New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-25

/ oh The seat of the disease They are mainly
the better class of poor children who are eau-
Gated IN the National and other elementary
! schools the most deprayed, 5enigh-ed, degradS1'
! are still below their reach. The destitute nun
| gry, unemployed, unclad. despainng, cannot o.
DO no, send their children to school me VII
| and mother who must work daily IN the iuFi-
| bog or po,ato.feld Tor few pence per day liu''
keen her older child At home 20 mind ne younger
| one. n her absence. Education, IN rs larger
timer meaning. IS the great remedy for Fe1anls
wees but until the parents have steaGleI EN-
| nloyment and a ulster recompense the general
| education Of the children Is imPractcaole.
ENGINEERED ESTATES
The act authorizing and requiring the sale OF
Incidentally Encountered Estates IN Ireland Is
one Of the best which British Parliament has
passed in many years. Under It's operation large
portion OF the soil is rapidly passing from the
nominal ownership Of bankTupts wholly uhaoie
and unoualifed to improve 1t into those OF new
n,oprietors who. II may fairly he hoped, VIII
generally be able to improve 1t, giving employ
meut 10 more labor and increasing the annual
nroduct. The benefits Of this change, however
can be but slowly realized and are Tor the pres
ent hardly perceptlble.
IRISH MANUFACTURES.
Within the past few months very decided
interest has been awakened IN the minds of en-
| hphtened and patriotic Inshmen IN Dublin ana
other places, with regard to the importance ana
| possibility of establishing various branches OI
| Household Manufactures throughout the coun-
| try. Il is manifest that the general cheapness
| Of Labor and Food the facilities now enjoyed Tor
| communication, not only with Great Britain, but
with all Europe and America also, and the ex-
traordnary amount of unemployed and undevel-
| oped capacity in Ireland, render the introduction
Of Manufactures It once emlnently desirable
and palpablv feasible Even though nothing
could be Immediately earned thereby, the simple
diffusion of industrial skill and efficiency which
must ensue from such introduction would be an
mestimable gain 10 the peasantry OF Ireland.
But allow that all the idle poor Of this island
could in SIX months be taught how TO earn SIX
! pence each per day, the aggregate benefit to the
Irsa and to mankind would be greater than that
of all the gold mines yet discovered. The Poor
house Unions could be nearly emptled IN year.
and this whole population comfortably fed clad
land housed within the next three years \ be-
| Ginning must be made with the simplest OF
| household manufactures for want of means to
to establish the more complex, costly and Ell
fcieat branches, which require extensive Ma
chnsry and aggregation of Laborers but II the
first step be successfully taken, others are GER
tain TO follow With abundant water-power ana
jnexhaustible beds of fuel yet untouched, II Is
demonstrate that Manufactures Of Cotton and
Wooden, as well as Linen, might be prosecuted
in Ireland even cheaper than IN England, though
| the average recomponse Of Labor should thereby
! be doubled.
| The first imlulse to the Manufacture move
ment appears to have been given By Mr. Thomas
Mooney. a gentleman well known TO his coun-
trymen throughout the United States, whence
he returned some eighteen months ago. Pm
marily at his suggestion, Parent Board oil
| lrsh Manufacture was organized IN Dublin
several months since, funds collected by volun-
tary subscription, an office opened and central
| school established, with view to the quallhca
ton OF teachers for the superintendent ol auAH-
iary schools throughout the country. The en-
| ,erprise was proceeding vigorously and with
daily increasing momentum when DSsenslon,
the evil genius of Ireland, broke out among ITS
leading supporters, which has resulted III the
division of the original Society into two, one OF
them sustaining Mr. Mooney and the other claim
ing to have taken the movement entirely out OF
his hands Thus the case stands at present.
but thus trust II will not long remain. The
enterprise Is one of the most feasible aud hope
iul of the many that have been undertaken Tor
the benefit of Ireland, and affords ample scope
and occupation for all who may see til 10 labor
for It's success | trust that all differences viii
speedily be harmonlzed, and that the friends of
the movement, once more united, may urge II
forward to most complete and beneflcent TIL
umph.
PEAT MANU- ACTURE
The Peat Boys of Ireland cover some Three
Millions of Acres of Its surface, manly IN the
best u the country, though extending into every
part of It, Perhaps One Hundred Thousand
Acres chiefly IN the north east, have been brought
into cultivation of the reside, some yield little
sour pasturage, but the greater portion is OF no
use whatever save as II supplies very poor but
cheap fuel to the peasantry. These bogs are Of
all depths from few inches TO thirty or forty
feet, though the very shallow have generally been
reclaimed This Is effected IN some cases by re-
moving the Peat or Turf altogether, but some
times, where IL Is quite deep, by ditching and
draining it, and then cutting and heapmg up
some six TO twelve inches at the top, so that II
can be Thoroughly burned, and then spreading the
ashes over the entire surface for a soil This Is
not so deep as would be desired, but the climate
is SO uniformly moist and the skies so rarely IN
clouded that II suiiices TO insure very tolerable
crops thereafter
DO not know how the origin OF these Boys is
accounted for by the learned, but presume the