Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-08-25

FOREIGN NEws-lNsuRREcr,o, ~ -
The British mail steamer Cambria ,N t.
1t boston on Saturday, from Liverpool, % sid
ng dates from thence up to the dsu O.t'ns.
'alllng-the 9Th inst. The great ,oD; u her
lerest, discussed in the pres. of ,hs r p o. IN.
Isles, is the state of Ireland, and the op,h "l'A
which took place there on the Both n T,r'Ofeak
We cannot be expected, in a weeLl,' "O'~
IKE ours-especially in the midst Of Due on'ef
0en''a' camPa'gn-to devote large no' ,sS'
OF our space TO the Foreign news. wv r0'uon
give its main features. Indeed, the 1,;.h he will
can be summed up in few words o. news
3oth July some Police men, aboDt ~ y" 'hs
proceeded from Callan. for the nnrno ~ ., 90
resting some of the Irish leaders, wh u al.
been proclaimed by government ~ mad
whose apprehension large reward t r"u 'OF
offered. This constabulary force w sa 0een
near the village of Ballinigarry, by Smith " Me-
Bnen-the great Irish leader-at the boa,
: or ooo insurgents. The police retreated =.
house close by, occupied by widow W.
man, named Mccormick, which tbov h. w.
ded. Mr.. OBrien and his force then .r.I,
the house. but were repulsed. Some acco~"'
say that 10 or II of the insurgents Were lm
ed At any rate they fled from the scena =,
action. Not single police man, if the s,,,.
ments before us be correct, was ini,raa
Thus ended this first uprising of the noon,.
Smith OBrien, it is said, was at last accona.,
at the head of about 5000 insurgents ara,h
others in vast numbers were catherine to Il.
standard. Other accounts say that he b,s so3
the country. Panied, are we indeed - 49,
these lines. God knows poor Ireland ~
suffering Irishmen deserve better fate H..
to be trodden down by the iron heel of En,
lands tyranny but we fear the present strup
gle cannot eventuate otherwise than disastron.
ly for those who have gallanty, but vc ia,,
inconsiderately, raised the STANDARD Of fre.
dom. The accounts received by the Cambria
state that the commoton is great that fur,bo,
disturbances-further attempts upon the p,,
of the Irish TO shake off the woke of Enc.
land-will be inevitable. These accom-,
further inform us, that England has CON.
centrated in Ireland a military force Of il
ly $4,000, including the consabulary, under
the command of General Sir Henry Harding.
and that arrests on suspicion Of high treason
are being made daily by the dozen. Doubt.
less the next steamer Ito arrive in few days)
will bring US more tidings of this now allah.
sorbing Irish movement. For our own part,
we fear that the termination of the whole al
fair will be, in the ruin, in the massacre Of
hundreds-it may be of thousands-of the
gallant spirits of Ireland, wittout, at the same
time, effecting anything for the general veal.
England is too powerful. We fear at present
she can crush the spirit Of liberty that burns
in the hearts of the sons OF Erin. We do hope
and believe that the day of reckoning will
come, when all the wrongs she has visited up.
on the head Of unfortunate Ireland will rccoI
upon herself
There is little of importance to rotce in The
intelligence from other parts of Europe =
France is getting along very well. 1t is yet
uncertain whether she vii. interfere in the
Italian question. Her feelings, no doubt, are
with Charles Albert and the Peidmoniese, but
whether she will aid him against Austria i
extremely doubtful. Her domestic concerns
require the whole attention of Gen. Cayag.
macs government.
The Austrians have beaten the Italians un
der Charles Albert, and driven them beyont
the Merico He has asked the republic O
| France for aid.
Elsewhere we give the markets.
P. S. Since the above was in type, we have
received the Ncw York Tribune of the 2lst
which has private ''secret letter from Dublin
dated August Sd, which says that greathat
tie was fought at " Sievenamon," in which
six thousand of the government troops wer
killed and wounded amongst them Genera
Mcdonald, who was in command-that SmtI
O'Brien has sixty thousand men around him
well armed and provisioned-t the c!lizen
Of Dublin were to rise on the 9th, and attack
the JaiIs The Tribune says the letter is wit
ten in CIPHER, to evade the Government Pos
Office spies. The writer says that the news
papers are not permitted 10 tell the truth, &c
Now IRE fear all this is hoax. Fam wou.
IRE believe in its truth, but we cannot. VI