Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-12-20
The Famine in Ireland.


ties had been visited less severely than 9th
ers, and our country friends draw general
conclusions about things "beiDg much bet
ter than they had been represented" We
wish we could join in the encouragement
and hold out a hope of improvement. But
we cannot. The staple food Of the country
has been already reduced ono-half an esti-
mate in which farmers, boards of guardians,
and landed proprietors concur, while in some
districts il would not be extravsgant to as
sert that, so far from portion Of the crop
being available for food, the people will not
have sufficient for seed. II is useless to dis
guiso the fact, and the Government should
take instant steps, in concert with proprie-
tors, to give employment during the onsu-
ing year.
THE FAMINE AGAIN IN sKIBBERERN.
Dublin Cov. 10y correspondence Of the London Herald
regret to hear that there is great dis.
tress in Skibbereen. A correspondent Of
one Of the journals writes: "'Thcre is a
good deal of misery pending the laboring
classes this winter, and farmers will greatly
suffer from deficiency in their crops. If a
fair amount of employment could bc obtain
ed for the laboring classes it would be
a great, if not an effectual means of keeping
the workhouse empty. The guardians Of
the Skull and Skibbereen Unions have made
an application to Government for loan Of
10000, for tho purpose of commencing
the West Cork Railway"
A DEATH FROM STARVATION IN CLARE.
Ennis (Ov. ls correspondents Of the Dublin Freeman
P.Cullman, Esq, coroner, held an inquest
on yesterday on the body of man unknown,
aged about twenty-four, who was found
dead on the roadside by the police near
Manus. The jury returned a verdict that
deceased died from the effects Of exhaustion,
starvation and exposure to cold.
PINcHINa DISTRESS IN sLIGo-sTARvATIoN
OR THE PooRHoUsK.
From the Sligo Champion, Nov. 10.
The resolutions adopted by the clergy of
the deanery of Castlebar gave true and
painful picture Of the distress in that quar-
ter, and our reports received this week from
other counties in this Province are equally
disheartening. In the rocky and mountain
parish of Dysart tho potato crop is nearly
gone, and il the appeal made by their good
pastor, Father Brennan, does not soon meet
a response the moral and Industrious peo-
pie Of that district will have no alternative
but famine or the ioorkhOuse. Sir Robert
Peel states that the Government are con-
sidering. When will they actl
PoTAToEs, WHEAT AND HAY LOST IN LINER
IcR COUNTY.
From the Limerick Reporter, Nov. Is.
The harvest returns in the neighborhood
Of Newcastle West are lamentably deficient.
We have been creditably informed that not
more than one-fourth of the potato crop is
available for human food while acres of /
wheat have not been cut down at all, but
allowed to be eaten by cattle. Large guam
titles Of hay, which has lain several weeks
in the meadows half covered with water, is
now being removed to the haggard almost
useless except for manure. The gloomiest
anticipations are INDUCED in as regards the
prospects Of the small farmers during the !
coming season.
COLD AND HUNGER IN coNYAUGHT.
From the Dublin Freeman, Nov. H.
At a public meeting Of the inhabitants
of Clifden Galway held in Clifden, on Sun.
day, the Very Rev. P. McManus, PIP, VIZ,
in the chair, the following resolutions were
adopted: That as the winter has set in
with unusual severity, the sufferings of the
people are intense in the extreme from want
of fuel (turf) there being neither timber,
coal, or persons in the coal trade, VIC do call
upon the Government to come forward and
supply want that presses with peculiar So
verify upon the poor, and is felt even by
those who are not destitute Of meaus of pur.
chasing it. That as it is our plain and ur-
gent duty, we again memorabilia the Lord
Lieutenant TO take immediate steps to pro-
cure fuel for the already balf-famished peo.
pie. But, as it is not when the people are
half-starved and dying of starvation, the
Government are apt to apply remedy, we
do, therefore implore the Government to
open sources Unemployment for the people,
and thus enable them to purchase fuel and
food, Of which there is already Of tho first
total want, and of the second there will be,
before many weeks, total dearth. That,
as the people prefer employment to gratuit-
GUS relief, We beg to suggest there are many
works Of utility and necessity to be found
in this remote, mountainous district, and
along the seacoast largo tracts Of land now
swamped, in which there never was an at
tempt Of drainage, and the seabord destitute
of harbors of refuge and fishing piers; and
that memorial founded on the foregoing
resolutions be forwarded to the Irish Gov
eminent, @ .rl+ulura sr behstfs1E Cd
REPORT FROM THE NORTHERN COUNTIES.
From the Northern whig, Nov. Is
The crop Of this year has been extensively
infected by the old disease. Immense
quantities Of the gross produce are totally
unfit for human food; large proportion Of
the balance win, however, be useful in cat
tie feeding; and it is to be hoped that the
portion unfit for any purpose will not exceed
the moiety Of the entire produce of the po-
tato lands. Prices are very high for the
season. 1t is, therefore, evident that the
consumer will more than share the loss with
the growers. In olden times, and long be-
fore the destructive blight bad seized upon
the national esculent, one shilling per hun,
dred weight was often the market rate for
excellent potatoes. OccssioDaIly higher
prices ruled, but more frequently still lower
ones. In 1888 for instance, choice varie-
ties which had been carted seven, o. eight
miles from the country, were sold in. our
market at the nominal rate of eiqhtpepce