New-York tribune., 1880-04-09

until che potato harvest will set in. do not think it toe
pounds TO provide for their daily sustcnance Il
be remembered that every day brings IT'S neces
dire and terrible and The awful drama Of AZ will be
repeated wncn You so Justly s9y one-thrd OF our
throughout the diocese in every parish, local com,
mttees consisting OF tho clergy o az Tpse @
fully receive the gifts Of your nome anu eohrrous @
dinm of their generous charity shall he most happy 10
devote my time and labor In communicating Win mem.
and terrorrial OF the Doccse OF Kerry, the st
OF parishes and The other mcmoranda You ask ioI peg
| The Palace, Killarney March 10, 1880
The memorandum incl scn states that The length OF the
County Of X ry in direct line from North TO souh Is
sixty miles tn breadth East TO o Mes h rr Twen,y
eight nar shes are on the coast: -, ~ ,,...i..,
| Writing from Belfast the Most Rev. DIR. Dorrlan'
Bishop of Down and Conner. says:
DEAR SIR: In answer your letter, beg TO state
that III this diocese we have much distress IN many
rat- int hunger ard want IN some three or iouT PG @
that blessed with employment in some paris, our
wnud be nnbolrablc from siiIl more excessive
depression fear mny smii holders canho. ia'"r ] VI
seed their lands. and shall have to gvesup ther rhs
Ifremuneratiye employment had been started at first
all might have gone on well; for ne AGES oi one on9
would have, in n Sense supported the entire ianiy ana
upheld s"-esnect without dlcness AMI drgrad
snprvennE m IL IS c now W. 100 ,1e yri Noting but
the DEGRADING sympathy O process crYrls or Seht
round the hat for aims II we were ulWiIlnS Ut ul
ahle o ca ru or bread-resourccs Industrious work
10y land ana sea on every side around us
In a letter from Sligo, the Most Rev. DR.. Gillooly
tho Bishop of that Western diocese, says:
May, June and July will be our three worst months
We shall be then III urgent need OF all the hcip
America can give u.s.
A GREAT AMOUNT OF DISTRESS
Writing from Newry on the 18th inst. the Most
Rev. J. Pus Lcahy. Bishop Of Dromore offers to
take charge of any funds sent to his care for the
poor, and says:
lrirI fo1fo 1,fonT I cod
THIS morning brs state that In four or nvr parf hes
OF this 81 lcsr prevails fearful amount ot d's-
terrible before he r'p ming oi iie pO - ln%osS %
prishcS are litown urp,t and lover yer DruIgooi@n i @
poor WHO hitherto able. thungh win dhiruiy, 10
support their families nom The rodnco Of their scanty
holdings. ashamed to solicit aims ana ~ under ihe
0f ghi the parish priests 10 make known 'helr
This diocese includes part Of the County DOwD. and
the County of Armagh and vcrj small portion 81 me
County Antrim. There are eighteen Roman Valnohc
parishes. the chief towns Of which are Newly, with
population OF abOu 1C,OOl nlabiants; lnrgan ppln-
lat OF 10000, and iaibrdge pOpnla'loh o'uVV NrnI1
and I}anhiidgr are In the County Dowh ana Lhgn ~
the County Arm gh. On th' %"le tnS u,oetSr, Tien T
from tn ntcnse dlstr s. existing ~ other paris o IT,
land But II the summer should b. hs lnrrIncni aS
the as shuddcr to think Of what WI hilp ~. y n.y
the Almighty reward the American people who win
such iGc-ni generosity seek To as udgh Inc hOrroWs
OF tbis sorcN an cicd people.
DEsrirt.rIpX IN MAYO AND SLIGO
In letter on thc 10Th instant. from Ballaghadc-
rlr the Most Rev. L. J. MacCornack, Bishop of
AchOuTy says
DEAR SIR: Most chccriully do comply with yonr
r. Gest 10 set fDIth letter tor publication tr nature
and extent a. the DOcrsr oi Ac"ry And IN
dong So let at the outset express earnest ~ pre-
catic Of nohlc mission upon which YOU lave come
TO lir,aud, aud which you havo been forwaldng win
eminent Zeal and Among the pleasing rent
tins sad period VIII bc the memory OF The
humane rfs Of THE NEW YORK IRIBt NJ and It's ahlo
Special Commissioner 10 help the Starving IRISH over
tho SpTing ana Summer of 1850
III of ihcc (22l paGishcs there Is Relief Com
mtter Ia fall operation AMI III each Of ilrSr InralrS
ur,ynils real and uuduuhted distress. From returns
given bv the priests lind that the numbr on the
parocal relief lists Is from 20 10 10 per cent OF the
whole population Of the diocese.
This state Of IestItuion Will, fear continue until
next August ThcIe may be some mitigation
OF distress whenever the hlrOnal aud other
contemplated works into nrtnal operation
bur the process OF carrying Out those works ~
hos slow tAni i seems almost dl' 10 speculate upon
the time wacn actual relief MAY coHlu through that
channel.
Taking the probable sources Of mitigation into nc.
count stu uf opinion that weekly gfaLt NIiying
from 900 1000 viii toe needed {" tide the d.,
iiesscd neolc the twenty-five enumerated pafiShc.
over the next fonr five months. The bishops hnNr
iencc U drs'i ulion amongst their nOcks, They
constant communication With their clergy and hHyc
iDucn intercourse with the distressed clnsses Thc
funds paced IN their hands snrr To hr Iudciousy
expended with due regard 10 numbers aud actnnl want
Most grateful for unspafing laOors IN the Interest
OF my p"or afflicted p'npc. who count amongst the
pnOrtt of TIE poor und for your Obging courtesy 10
my priests and my self, AN, etc, etc.
JAMES REDrATH.