New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-18

IRELAVDNUISTER
IRELAND-ULSTER.
E6iterfal Correspendence of The Trteurs
DuBLIs, Thursday, July 81 1851

DUBLIN, Sulf o. 'o''
THOUGH the night was thick, the wind
was light, and we had very good passage
across the North Channel, though our boat was
very mlddling and was nearly poisoned by some
OF nv fellow-sleepers IN the gentlemen's CABIN
insisting that every window should be closed. O
to be Pope for one little week, Just long enough
tc Sc, half million pulpits throughout the world
TO ringing the changes on the Importance, the
vital necessity, Of pure fresh air The darkness,
the general misapprehensIon, which prevails on
this sub ec, is frightful source OF disease and
misery Nine-tenths of mankind have such
dread of a draught' or current Of air that they
viii shut themselves up. forty together IN a
close room. car or cabin, and there poison each
other with the exhalations Of their mutual lungs,
until disease and often death are the conse
quences Why won't they study and learn
that a draught' OF pure air will nJure only
those who by draughts OF Alcoholic poison or
some other evil habit or glazing violation OF the
laws of life have rendered themselves morbidly
susceptible. and that even cold IS better than
the noxiousness Of air already exhausted OF ITS
oxygen bv inhalation Nothing physical IS so
sorely needed by the great majority as realizing
sense Of the bessedness. the indispensable ne
cessity, of pure fresh air
We landed at Belfast at this morning under
a pouring rain, which Stacked of two hours later,
but the skies are still couded, as they have been
since Tuesday of last week, and there has been
some sprMklIng through The day
or course the Crops are suffering badly. Flax
is great staple Of the North Of Ireland, and
three.fourths of II Is beaten fiat to the earth
Wheat Is injured and poor, though not so gene
rally PROSTATE Oats look feeble, and as # halt
drowned some of these are, and considerable
Barley Is thrown down; Grass is light much OF
1t uncut, and much that is cut has lain under the
stormy or cloudy skies through the last week,
and looks badly only the Potatoes look strong
and thrifty, and promise an ample yield
shall be agreeably disappointed If Ireland re-
allies fair average harvest this year.
Belfast Is busy, growing town, the empo'
nun of the Linen Manufacture, and the capital
of the Province of Ulster, the Northern quarter
OF Ireland 1t seems prosperous, though no
wise remarkably so and | have been painfully
disappointed IN the apparent condition of the ru-
raj peasantry on the line of travel from Belfast
TO Dublin, which had understood formed an ex-
ception to the general misery OF Ireland. Out OF
the towns no, one habitaton IN ten Is it for hu-
man beings TO live IN, but mere low, cramped
novels of rock, mud and straw not one hall the
families on the way seem to have so much as an
acre of land to each household not half the men
to be seen have coats to their backs and not
one IN four OF the women and children have each
a PAIR of shoes or stockings. And those feet -
If the owners would only wash them once a
week the general aspect OF affairs IN this section
would be materially frightened Wretchedness
rags and despair salute me or every side and If
tins be the best part OF Ireland, what must the
state of the worst be
From Belfast We had railroad to Armagh, 30
miles then ID miles by omnibus TO Castle
Blaynev We came over this latter route with
ten OF twelve passengers, and a tun OF SO OF
luggage on the outside of the Railroad Com.
panys omnibus, with thirteen of us slowed
INSIDE, beside youIgSteT IN arms, who Illus
trated ,he doctrine of Innate Deprayity 10y
perpetual fight with his mother. Yet. thus
overloaded we were driven the thirteen miles OF
muddy road IN about two hours, taking at Castle
Bayney another railroad tram, which brought
Us almost &c Dregheda, some p miles, where
We had 10 take another omnibus loT mile OF
two, for want OF a railroad bridge over the BOVINE
thus reaching another trala which brought u
into Dublin, 81 miles The North OF Ireland Is
vet destitute OF any other railroads than such
patches and fragments as these, whereby am
ptecluded from seeing Londonderry and H. W.
entity, which | much desired At length Ne
were brought INTO Dublin at half-past three
O'Clock, OF IN eight hours from Belfast, abou;
1870 miles
The face OF the country through this part OF
Ireland Is moderately rolling, though some tar
hills appear IN the distance The land is general
~ good, though there are considerable tracts of
hard, thin soil Small bogs are frequently seen,
but ne one exceeding dozen acres the large
ones lying farther inland. Taking so little room
and supplying the poor with handy and cheap
fuel. doubt that these little bogs are any detri.
ment "a the country Some of them have been
made TO take on soil, (by draining cutting,
driving and burning the upper strata OF peat, and
spreading the ashes over the entire suriace,) and
are non quite roductNe.-DraInage and ridgmg
are almost universally resorted to, showing the
extraordinary humidity OF the atmosphere. The
Potato Is now generally IN blossom. and, having
large breadth OF the land and being IN fine con-
cltlos, gives an appearance oil Thrift and beauty
10 the landscape But, IN spite OF this the general
yield of Ireland IN 1851 Is destined 10 be meager
There rs more misery IN store for this unhappy
people.
We cross two small lakes some ten 10 fifteen
miles north of tins city and run for some distance
close 10 the shore OF the Channel Al length. a
vision OF dwellings, edihces md spires bounds
the horizon OF the level PLAIN to the southwest,
and in few minutes We are IN Dublin nc
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