The Sun.
London, England, 1824-10-16 00:00:00

LAFAYETTE IN AMERICA.

We have 'hitherto copied only a few details
frcim the papers of the United States, respecting
the movements• of the old Revolution General,
and the enthusiastic manner in which he is ever!),
where received. The_following summary account
of these movements, from .the- National
.
Inlelli-
gencer (the Government Paper of America), will
not, therefore, be deemed superfluous.
'WASHINGTON; TUESDAY, A tin,. 31.
We 'have copied at large the. account of the reception of the
nation's guest at Boston, -with which we hope our readers will
all be delighted. In addition to the particulars given by the
Boston papers, a letter to the Editomot, the New York states-
man gives a lively description of the scene:—
" The enthusiam expressed," it says, " by the immense con-
course, at the moment of the General's entering Boston, was
greater than I have ever witnessed. Some leaped up, chipping
their hands in an ecatacy of joy, and others burst into tears.—
My sensations were such as had never before been experienced.
It seemed more like a dream of romance than a reality. From
a window we looked down upon the multitude, extending along
the road as far as the eye could reach, all intent on expressing
their respect and gratitude to a public benefactor. The remem-
brance of his achievements—of his eminent services—of his de-
votion to the cause of liberty—and of the %:icissittides of for-
tune in his eventful life, rushed upon the mind, anti gave effect
to the burst of enthusiasm and admiration from a free, enlight-
ened, and grateful people. A higher or a holier compliment
was never perhaps paid to any man in .any age."
Several of incidents of the day are mentioned in the
letter, among which is the following
As Lafayette passed the house of the late John-Hancock,
the Mayor said to him, "There sits the widow of your deceased
friend.' He immediately caught her eye, and in the most en-
thusiastic manner pressed his hand upon his heart. She burst
into tears, and exclaimed, I have now lived long enough.'"
It is comptited that frn seventy to an hundred thousand
personss ,witnessed the entty of the General into 'the city of
Boston.
Were we to copy all the details which the papers furnish us
of the welcomes given and honours paid to General Lafayette,
wherever he moves, .we should have room for nothing else.—
iWe must content ourselves with copying those which are
the most Striking. Ntre have before us long and interesting
accounts of his rermition at New London, in the state of Con,
necticut, and Providence, in the state of Rhode Island, where
the gratulations were as heartfelt, and the incidents as touch-
ing, as haVe occurred any where. The following, at Provi-
dence, for instance, deserves to be quoted :
" As those in the rear of the procession descended Christian..
hill, the forward view was uncommonly fine. The long pro-
cession extending to the bridge, anti there apparentlrlost in an
immense sea of heads; and the reflection that the multitude
who had assembled, and the impulses 'which animated them,
were all devoted to one man, and.that man a private individual,
a foreignei, costing among. us with a claim upon our gratitude,
which the intervention of 40 years, instead of diminishing,
seemed to have been collecting-in our reservoir of feeling, was
calculated to excite emotions.. which it is as impossible to de-
scribe as to forget. •

" On arriving in front of the State-house, the General alight-
ed, and was receivedin a peculiaripinteresting manner. The
poplar avenue leading to' the building was lined on each side
with nearly 206 Misses arrayed in white, protected by a file of
soldiers on each side, and holding .in .their hands bunches of
flowers, which. (as the General proceeded up the avenue, sup-
ported by the Governor's Aids) they strewed in his path, at the
same time waving their white handkerchief:4.
" On reaching the landing of the stairs, •the General•turned
toward the multitude, and at the same moment, the veteran
Captain Stephen Olney (who served tinder the General repeat.
edly, and was the first to force .the enemy's works at York-
town, in which he was seconded, at another point, almost
simultaneously by Lafayette) approached the General, who in-
stantly.recognized his old companion,in arms, and embraced
and kissed him in the most earnest und affectionate manner. A
went through the whole assembly, and scarcely a dry eye
was to he found among the spectators, while the shouts of the
multitude, at first suppressed, and then uttered in a manner
tempered by the scene, evinced ttielleep feeling and proud asso-
ciations it had excited:"

ANOTHER HORRID nURDER.

(From the Dublin Star, 0rt.:13,)

It has again become our daily tnsk to an."
nounce the perpetration of some. barbarous act of
cruelty, attendy, with the destruction ,or human
and occurrmg.in the bosom of our ill-fated
country. A cessation from the work of ~blo.ad`
for a few short mouth% had given occa-
sion to some of onr cotemporaries, rather pre-
cipitately, to rejoice in the apparent pacilica-,
tion, and return to orderly and humane habits,
of our peasantry. Alas ! the events of a few clays
past hate proved, how.erroneous was the suppo-
sition ! Our quotations from the Provincial
Papers have, in
.the short period alluded to, pre-
sented a melancholy picture.; hut we have now
to refer to a scene of horror, derived
.from a pri-
vate source, which parallels the worst of those
atrocities:—

TO THE EDITOR„OF THE STAR.
Belmont,.liilbeggan, 10th Oct. 11124. t
On Friday evening, between six and seven o'clock, Mr. Sa-
muel Robinson, formerly a respectable miller, living at Bally-
connell, in this county, was waylaid at Conranstown, by a band
of bloodthinty assassins, who knocked their victim down, pu
a rope about his neck, and dragged him into an adjoining field.
They then beat his braini out with stones, and buried him 'in
one of the furrows of the field, where he was discovered on Sa-
turday evening by the Police. A
_Coroner's Inquest was held,
who brought in a verdict of ",Murder against some person or
persons unknown."
A more barbarous or inhuman murder is not on record. His
skull was broken to pieces, the road and 11,..h1 strewed with his
brains and blood. No reason can be assigned, but that the un-
fortunate man was a PROTESTANT, and an ACTIVE' YEO-
MAN, in the Rebellion of 1798,.be having belonged at that period
to the Kilbeggan Yeoman Cavalry. He Was, however, the man
who took Kearn, the Priest, prisoner, its 1798, after the bat-
tle of Claim It was a most lamentable circumstance to see
the country people exult in the death of this unfortunate man,
and say that he deserved it, for he had killed a Priest. This
ill-fated man of late years fell into difficulties, and his property
was sequestered. so that lie literally had not the means of pro-
tecting himself from the ruffians of the county. 111 had betn
frequently Waylaid, and attempts had been repeatedly made to
murder him, but being a very powerful, strong man, l:e escaped
with severe beatings which frequently confined him to his red
for along time. He, at length, however, has fallen a victim to
his lawless and inveterate enemies, when in a state of ill health.
He was confined to his bed by sickness on the day of the mur-
der, and was called for and brought out under pretence of busi-
ness. He had always been cautious in not being out at night,
and the murder was committed at Twplight.
I can vouchfor the accuracy of the foregoing sketch, as I
was at the inqqest and have.4nown the man twenty years. He
was well known to Lord Norbnry and the several Oentlemen of
Westmeath and the King's County, for his exertions in the
Rebellion otl7oB.

I was present at the Inquest, and took some pains to make
inquiries about the. County, and I could not find any cause as-
signed for his murder, but his being a Protestant. The apathy
of the people of the County, and their secret delight, was
shocking. I heard several say he killed a Priest, and deserved
what he got. I send the account for your Paper, and have put
my name and address in case you should be questioned as to
the truth of my statement which is perfectly correct.
Your obedient Servant,

The deceased was cousin german to Dr. Samuel Rolyinso-.,
of Eccles-streett.Duhlin, and of a wont respectable family, all
Protestants.

BARBAROUS IVluttorm.—On Wednesday even-
ing-, us John 11,1'1110ton,
Clare, and of Labinrh, county of
Patrick and James WMahon, of Bal.
lycasey, were returning from market, they were
attacked on the height of Thomond-gate, by five
persons, who beat them with large wattles and
spade-trees, in so savage a manner that James
M'Mahon died on Friday in the Infirmary, and
his two brothers are in a very dangerous state ;
the pretext for this assassination is, that these
peaceable farmers attempted to vend their grain
without.the interference of a gang of ruffians de-
nominated " Corn Brokers,"--a gang, we repeat
if, discreditable to those who countenance thorn.
—( Limerick Vhronicic.)