The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-13

corner bearing the notices, down with the
Land Robbers" ''Parnel for Ireland;" Sire
land for Parnell !" 'IIome Rule Liberty for the
People," and SO forth.
coNQUERING HEROES.
As soon as the whistle of the arriving train
was heard the band struck up sSee the Con-
quering Hero Comes" Mr. Parnell was re-
ceived with frantic outburst of cheers and
was enthusiastically carried to the carriage
which was waiting outside. His party in
cluded Messrs. Sullivan, OConnor Power,
O'Sulliyan and Bggar. They were pre-
coded by triumphal procession, which
escorted them into the town The windows
were thronged with ladies. Many priests were
noticeable along the road to the hotel. Women
rushed forward to shake hands with the hero of
the day. Thousands came by train from Dub
lin, with brave display of bunting. Drogh-
eda, Athboy, Dundalk, and even Belfast, sent
a large concourse. 1t was computed that at
least thirty thousand people were in the town.
The streets were constantly paradcd by armed
police, who, however, were allowed to pass un-
noticed.
WHY NAvAN REJoICEs AND OUTLYING coUN-
TIES SEND THEIR DELEGATES TO WELCOME
Mr.. PARNELL--REpoRT ON THE LAND sYs-
TEN BY SPECIAL COMMISSIONER.
''Whcn I set out upon these travels" says
special commissioner of the Freemaas Journal, who
has been canvassing Ireland, 81 had some half
formed suspicion that. bad the Irish land
system in theory and history. it had, in way
or another between Mr. Gladstone and
public opinion. got patched into tolerably
smooth working order; that bad landlords
becoming as rare wolves; that any
gross surviving scandals OF the system few
enough to be counted ION ones fingers and that
tho world had perhaps already heard enough about
them. My last months experiences have been
appalling revelation to the contrary. Every county
I traverse, every hour spend under the peasants
roofs. am moro and more overwhelmed with the
conviction that not only in past times but ut this
very hour. not only in a few but in tens Of
thousands, not only somewhere but everywhere. the
Irish land laws are the instruments of hideous
wrong; that agitation, instead OF magnifying tho
evils Of the system. has unearthed tithe Of
Them and that. like all weak tyrEnnies it is pre-
cisely where the people have been passive that
the oppression has been most cruel. For instance,
this immense and incohesive county Of Glare.
in which aprarian crime ia unknown. and
which until last Sunday not rufiied
by q breath of agitation. is infested east.
west and south by tho most virulent forms
of what the Spectator would have call 'zeocracy
1t assumes many heads hydra. In ono place
the people feecod because the landlord is poor;
in another place they feocod because tho agent
wants to earn q reputation for sharpness Hero
the landlord will dictate how many the tenant
may till. for whom he is to vote ut elections. to
whom he is TO marry his daughter. There tho land
lord pounces upon whatever is taxable. and flies
abroad to spend it. 1t is If whatever charities
charms once made the feudal system en-
durable were torn away. and the grinning
skeleton of tho thine-its cxactions. its AFRO
gancc-set upon the necks of the people.
win mention just ono set Of agures concerning
one Of these victims-who has the misfortune.
moreover. being Of the most incUrrigibly in
dustrious men and most highly skilled farmers in
the county. In consequence OF his fathers and his
own reclamations his rent raised ut jerk
from thirty shillings to thirty five shngs acre;
then to e.; then taken from him altogether for
money compensation of ESQ; and then u farm
of equal extent bestowed upon him by his generous
landlord of which the net result is that unhappy
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PICTURES OF DISTRESS.
Zone of the most cheerless mountain parishes IL
cursed with three Of the most INSCRIPTIONS land
lords in al Glare. The lands arc simply spurs Of
the - hills. out of whose barrenness the indomi-
table toll of generationsshas barely rescued morsel
starved tillage groun here and there. The people,
though they peaceable whipped hounds and
Woodworking oxen. had ia the most prosperous
their recompense; yet their humble mess was NOT
too humble to attract the cupdty of their masters.
Here arc n few random gleanings from the rent
rolls of these worthy gentlcmen:-Estate No. IA.
valuation f12. rent raised from fl7 lis to f25 b,
valuation, ELL 10s., rent raised from GIG 1885, to
f22 Is; c, valuation. ELL, rent raised from
els 14s. sd. to f18 Is. Estate No. 2-D. valuation,
Ella 5s.. rent raised from Els first to ESQ
aud then to f36; L, do. do; +, valuation,
clio 15s rent raised from 60 to E12 IOs..
from fl2 1Os. to els; from els to Goa Estate
No. sc, valuation, G5 10s.; rent raised six
years ago from ca As to G12; ii, Same valuation,
rent raised f3 to s12; valuation &C 5s.. rent
raised from Ga IFS. Cd to fl3 OF course the result
has been to sink tho unhappy people In a sea OF
debt and misery. Their rents remain unpaid and
unpay able their crops are cruel travesty. their
debts are weighing them to the earth. some
of them have not for years tasted meat.
their cabins lettering dcns. their food
prccarious, their clothing scanty that they are
ashamed to appear at their children at
school. their spirit so broken that they hold their
daughters happiness ut tho mercy Of match max
ing or rather match marrying agents. their pow
erty SO abject that little children hardly escaped
from infancy sent to earn their few pence by
labor, and that the more vigorous youth have fed
long ago to America Upon estate the tenants
have unanimously refused TO pay the current
half gallo of their crushing rents. Upon single
town land in another. fortynine In all. valued
ut f42, in addition to increasing the rent from FL
to e. per acre. being increase of Ill per cent.
tho owner exacted fines amounting In the uggre-
cato to E2G2 Tor, exclusive of two holdings Ell