The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-08-30

1900 for the apprehension of Meagler Doheny,
and Dillon, and $500 for that of Smith O'Brien.
Sub-nspeCtor Trant proceeded from Callan, with
"a police force of between 10 and 80 men, in the
hope of capturing some of the proclaimed rebels.
When they had arrived within a short distance of
| Ballngarry, they We're encountered by Smith
OBrlen, at the head ola body of Insurgents, which
Is estimated Nariousy as consisting of from 400 to
| 700 men. The police then took possession Of a
house close at hand, when the rebel leader address,
| ing one OF the police summoned the party to sur
render While he parleyed and endeavored TO fra
ternIZe by shaking hands with the men through the
| windows. his adherents were very coolV piling
| straw and hay ut the entrance of the house, with
the view Of suttOcatlng the poor fellows Within or
| burning them alive. The time was now come for
action. but the police did use their muskets till
several shots had been fired at them, and stones
| thrown in on them through the window One ac-
count says they fired volley another that they fired
only three shots. Certain il is, that two men, one
| OF them 1t is believed, named Mcbride, were killed
dead OH the spot, and that third expired shortly
after, 1t is also currently reported that one of
Smith O'Brien's friends Some say Dillon was
! wounded in the knee.
The effect of this determined conduct was that
| the crowd reueated and, although Smith O'Brien
! urged them over and over again to pull down the
| house, they would not attempt it. The Roman
Catholic clergymen Of the district it is said arrived
at this time the of strife and mplOred the
| people to refrain from violence. Smith O'Brien
and his friends then appear to have got disguised
| Declaring that as the people would not stand by
| him. he would not stand by them, he fled across
the country on the chiefcOnstabe's horse and ru-
NOR says, in the direction of Urlingford. By this
| time reinforcement of cOnstabulary had arrived
| from Cashel, and soon after strong bodies of the
regular toops-cavalry, artillery and infantry
| came pouring in from every quarter. BY the time
they had arrived the utmost tranquility prevailed
So much for the battle of Boulagh- common, fought
| between or 500 insurgents and 50 or 60 police.
The correspondent of the London Times, in
| subsequent letter, says
The widow COrmacks house, which these men
occupied, stands on an elevated piece of ground
above the common of BOulagh The police appear
ell to have retreated on this position, parleying
they went with the insurgents, who in OverWhelm-
ing numbers demanded their arms. Once safely
| inside, they proceeded to barrlCade the windows
and doors. Mantepieces were torn down, doors
pulled from their hinges and dreSsers displaced for
this purpose. The house now presents mtemallya
sufficiently dismantIed look, and poor Mrs COrmack
| is left TO lament wOeiul destruction of her iurni-
ture and fixtures. Her own account of the affair is
exceedingly graphic, and deserves to he recorded.
Knowing that disturbances were likely to take
place, she had collected within her house, as a
sanctuary, her five children.
When the police took possession of it, the nsur-
gents shook their pixies at her for this and in her
alarm she went to Mr. Smith O'Brlen, with the
82 Club cap upon his head, was squatted IN her
cabbage garden at the time, to AVOID the fire OF the
! little garrison within the house. The widow be-
sought the King Of Munster to go and speak to
the police, but he declined doing So and asked her
to go back and tell them thai all he wanted from
them their arms. Finding that, as an ambas-
sadOr she did not succeed in getting his request
ceded to- she returned, and taking hold of Mr..
OBrien by the collar, again urged him to see Mr..
| Trant. At first he refused to 60, but the widow
offered to escort him. and then he consented Hay
ing gained her object so far, and seeing that con-
hCt was inevitable, she wished to recover possess
uin Of hSrfI CHI 'hp n
ever, refused to give them up, retaining them as
hostages for their own safety but placing them un
der the staircase the spot most sheltered from the
| fire of the rebels. The widow then went for the
| priest, and absent from the scene while the
| fighting was going On her return the nsur-
! gents were removing their dead and wounded be-
| ing allowed by the police to do so, on condition
| that they came unarmed.
Taking up the thread of the narrative al the point
| where widow Cormack's information ceases, hear
| from Mr.. Trant that he up stairs, barricadng
! the windows there, when Smith O'Brien made his
| appearance below. The rebels had occupied some
| back premises, and keeping up a cross fire,
which made it very difficult for him to join his
| below. Having, however, succeeded In getting
! down safely, he saw Smith O'Brien creeping on
all fOurs out of the gate of the enclosure. Two of
! his men Immediately shouted, There he s!' and
raising their mskets, fired at him. within distance
of twelve yards. He rolled over at the discharge
either to avoid the shot, because he was hit, and
then disappeared.
Several arrests have been made of persons i'm
plicated in the fight of yesterday, who have been
heard using seditiOus language and it is most graft
| flying to feel that Gen. Mcdonald has full power,
and also the necessary resolution, sumnarily to deal
| with the miscreantS who are now troubling the
peace of this unfortunate country. Nothing but
| the heavy pressure of military government will
now restore order among the people, whose suilen
and erOciOus appearance too clearly indicates what
their hearts desire. They ripe for rebellion,
T1Tslfr
long day will pass before things are restored here
| to their natural condition More blood must be
| shed and the peasantry must be taught that,
| wretched as is their present condition, " worse
| thing may befal them Public Instruction may
be suppressed, but private assassination Will lntal-
libby succeed and the world will again be scanda-
| LIKED by the horrors of Irish crime.
The small parties of police actually engaged with
the insurgents appear TO have done bloody execu-
ton among them. Out of eleven who are known
| to have been seriously wounded, six are already
dead, and the rest are not expected to survive.
MANY more Ihear, are hurt, and it is impossible to
ascertain exactly the extent of the loss, as the in
surgents who principally golfers out of work,
! Withdrew their comrades when they fell, and
! ceaIedthe bodies of their dead. Smith O. Bren. /
hear, gave a sovereign to a woman whose husband
was shot dead, before he left the scene Of action
As soon arrangements have been made for
I their removal all the prisoners will be conveyed at
once to Cork and put on board the fleet there. A
rigorous search lOT arms VIII ne lHdue. ne per-
SONS engaged i'll the outbreak yesterday will be
brought 10 Justice summarily, and every possible
means will be used TO vindicate the supremacy of
the law in this awless district.
WILLuoNT, NEAR BoULAGu-C COMMON Monday
Might am positively informed that, since the al
fray on Saturday last, arms not previously called
into requsitiOn have been sent to be repaired and
that the peasanry are determined, as soon as the
troops are removed, to renew the contest. little
blOOdshed, every feels here can never cure the
raging fever which wicked men have excited in
this part of Ireland. One paroxysm has been sur
mounted by the loss of life on Saturday, but the
strength Of the disease is unmpaired The peasant
nv expect that Smith o. Brien and his friends will
soon return amongst them, and they prepare them
selves for another struggle in his behalf
General Lord Hardnge arrived in town this after
nOOn to assume the temporary command Ofthe army
in Ireland. He arrived at Kingston, by the Am
phion, and reached town at half past O'Clock, by
special train of the Dublin and Kingston Railway