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Virginia Argus
Richmond, Virginia
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Letter from Aueustock, Saxony, April 27, describes severe famine and dearth affecting the populous town and mountains, with one third of inhabitants exhausted and unable to work, especially children who appear emaciated and subsist on insufficient bread and potatoes.
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The dreadful dearth and famine which distress our mountains, are particularly felt in our very populous town, where provisions are not abundant, and where good inhabitants are crowded together in too small houses. One third is so exhausted by famine, that many of them who might earn something by their labor, are so reduced as to be unable to do any thing, and are obliged to submit to their rigorous fate.
Some relief, which they received from time to time, from charitable persons in distant parts, retard the melancholy end of these unfortunate wretches, which is inevitable, unless God himself rescues them from their misery. The young people are most to be pitied; out of 500 children who attend the school, there are at least 100 who look like corpses. Most of them have not strength to go to school; they have no other sustenance but bread and potatoes, and those not in sufficient quantity for their support. In this situation they await their melancholy fate, extended naked in their huts.
(London paper.)
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Primary Location
Aueustock, In Saxony
Event Date
April 27
Outcome
one third of the population exhausted by famine and unable to work; at least 100 out of 500 school children appear like corpses, many lacking strength to attend school; inevitable melancholy end without divine or further charitable intervention.
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Dreadful dearth and famine distress the mountains and populous town of Aueustock, where provisions are scarce and inhabitants are crowded in small houses. Many are reduced to inability to labor and submit to their fate, with some relief from distant charity delaying but not preventing their end. Young people, especially children, are most pitied, subsisting on insufficient bread and potatoes, lying naked in huts awaiting their fate.