The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-05-25
Exodus from ireland.


The arrival, during the last few weeks.
of emigrants from. the British Isles, is
something startling. From Ireland
alone, the influx has been estimated At
over q thousand per diem; but England
and Scotland are now also contributing
to swell the stream Of Immigration
There must be some ething radically de.
fective in the government of a country
when its population has to seek refuge
in another land. Westward no! seems
to be the motto Of the Celtic race. The
bone and sinew' of.Ireland are leaving
her shores in search Of occupation in the
Western Republic. The social revolE-
ton in the old country still progresses.
and there is still room enough for her
redundant population on this side Of the
Atlantic. While remunerative employ
dustry and even the refined literary tai.
ent Of the old country will find its way
to our shores. Many districts in Ire
land, formerly populous, are almost de-
serted. The consolidation Of farms,
has left many districts almost waste
occupy the sites of bustling villages and
systems of wholesale clearance has ia
ken place in the county Of Galway A
Scotch millionaire-Mr. Allen Pollok
purchased a wide district of country
near the celebrated fair town Of Bal
linasloe. He proceeded at once to eject
the small tenants, thousand of whom got
into the towns or found their way to this
country. His farms are about eight
hundred acres in extent, each having
steading and stewards residence. The
The largest OF these steadings is at
Ganaveen, within Eve miles of Ballina-
sloe. The roof of the cattle feeding
department is more than an English mile
square in extent. Here the cattle are
4fattened on the produce of the LAND. and
sent off to Smithfield to be sold. The
result, it would appear, is more salts
factory to Mr.. Pollok than the rents pay
able by the small tenants, who formerly
occupied the estate. The eviction of SO
many small farmers has had some curl
Gus effects. It has, for instance thinned
the congregations of the -neighboring
Roman Catholic chapels, while it has
filed the pews of the Presbyterian
Church-the stewards and other em-
ployes with their families being princi-
paliy Scotch. Mr.. PolIok's farming has
been on such and extensive scale, that
it has attracted the attention of Cont
mental Europe. A few years ago, His
Imperial Highness, the Prince Napoleon
with retinue Of sevants arrived by rail
in Ballinasloe, and paid visit to Lis
many, the seat of Mr.. Pollok. The
French were perfectly astounded at what
they witnessed, and left on record a full
expression of their feelings. These
facts are mentioned merely to give some
idea of the extent to which the clear
ance system has reached in ireland, and
the impetus it has given to emigration
In the adjoining county of Roscommon,
another Scotch gentleman--Mr. Daniel
Mather--has purchased the st. George
estate, and has cleared off the popula
ton to make room for sheep and cattle
No doubt most useful improvements.
in connection with agriculture, have
been expected, but
"A bold peasantry, their country's pride,
IF once cut down, can never be sup.
Piled
If we travel from one county to an
other, in Ireland; the land of the exter-
minator will be f und at work The old
race is fast disappearing, and the amaz-
ing fact is now palpably evident that, in
the congenial States of the great Amer
lean Republic, there are three times as
many Irish as Ireland herself at present
contains! It becomes the duty of the
American Government, to certain ex-
tent, to look after the immigration now
overspreading her shores. The prairie
lands are wide enough, and countless
thousands of green acres are still unoc-
cupied; it may become the duty of the
Government to facilitate the movement
Of the emigrant from our sea-board cit
les to the Western States.-N. Y. OBJ.
server, May 13.
Wicked men do nrosnor for A.. l;tt1n