Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-01-08

OF their living, day after day, and year
| after year, excepting that on Christmas
/ day they contrive to get little piece Of
meat and bit of bread.
You will be curious to know whether l
have seen many living SO Yes, hun
dreds-hundreds ? aye thousands!
could hardly credit my own senses, until
went into the cabins, and felt my way
in the smoke and darkness, and actually
put my hand on the turf sides. Here
they all lie down, parents and children,
brothers and sisters, on the straw at night
huddled together, literally naked, with
oftentimes the ass or the horse, in the
same room. 1t may perhaps sound strange
but it is not the less true, that the Irish
man feeds his pig quite as well as his chill
dren. It is admitted into his cabin, in
which it lives. It has its corner, as the
children have theirs. On the pig rest
the best hopes ofevery poor Irish peasant,
for it frees him from his greatest load Of
anxiety The pig pays the rent" is
the expression you hear constantly re-
peated. If you hurt a pig they say, ''Let
the poor thing alone, it pays the rint for
u.s. or if you praise one, eyes, it is use
ful beast, it is our rint, THAT source Of
all the poor Irishman's cares.
The high rent which he has to pay to
some lord, who perhaps squanders his
thousands in London yearly, is the worst
of his earthly sorrows.
The distance from NARROW to Kilar.
ney is about forty miles, yet the whole
distance [ did not find village, nay moi
even a single, viii not say regular, but
even tolerable human habitation. We
stopped to dine, but the sight of the house
I'D took away my appetite. Although
am not over fastidious, I always like to
know what [ eat. The landscape was
every where bare, and devoid of foliage
| Of any kind the color of the land was
the most melancholy in the world, name
Ily, brown, and dirty red or black. Il
was all peat and moor, and even rising
ground afforded an extensive prospect
still nothing was to be seen but greater
extent of peat and MOOR, yet more barren
rocks, bleak mountains, and ruined cab
ins. When asked what had become oi
the inmates Of those ruined cabins, the
answer would invariably be, "Starred o.
gone TO America." It made me melan.
choly to travel through this country. But
how much more melancholy must it be,
to live there dependant on hard master
and, moreover the father of a row of rag
| ged children!
/ Now if you take the wages of an Irish
laborer to be as at present, sixpen 90a day,
and suppose his wife earns in addition
fourpence daily-and upon this pittance
they and their family can exist-we have
for the year three hundred working days
a total product of three thousand pence,
or twelve pounds-about sixty dollars
as the income upon which laborer's fam.
family support life. But if we calculate
the days-many numbered-of care and
anxiety, on which no work is to be had
five take these into account, the income
of the poor Irishman, whose labor is his
only means of support, must be still con-
siderably lessened.
The coach was continually surrounded
by beggars. Sometimes they would fol
low for miles, with the most piteous ap-
peals for aims =" Good luck your hon
or, something for poor man to-day, and
may the Lord carry you home safe, " OIL
f" for the love of God, something for a
poor blind woman to keep herself and
ten children from starving" Such were
a few of the petitions that were made tc
us for charity, The German gentleman
had been to Italy, but he told me there
was no wretchedness there, in comparison
to what we had witnessed that day.
We arrived at Killarney at ten o'clock
at night, where we were surrounded BY
a crowd of people awaiting our arrival
1t reminded me Of my reception at Bou-
Iogne, where babel of voices and the
pressure of the multitude give you an i
dea that you are about being plundered,
or earned of aoleRS r0lenS at the mercy
Of the most stalwart among them. Here
iaunting cars from different hotels await
the coach to convey you to any one you
may have fixed upon. [ was recommen-
ded to the "Royai Victoria Hotel, n"ded-
icated to the Queen by her most gracious
Maiesty's special permission, " at the foot
of the lakes, patronized by the Nobili-
! ty and Gentry of the United Kingdom, T"
and can assure you was fully compe-
! tent to do justice to an excellent supper
after travelling from six in the morning
until ten at night without having eaten 9
meal.