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‘1 BUBSCRTTION TOUR } . 0) Truth fs powertul and will prevail 2 Te fORFIOR Te EIST,
VOL. XIV. NEW-YORK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1838. NO. 4G.
‘ PROSPECTUS OF THE TRUTM TELLER FOR 1839
“© On the first day of January next, the “ Trutu Terrien” will
venter upon the ‘Hfteenth. year of its existence In anticipation
-of this event, we deem it our privilege, if not our duty, to ad-
‘dress to our readers and the «public such observations as are
~adapted to the occasion. Duri ing the fourteen years through
which it has passed, numerous journals of.a similar character,
and intended for the same class of readers, ‘Nave at various pe-
riods been issued. ut all these, after brief existences, have
ceased, and ours alone has continued to receive the favour and
support necessary for its maintena
count or this fact, might Tead us into invidious and un-
pleasant remark: e, shall therefore abstain from undertak?
ang such a task,
having nobly stood by us il
‘for having deregarded and discoutenaneed the efforts made to
suppress our paper.
t has been our lot to receive as lavish a share of abuse as has
pai bestowed upon any paper in this country. Not only have
nals advocating a political ereed different from our own, as-
: Mailed us with invective and vituperation; not only have the
religious and political bigot heaped upon our heads the denun-
» Ciations of rabid malignity; but even individuals from whom
,\ » We might expect friendship and co-operation, and towards whom
we never manifested any inimical feeling have joined in the
ety against us, ant sought to involve us in that ruin’ which de-
stroying all our aims, would yield them no advantage whatever. |
Amidst this abuse and opposition, we have pursued that course
which we adopted at the commencement of our, career, viz :—
, Rever toturn aside for the purpose of assailing co-labourers in the
“eause we sustain, but ever to leave t em unmolested that we | Tope
| might eajoy the same immunity. » Thi § has 8 given success to
“our exertions, and furnished us with ih confiden all our under-
n we see a journal established for objects similar
to those we have | in view, endeavoring to injure us, we hug to
. our breast the pleasing assurance that their designs will ioe
, understood—and their motives properly appreciated. We en}
; the certainty that justice will be done to us, and that we will sue
vive to see our maligners prostrated.
} + he“ Truth Teller” bas now an extensive circulation through-
; out the U. States, in Canada, and some other parts of the Bri-
4 tish possessions. But we will not conceal the fact that many
; of the Democratic Republicans in this city, who can afford to
} patronize our journal, have yet not given us their support.—
+ They do not recollect that our advertising columns can not be a
| Source of profit to us—that we depend entirely upon the number
|. of papers we issue—and that the political character of our pa-
per necessarily confines its patronage for the most part, to those
ose creed it advocates. When the Conservatives left Tam
many Hall, many of them by way ‘of exhibiting their magnani-
“nity. sithdcew their names from our subscription lists; but we
m depart without one sigh, estimating more highly the
oy leg we advocate than the favour of any man, or set of
, "men. We felt sure that this fact, when made known, would
! have the effect of increasing our subscribers; and we now feel
iit our duty to mention the fact, although we can spare a few
more of any class of readers without feeling our interests mate-
sially affected.
To Irishmen we have always endeavored to make our paper
, “sacceptable. We defy any foe to mention any instance in which
| » we have shrunk from the dut y of defending Irishmen. We have
1
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not hesitated to express ou
‘the National Executive.
least degree. ‘with Anti- Tien or Anti Catholic Moos e ne
~ ver shall alter our conduct in this respect. Whenever either
Irishmen, or any other Foreigners are unjustly assailed, we il
to the utmost of our humble “ability defend them; and o co-
lumns, as they ever have been, ever shall be open for the ‘Com.
munications of hose staunch Irishmen, and friends of Ireland,
. who are ever ready to wield the pen when illiberal prejudices
require correction, or reprobati
ur paper is a Catholic journal.
“every thing pure and holy, too often receives the sneer, or in-
* sultof the Sek. and the malignant. It has been our aim to pro-
mulgate the truth concerning our religion—to show what are the
* real tenets of the Catholic—to demonstrate that the dogmas and
Precepts of our aa are all calculated to improve, and render
more tree and happy, the entire human family. In this effort,
we have been assisted by the ablest Divines in our country; |c
and so long as our paper continues in existence, this aid will
* ever be within our reach. The Catholic Clergymen of our
. * country are full of devotion to their faith; and whenever its de-
fence, or its ad voc: ocacy requires the display of zeal, or the exer-
cise of talent, they are ready ata moment for either. While we
thus uphold our own fath, we carefully avoid interfering with
auy otcker sect. We do not presume to pla ensor over
.-. , StY man's conscience; we regard liberty of conscience, free-
ot of opinion, freedom of speech, and freedom of the pri oss as
to une te most inestimable rights of mandind. .We
ite witn a christians in diffusing widely as possible the'l ho-
Our religion is one, that like
rendering “Glory to God on high—on earth, peace and good
will to men.”
Tke miscellaneous department of our paper usually contains
extracts from popular publications, and original essays from the
pens of numberous able writeas in this city, and elsewhere.—
Such are the remarks we have though appropriate in ushering
a uew volume of our paper before the community. We hav.
nothing 1 more to add than that we know how to appreciate any
favour or support we may receive, and shall ever feel pride in
labouring to deserve it.
3
. ERELAND
. Trade of Newry, Counties of Down and Armagh,'
The wheat and oats sent into Newry are principally the pro-
duce of Armagh and Down; the supplies of prime oats are
from the Aaah berhood o of Banbridge, inthe latter county. Bar-
ley, in largest quantity, and of the best quality, is from the Ba-
rony of Mourne, on the coast, North-East of Newry.”
turn of the whole quantity of corn, sold in the town, in 1833
a and 1833, which has been furnished to the Comision,
is founded on accountsobtained from the merchants; but, how.
ever accurately it shows the amount of the sales, no indication
of the extent of the carrying trade, in corn, from other towns, is
furnished by it; that can only be known at the market towns
whence the supplies are derived. Meal and flour are sent in
for exportation | ty, millers, in the Counties of Down, ‘Armagh,
Monaghan, and Tyrone, .The great supplies of cattle, sheep,
and pigs, are "rouge | in from Armagh, Monaghan, ani
Butter is carried to the town from all the markets
Westward of it, as far as Enniskillen, and some of these. are
supplied from the County. of Leitrim; ; but the the heavy supplies
are from Armagh, Tyrone,’ Monaghan, ‘and Down. he high-
est priced butter is from Arm and Down: however, the
supplies from those Counties doe uot make a fourth of the whole
antity. In 1826, an account was presented to the
House of Commons, shewing the quantity of butter sent out of
each port in Ireland, from 1807, till the close of 1824, when the
registry of exports to Great Britain ceased. -By this, it ap-
pears, that the exportation of butter from Newry exceeded, in
the period, that of any other Northern port, even Belfast. The
following totals are from this account:
2
1807, oj... 6 + 93,157 1818,°. 1. | 50303
1808, 27202 2 83,509 | BI LL Lk. BBOL 8,
1309,.. 2 2 2 5 27,919 138, 2. 2S Bezd7
4810, 222. AL R80 | 18, LLL LD 59,045 *
: be 1820, 2. 2 2. 88
37,
The account states these to be expors fi from Newry and Strang-
ford; but the latter is enly included as a port within the Cus-
toms district of Newry, "ie yearly aor now exceed 100,-
000 firkins, which, ao one and a half to the cwt.. would be
66,700 cwts.. In the return made to the Commission, the but-
ter sold in* Newry is set. down as exceeding 1,800,00 ewts.,
which is more than three times greater than the whole quamity
ever exported, in one year, from all Ireland, before 1825. The
figures are not correct, either as to ewts, or Ibs., being exces-
sive for the former, and insufficient for the latter.” Flax, for
exportation, is sent io fron the markets of Armagh and Tan-
dragee, Brincipalty ¢ the quantity is decreasing annually,
ecome vi Tess, a3 home consumption s all be again
enlarge ne the extension of the yarn trade, through the spinn-
ing mills. “The inland carrying trade from Newry i is exten-
sive, bardcularly in climber: slates, iron, metal implements,
salt, coal, and flax: ‘The inland carrying trade to the
town is nearly limited t “ * agricultural produce. The sugar and
tea sold in the town ard almost peclusively imported; as, also,
the woollen goods, hardware, British earthenware, cured her-
rings, &c. Small parcels of various kinds of merchandize are
obtained from Belfast aed Dublin; and about two-thirds of the
of sackcloth are obtained by Jan
and when the demand for flaxseedis not met by the imports, a
supply is purchased i in Bellast—but the quantity is never very
large. ; Coals in Newry are not so cheap asin Dundalk. - Wi-
gan coals sell usually for about 1. per ton; the ordinary house
‘oals at 163.; and the distillers’ coals about 14s. ; but turf fuel is
much cheaper. than in that town—a cart lo oad of turf, or good
quality, weighing 8 or 9 ewt., is sold at 2s. to 3s. 6d, according
to the seasons. ‘The coals of Tyrone are not ‘sel heres although
the Newry canal is connecied with the colliery. The
from Newry to the interior would be largely increased, oy ‘the
formation of tuore level roads. The communication with Kea-
dy, Monaghan, Castleblayney, &c., is by a mountain road ; and,
hence, commodities required in the districts near those towns,
which, in the natural course of trade, would be boughtin New-
y are now procured from other ports. However, in this’ im-
another road is vested. There a are two steam ma vessels belonging
to the port, the property of a local Company; one of 154 tons
register, and the other. of 112 tons; and Liverpool steam-ves-
sels are employed, as the trade requires: in Summer, several of
the latter are actively engaged. There is a: linen market on
every Thursday, for the weavers in the neighborhood, who | are
sal carrying on the old system of manufacturing linen
nm their own account, and polling their webs at the mai
wade is greatly diminished ; still, the manufacturing of linen
on now as extensively as ever, principally, by manutac.
weavers with yarn, and pay them for weav-
ingit ine webs. ‘tl here are two large mills for spinning flax, near-
Mr. William Hudson’s, of Mountcaulfied, and Mr. J.
Nicholson’ 's, of Bessbrook, the latter established twenty-five
ye ars, (the first in Ireland ») and the former in 1827. The yarn,
however is all use
ates a carrying trade. There is a cotton mill near Newry, Mr.
Atkiason’s, of Glenane, for which the cotton wool imported into
Newry is purchased. Mr. Atkinson carries on the whole pro-
cess of manufacturing—spinning, dyeing, bleaching, weaving,
and finishing; and his webs are distributed in several directio:
Only one distillery existe in New and
consumed in the town, op within ten ‘niles. There are brewries,
the produce of which is, also, for local consumption. The lea-
the madein the town is not sufficient for the local trade; a large
uantity: of under-leather.is got from Dublin, b
hides of the district not yielding leather of sufficient strength and
thickness. About one-half the quantity of salt required for the
general trade, is imported from Liverpool. ‘e are two ma-
nufacturies in the “- Tobacco and soap, made i in the town,
ener largely iate the earrying trade from it.. Between Newry
and Dublin a co: plies up and down, on alternate days, ex-
cepting Sundays, ¥ whieh carries ten passengers. re is acat
daily to Dublin. Three coaches, running between Belfast and .
Dublin, daily, pass through; two in the day time, and one’
t night. One coach, between Dublin and Armagh, passes
through, There are two cars plying, daily, between the town
of Dundalk; a coach between the town an
Tyrone; ‘and a mail coach to Downpatrick at night. There is
a car, daily, to Monaghan and Castleblayney, having a branch
from the latter to Ballibay. | 'The car leaves every evening, and
arrives again next morning. ° ‘There were two cars on the route,
but the travelling on the line can now only supportone.’ There
igacarto Armagh ev every morning, which returns in the evening; 3
butis not doing 1 much busine: e885 itis interfered with by the .
magh a ublin coach, passing through Newry, and the ‘Done
gannon coach from the town which passes through Armagh—
There is, also, aday car b wren Newry and Banbridge, onthe
Belfast road. All these ars are on four wheels, and ¢ carry 14
to 16 passengers; and there are several two-wheel ears in the
town, which are used ia travelling in all directions from it. The
natural money and bill trade of the town is so completely local-
ized, as not to occasion any travelling to Belfast or Dublin.—
there being in the towna branch of the Bank of Ireland, another
of the National Bank, and an agency for the Belfast Baking
a
¢
mpany.
24th _ Path January, 1838...
Report. being
inte the eur
Whe ie fro
part of an inqui
rying trade ofthe’ ‘ewns North of Dublin, by Willian Stanley,
onthe Anpentc the Irish Railway Commission
‘From the Northern Whig.
JUSTICE TO IRELAND--THE PUBLIC MONEY.
It is an observation of Lord Bacon, that “the making of na-
vigable rivers would be very profitable—they would.be so many,
in draughts of wealth, by conveying of commodities, with ease,
from place to place.” I'he observation may be applied to all
the means for facilitating i intercourse between oné part of a coun~
try and another, and between nation anil nation, What would
the mighty practical philosopher haye thought had he lived to
see the modern triumphs of science and a Last week, when
the Durham junction railway was opened, a single engine drag-"
laden coal- swaggons, with an easy motion, and
a speed which the best appoi! arriage in the land, though
laden only with some fair oeeupant, would fail to rival!’ Wha
an ‘in-draught of wealth” is this! And well are Englishmen
aware of the importance of such means of conveying commodi-
ties and people, “with ease, from place to place.” ‘They have,
ina portion of their country not of more extent than ireland,
upwards of 5,000 miles of canals; and already, between 20 and
derful that such a ‘country should be prosperous
We turn with pain to Ireland, with her three or four canals
melancholy contrast ?. Evidently, not-on account of anything
in the natural capabilities of the country, or the “dispositions of
ber people.
country is declared, not alone by heated or imaginatory orators,
rtant concern, the interests of thé town depend onthe Grand
YY Prreepss of the Divine Redeemer, that we may all assist
ia aries of the Count ty
Armagh, in’ whom the Power of forming
but by practical men, including the most able engineers, to pre- +
sent peculiar facilities for improvement and the highest degre
of prosperity 5 and all agree in this that one of the inst efficient
and her single railwa’ of eight miles!—And why have we this
the whiskey of it is‘ :
land,—the :
30 millions sterling kas been embarked in railroads! : Is it won-
© cause is to be found in misgovernm ment. Our .,
a the district; - it is only the linen thav’ eres“.
