The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-10-24

down their arms upon articles, or had dis
persed to their homes, were pressed 10 en-
list on foreign service. Whole regiment!
Of them were eagerly recruited by TIT
agents Of the Kings Of Spain and Polant
md the Prince OF Conde. AS many Us 81,
QUO were hurled into exile. There remain
ed behind, Of necessity, great numbers o
widows and orphans, and deserted
wives and families; and these tho Gov
eminent proceeded 10 ship wholesale 10 th(
West lndies-tllc boys for slaves aud The
women md girls for mistresses 10 the En-
eish sugar.planters. The merchants o
Bris'ol-slayedealers in the days OF Strong.
bow-sent over their agents, to hunt down
and ensnare the wretched people ior con
SHIPMENT 10 Barbadors, Orders were given
them OIL the Governors Of jails and work.
houses Tor boys "who were of an age to
labor" and women, "who were marriage.
able ind not past breeding" Delicate Ia.
dies were kidnapped as well rs the peasant
women, and forced on board tho slave.
ships. Between G,0O0 md 1000 were trans.
ported, before tho capture by tho uuscrup.
ulous dealers OF some OF Tho wives and
daughters OF tho English themselves forced
the government to prohibit tue seizure OF
any person without u warrant. N
And how commenced tho great trans.
plantation OF the inhabitants OF the three
easterly provinces across the Shannon.
The order was proclaimed by It beat Of a
drum in the middle Of harvest. Every
owner Of land, with their wives, their
children, their tenants, their servants, and
their cattle, must pass the river by the fol-
lowing May OH pain OF death. The flight
was to DO in the winter. The men were to
10 first, and prepare rough huts for the
temporary harboring Of their families till
their final allotment was made out.
a Court Of Claims was set UP
ut Athlone to superintend the migra-
ton. Each proprietor, before leaving,
was bound 10 give III 10 tho revenue
officer OF his district written particulars Of
all that he was intending 10 take with him,
with full descriptions Of each person who
was TO accompany him. A certificate WINS
given him in return, which entitled him,
OH presentation ut Athlone, TO few acres
on which to .sojourn during tho inquiry
Into his claims. The court was then 10 re-
ceive evidence OF the extern. OF land he had
held in his old home, md OF the degree Of
rood affection" or dis1lrcction which lie
bud exhibited during The war; in propor-
ton to which lie WAS to receive an ulot-
mcnt in a Connunght barony, the oc-
cupation Of which he would have 10 lis
pute with the old proprietor in possession.
And now rose up all over ireland
great cry for u little longer time. Eventhe
Republican officers represented that the
people should be encouraged to SOW the
new years crop, lest famine should arise
III the land. Petitions for dispensations
were poured into the commissions; and n
short respite mad to he given to the aged
ladies, the sick and the infirm. Slowly
the besrared nobility and the gentry set
out on their sorrowiul pilgrimage. The
Anglo.irisli, who, In Henry It's reign had
uispossesscd the native Irish, were driven
iorth from the estates they had held for
opo years. The season WIS wet, the roads
were wellnish impossible, and the suualid
multitude, MS they struggled into the
vest. found that the barren land to which
they had been sent was all too small for
the promised accommodation. When the
exilts reached Connansht they were pill.
LACED by the officers employed to set on,
'N s'"othSuV, WV HUI " Uc DElDcu,
either with money or portion OF the land
awarded, before they would stir i'll the
business. These worlhics-the Kings, the
Bihsllams, the Coles, the St. Georges, the
Ormsbys, the Cores, the Lloyds-having
cheated the transplanters Of portion OF
their lots, bought up the remnant, for a
lev sllliiings the acre, 10 the extent Of So.
600 Irish acres
But the exodus did not proceed speedily
enough. The adventures were loudly de.
mandIng their new estates. The Govern.
ment was anxious TO disband its troops
upon the con!iscate.l territory. And so tie
tardy emigrants were distraincd on, arrest.
cd and imprisoned, and some even were
hanged pour cncuurugrrles autre. The
walled towns, which were exclusively
inhabited by people OF English blood, we're
cleared like the country. The Cork and
Waterford merchants went into exile and
carried their enterprises to Ostend, to
Rochelle to Cadiz, and even to Mexico.
The ilourishing trade Of the ancient char
tered towns was Il thing OF the past. The
wealthy burgesses OF Kilkenny and Tin
perary were alike expelled with Walter
Cheevers, or Monks.own, or Lord Roche,
Of Fermoy. And Galway, whose ouays
had lately been laden with cargoes from
French and Spanish merchant vessels, was
Knocked down 10 the citizens OF Liverpool
and Gloucester in discharge OF their ad-
vanees to the Parliamentary army.