Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-12-07
ANOTHER FAMINE IN IREL D-THREE F0URTHS
OF THE POTATO CROP DESTROYED, AND THE
BULK OF THE REMAINDER UNFIT FOR USE
THE PEOPLE OF THE WEST WORSE OFF THAN
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IN ls47.
Dublin CSov. Core,p ondenee OF the London Herald
The unproduc;iye harvest s already making itself felt
in the west OF Ireland where the clergy Of oil creeds
aud the local gentry feel themselves called upon exert
themselves 10 mitigate far as with them lies the evils
Of impending want.
A local Journal, the Sligo Champion. says at this
moment the people in the west Of LELAND In state
that must eventuae n appalling Distress II something
be not done for their relief As regards the county Of
Sligo we have it the authority Of landed proprietor
-Sne Of those consderae landlords who will shut
their eyes fac;s-that III some quarters the people
not as well off as they in ls47 at that tine they had
some little hoard from previous sayug' but now they
without any means consequence o the last three years
being so severe $50 bad they eIpressvely term IT,
In the districts alluded to- twothirds OF the tenants
unable to pay their rents The attention OF the govern
ment has been led to distress In Cfden, bu. the only
answer voucbsafed is one similar TO that given TO tho
venerable Archdeacon Coghlan by Sir Robt Peel to wit
he subject is continuing to receive the anxious atter
ton of the Irish government" OF what avail Is this
&C, nnuing receive" il the people left peri
n the time? This week the winter has set in with
sudden and unusual severity, and II something be not
done quickly, we dread the consequences.
MISERABLE PROSPECTS FOR TIE LABoRISG xES.
Kkenu CSSy Correspondence o, the Dublin Evening Post
It is only Just that the last Of the os crop has
been secured owing in the frs. place. TO the stepees OF
the growing ason and sec,ady the wetness Of the
harvest II Is really emnetabio reflect on the difficult
" which must exist in a directions On tee part Of the
farming classes to meet their engagements, which, In
other times and under more favorable circumstances
would appear to them Of very uncomfortable magnitude.
This ia the time when money lenders and seed eelep,
who make advances In spring at rsuous OF inter
est FOR the cropping OF the land look for their pound
Of issh :" and betids those who not in posi-
lion TO meet the call OF WHOM there ID vast number
this year.
With scarcely half crop Of potaioes--tbe keeping
properties o. which still question Of much doubt
with the slng of in the other staple article OF
frm produce whest-and barely average Cat crop.
which hls been but very imperecily saved 1t will be
With great difficulty the snail llsgs farmers will struy.
gle tbrcu The coming year Thepr sp6cts poor in
ins towns IN the absence of ewpoyent especially the
winter ebcuid turn out to be ono miserable
70 cocsenpate.
ruy cAruoLIc cLxRGY GIVE wARSrxe TO TIE GOVERN.
MINT.
On Saturday, Nov 2. the clergy of the Deanery Of
Castlebar met at Aimstrcngs Great Rooms Caslebar,
the venerable Arch1eacon BroWne in the chair.
The following resolutions were unanimously adop-
ted:
Rs.olreI That the disastrous ,scts of the present
inelemen: eascn ia the destruction Of the potato CROP
have created among the people of this district the mos:
alarming sntCipaiors Of an impending famine, utally
cting the ineresta of all classes n the community
That have carefully Investigated the grounds Of the
general sllrw aud we feel il bounden duty to the
peots as vel as to the country 10 state that scarcely
oneourh Of the potato crop Of this year Is safe from
the ravrges of the blight and that this small rem
nant is 50 inferior in quality to be unfit for human
food That no human foresight could have provided
asn', calamity unforeseen as the destruction Of the
food of al entire pople ard therefore, that the saliva.
ton CT the lives OF toe people demands that the most
prompt and comprehensive be adopted BY the
Goaerrm mt to avert the horrors Of famine with which
we are threatened.
sALr.-Thc Nes Orleans Crssetnt states that 1t was
generally understood that thrs was sufficient ccarse
fsl, 10 tha. msrke. tie fret OF September last TO
500 600 barrels Of meat. TLis Is es much
rscevei In that arket for one wear To this the same