The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-06-04
ORLEANS. SUNDAY MORNING. JUNE q,

MORNING: JUNE a, 1871.
punity, and their conduct should be re-
pretended by every respectable man In
the regiment, of whom, no doubt, there are
many.
The Recent Outrage in the County Meath.
On Saturday, May 6, before full hoard of
the Guardians of the Castlebar Union, a
resolution requesting the Government to
send down some official entirely uncon-
nected with the county to hold public
sworn investigation into the causes which
led to the attempted assassination OF Mr..
Crotty, was introduced by j. NJ. Sheridan, of
Pheasant Hill, Castlebar. The Irish Times
reporter states that he drew the attention
of the members to the Importance of the
resolution, in which he proposed tkat the
Commissioners be called on to urge the
Government to hold sworn Investigation,
in order that the cause of the firing at MIR.
CrOtty might be made known. 1t was q
terrible thing that innocent tenants, who
had nothing to do with the affair, should
be asked to pay the proposed tax. There
we're sixty townlands in the district, and
some of the owners evicted their tenants.
Those evicted tenants obtained shelter on
the property of other owners who evicted
none, and it would be sought to make those
non-evict.ng owners and their tenants
pay the extra tax or claim that would arise
in consequence of the attempt on Mr..
Crotty. Ii heavy claim or a crushing
workhonse would be filed. On one estate
there were 24I people some time ago, bnt
There -weres oNiy fossy~eight remaining now.
The rest were hunted away, and had to
take refuge on the bad land. By an i'm
partial inquiry they would be- able to find
out the exact locality on which the taxa
ton should be levied. He could read to
them the names of the owners who turned
out the people in large numbers if they
1.-THE guardians) wished. Some gentlemen
considered it unnecessary. The chairman
proceeded to say it would be very drsira-
BILE to have some respectable gentleman to
inquire into the whole affair. The Grand
Jury was not the tribunal to which such
should be entrusted, for the first that might
be called, perhaps, would be the very per-
sons who turned out and evicted most,
aud they would be asked to judge the
whole case from his evidence. He might
mention that at one time the parishes of
Balllntobber contained 1870 families, and
that of these at present only $50 remained.
Mr.. James DAILY spoke in favor of the in
quiry, and said, if the people were fairly
treated, there never would be agrarian
crime. Mr.. Walsh and Mr.. Tighe referred to
the unfortunate relations which seemed to
exist between Mr.. CrOtty and his tenantry.
The Chairman said he had list of the
it would be invidious to mention names at
present. They might be useful for the
investigation. Perhaps there was no place
in the world where there were more heart
less evictions than in that and the adjoin-
ing unions. A Guardian remarked that
they did not know whether Mr.. Crotty was
really fired at or not, and suggested that
he was fired at by one of his own people.
After brief discussion the resolution was
declared passed.
Some recent Irish agricultural returns
present very painful picture of the de-
cline which has taken place in the amount
of produce within the last twenty years
A Dublin contemporary gives the following
very clear explanation of the causes of the
falling off: "From May, 1851, to Deem
Der, 1870, there emigrated from ireland
2,O37 ,324 persons, the population of a small
kingdom. And it is to be noticed tina
535, 249 of this number departed from TIN
rich manufacturing province of Ulster
The hnmorrhage is still continuing, OF
rather, is on the increase. Last year til
emigration of males and females from Ire
.. land was greater by 1885 than in 196!
We arrive at this conclusion, then, tha
with a population larger by one-third tina
! at present, not only was there create
= extent of land under cultivation, but th
i produce of each separate acre in oil kline
of cereals and roots was very considerabl
i greater.
/, The Bishop Of Meath on the Westmea
d BiH.-The Bishop of Meath has written
e letter to the Marquis of Harrington on ii
: subject of the evidence given before Il
o Westmeath Com mittee. His lordsh
u complains Of the statements made by son
A of the witnesses with q view of prejudiciI
; the committee against him, especially
II the evidence given by Mr.. G. A. r. Boy
o, His lOrdship says: 81 stated to the col
X mittee, on the authority of the Very Re
ID DR.. Hope, parish priest of Baliymore, I'll
ID Mr.. Boyd evIcted sixty individuals, prin
+. pally cOttiers aud small tenant farine
;u from his property ia that parish. state
re- srcnudiy, gu the Authority ut the II
hL MeEsrs. Rnhiu-Ou and Hupe. PIP. and C..
L. Of RuchtOrt Bridge aud Midtown Pass, Il