The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-11-26
NUMBER l2.
Emigration from and to Ireland. !.

A Dublin letter in the Lmeric Chronicle sup
plies the following statistics in reference to the
emigration from the former port
Talking of emigration, it is idle to ask
ssWhere will it end :" Why, it is only bcrin
ming. In the Liffey this moment there are three
vessels advertised to sail this week-the Coro.
net (Roche, Brothers) an, admirable ship
capable of accommodating comfortably three
9 hundred passengers the Samuel, (James
Miley,) also about three hundreds and another
shy looking craft, rather the worse for wear.
which has been christened the British Queen,
belonging to a third house. Here, then, this
very week, nearly one thousand people will
leave this port alone direct for the ssmodel Re-
public But this affords very imperfect idea
of the depopulating drain which is going on,
hnd which is fast causing Ireland literally to
sink into the bosom of the Atlantic. We have
from this port alone, either direct TO America,
or VIA Liverpool, exodus of the Irish people
to the tune of at least seven thousand every
week. A close observing friend, who returned
this morning from tour in Tipperary, Limerc
and Clare, assures me that if the current of
migration proceeds in its present full and rapid
flood, Ireland, if inhabited at all in five years
hence, will not be peopled by lrishmen-at
least so far as the South and West are concern
ed.
lie ~. Il COMWcFCtH lHl'1kS tHaL Lfere is
promise for Ireland in the following, and that
the example of the s.Pict' and "Saxon' will
not be lost upon the Irish:
DUBLIN, October 13, 1851.
Notwithstanding week of very favorable
weather for travel, either by land or sea, there
has been visible diminution for the last few
days of the influx of emigrants from the PROV
inces. Three vessels bound for America are
still lying in dock without receiving their full
complement of passengers, and from the silence
ofthe majority ofthc country journals it is to be
inferred that the "tde" generally has, Temporal
rily at least, received check. 1t is, however,
more than probable that the lull will not be of
any long continuance, and that on the compile
ton of what is called the "poor mans harvest"
the flight across the Atlantic will be pursued
with renewed energy.
"Meanwhi!e, as the Celt leaves, his place is
here and there, taken by the 'Pict or Saxon,
stranger; and although the Importation of the
latter as vet but few and almost unlleeded
nevertheless the strangers are slowly and me-
thodcally turning their faces to the west as a
refuge from the high rents of England and
Scotland The number of farmers from the
sister countries already settled down in the
counties Of Mayo and Galway far exceed what
we in the metropolis are apt to calculate, taking
our data from incidental paragraphs in the local
be supplied by private channels. Connaught,
however, is not the only field which tempts the
speculator from the other side of the Channel
In Wicklow and Dublin, where rents are COM
paratively extravagant, several English and
Scotch stock farmers have boldly venlured their !
capital; and this small band is being increased |
by occasional arrivals of fresh adventurers from
the same quarter. On Saturday the entire
plant OF an extensive Scotch agriculturst was
at this port for transmission to a |
newly purchased farm in the county of Dublin |
1t consisted of every thing requisite to conduct
farming operation on the most approved scale, |
and the perfection of the various implements of
husbandry and the beauty of the dairy stock
attracted immediate attention among the by
stand:rs. With the cows, which were of the
best breed, there were about one hundred small
sheep, some fine Clydesdale draught
horses, and several Shetland ponies. The
ewnerwas accompanied by number of men with
their families, all apparently of a most comfor-
table class, and wearing the grey plaid of their
native country The moment the vessel came
alongside all hands went to work, and in an
almost incredibly short space of time travellers,
stock, and all were on their way to the Dublin
The only doubtful policy in the instance
given above of a farmer removing to Ireland is
that of taking laborcrs with him. This will |
probably excite the jealousy Of the Irish peasan-
try Labor could be obtained cheap in Ireland,
and the employment Of the Irish, and paying
them in money wages would, we apprehena, be
the better policy. On Of the farms
bought under the provisions of the incumbered
estates bill this system has been adopted with
success, When the Irish peasant gets money
for his labor and is permitted to manage his
own affairs without the intervention of stewards,
& :, he becomes a yery different man.