The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-02-07
SUFFERING IN IRELAND.
What is Being Done In America-James
Gordon Bennett, OF the New York
Herald" Gives $1,000, 900
to the Starving People

james Gordon bennett. Of the n. Y. Herald. on
Wednesday gave 100000 to the distressed people
of ireland. aud on tho 'amo day his paper con-
tanned the following editorial:
There is n" longer any room for doubt as TO
the Wide extent. aud appalling severity ofthc dis.
tress In Ireland from impending starvation.
Famine 10 already devouring It's victims and fcyers
the consequence Of insufficient food. are Fastening
It's terrible work. What il already witnessed Is
but tho beginning of calamity which will rapidly
extend with the exhaustion Of the limited means
Of sus,cnance afforded by the last harvest.
THE proofs Of extreme distress have been null
tiplying and thickenins during the last six weeks
like constantly backcning cloud which hangs as
a pail over the Emerald Isle. but comparatively
little was known In detail, and the people Of this
country had no adequate conception ofthe magpi.
tudc of the impending sniamiiy or of the immense
scale Of the contributicHs which are needed for i'm
mediate AMI prospective relief.
1.-THE Hcrah has undertaken 10 supply this 10
6ciency Of exact aud detailed knowledge. Il ha.
kept it, agents actively employed in ireland since
the famine threatened 90 be serious, with y view
60 measure IL extent and enable the bchcv in
all countries and especially in the United States.
10 act ntcliigeniy in prop"rtionins their aid and
efforts 10 the eNigcncy.
There are more than three hundred thousand
people in ireland who are in imminent dlkagcr Of
pcrishing with hunger. We have gone over Ire
muh V"uht. " COUNTY auu Town by town or par
ish BY parish in each county, stating the number
Of the suffering in each place. with occasional side
remarks quoted from our iniormants which touch
local peculiaritics in the situation.
These remarks ARE a mere repetition Of words
spoken TO our correspondents. but they are deeply
affecting, a. betokening the dependency which Il
overtaking 50 many hearts. MANY Of Eiy people
will be dead and buried before help win ar
rive. Is the piercing note of anguish FROM kilke-
ran. Two Of my people died last week from star.
walton. IL the moan from another locality. How
We can tide over the NEXT six months tod only
knows Is the departing u;tcranrr from Mallnw
IN Cork. ~" language can describe the distress.
u the testimony from Shankin in Cork. "For
G"dr sake. givcu money ortUOd. IL the thrllin.
cry "f fear and agony from foxfvr,l. in Mayo. In
parts Of Limerick county ''many people have been
living on turnips for weeks" From one town in
galway county wclcarn that "in three week. there
will he three hundred uIorc families starving" A
gentleman in MAY" county declares: Il am a
prisoner IN my own house. because | cannot bear
to hear the stories Of the hundreds who surround
II. and ain I,owcrlcss to give"
LET the rich give ont Of their abundance the
comfortable out oi their economy. the frugal poor
from the prOmptings Of willing hearts which have
Mt some time felt want or the fear oft. and whose
modest contributions. like the widows mite. will
be the most blessed of all in returns Of happiness
10 the giycr.
"Thc H.raid in mixing this appeal 10 the ben.
cvolcn;. deems II citing I" set an example which
will be taken a. proof II its sincerity. Tho
H'raR therefore opens to-day II subscription for
Irish relief. heading il with the sum % one hun.
bred thousand dollars. IL solicits other people
to give in proportion to their willingness and their
means"