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*. ;V:4V-, ,/v/>7 V ' ' Vvei'' ? * -A> * I^K!*! .' Hr "?H~ ^'."7*' ' v '. ' MS I - - ' .. 1 ., ; I; J . > . '- . [WEEKLT.I ' j \..i 'r Tu. ' ' Vol. IQ. v Abbeville O. Hi, S. O. Feb. 24,1847. tfo. 63.! " -.. ' . " ? ' . 1 : .* . ., i. . . , i?midfaiM?an?????1 ??? .; ? '.. Mtm.wtvfat. '" il ONE DO?iLAHv - AND FlPT? irtlttMH if pfcidwithin throe .?^Uie from the time of subacribing, qr ^WOpfcLAHS after that time. HP?o . fcllicrippen received for Leas than six ; OoDtha; and nof paper diacontioped* Until HP paid, except at the optfie editor. Subscription! will*be wkitinbed, ndlqes ^notice fce^givettntlietv'' w^pwTOM to the close of the vqlume. Sixteen Days Later from Ettrope." jjT ARRIVAL Of THE I STEAMER ^AKAH sAlfDS. % ^The steam, shlpSarah gands arrived' at New .^orJc o^^^iOth 'kg* She sailed on the 20th January, ?md brings \ sixteen days later intelligence from XA- . verpool. j ^e newif is 6nly important ; in a cwamorciai point pr ^ew?theXpov liticalmi^|J^gence i^pf little importanc^. She brought out $600,000 in coin. Thtore had been a farther advance ir. -* Wea&tuSs?but at last date? a part of Cotton hid suffered a slight decline. The distress continued and increased in Ireland?inang deaths had occurred from^,fi]^at^ starration. Public and * private chaiity was .doiifrg much to alle'* v. 'l^ sleamer Sirius, the first steamer #^^^era9^^oeyied. - V>- suspend ifinoj iv auuiib imogio vi - >1 iH^^,rjpphibit th<. use of grain in brtVreriea, and to occupy all ,the British *' ,. lre,an*? | r^^^^HPHffifl|HHMn9flflHB||EK|k^ HHH - ?1' 1 a :? '? ? Most^cf fli# mills were working short time, on account of the very high pricg $f cotton. . * - IRELAND. . $$ ' x* ? | J The Famine.?John Coughlan, Parish Priest of Kilkelly, County Dayo, has ..addressed a letter, to the London tf'imes, in which he says;. ^.V * , . t i.-. l * " Tvvp months ago my parishioners exceeded 6000 souls; they* are now reduced considerably below that number ?death, by starvation, has made its fearful rayages. This week two persons ; have died of hufiger, one a girl 'named' Mary Dodd, of Barcoll, ?ged'-l6 yeaw, ! the other a man named lames O'Don- J nell, of Sownaclane, aged' 53 yeaflrr^I attended another last nigbt^named William Fall an, dying of starvation.- Of the entire nijmberof about 5,9^0 nowr living, I solemnly declare, to the best of my opinion/that not morte than 200 of them nave more to support nature tnfm half a meal in Ahe 24 hours.. The corn is all gone; riot even the seed for the a^uing year; remains. The turnips' ^Mused. V We have no Indian meal ^Hrery small qp^j$ty of oatmeal to PPbund is selling at28s. per 112 lb?. Indian meal m^feot tio be had in Sligo for ta&than 19 pounds per to^ The p&o-v pie on the public works are not permit* tea io earn motv liwii Sb, uervw*efc. riil_ " '|1 t S' Jv/l":*They could eam 7 more 11 perrnuwu w bring their families Sqch a rational course "the Efoardof Works will bqI permit Oh^ Sir, if ever su fferi n g humani-; ty commanded your sympathy, the dy iog deatiiaiion of my piiriskio^eis loud- . ly does 8on Dayandnightjl amimportuned forfood/' The accounts frjfpjaMtyo given in the Croskhtjven.?correspondent writing to us (rom this locality says? " There have been fiifeeji deWhsJof starvation in this locality .-these ftist seven days, aU leaving' widows and orphans.^' Traction.?Rev. *4r: Corkran, P.P; J lniorms'vs that sixteen deaths lrom starvation havebccured in ten days. This within a dozen.miles of the Southern capital of' freland!?Stretched on a* bed of stratf^ lies a dying husband and father; and grouped around that couch are a wretched wife and children, who devour wild weeds, that they might leave the^ only remaiiig morsel of food to the dy mgm** ^ rkom Destitution?rEvicti6i4i Thereat* 8^pqart?jSs iii the poor house at present. E vttty^vaUabifc it iV crammed, even the doach lioiisea and stables hospital there are ot?t 5200 ; six persons died5 there on Fr&*y Ust, and the ma? /er aa quile are taken iDUMha house at all?so much them drop 4^iaNy<^ 'it* the tall from exhaustion, having been fasting one and two da^j^viptis. It is ftared;the over-crowded itate of the house will en* iitingnr"nici u Vy?m 'wiiiiwk-ilw} bring the no.' There! whs frm r timpy? n * Im r <rn na it i* l admission/ ' hearing that Mackums horse died, i brought h<?me a gasket ful^of ii which i was al^ the dogs had left, and on this i alotte we have lived the whole week, \ and the Lord op ly. knows what I will 1 4tow dbFor mv starving children since i ltisgone. v . 1 Deaths Starvation?Moiiill. i ?Withi n ; Ar brief period, six persons l have died, sarvaUpn is the barony of t MohiU, couhtypf Leitrim. Inquests i were held upon t^eir bodies by the cor- < oner, Alexander Purcival, Es(j., assisted' 4 by5J. Duke, Esq, M- P- , aria most in- l i telligent jurors, tiar conditionis ap- i palling. The people, t6 an alarming { extent, exhibit awful Symptoms of a i want of food. W&i ' George Byng, Esq.^MgijJndied on , Aft 1 flth lilt ' Ho wo* ?? r. .ty??v "?o wuou jyrfRUDC of the Houfie of Coranjons, having sat 1 as a ityetitiber 56 ye&re. ; Ail office has been opened in X?ondon to grant letters of marque and riejwfoalj, 1 according to, ; Three nrivMe^hKrau ranee have in , loat on Ae , W 51h-0|t S^f'*e ?* 1 R M. tfMm nlii'ii ftnkii f i nrr .1 JuuyL>-fy] * i v' : eot* T>e> f* kA< lDd f onger ones charged in ^por^n. lot having the desired ^mber of ifcstjri' ions marked upon W'dohtinujfldl' , mtil ordered out, and*cfc?^d accordi^jj|^^^ For advertising Betrays Tolled, TWO, )OLLARS,to be paid, tytbjSMagfcrate.^ For announcing a Candidate, TWO v., >OLLARS, in advance^ i : -MSf; (?r All letters or coiMaanieations'tnust :^^;^^ >e directed to the Edi^|$ .postagepaid. ;. ;> mechanism ate making that, from '4l?S to day some new. caiwie?of amazegnLaflt < > ' is. developed lo the ^?rl<fc ****** UWJ IAUI impossible. There is n,o eU^iiig.pti^e?' i:'4^ [^preddlity is the 'wrceressl'"' the great 'pWIosopher b^ '', [i ? " wuuou.wiin gas, assorted tftat imda'siirewas as im^acUc^oliig&ciit i slice froni the mcKm ' ^ is tut as