Year: 1860

The IRISH EXoDUs.-The following is passage
| from remarkable statement in the Cork Erami-
ner, bearing upon the continued fight of the pOpu-
lation from that part alone to the newly adopted
| land of the Irish Celtic Each week sees the
| departure on an average of six hundred persons,
| the great ajOritv of whom are Young men and
| women between eighteen and twenty wears of age.
To imagine the effect of this drain upon the COM
| munity, we might instance that if these six hun
dred were drawn from. town like that Of Bantry,
! there would hardly be young man or woman left
| IN 1t. The actual numbers greater than the
population of many large villages and fortng hts
draught at that rate would utterly depopulate so
| considerable town Millstreet. Remembering
that almost every of these person ss of cOndi-
| tion to be of actual value to the communicating
men as farm laborers mechanics, the women,
either in agricultural labor as servants or, still
more important, as the healthy mothers of strong
children, it is to conceive how terrible is the
| loss to the country. Nothing impress this
fact upon the mind strongly actually witness
ing the crowd preparing for their departure
Among the entire number there is not ndica-
tion of squalor or misery-not single rag on the
back of its indicates that he or she is nyipp
from poverty-nOt weak limb or pale cheek
scarcely wrnkled face indicates that the country
is getting rid of burden. Sturdy, athletic young
men, healthy. and strong girls-often of extraord-
nary beauty-form the great bulk of this depart
ing crowd. On Thursday week we witnessed no


less than four hundred such preparing to take their
departure in the Edinburg, Capt Kennedy-one of
the vessels OF the Liverpool, New York and Phi
ladelphia line 4 rumor had spread shortly before
the arrival OF the ship that certain number would
be eXclud for want of accommodation, and the
despair evinced by those who thought themselves
shut out great if they were told they had
lost every hope. When the tenders came to bear
away the passengers there frantic rush even
the part of those whose places were secured, as
if they fancied that some unlucky interposition
would shut them out The news that all could be
taken was received as if some precious gifts had
been showered among them.


THE CAPTURE OF THE FRENCH SLAvER.-An officer
of the United States steamer Crusader, writing to
the Philadelphia Journal, says of the late capture
of the French SLAYER near the coast of Cuba:


In moment, Lieutenant Duncan reached the
side and got on board; he waved his handkerchief
and we were at once put in possession of the des-
rable knowledge that the bark was SLAYER and
our prize. If had required confirmation, it
would have been given in the shape of three or four
hundred woolly heads, which at that moment were
stuck over the vessels side. The American flag
soon after hoisted at the saver's peak, amidst
every demonstration of joy from the negroes. They
yelled, clapped their hands, and, as the English
men would say, event on like mad" In short
time after the capture the captain, the supercargo
and of the SLAYER transe rred to the Cru
sader. You scarcely imagine more filthy,
ragged set of outcasts, than these sailors appeared
to be. Several sick with the coast fever
They all seemed, however, to take their capture as
a matter of course. One came over the side eating
a box of sardnes. When Captain Maffit demanded
of the captain of the SLAYER, under what nationali
ty he surrendered, his reply 'none sair-I sunk
my papers and my colors to the bottom of the sea-


surrender myself and vessel to the laws affecting
the slave trade. | ask for nothing" The bark
was French, and he is Frenchman by birth. The
captain appears to be rather a clever fellow after
all. He takes his misfortune with the best humo
possible and says, "today cloudy-to-morrow the
sun shine again. Clouds come and go, but the sun
shines the same. 1t was my fate." The bark is a
vessel of about four hundred tons; we'll built and,
at this time, tolerably well found. She has on
board about six hundred negroes, and, considering
the long passage Of forty-four days which they
have had, they are remarkably healthy and in
good condition. The amusing part of this capture
is, that the day before the Mohawk (from the cap
tains descriptiOn) bore down on him, but upon his
hosting French colors, she went off about her bust
ness. We are all very much delighted at our good
luck, and intend trying it again.


The Baltimore County Advocate says that new
species OF bird lately flew the vicinity of Ran
dsllstown. They were represented to be some
thing larger than pigeon, with web-foot like
duck.


Sir Cursetjee Jamsetee, the Parsee Baronet, is
now In England, having come home with large
retinue. His proposed visit created great SEN
sation among the natives, and it was supposed
that the baronet would meet with fattering re-
ception.