The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-05

tain district tnat does not come INTO view from Jne
general route there are lakes and glens OF sur
passing beauty, and these are seldom visited except
by the devOtees of Izaak Walton.
PROPOSED RAILROAD THROUGH q DICK MARTIN's''
TERRITORY
There is now before the English Parliament q bill
which provides for the construction Of railroad
from the town Of Galway to Clifden. The distance
Is 40 miles. Everybody in Connemara seems
under the impression that the land to be used in
the construction Of this proposed railroad will be
given gratis by the local propretors, with the ex
ceptiOn OF q few who being owners OF town parks
near Galway, intend, 1t is believed to hold out for
compensation. The track will run, for the greater
portion of the distance, through moor, and take
pretty much the course Of the public road, which
goes through valleys overhung by hills and by the
shores of lakes studded with small islands. Those
who fond OF mountain and lake scenery win, II
ever this railroad to be completed, have then
ample means of being rapidly transported into one
Of the most picturesque and romantic parts OF Ire
land-a portion OF this country which cannot fail to
remind one of the magnificent scenery Of the High
lands of Scotland COnnemara, as is well known,
was once the territory Of Richard Martin, COM
monty called Dick Martini"
WHO WAS DICK MARTIN?
He was the author OF the "Act for the Prevention
OF Cruelty to Animals" and at the same time
noted duel list. 1t was his boast that bis residence
was thirty miles from his gatelodge. This residence
was Balllnahinch Castle, and for manv year he
kept open house there for "reduced gentlemen"
and also lor large body OF retaners and servitors
politics. and was called by George Robert Fitzger-
AID, VINO was known as Fighting FITZGERALD" the
now Marquis OF Sligo. Dick Martin got involved in
debt IN consequence OF his Parliamentary contests,
rassment he mOrtgaged his estate in COnnemara
for the sum Of 22lo,0oo to the Law Life Assurance
gage pA was not paid and i'' his ' son, '1 THOMAS
Martin, came into possession Of the paternal
over him. He could hardly pay the interest. he
struggled along for years. but finally broke down
under the burden and died. The estate then came
management OF the estate was not more successful
than that of her father. The Law Life Assurance
Martin out Of her ancestral home; they had legal
right to do so, and they did do It, She had married
taste ana ability and wrote articles for French and
German publications. The fates had decided
Where She died in obscurv Of ~
and broken heart Her story is q sad one, and
and instability OF human AFFAIRS.
THE INnERrroRs OF DICK MARTINS ESTATE.
:. The Law Life Assurance Company, after Miss.
Martins death, entered into possession OF the
estate and Tor something more than twenty years
have acted in the capacity of landlords. Whether
not cannet say but they have managed to collect \
about ten eleven thousand pounds a year, by
my own certain Snowiedge, could not be taken as
samples OF comfortable dwellings. 1t Is the rule In
Ireland among landiords-the owners Of the land
to extract the highest rent from the peasant; and
to pay this high rent the peasant has to sell all the
butter e poultry and eggs ne can n raise bs
family the painest lOOd, potatoes and milk,
oatmeal or Indian corn. Possibly the
this rule towards their Connemara tenants but
whether they had or not, they have at least man.
aged to get out OF them, in the course OF twenty
years. about two hundred thousand pounds, exactly
the amount OF the mortgage they had taken from
ceive back their money; but if they were really in
earnest to serve their tenants and improve their
social and material condition they would have par
celled out the land among them, and made the
peasants owners IN fec by charging the rent as pur-
chase money. Such a bold and noble step as this
would Lave made Connemara prosperous part
Of Irelanl; do not add the word 'peaceable,n
for there is not more peaceabe district in the
character, which would have heaped incalculabie
benefits upon the peasants,
THE COMPANY HAVE SOLD THEIR ESTATE
to q Mr.. Burrldge. a London brewer, who is re-
puted to be u man OF immense wealth. The exact
terms of the sale are not yet known to the general
public but the superstition Is That the price paid,
or to be paid, ranges somewhere between two
hundred and twenty and two hundred and fifty
thousand pounds. go you can readily perceive
that the Company have not lost, but on the con-
trary gained, by their connection with landed
ABSENTEE PROPRiErORs-HOw IRELAND MIGHT BE
MADE COMMENTED
There are 1000. O0O acres Of the Irish soil in the
spend q shilling OF the rents in the country. 1t is
my firm conviction That no better bill could be in
troduced into the english Parliament than one to
purchase out the LANDED propretors Of Ireland and
divide the land among the peasanry, the latter to
pay the government certain lent Tor an agreed
number Of years until the purchase money had been
Cleared off, at the end Of which time the land should
become forever the absolute and j3ws.nl property
there would be very little trouble with the govern
ment OF Ireland but there will be trouble and DIM
Guilty here so long as England insists on DONG sa
uof
right thing, and that, too, at the right time WV
JUDGE KEoGu AND THE d. r,ssJio3
Judge Keogn, WHO delivered the now celebrated
judgment in the case of the Galway election petit
tior Is gone to the Continent. The BELIEF here is
tast he would I've been subjected to personal
almost unanimous IN their denunc'' lion OF the
learned Judge, who RON having ben political
schemer AID dodger, and loud louthed denuncia-
tor OF tho government Of England, bounded
suddenly to the extrepie of praise OF every
thing , Gngsa rga be sure in his Gal,
right IT. in grave and dignined terms he had re-
buked one Or two Catholic clergymen who had
used uuseemly and Incorporate language in their
support of captain Nolan, but In place OF doing
this Keogh went out OF his way to insult the Arch
bishop aud priests of Galway, merely because one
or two clergymen had used indiscreet and unusti.
fable language during the progress OF u contested
election. IL Is well known that Captain Nolan would
have been returned as the home rule candidate
for Galway even II the Catholic clergy had not said
one word in his favor, and 1t Is therefore mani
testify unjust to punish him Tor the incorporate
zeal of clerical friends. The Judgment OF the Court
of Common Peas gives the seat to Captain French,
the conservative candidate but he will not enjoy
IL long, for are on tae eve OF general election,
and then French may look out for he Is not and
will not be the imam for Galway"
ERANCE