, 1880-03-15
THE IRISH FAMINE.
Appalling Distress Among the
Tenant Farmers Of the
Northwest Coast.
Almost Equnl Suffering in tho
Southern Counties Of Cork
and Kerry.

tFNctA rum thOs9 feGcArGtI ftO5N tho North md
soti1+ given ,crowtl,. and attall serl tho SUBJ
stnncU of thusG received from tho West In mn
ptl,er lottcr. Tlicso Htntcmcnts mu,lo by tho
IMrish pr!usts mny 10 taken 10 fairly describe
tho present condition of tho pcnsnntry III tho
regions Of this tnhappy coln-
try.
r,IR MONTH or 1REt.AEn--COuyrr noNE0Ar.
This Ia tho extrUuic nortllwestcriy county, and
tho lottcrs nre from four Of tho most destitute
pMrRhea:
"KtLhynEas, Feb. ss.-Mny ask yo,t to mike
known tn our American rrionla the nasa of
misery and destltutlon TINT 20 extensively per-
vnlcs MI parts Of this phrsli. havo boon tho
grrntcr pnrt ut fHrty~slx ycnrs In tho p.rlsh,
both as curnta and pArLah priest, md hnvo
seen nothing to appronch tho sad Ai!ictiou with
which VIC Aro row visited.
"Qur country hrs bccn sinking fast into
dcep gulf for tho last three years, out OF which
no arlu,int Of private charity Will c1trIca.o It.
Tho failure of tho crops for tho rast thtco years
las cnHGl deficit Of sumo LIS 100 sterling,
81. COO, ,OtD ut which Is rtnccd to tho loss SITS
tnints1 by tho failure OF tho potato crt,p. Tho
poplat!on s.,n,prises 5.1ns persons. equal to cog
from ii u It'd per ail1,unl. Tho quality Of iho
.'Thrre ls no mnrket for labor, anl tho men
nra principally employed on the scaty labor on
thclr farHls ind Il, tl,n !lst,criGs. We have no
employment for tho women. Formerly every
w,oleT, thread mn linsn y.r' ano i, most y liz
cHs c S Ihnsa @ VII 4 III h rtas ,t ths wSsvk Ss 9f of
industry buy atoS atsappearsd, owing to the in:
trAl.ntion q n'nshNery, e Gn.i M fie erection Of
brukrn up fur frewtpl; our other i.,n1ltfnct-
ltrcs hly., l,ucn crushed t,ut by special lcKtsu-
Is t 's,,ss i" !yf 81 Kn @ ;s 1s m e ps SpStSn ha9s ,s q
ccive rrlIef fro committee for tho lRSt five
weeks, Thy ruor people Mrs I, PLUNGED into -
=: itcso nru ~ few INSTANCES Of tho misery
"f9fai-E Edward Mcclure. 1,cscorlsin, haa
R1ulI tutch of ground: tl ycntx Df ngc, wife 10;
six of il fl.iniy; II bunch Of rags to cover thaul
dresser form the entire Stuck of furniture; no
WHIT iasy fss!ysa fSR t!S,sSr tSs l|sl
snail patch of inounta,:lfnl: no iood, no fuel,
a%lsky fas yta oine ngi 15 9osts4sonn sasxs tbo
Ct fnm,iy; wlfo has only m old aack OH hor; no
> fS,.rtk-Thomas Gallnehcr, Cori,an, clovon Of
fatnIly; slvo OF them well: bAss inhts tied
r'lnd thetn for clotblng; no fire; no bed but
...FV'h-Pat, Gillespie, carrickatugart his
VITO mn, son. live In Il hut formerly a byre fur
GAtvus; entrance to Il thrce feet highi entiru
consisting nf rrkety cilnlr no bed. nj bctilitig
bit somo str1.w scltttred IN u corner. ThuIr
only ptDtNsrkS, LWf3 hGtlS. WHO Suffering from
asthma and not capRblo Of work.
"Cn?uMANY, Feb. e...-All the people, with tho
Ilcrcs, but Itiany have not .llure thln two In
wS dey @ b y S5 on1 af of aIy n eso fa5
tiies, ScNriy lo5 Gnre rot reiis2 aftor i T. ,a H.
vcatlgatton Into thelr cryunlstnnccs aud Gun
Irlt,rc MrG suffering tntenHU wHMt- Thorn nro ii
fNthics "htsc only fond for weeks l1ns been
igdan pel prsre WITH watef IN tue firm
pinin in cvon Il thoy Ind suiilstcnoy q ths food.
Altnha @ % eas 10 @ mo ao',t n u tortisht @ hy aK; aSe he
wull. Tho l,Otlso il which eleven Of d family
Sg S S p q fG ts RS oasspt as5S
couple 81 stools, md a,' apology fnr bud, With
foW Gld rfss g.. y 10 the place ot o9Myesng M ThIs
hor fninily Ind nnthEng to .cnt. The only thing
they possesso! WIS II couple Of hens which ahe
" IMAM " ho, tho Doctor uee!ared,. WIS dying Of
arppsy, brought On from wnnt Of r,ourishMont
IS % rs sa 5 It scas %as 9sh n a,p goe
crlnY he h!tl pt, him. Tho house wins destitute
ar evgry ki'ld It furniture. The children wero
iiteMly, yy,, ,,alsa, Is,i and gathered around fow
III ti,ora w.ts auy dcmand far laaoe the casc
would not DO 80 very hs!ttl, but thero hro 20
Wnrk of tllelr own ltttl farm Within the,nsclvus
The cnuscs whtul brought On tho present crisis
lMvc 11en mcctlIluatinH for tho lust three yenra
Tho lininetll!to cnise ~ Tug grcnt faiulo Of tho
potato crnp; tue ntHGr prlI'oipnl causes nro tho
fAtlurc of tho English lalIur 1nRrket nnl tho d.
cronse III tho lrtee Ut ofcrt k'nd ti stuck
- AbtNlt nD n'en gu h11nt,nlly to tho hhrvest In
Englana: thosu bring homo @ on IN ayorhgo Y y y
!nnn: Several fa,nil!es .,a nonE tno shoro fsw
ycnrs nxn !nttu iro1n tIt tu k Il your on kclp;
lust year thoy made nothing, nor cat thoy TOR
tho futurc, Hn tbfa Industry fa superseded. AN
other Krent cNlise-an1 tho tilnst pruinInpnt Oila
Ia ntsentrols1n. All tho landlords nrp English.
| n1c1i. nnd thnro hms hnen II cnntinnni drain of
A5,UW week frvtn tho plMeo Without Any
rrtllrIla In fta stead; moreover, the landlords
hnvp Itt1u no efforts 10 far to rtl'uvo tho dis
trcss-n iaAHt III fur ns my knnwlclixu Gocs.
Ihrre IL mt,rh tec1. nj fnn nl,d seed. II Beea Ia
| not supplied to tho dcst!tutu farmer u ni,lph
| wursu fAto Mwnts him nuxt yenr. Yours fnith-
"ktA,oM, Fsn. s3,-The axtent Of thiH parlsh
Ia 1,it thirty -tlrg sIutG miles, thoKreMtpr t.or-
1 lI0N OF which ID bleak mountains Tho MyerMHo
M ulsl,io land fur ouch tccl, pier In tho lrish Ia
! only me ,lGre. There arp Wi fumes. With IN
uyGrnys ot i've ,nr,nbcrs in euch. Of thoac, SO
nettlnl starf!tlon. Wohayo h.d funds 10 ruyve
:Wu families for tho past few Wueks. This roller
IL given In lntitau lIiuHl, uue-hu1f stnng tu eauh
t1u,ltl,yr Of i, falntty III Il weekly Mljuwjllcc-n