The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-08-20

and Netio,. have been ignored by the grandjury Th
information was OF a monstrous sse and frightene
the jury into an gnoramus'"
GALWAY, August 8. 184s.
It is stated positively that Smith o Brisn got or
one Of the vessels which left here on Sunday
ron reference to our marine list, we find tina
the Clarence, Cushlamachree, and RedwIng
sailed on that day from Galway for New York
yet we put very little faith In the report tina
O'Br,n is on board one of these vessels-Ep
HERALD
Irish Accounts Of the Rebellion.
The following accou mt of the movements in Irela
are taken from the Dublin Fieemans Journal, of tn,
9th instant -
THE o'BRIEN AFFAIR.
KILKErNy, Thur sday Night. O'Clock
Up to this hour all is tranquil in this city and cou n
tyi but am bound to say that both in town and the
rural Districts there is very general discomfort, aud
that de.p sympathy is felt with Smith O'Brien ali
through the county especially in the Tipperary
direction As you may imagine, the marching and
counter marching of the military and police since the
Ballingarry affair has not tended to aay the excite
ment.
Having, within the last two or three days read n
the Epglisb and several of the Irish
mails, grossly exaggerated statements as to the heroic
bravery ofsubinspector Trant ard his forty men, with
whole columns OF sneers at what these papers please
call the cowardice Of Mr. Smith Brien nd those rho
stood in hir ranks have taken considerable pain to
put self In the possession Of all the facts of the case;
and shall for the information of your readers
ton one or two circumstances which, in my opinion
show that, however mistaken they may have bean
those who opposed the police in Balngarry did not
act the part Of towards.
In the first place it is said by the tory journals that
forty policemen attacked and beat several hundred of
Smith o. Brien's followers Now the plain fact liz, that
there was scarcely countryman at all the ground
when Mr.. Trant and his party arrived. 1t when
the police discovered the of action that
the people began to descend from the hills, and the
sub inspector did attack them as has been in
triously circulated, but sought shelter in Mrs Cor
mick's house, to guard himself from being set upon by
hos bod fO~e IN tk.
MIR o Brien.
But then it is alleged by the same organs that s. o.
Bren and his followers had not the courage to compel
the police to run out of the house by throwing it down
setting fire 30 it, In reply to this statement will
remind those who have made it, that sub-insp ector
Trant had detained four of the children of the woma
who owned the house, within its walls hostages
that when asked to surrender at the risk of having
the building burned about him if he refused he replied
that he had kept these children for the purpose
guarding agai st such proceeding that with which
he was threatened.
THE GENERAL ORDER ''--ExAGGEnATED STATE
MENTS.
general order, in the bulletin form issued by the
Commissioners OF Police on Tuesday last relative to
the affair at Ballingarry will doubt take its place
in the police records, and, like the bulletins of Bona
parte hung up in the great hall of the Invaides in Pa
rs will be hereafter suspeD ded in paata national
for the old age of superan nuated Irish
stables. The glorious document will animate all
stables and hereafter to deeds of such desperate
daring have handed down to history the heroic feats
of the police of Callan
Let US for the sake of all who take interest in
such materials for history produce the bulletin of the
police commissioners -
GENERAL oRDFR.
"SUNDAY, July 80.
"The Commissioners of Police are happy to be able
to inform the force, that small party of consabuary
yesterday evening, unassisted by military Kile-
naule, in the county Tipperary attacked ono thou
sand men, mostly armed with firearms and pixies,
der the immediate command of Smith O,Drien Not
Of the police has been injured, but seven of the
rebels were killed, and great number wounded.
O'Briens party ran away in the greatest confusion,
Afatp lie hn,t
large military force were on the ground but too late
to be of service.
The Commissioners congratulate the men of the
Dublin police the gallant conduct of their comrades
OF the constabulary knowing that the metropolitan
force always ready to do their duty and the dis
From this it appears that few constables-
number is not given, but they amounted to 60
attac ked 900 men, mostly armed with fire arms nd
pixies" and killed seven rebels,n with a long train
of'wounded Not one of the heroic band was injured,
whilst every platoon of a-sratched one rebel y
TO add to their renown, 1t was all DONE the field was
won,' without so much rs single red coat being
within sight to comfort and assist the little band
Granting all the attributes of discipline aud oou-
rage to the police, still think the commissioners
have overrated their claims We do not know where
The bulletin bas set down the opposing force
" 900 men y without even the Z" more less u Of
doubtful affidavit. This statement is gross exag-
geraiion and wide at tne lowest computation by 800
of the real truth. In the Kilkenny Moderator of Sa-
turday, which reached town to-day there is very full
details Of which supplied by friendly hand.
We detect, in its semi military STYLE If not the
PEN at least the phraseoogy Of one who had been in
OF the conduct of the constabes is raised
the height of the Fighting Division" but the rebel
army is set down at 700! The commissioners give
rs as " powder food " TOR each policeman, while the
authorised report in the local paper gives only 10
There is a difference between making each constable
dispose Of rs for his share and dsposing Of only 15
The difference, however is only a slight one-simply
about forty per cent. The Kilkenny Moderator Is
diuinish the " rebel y antagonism by single man,
woman, or boy, and on the authority of that journal
think the public will not acquit the bulletin of the
commissioners Of slashng exaggeration.
The Mail Of last night, which have reserved for
the last, speaks of the Commissioners song of ri
umph" in language hardly fit for polite. 1t
the commissioners and denounces, in no unmeasured
terms, the peculiarly schievous tendency of its
exaggerations. The Kilkenny Moderator gave Sub
Inspector Trant the credit of writing seven hun
dredn The Mail Numerically lops his laurels, and
thus reduces his claims Sc The facts that in
stead Of 1000 rebels there but 200, or there
abouts - the eminous therea bouts being terrible
margin for still further reduction. The commission
give all the credit of the achievement to Mr. Trant
whore claim for share of the honor is thus put for
ward by the Mail - The bulletin" says the Mail
|" omitted to state that Sub Inspector Traut
relieved by Sub Inspector Cox with party Of not
more in all than twenty-five men, who advanced upon
the rebels with great bravery and put them to flight
after firing about 80 roundsn So, then, there were
1000 rebels of the bulletin, who on counting heads
to but 200, thus giving diminution Of less
than 400 per cent on the original estimate OF the Com
missioners Of Police.
We really cannot conceive what purpose these
aggerations are intended to accomplish If it be not to
excite still greater alarm and panic IL is bad enough
that any such collision should have occurred, and
1t needed not this song OF triumph to misrepresent
the facts, and mislead the public to the condi-
ton of the country In correcting the pervesons Of
the general order" we have altogether omitted
very important element in the result-the intsrfer-
OF the Catholic clergy. Had they not interposed
instead Of having to iecod the loss of seven of
!" eleven lives, no man can tell what blood might
have been split, or what might have been the fate of
the police. Ought not the general ORDER have
ticed this element Of safety?
weassert, the absence of more serious disturbance
in the country owing 10 the exertons and the n-
fue nee OF the Catholic clergy.
STATE OF MAYO.
The most ludierousiy absurd scenes are being en-
acted here in consequsnce Of the feigned alarm de-
signeoy raised by parties who likely to profit and,
TO a certain extent, have already profted. by the
spreading Of false alarms. The idea that the half