The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-04-02
The Irish Famine.
GRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF THE EVICTION OF A
TENANT FOR NOS-PATNEET or RENT.
Nj James Redpath in letter from Ire
land To the Now York Trfbt.ne SAYS:

Nj James Redpath in a letter from Ire
land to the New York Tribune says
Before q left Dublin to attend the indignation
Csvsu. 1t was dated February y. However sac
the West. cannot believe that there viii be any
greater Illustration to depict or mans cruelty 70
In the midst Of cries OF dlrtress around me-"
writes the Rev. Joseph Elcsd. the parish priest,
s, 81. 80 toi- hsrc y g ~ ~ ~ n,g , f2 TIJ5
Cling TO keep together the body and soul uf the
victims OF this Years visitation, was hurried OF
70 the Mead portion. less distressed TO witness
q scene-the first ia my lfe-s hsartIess eviction
Of five whole families thirty souls IA all, OF ages
AT J. o'clock to-day in the midst OF drilling
relief be carried TO this home and that. an
imposing spc,ticis presented itself through quiet
containing 1tr Husscy. IT,. son OF the agent ol the
estate ui Lord GorDaustcD- Behind and before
the carTi1ge came @oout coz-u OF outside cars,
with resident magistrate. al inspector Of police,
about forty Of Ter Malcstys force. the Sheriff and
grirpers az ever laid my eyes upon.
There is dead silense at The halt eefo<e the hrst
addressing the sent craving 20 let the poor Te1-
pie an again aL.eF tEe fluaiealon oi the law.
when, 20 ny disgust, but not 20 my aiEmay one OF
the crowd = observed 10y tae taking notes
The sheriff formally asks: Have you the
'.Tlo trembling answer IS : Ny God, how
could ] have tile whole rent-Bn1 such rent, on
suca soil. in such year as thfse'
Get out- is tic word and right heartily the
sce1-y furniture. bed and bedding 4 search j.
made for pig goat. and forthwith they share the
tatc uf The cTic.eI MASTER the door Is nailed. ard
tl- importing army marches on to the next holding
ti every house Ha, been visited and every soul set
forte.
AT this momSEt there Is downpour or rain on
that miserable furniture on that poor bed and
bedding; and An old man. whose EeueTzt.on5 hzv e
passed their simple lives in that house, is slit u
On stove uutstee, with his head buried ia his
hands thinking Of the eighty ytErce wears gone by.
au1 are these reuRntv 90 blalca No II is on
the records OF this parish shat they were about the
most Fiu-plr minded. hard working honest and
virtuous. Their only guilt l. tais that 'lgrce-
meut with my Lord d-'Eorus ustOa, some five years
Ego, disfrsuchisiug n en- OF any claim under the
Land Acc. and involving iEtaie bile rise OF
rtut, together with tlc common DiSd5tuues Of the
country these few years past and this in vHricul ar
has lett them unable 10 pay the entire OF this
ycsr. Yes. the entire reGt--thc hall. the nine.
te1ths OF the rent wou'd not he accepted. Priests
Joined the poor ten2utry in Tstitiouiug csain and
again. NO answer was given but Have you the
whole reuts Have YOU the law expenses Il not
out YOU 90
Hundreds of such cases occur 10 Ireland. They
explain the apparently viutlrtive feeling or the
peasautry and thcir leaders. Ike b-r. Parncl f0l
example. and Mr.. Dayitt, 10 the landlords ~ q
cIss. The two classes are hostile a. every point
and the existing famine has iteus -3 their lutug
antaCouiFU.