The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-12-17

with which the country wss dolted some thirty
years since have all disappeared ac they have been
completely swept away. Here and there the gable
end OF what was once GOOD substantial stone dwelling
sin standing monument u may b. said % The per
tnacity with which the Irish Landlords carrying out
the social revolution initiated ~ England which has for
IL object the eviction and exile OF and women and
for the multiplication Of fat cattle she-p and green
crops in order that Ireland may become 'hcaishy,n
"a II Is called, but undertsken, u appears
70 me, N truth, With ne sole Intention
made certain OF home supply u cheap food Tene.
nents beng scarce saw very ieM people indeed ON
the highways. think .nay safely say thar did not
discern during my ride from Cork Dublin forty persons
Jogging along the roads which feed parallel 10 the
railroad. Twenty years since aud could have counted
four or i've hundred souls during the oxen' of
journey. There were good many cattle and sheep,
with few good looking young horses in the Fields
but the hardy population, which may have been 40
happy in the negbberhoods arr evidently either dead,
OF gone TO America, or crowd "a the capacity Of dav
OF cities. Feeling OF positive loneliness crept overfe On
this trip from Cork TO Dublin, and remained With me
long after entered the capital Nusing IN. scene and
on the subject frequently called mind The lines Ia
which the poet describes the effects Of the raids Of tho
Star Chamber officers oG England In the times ~ the
Covcnanters Of Scotland when he says
I'd CLAW rhouse Ind with him conc
And with HIM grim Dsael,
And the smoking roofraes teslif
They done their errand wcll.
THEIR FACE TO THE WEST"
may add that did not meet ia Cork single person,
mnlo female, OF the working classes but anxious
90 get TO America Some we're waiting for rrm.tiances
FROM the other SIDE, and the remainder hoping ans cal
cul3ing IL they would, and how they could, MAKE
save as much money as would pay their passage The
great ambition of the male servants Ia the hotels Is 10
be able TO get placsd in OF rst class city hotels
or restaurants Of which they have heard glowing
counts or in good private family. Many OF these
are really fine intelligent fellows, such as would be
acquisition 10 the houses in which they much desire
20
DUBLIN-BHiTIsh BENEFITS TO raE METROPOLIS.
In this ancient and very beautiful city there is not
believe one Of the once magnificent public buildings
raised for national uses dozen OF the ane private
mansions so we'll tenahied twenty Eve thirty ears
that hnN.
ment Offices, either military civil, in connection
with the poor law, police revenue departments
The splendid and spacious Custom House, erected
on the banks OF The Litey with nnnds
voted by an Irish Parliament and rsisad by
Poor Law Commissioners, with their immense stsfr OF
inspectors assistant inspectors, auditors and ccrksa
manifest and unerring evidence Of the decay OF sh
trade and the steady advance OF Irish paupers vince
the year 1900 when the union between Ireland and Eng
land was contaminated. The readers II the HERALD
Will bear ia mind that previous 10 that event Ireland
had no Poor law--in reality needed roDe-ss hes 10.
habtans well able to relieve their distressed
fellows by the exercise OF voluntary charity, which
wesried had Us ustre dmmed By denial
OF aims Now, IL II 80 happened in New York, after
government rule OF sixty Ave years that instead OF orr
present magnificent municipal proportions the Commis
soners of Charities aud Correction had 10 move In order
10 get more space from their present location N Bond
street and take up their quarters In tho Custom House
would not the citiyens think there was some
thing either very wrong very rotten in he syfem OF
government applied TO their case and be very apt
10 demand radical change OF mf Indeed thnk may
safely say that neither tho very gnsmanly and nrbsne
present Chief Clerk Of the Commissioners could reconcile
We 10 such stearn necessity OF wheede us into tie be-
lief tba. IL YVES .All right and that We were living
under 'Yaterns and "cyiLzirg' executive. By. his
10 cxscy tho sort or resa, which the union With Eng
land has induced in Dublin sm sorry TO have " add
that find many weak. headed and iainthesred young
about town here who far to assert that such
Stale OF Affairs 10 excellent have learned, however,
that the majority of these dependent for tier neans
OF living on The pay attached snail GOV eminent EN-
ploymen,s fact they thr bread and cheese and
''psnisoous without holes in them Irisbmen, fore,od
hv Gvn Nyrlh and gtA IN sss
tes.hes me that his prophecy not 10 DC dospised
rRg CITY 7BApE AND DUBLIN TEADEskKs.
On every side Of mo here see spacious osrTacks Tor
police rorcs barracks fsy ss,enne peoe, sess pen
lteEnsxy for convict fssset he EIehmonA preoA r-s
s wo ~ '1s s 3
ite dependent OMEGA hut uswhsrc do md any e1tsn-
s,s. mari q i,;ss a.sa y or irs ns sas
with the goods which overflow 10 ne warehouses u Fos
.ss poor people orc ss,sa and seem % msts q in
curry ss 70 why lreisnd dcs rot pseseni procure ihs
the sssaeamsn Of pusn are a. solAss very psss and
lhe eject Of this poverty y " cr!p by rs way cold
vason OF fnste among body os men who would, be-
here, be very pgenoca and neat they had encourage.
meat Indeed, lbs hsedicraf ceilings mar be sald 70
10 fest dying out ~ the ranks OF The middle and
lower classes There arc, nd few srt and scientific
associations in existence In heiiy but they for tho
most part societies OF the "Mutnaf Admiration order'
The rigid disliicsen Of caste which canser The RAILWAY
trains - be made w with ihgee separate clnsses OF
,issss prevailing 70 sfoh All exeut thsi not opera
tN living weekly attends the meetings.
do think does The operative body receive an
apprentice ar workman from the families OF The
who 40 attend.
WHAT BECOMES of4rHE AarrsAss
An enierprsng and highly respectable firm OF Irish
Quasers has IN mercy 70 the mon and their children,
drawn IRON their wrc'ched Snd II ventilated tencmcnu
IN the quarter known M tho Liberty ~ many Of the
wesYers OF Irish popn and Irish tabnct "a thsy can
md employment for ~ their rooms IN South Georges
n L
safety FAY that il Is only here You can ace the
nant Of The famous handicraftsmen Of Dublin in
receipt OF fair wages
Inquirng ~ 10 tho position OF the Irish hatters who
TO be- found ri Temple Bar when last resided In
Dublin and Tor tho Irish glovtB and hosiors who
In tho Liberty Informed by an oncal that every
Of the haers who remained the warehouses;
that many OF that class had died there and that the
skilled IN the other two branches had shared pretty
much tho fate or having been reduced 20 absolute
want had died or we're assisted 70 goio America
THE EXISTING SOURCES or EMPLOYMENT
Tho late Lord Palmerston and the Duke OF Devon.
shire and few Irish capitalists, have built and put
ting mp good many houses In the suburbs Of The CITY,
on property either inherited or purchased by them and
ts with the extension Of the railway system, and the
consolidation OF railroad ermin IN the metropolis, gives
employment TO O good many mechanics and iaborcrs.
The English express companies have established their
forwarding agency lines In Ireland and the chief offices
being in Dublin, there are quite large number of
aud horses kept at work BY them.
Az the railroad termin you find q number OF intol.
gent active mon dscharging the duties Of railroad
borious work, but yet they work on they themselves
express IL, in tho hope OF ''makng both ends meet
and keeping the wolf from the door,
great many laborers aud forwarders hnd employ
nen along the docks either in loading tho many
ere which carry the exports u Irish produce 10 England
In taking charge OF the cattle and other live stock
placed their decks. Many Of these men take over
perhaps couple or sheep COW, or few middle class
inferior hoseswhen able 10 purchase them or obtain
them on crcdit-and ehdeavor 10 realize a couple OF
pounds sterling by their sale In Liverpool other
English town.
Some Of the good old Irish traders who remember
Dublin when was city, ere sn alIvo and engaged
In business many Of them Npl personally active, and
6Shem Aessied.Dy members Of their own family. In.
Nrgas. frpaAl, lempsIHs ~ lheir QAplfg q nflAs.