing among
them with the head of a child in its mouth, which,
doubt, it had scraped out of its shallow hasty grave
Kerry Post, It'll.
We have been unable to read through some of the
paragraphs published under the heading State Of Ire
land The first item on the list is-we can scarcely
write 1.-THE carrion food, should rather say the
carrion poson-of horse that died of fever being de-
voured by hungry creatures in the madness of famine
-delirium Of course they died Then comes a case,
though less revolving more hearrending The broth
leaves home for a coffin to the remains of
his dead brother his way back, at three miles dis
tant, he faints under his burden-and expires The
two brothers were buried together. Coming down
along the catalogue we meet the Kenmare tragedy
In that instance one hundred and serent-sr persons
had been lately discharged from the workhouse. Sir
of them persisted on the public roads the way
homeward. There is need to dwell on these awful
facts. These isolated walls of death that reach the
public ear but the exceptions to the general rule
In the remote yillages-among the mountains where
the poor had made their homes-how many hundreds
perish, whose death agones eye but that of Heaven
sees-whose fate the recording angel alone writes in
the judgment book of the Almighty EreemGn's Jour,
The Decision against Duffy and MchIanus.
LIVERPOOL, Saturday noon
Our Irish correspondents letters, dated yesterday,
May II, az hand During the greater part of yes
terday there considerable anxiety respecting the
writ of error brought by Mr. Smith o Brien and Mr.
McManus. special express reached Dublin shortly
before l o'clock last night, which at put end
to all speculation. Late the hour the tdings
spread, and before half hour had elapsed thou
sands Of the citizens became of the fact that the
House of Lords had endorsed the judgment of the
Court below, and that her Majesty may execute, hang
draw and quarter the prisoners transport them beyond
the seas immune them in prison for life, do any
thing else she pleases with them.
Prisoners to be TranspOrfed.-It is understood by
parties in possession of "CaStIe" intelligence, that now
that the appeal has been dismissed, it is the intention
of the Government to carry out the sentence of trans
poraton upon all the prisoners. The first of June is
said to be the day which they will be shipped for
their future destination.
Memorials on very extensive scale, to be got
up, praying the Queen to grant free pardon. Of
she 'front.', although nineteen twentieths of her
Irish subjects request it, She must act according to
the English wish, and contrary to the demands of her
Irish subjects,