The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-01-01


WE endesvtr to keep our relders advised OF
the famine developments In ireland, and, II
course, are governed In our statements by our
Irish correspondence and advices. We make
this remark for the reason that from tho fact Of
our information coming from a variety Of
sources, discrepancies and contradictions some-
times appear although wo have no reaao1 for
beli,v ny that the worss cases we have STATED ia
our various articles upon the subject, are not
within he limits Of fact.
In letter from the Archbishop e Tuar. al
DR., ssed to Lord PArNtRsToS, uud,r date Of lie
oember ., the FOL sing passage cure:
The sudden carger Of va from 'he fu cot n
tries beyO, the Atlantic cannot di,pl the
alarm excited NJ home by tbs more terriJle en-.
envy Of famine. The one may aud | trust will
BE-, only mere panic Inspired by na'iOnal
hate aud aggravated by mai jnsl pride, which
tho sea- enable cuunsels OF peace and vision
can ,ficctuslly allay. But the other is a reality
b lily spreading and gathering fearful dlmen.
rio. from the continuous bIlsful inh1encs Of
the elements by which 1t was more immediate.
y created. Yea Il 9 prophecy Of two m nth,
$50, IA already Fastening to it, tIlflment, and
the 1.mDant Of the wretched potato crop, which
IN rome places wee lsft undug In the hope Of
improvement, has been - tuinsd un9er inces
pant rains a. 90 10 utterly absnaan.d in the
fields. The condition Of the portion uis, has
been dug, and pit'od or housed IA scarcely hot
ter, ind how unfit they are for hu nan food
may be Inferred frum very general o'eerva.
ton, that they are actually refused by some
fowl and anim,ls no remai kable for fas tidious
no-s; yet, on this miserable esculent never
rip NED, and row 10 state Of dec.y the lives
OF hundreds Of tkousAnds, until the remote
month u August, arc exclusiyely depending.
Meetings are being held in all the principal
cities aud towns of Ireland, for the purpoie of
| devising means to alleviate the rapidly in.
CT, wing distress Al one n those mee,ipg', a
| letter WAS read from the Rev. Father CoNwAr,
Of Galway. We give some eNtracts:-
'Gcr,l,mcn let il should be said that my
| stat, mel Is were unlroundCd or exaggerated, |
will give you fov Of the many fac which
have r, Gently come under my personal oJsorvA-
| ton, and which, added TO very many such cases
that / have witnessed, are sufficient, in my
opinion If not to convince Mr.. BOttcril at least
| TO eoniound and, hope, convert him. A few
days bince woman came to my door and
asktd mo for relief ying hor mother was
| dy ing in great want. | sske her where she
| livedi She replied in Rarm OK, on the brick
81 lOuph Cofrin, which il about sixteen miles
liCm Tusm workbOuse. ! said To- her, why
don't Ntu go TO the r,li, wing oiiic'rl She said
where will i1d him, or how could Se gor "A.
other Csso G, CURED some weeks since--a woman
died here ramed C--k Here ta't or T. NJ Vuv
| obs.Ived that although he had tho name thor,
still lest II might he hurtful the feelings oi any
Of Dor II spf ctahle relations he hoped the guar
dians would appreciate his '.aiin.s o. Gel,cicy
in ho. glN ing the name IN iuh, Lc wouii, there
iLir mesely mention the initial letterd, She
was once in very comfortable circumstances, but
bad lc'n lately suffering iIum eNtroms want. |
am suisi,d her d,a'h was accelerated by star
viiion ~ a cold. ~ n proof ~ which, gentlemen,
! must icll yuu that the night she vas 'wIsed,
there n not ~ much Gre in her house rs would
light pipe, mu h lcss warm thos, charitable
eiphbOIs no watched and sat around her re
mars, About twelve o'clock on that night,
some orc soid-lf the priest know vs. were
lme iihout fire, ho would send VA sOme turf.
pom u H. ZONE persons volunteered 20 come TO
the = lest, house; they told him their story,
ard at orce he gave thon crib Of turf AID
they 'hcm elves drew the cart, whic he Chez
fully gave them 10 tho wlkehOuse. Some days
since man name1 Glynn came TO me, ami
said fkc was badly off. II Is not for mo 10 say
she got some relief; on the Same day | was
passing by her wrc'ched hut, and | saw her
Itanding outside by tho wall a.ke her what
she gAs doing there sae ~ she felt warmer
tn, re Than in ide, ~ sho had 10 lire, and ME
sun teds Running hr
AND row, gentlemen, nlloS mo 10 give YOU
Orle mere case, which this very day cane I'M
der my observation, aud which must close for
the present this sal catilo cue of facts. called
| to attend sick woman, tho wife of 4 trades
man, whom found in extrumc need Of relief
| in tho way ,i food, rather than ply sic. ai'er
| administering little to her wants, departed,
| and A. LETT the house. poor man, named
| Murphy, tenant on the lleadford estate, ap-
| preached and addressed me. lie told me he
| was In gr,a' want. | saw, h.. 90
/ that what he STAYED WAS
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