New-York tribune., 1880-03-08
THE SCENES OF DISTRESS.

THE SCENES OF DISTRESS.
REPORTS FROM THE FOUR PROVING s-AccCEAIE
ptrAns or THE FXrENT AND NAIUR" OF TN
pEsuTUuON
PROM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE fRBuN@l
DUBLIN. Feb. 2l.-Famine IS not universal IN
County Cork, but there parishes ~ Whi'n 'ne
Unneer RACES Father p. Madden writes me rom
Clonsl,elty that there have been deaths I-on hum
germ his parish. lie SAYS
Ny parish contains population of nearly ov'V tt- M
pie l. extends SIX miles GF lae ''l .l" . - ' 20 49,,
from thirty three acres; some lc" 0' -'l m
Iu ordinary seasons pCOpe haG work HD.' m
ttiiins he soil and pTOturiug manure 90 li> c
81 ~ year Now the farmer. have uot ih, means ~
crop tno land, and they as ci " cue l''-'- t"' ''
know some 500 or coo 0f.mc' in g.e7t st.. -s. who
Or fyinc nm meal OF Cruel in thc day. ,n1 ih.' vii
n 20 so,nrfbjnc for their support FOR e ueXr 'our
mouths Many Of the WORKING class go h"'he'-.'u
ing bat the season has not SCI iu vet ....,
Ihe olu>es OF the present distress Wls no'it 'at
loss ailurr OF the potato cf0g lne o'' ctop i @
crop my sow no Wnea' here or very nt.r. Atny %.
Inc psonle In the back lapes aud streets are s' h-
much. Josh O1ahOncy known rs jerry sac nun u to
MOollns died OF sarva JON SO no dF about iodt mics
lrOm town. Some few WHO own ht'-e si"It "i p,ol
y rty SAY we have no want g. S"iHe l a. I'., ,
iOr the people n.-'s 3D. -" .II -'t' .''' .'
wuud have TO pay some addlt ona' IA ', "' p ~
assert That never saw s"en widespread want '' 8l''
iae among ii civilized peop'".
DISTRESS ~ TIPPERAEY
T,nprary is famous IS The fghting county OF
Ireland Anybody who IS dying for h-it eau
BE- accommodated in lippcTaTy. IS aietui' county e
IL is not in the famine disruct lci even there "A
coalition of affairs exists that must touch every
gr.ercus hcart. The Dean Of Cashei h's addressed
,pe n letter that tells the sad ,ory o. lie
u,no, the loWy IL Ireland that has 50 oi. .cn moved
the hearts of The civilized world Lke liuc ont oi
every Ten OF tine cultivated priests whom have
met The Dean does not hesitate TO attribute iae n-
pv,rishcd condition OF tAc people to tAo "isgiacem
system of land tenure that prevails 40 lreiand-a
system ihat would make desert in ten years OF
Ipwa CT Illinois. Dean Quirke says:
DtARsIR: 1 proceed to give 20" q p,aln
yjrn.fy cont say there j. actual starvation, Dut
there Is among all clIsse., shopEecper traders ID" ~
err oborcr- and trad sme. vast deal oi distress OF
an think tae farmer class. win Few eKcett 81.
most distress ana lopeicss the prncnt! c'us's OF
thts are first, bad nd laws insecurity oi tenure
rscxrents second, thr successive wet ami unproduc
ti,e haTy, coupled with an almost toGi failure OF the
Bf5re io year 1877 the crops were produc isc and
price ranged nigh The caa ts were ar!' 10 p rem e
ReTSyc~ cxnrb'tant; aud n there any difficulty
atsu nc rent It easily GOT IN onr az TIE many
br1pccrs OF tire neghboTiug hauks. when IL was then
sure f roug pad. Crod was also tc"ly given L"
the farmers by shOpkecperS ana mealin'n. Wheh lht
bad came the debtors Lad nor VII WIN 10 pay
their debis and cuIreut eX enSes ana hence itcIr, q
auctions Of farms ana OF stock and he rrgt pre-
especially o. The sna idIine GA, anu 'e 'o
deDression OF shOpkeepels, Iadcsineu ana iahoie.s
Inc my had no means OF paying their rcns aud their
debts held public meetings generally attended by the
the amount OF rent paid IN prosperous years
Ipresded at of these meetings, wsete not one dl.
ate address from the clergy and farmers was adopted
and q copy sent 10 each landlord requesting suhs1sn
tl abatement for present year o distress, on ac
coant Gf the failure Of the and the cT prices OF
,a Tara ,, pr1T ts reasonable apea wniie he bnS Of tine
laRdloros treated the whole proceeding as " COminuh
Tn some cases the landlord badly afford reduo-
t0a the rent and Therefore insists on rent thnt @ l.
impossible; but there arc GASES enough %ATte usS
are quite able aud yet refuse 10 abdte sum ng Oh
rent mat even in good times might be called rack
rent. ..,.,,.. ,.., , ,,r.
eigner WHO made fortune ID IIeiai3, . oa'nodU Ou'
having previously purcnssc1 ntlgnDO slns roo4.S'
bia tn the Encountered Estates Court. for property
aIoand Cgsne the annual rental then and for year pre-
viOu y was IoOi lmuiouate5 Hat ue .i i io 0 -,
purchaser he raised the rentby means OF inc noIlce 70
tbe ruin OF the cOuntry50 per cenl. Ills successor "a
men ana hitherto ather popular lady refused TO give
tenants hold gh reut-sone at - 10 an acre
1 know instance where landlord pad ew
pouuds Tor an of wing that hr bought from
q tenaut This payment Lett one bare years rent due
He served the tenant WITH notice 10 4it loI e & ear ;
gcs had he MOI paid FOR the nay .,
know that of tenant farmers MADE scarcely
q hall years rent last year of ther FARMS
Ido not say there Is actual starvation here, uough
eases are reported TO me that come very near u.
kpow Of persons who. though they have not died OF
huugeI, certainly had ther llyes shortened 10y want
sad assert most confidently had not Loan Fund
Committee this town been able 10 get good sun
spared THEFT profits IN Cashoi, several must nave
died from starvation. At Chns!mas they wrIe ab @ 10
give the poor and unemployed reasonable oole, ana
ur past three weeks $50 men are employed by them
TSe BE GoTernnent are making large promises, bat the
amount OF procrastnatiOn abd red tape that surrounds
their proceedings Is vexatiOus
ia conclusion what stale coming undeI my own
personal alton here believe 10 be the Hoimal
srsie OF ali tho surrounding parishes, where beeye
the distress prevails Truly graeIM Tor the
taEsn in our behalf and the argebcared gu they are
saorung TO distressed Ireland, L am. etc
GREAT SUFFERING IN CAvAN.
From the Rev. John Boylan parish priest of
1
have "A letter dated yesterday. which gives ac-
coont of his Own parish and the neghboring cOun-
try from his personal knowledge. He writes:
throughout all this d.srict-Cavan, Long ord and Lei
tm-tiere is the greatest distress; III iar It Is mpos
sole to oyerdraw the SITUATION SO rapidly co mat rc
beeone worse From every quarter there is the sane
taae-nat the condition Ol the poor peasan IL tnls
district seems about critical "a IN ls47. when
Ssnine ard practical expulsion depopulaed tae land
Tney are assembling here ia thousands 10 be rclevcu
the Que cry being tbey are YiLg upon one nea day
and thousands more DsEmng ther last pOtatoeS-po
tatoes gone credit gOue banks and shoIs cosed against
them. and whilst the beter situated yoiuon o. me IN
babltants have wberewith to eat their man business
to be relieving be misery OF me Worss sIiuals
sweeping conclusions are Al once dangerous ana deIu
sye sti you rest assured mat thousands OF people
slowly staryng ana tVeIy daj aod' 10 ihe 10 al
because every district there are lam mes whose re-
sources daily giving out md throwing taeu u on
charity as their sole support and must thense
after beiug charitaDe 10 oth'rs, be Kept alive ny
TIE reduction gwen by landlords Ia ler rents was at
once productive both OF good ara evil oecaus was au
crops FOR tie last three years we're Tor the most prt
total failure sell the te produce that he bad 10 pay
tbe rent in order the beue Of the eouct on but
vhcn nc ought to kept Tor his support aud thus
saw himself and his family from starvation aDd utiu
ruin and this has Just been ihe cause oi 'He famine
az.
Ii Is truly distressing TO see abieb died men cominl
with their bags their arms, standing Tor days Wach
ing for the neal granted by The Manson House Com
nittee. III length and breadth OF my own u'rlsi j
nine miles By ve, above statement MOI only ap
plies 20 my parish but 10 the whole county al
large
A NARROWING PICTURE.
Neither is Queens County enumerated in tn,
schedule of the Distressed District. Yet unim
peachable witness, DR.. John MsGee parish prles