The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-12-04
49, A&~lAAs4 AN AAsAsAAAAAaOs
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March Of EnglaDds Allies, Starvation and
Cold, Over the Island.
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A MAN STARVED TO DEATH IN CLARE.
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Letter from Archbishop Mac Hale t.
Lord Palmerston.
Chief Secretary Teel UeGes Arch
bishop Cullen.
Addresses from the People to the MeIanus
american Delegation,
&C., &C., &c.
A MAN STARVED TO DEATH IN CLARE.
oNT-HALF rRn POTATO cRop DESTROYED.

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| me potato crop Is row dug ont, ard the result had
1een aneiepatsa Moro inen onohaf s gonc aud whe
slightest approach o. air. remains % be IN the pro
vmoial pape.s md hat some localities had been
vsteo esa severely uah DINERS ana our conntry FRIENDS
draw general conclusions about things being much bet
ter than they had been represented We wish colt
join in the eucorragement ard hold out hope Of i'm
provoInent. Bot we cannot The staple food Of the
tey hrs b,p ai,eaig edicJ aaeh1 estimate in which
farmers, boards # yardians am landed propictos
COZ, while in some districts it would be extrayagan
to assert that fr from portion 81 The crop teng dtsl
af6r foaa, lr psqls srH a9t hire Sufficient far seta II
useless to GsSpisa tho fact and the government shold
take instant staEs IL concert with propretois to give
! employment darr's lhe ensuing year.
| The FAMINE AGAIN IN sElBEERErN.
ubln (Noy 100 cores ondenco OF the London Herald
regret to hear that there grea, distress In kibbe.
recn corresolaeut OF one ot the journals witcs--
/ There Is good dead Of misery feadtBg he ,to,iu9
elasses tiis e'r, and farmers mn CRAFTY ser 08 az.
,fcfescy q, toir II fair amount OF employmon
cond be obtained for the labor,Dg classes would be
great not an cieuuai means Of keeping the workhuuse
Unions have made an application to government fpr
loan OF oee, or tho purpose of commencing tho West
| Cork Railway.
a pEArH FROM STARVATION IN CLARE
[fnris (Sov 49, responierc 81 the Dublin Freeman
=. culmon, isR Co aaer, held inquest on yester-
day on the b'dy o. man unknown, agot about twenty
near Mailes The wy retained verdict ,ha ec 4 ed
died from ne ast q eaha'tof sta,ra,ica eposre
plNcuiYG DISTRESS M sLlGo-~srARyAryoN on THE
PooanoUsE.
From the siso Champion Nov. 1871
The buttons adopted the clergy the deanery Of
castlebaI gave true and paafal picture OF ha distress
IN that quarter md reports received this week from
other contcs in ths PROVINCE 90 ally dishcarc
~ Tie rocky ard mountain parish OF yar te toc crop
IS nearly g0ne, and IL tho appeal made by their good pas
tor Father Brennan, does net response tho
mora and Industrious people Of 'hat district viii have
alternative th rWie he portdpast. Sir robert Peel
states that the government are considering Whom viii
they actY
POTATOES, WHEAT ANp nay LOST IN LIMERICK
From the Limerick Reporter, Nov H.
The harvest returns y the neShborhood Of Newcastle
Yves; arc ame.labiy deficient. We have been crcdibiy
informed that Pa no'e aan onetoaah Z he p'tGo s,np
is oaaile ) eaada ood, Who acres 81 wheat have
Largo quantities Of hay, which has lain several weeks
i'll tho madows half covered with wafer, IL being
moved 10 he hagynd almost useless except for
The goomest antc atons indulgod regards tho
bros Gets # the small farmers da in tho coming
COLD AND HUNGER IN CoSHArGnT.
Ftom the Dublin Freeman Nov. IA
At pubic meeting Of the inhabitants OF Ctfdcn (Ga
way) hello IA Cliden on Sunday, the Very Row 7. Nc
MWus, ?. r. v r.. in the chain the following resolutions
were adopted
that, az the winter las st in NTH am s,a seocYy the
sgiern,s Of the pc is intense in the from
want # fuel that as there is no substitute IN the
Try ioI the ordnary fGc (uri) there icing neither TIM
her coli, persons IN bo coal trade, do.ea upon
the COVE nmel; TO Toward ana POLY want that
presses with recgar severity upon the poor and Is felt
eyen b. those who estutc means Of parohas-
ns That. ny IL IS cur p.un aud urget duty, we do
stops pgoca Tor the already h.f shed people
Bu, IL IS not when tho people are half starved and
dyMg Of Star attn the government are apt to appy
remedy, we do therefore, inp!ofe the government 10
open sooces Of emf oyeni or the people, ana thus ena
bic them purchase til and to,d ef cii l.ere is al
.egdy Y Tt olat rant asd e "a seccd there eH BE-
Le MANY ~eks total dsd'fh Iha, rs tho people pre-
r. enlloymet. 10 galuiloJs relief, beg to suggest
here may works of atiy and necessity to be
found III this remote mountainous district and along the
coast large tracts Of la row swampoi, "a which
there attempt o. dransgc and the seahoard
destitI ma cf cIGge and fishing PIERS and that
bn
warded 10 The Irish government
REroRT From rar NORTHERN COUNTIES.
II ron, The Northern Wing, Nov. IS
Tie crop this year has been extensively infected by
the old disease imerso quanttie ol the gross produce
totally unt for human food; largo proportion OF the
balance will however, be useful IN cattle fecaing; ahd 1t
IL be hoped that The portion Unit Tor any purpose will
not exceed raorty Il the entire produce the potato
lands Prices arc yert high for tn season. 1t is there
fore, Ge bt the VIII than share the
loss with the grower. IL oilen ti,nes md long before
the destructive blight had seized on the national esc-
lent. shilling per hundred weight was oftea the
market rate for excellent potatoes. Occasionally higher
prices raod, bat frequently still lower IN
1853 Tor instance, eho varieties which had been carei
seven eight miles from the country, were sold In our
nan the nominal rate Of esghtience the handrcd
weight or penny for each stone of fourteen pounds
Tie current rates his day viii average four shngs the
hundred, about six times the plce paid twenty years
AGO A great alarm raised some weeks since, and
| the cry Of impending famine reeebocd from tne West
That much san ing will be endured by the small farmers
and cotters in that portion of Ireland there
doubt but trust hat the legitimate sources Of relief
| TIE COTTON VIEWERS AND EMBRoinlHERS OF DOWN
| IN GREAy DEsTl3l1ION.
| from the Belfast News Letter Of Nov. IA.
PERHAPS for many years past there has not been felt
mnh CestLuttopt among tue working classes in New-
towards aud is vicinity as at tue present time The
stable trades If Inc place cotton weaving and
broaeriuy in both Of which there IS AZ presei,t tte or
nothing Co. and whatever tri.e is being done is ut 80
low tate Of remuneration that sapHor cannot b
earned even by those employed. Mr. William Dobbin,
hitherto Of The afgcs, employers Of Ncwtownards,
estimates that @ 800 g coo rearers are idle IN TIC tom
| and neigh6orhood.
/ ALARMING DECREASE IN THE FARM PRODUCE AND
LIVE STOCK OF THE rsLAND--THE FACT OFFICIAL
/ LY ACKNOWLEDGMENT BY ENGLAND.
Mr. Doanoy lie Registrar General Of Ireland lstely
issued ono his abstracts antcipatory Of his complete
report upon the agriculture Of the Country From we
Gnd that there is decrease Of 33s7S acres Under poa.
toes decyese Of g. 1I5 nda9et and bet ro, ad
dcrease Of neaig the amount usehes asa rape.
Thee are Is 2Sa turnps and Of
cabbage this gear than last that The net dninuon in
the extent Of green crops Is s6V74 acres The whole
amount planted was $40 Cos acres. There is also do
crease Of At 500 ceres Of meadow and clover Hence VIC
| get the following general summary
o. Arss
Decrease in corealcrops ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 15,7ol
Decrease in green crops Observation-Disclosures. 1924
| Tota, Observation-Disclosures. 100 GA
Increase in Aax 1921
Total decrease Of land under crops in 1884,. 81 s7a
There Is also large decrease In the number OF live
stock in Ireland this year compared with 1850 and
tina, again marked BY very lafga dimnutidn com
pared with 1853 Tbs gar Uc (fisL payer remarks) hdn
feu horses by 993 ccr cattle by lo3, $40, as,d fesce,
Mus by 173 096. There the slight increase Of $50 In
the number Of sieep. Thus, npon the average Of the
raes assumed by the census commissioners Of fo4i, ~
have less rcle in re stock W II 6 ,345 than had IN
1850 This lamentsblo Ealing oil in hive stock aiibu
led 10 two bad harvests How great has been
the loss in production may DO estimated by single item
In 1850 had four TINS u potdoe dy Obs " marry
onehdU of the entire g,a,,y rd'sd This must have been
grsvous to the cottcs, who ondeaVer to make
oa, the rent by keeping COW, two OF three pigs o.
poultry. -, 80 :, ,.,, :,
CThe cause Of these melancholy facts is explained by
ths exile or starvation OF two millions OF thu
Irish people in 1859 by England, in order, AZ she al
legged to bring tho population u "healthy standard"
ED HERALD.
ARCHBISHOP MAC HALE TO LORD PALMERST0N ON TIL
CRISIS.
Aletter from Archbishop Mac Hale, Of Tuam, appear
In The Dbl Freeman. He writes thus
ST.. JARiArns, TUAM Nov. 0, 1861.
In Inc brief interval that has elapsed since drew
! your lordshp's attention 10 tho SAD condition an
rloomer prospects OF people you have had opprtu
mites Of receiving fuller information on this subject IRON
other quarters ami though 1t my not he long until lee
II an imperative duty 10 address you again thc practc
aid Of the government viii doubt, tie solicited IN tn
meantime By simi and still more pressing communca
| tons However stubborn WAS the incredibly OF III
regarding ibs lcodipg famine, II Is yeldng
length the otoristy oil the extensive iai re Of tho pe
In crons and that iudis uablc fact, the od dtrfu di
diS1trLy is The