The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-01-08
Prom the London Times.
THINGS TO REuEsEagn.

/ IHE Celtic exodus continues 10 be the marvel
/ OF the day. From morning 10 night. from the
arrival Of the first trains before day break to
last which reach in the evening, nothing scarcely
IS TO be seen along the line OF the splendid ouavs
which adorn Dublin but the never ending stream
: Of emigraHts flying. as if from pestiIence. 70
seek the means Of existence which their own
iHhospitable land denies 10 labor. and the mod
est ambition 10 live and die beyond the gloomy
precincts Of the Irish work-house. Numbers of
these adsenturers are Of the better class Of far
mers, and appear to lack none Of the appliances
requisite towards the bettering Of their condi-
ton AZ the other side OF the Atlantic healthy
anu more than eomely progeny, good supply
of the most requisite articles Of furniture and
( clothing. with some small capital 10 commence
operations The majority, however. have no
such advantages to boast Of, for Z more mise
rable, siekly-l9oking, and poverty-str.cken set
. q Creatures It would be impossible TO imagine
even, hundreds Of them men, women, and
children - being uuprovided with shoes 10 their
feet, and the females with no better covering
for tLeir heads than the commonest looking
HaHdkeEcLiefs II leu Of bonlets, while not one
II fifty could lay claim 70 the luxury Of a cloak
Is protection against the incIenency Of the
coming winter. Al hardships appear as moth
ing, 50 that the one great end may be achieved
flight from the Irish shores. 10 matter at
what risk, or with what amount Of danger and
Priva-ion II perspective Day after day vessels
leave this port f--.-L.lI with their human car
goes, without any tiiminusiOn being pereeptibge
II the tEgongs Of Peasantry which swarm the
the streets in the neighborhood Of the quavs.
Three sailed AZ the close Of last week with their
full compliments on board; three more have
just come into dock, and il Is expected that
they, too, viii clear out before Saturday next.
Il not sooner. Judging from present appear
ances, it Is more than probable that the severest
months Of the season viii have little or no ef-
feet IN checking the prevailing and altogether
unparalleled mania.
The '-rUsl - from the southern ports, too, Is
rather On the increase than otherwise. and IS
far and away on . more extensive scale than we
in the metropolis have any idea On Saturday
4 steamer left Waterford for Liverpool. with
nearly four hundred emigrauts OF board, whose
ultimate destination Is the free land OF the
west" The day was intensely severe. but wind
and weather, be they what they may, have no
terrors for these voluntary exiles. The average
numbers which sail from the port Of Waterford
I alone, since the season set II, appear to be at
7 the rate Of FIVE hundred weekly.
! Respecting the progress Of emigration in
J Ulster the Bestera Star publishes the follow
/ ing extract Of q letter received from gentle
man who has been travelling through the
northern province -
: Having had occasion within the past three
weeks 10 traverse considerable part Of Ulster.
made II my business to inquire, as I went
along, into the condition Of the small farmers
"a race Of as industrious 4 people as are to be
/ found On the ha5itable globe. Having been
heretofore led 10 believe that they were most
faTourably eircumstauced as regarded their
position with the landlords, and from other
causes, must own l was not at al prepared
for the almost general feeling of discomfort
which exhibited itself. was much struck with
( the remarks Of an intelligent middle-aged man,
the occupier Of farm of about thirty acres,
who, after informing me that he formed one Of
/ q party OF seventy persons, comprising dozen
( families, who were preparing to enligrate, thus
( proceeded go Before next spring is over, many
hundreds Of the people Of this province VIII
have quilted it forever, and many others VIII
follow; we have always been loyal to England,
/ even IN the worst Of times, and although al
that is now forgotten, the day may come when
I the government VIII regret that they allowed
the interests Of the Industrious mortimer 10 be
sacrificed 70 such an extent as 10 force them TO
leave the homes Of their fathers to seek a rest
ing place in a foreign land As yet, so far as
l have seen, it IS with q feeling Of deep regret
that those poor people quit their native land
You see nothing of that satisfaction exhibited
by them which is so marked, so extraordinary
southern and western provinces.