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

trades Of Tho place were cotton weaving and
embroidering, in both Of which there is at
present little or nothing to dol and what
ever triAo is being done is At so low arate
Of remuneration that support cannot be
earned even by those employed. kr. VIM.
Dobbin, hitherto one of the largest employ
ots Of Newtownards, estimates that from
500 to 600 weavers are idle 10 the town
aad neigbborhood. eT 7Ei $50 aa1 80 1ao
ALARMING DECREASE OF FARM PRODUCE AND
aft LIVE STOCK OF THE ISLAND.
Mr.. Donnelly, Registrar. General Of Ire
land, lately issued one Of his abstracts, an
ticipatory Of his complete report, upon the
agriculture Of the country. From it we find
that there is decrease Of 38,S7S acres un-
der potatoes, decrease Of 9,175 acres in
maugel and beet root, and decrease Of
nearly the same amountin vetches and rape.
There arc 1925 more acres Of turnips, and
7,lS5 acres Of cabbage this year than last,
so that &c nett dimunition in tho extent Of
green crd y is 96,974 acres. The whole
amount planted was l,570,66s acres.-
There is also decrease of 1890 acres Of
meadow and clover. Hence We get the fol-
towing general summary:
Decrease in cereal crops .... Acres, 15.7o1
Decrease IN green crops a cio SSSdS SaS
,,1S..,. TSssl IN "a; 1924 iS.s.i
Total decrease Of land under crops in 1861 .sl,S7s
There is also largo decrease in the num-
Der Of live stock in ireland this year as com
pared with 1860, aud that again was mark
ed by very large diminution compared
with 1859. This year we Irish papers re-
mark,) have fewer horses by 5,993, fewer
cattle by 13s, s,3l6, and fower pigs by 49,
096. There is q slight increase Of 1889
in the number of sheep. Thus, upon the
average of the rates assumed by the census
commissioners of 1851, we have less value
in live stock by 81, ,16l, ,345 than we had
in 1850. This lamoutabe falling off in live
stock is attributed to two successive bad
harvests. How great has been the loss in
production may be estimated by single
item. In 1850 we had fewer tons of pota-
toes by 1888, ,143, or nearly one-half of the
entire quantity raised. This must have
been a grievious loss TO the poor cotters,
who endeavor to make out the rent by keep
ing COW, two or three pigs or poulty.
The cause of these melancholy facts is
explained by the deliberate exile or starva-
ton Of two millions Of tho Irish people 10
,lS4s-9 by England, in order, as she alleg-
ed, to bring the people to "healthy stand
ard. Editor Herald. s-s
ARCHBISHOP MAC HALE TO LORD PALMERs-
TON ON THE CRISIS.
A letter from Archbishop Mac Hale, Of
Tuam, appears in the Dublin Fireman.
He writes thus:
ST. JARLArH's TUAM, Nov. 9, 1881.
Ny LoRD-In the brief interval that has
elapsed since l drew your loreship's atten-
ton to the sad condition and gloomier pros
poets of our people, you have had oportuni-
ties of receiving fuller information on this
subject from other quarters, and though it
may not be long untilI feel it an impera-
tive duty to address you again, the practical
aid of the Government will, no doubt, be
solicited in the meantime by similar and
still moro pressing communications. How
ever stubborn was the incredulity of the
selfish regarding the impending famine, it
is yielding at length to the notoriety of the
extensive failure of the potato crops, and
that indisputable fact, the most direful dis
tress throughout several large districts,
must be the inevitable consequence. To
satisfy the craving exigency it will not be
enough TO receive the official assurance that
the subject has been and is still occupying
the consideration of the Government. Such
cold and formal answers will give neither
raiment nor nutriment TO thousands on the
brink of famishing, from want of fuel as
well as from hunger. The dreadful drama
of 1e47 and the subsequent years is not, l
trust, about being again rehearsed; and
those who give timely warning of the com
ing evil viii not be stigmatized, | trust, as
they we're, as oficious and unwelcome
prophets, until the sad reality Of a national
slaughter realizes their unheeded predic-
tions, &c, &c
,'a' 3. I JoHN, Archbishop Of Tuam.