Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-09-16
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eGaaaria Gazette.


The London correspondent of the Ma
tional intelligencer, thus speaks:
Z" As respects Ireland, it really appears
that the whole affair was little more than
another specimen of wild and imbecile
Boosting, almost as futile as the Chartist de-
monstrations in England have been. The
only conflict which has yet taken place is a
small affair beteen some Of the police aud
party of the insurgents, in which a few lives
We're lost The Government have pro-
claimed Mr.. Smith 0'Briep, Mr.. Meagher,
Mr.. O'Gorman, and MIR, Dillon traitors,
and offered large rewards for their appre-
hension. There are rumors of the two
latter having been killed in rencontres with
the police. MIR. O'Bren is said to he wan
derng about almost alone, and "A general o.
pinon is entertained that he is insane. His
conduct has certainly not been that of a RAJ
tional man. There are, however, contra
ldictory reports respecting the state of the
country; for, whilst one paper asserts that
disturbances have only extended TO the
counties of Kilkenny, Waterford, and Tip
perary, another says that Kerry, Waxford,
Carlow, Qeen's county, Kildare, Wicklow,
West meath, Louth, and parts of the coun-
ties OF Galway, Cork, Cavan, Monaghan,
Armagh, and Down, have also been placed
under the crimes repression net, with view
10 the disarming of the inhabitants. The
Catholic priests are most Jealous and untir-
/ ing in their efforts TO preserve the peace
Still, it cannot be denied there is very
widespread and deeply-seated feeling of
discomfort throughout the south of Ireland;
and, had the leaders in the present outbreak
been men of cool sagacity and firnness, and
' bided their time" the instruction might
lao aNN.ilaI it,fs, snn,pthin, of,
Ii perhaps is not yet put down, but there is
no apprehension Of anything serious. A
vile hoax was prnctised upon the good peo-
pie of England on Thursday last, which
represented that the whole of the south of
Ireland was in arms against the Govern
ment; that the military in Ireland were dis
affected; that the railways had been seized,
the station burnt, aud many other outrages
committed. All this would probably reach
YOU by the last steamer from Liverpool,
here il would ofcourse he rumored before
il was heard of here. Ii was, however, all
false, raised il was first suspected for the
purpose of Stock-exchange speculation
This was not the case, and il was most like
" intended to encourage disaflection in
England, and lead To popular dcmonsira-
fions, preventing the sending of troops 10
Ireland by finding them employment at
home, and operating reileetlyely upon Ire
land by showing the insurgents there that
there was a similar feeling in England
The next day however, brought the truth;
but MS the " baDe" without the " antdote"
would he operative among the "synpa-
thizers'' ut New York aud elsewhere; on
your side Of the Atlantic, for at least n week,
we quite expect to hear of large meetings of
the people in those places, large sums being
subscribed, aud of expeditions being fitted
out to release JoHN MITCHELL from Ber-
nuda. II is very likely that Mssrs. O'Bri-
en- aud Meagher, rs well AS O'Gornian and
Dillon, should they have espcaped the shot
of the police, will be sent there to join him.
Do not think that we wish to speak eithcer
harshIy or flippantly of Ireland, or her
grievances or her sutlerings, or Of the mis-
guided, and, as II appears, incompetent men,
who have been stimulating her population
to characterization and outrage. We sin
cerely wish that Ireland may obtain her just
social and political rights, and that her peo-
pie may become an enlightened, prosper
Gus and happy people. But these results
cannot be brought about by the means we
are now deprecatng."