The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-12-18

chance Of war. QUE cf thesc days, bctseer
Engla,M and AnNrica
We expnssd tho hope and opinion 'he
there was no danger Of saeh a war
May be uct,' rejoined Fat, but mol 70,
any love England hears Tor Amer,sa Oh
but the ovid bully Of The warid would like Ii
pa, his horns ute your liberty aud rip Il Nil Il
psNs- all Tor the geni al n.,ieos, or introsln
uaa aoj pae IS tho mar.bsr,n SaSonso vail 1t.
| Well Il they attempted amy thing OF th'
kind, i1hopc yea irish, who ba,o been 81 long
opprcssed. would no, help ,hc'n,
Help thcm' TYR heas--isi,h and vi
would Ia asa tssm 70 ,as a.sR, Paddy i
poor enough aal bad enough, God help him
bu, all the fng'th rcod and war medals il
the three h iaetlcus woad no, make him fSh,
agains, Amerik.
have no doubt bu, you spcak the san,hacn,
Of the Irish people, aud hope thew win rev
or b. any cars, ier such trial
Jus, then We were passing soac memhers oi
| the eonslabulary Iorcr. belarp res,frea 10, How
do your counttS men feel towards thoso lclowss
We enqunsi 81 Fat.
Them teilows-.-oh they n coed far moth.
iag Al all oaly To sheet down old woneas pigs
| and caws thai tnspass on gentlemen grouneta.
Ia nioineui we passed polcc officer.
dressed In blut, viii, black hat and whta
gloves, without nsco OF anus OF any kind =
such as We had seen In the cities and towns Of
Scotland, ard 10 large riacs IN ireland
What DO you think IL The police
They are q very dacca, ami u,clui class Of
paplc. AMI deserve " he r.peesoi. asl they
ARE.
We nali'y approved Pats cnrohum o, the
police. for ihose w had met with ~ Scotland
aud Ireland APPEARED to In model nwn ia their
profession. 10 strangers they aW Invaluable,
bcing always ready 10 communicate inlorma
tion, always NJ band IN the cities, antiigncraly
Intelligent,
We lsarnt from our car driver tina, lal,aring
men IN Dublin ara paid from one shilling 10
fifteen pence jay--irnm ope,iiith 10 onreiSth
Of HI comp nsaion paid for the SANE kind o,
work IN ~ Paul. lie r@~is,d uine sh,llings
pr wrok and bad wiIo and live children To
support. and said il ha oonld only raisr n.oucy
enough to 20 with bis family to America Of
which be had no hopc-hc wouldn't bo long !,
cr the figure head OF a jauntibg car in ibahiin.
before quitting Dublin, will cn,leavor to
condeaac anass VI Information gathered during
this rapid tour through portion OF Ireland
he do.sahaia,g fh,s. They uumbcr
Il 800, They are sohllcrs, highly d,~,plncd,
AMI educated AT foe looking, intelligent men
picked men. The majority Of tho priva,cs
are Cafhoi.es, tho majority at thu oilicers Pro.
testanis. They are, j b,aieve, oil irisbmen.
but are never stationed where they have either
friends or relations During the time Of the
famine. ey,c,ios and riots. bhere. was not ca~,
OF disaiIyt,oD among them, They aru no, nj.
lowed TO engage In political demonstration OF
any kind, or 10 any way participate in The ex
citcments Of tho country. Single men o6ly are
enlisted. and they pass through course ~ 10.
struciion and training at a batrack, or school
nj Dublin. None n ihrsn are allowed 10 be
come candidates ma'r.Iouy I'll after iivc
years service. aite. which they NAY he rl,c,si
on tho mnftmony list. md await vacancy ~
officers do promotion, for only oueiitth Of the
force arr allowed ~ marry
They arc divided into Infantry aud cavalry.
Their drtss IA very neat, and CONSISTS Of black
patrnt leather cup, cross belt and waist t,ot
dark green jAekot and pant, anil white gloyts.
They carry fastened 10 the waist bclt in front.
two black pouches. one for percussion CAPS, the
other containing handcuna. The only weapon
worn 10y those W. saw. was spritp lmyohcl
Their arm. when required, Is a short earblne.
Their pay IA from C21 10 r29 per nnnum
The sons II small farmers look upon this nr
vice "a honorable and desirable 70 that even
among the more comfortable class oi Catholic
irishmcn sufficient force can be- recruited To
keep down Ireland, In spite Of Irish agitation,
oratoty ard patriotism The, with other sei
dencc, shows that Irish nationality lies drnd
and buried ~ The grave VI antiquity. II il not
only the constabuary forcu and lrlsh soldiers
that ARE thus bought up by England, bat also
thu champions Of Irish ircciom nnd nationality
OF Nil the distinguished patriots who q ss
years ago "ag'taiol" Ireland, scarce man of
note has escaped British influence, aavc thos
who werr transported or ESCAPED TO America
This tact WIS referred to and rccogGzed In vi
ia lofcc, by smith OIjrjen, 10 his sptecb 10
friends unf olf bcighbors few days ago. 81,
the oeesiob Of his welcome back from exile
f,ubfh. Pci1. No married man admitted
anal mol allowed To mary unIee4 l,e haa AoI
pounds. a large lorce. but don't Anow tlie
humber.
The 2oya College n Mayaoeih il situated
iihaeH miles from dublin. II sna lDunJsl b.
The Irish Parlameot Ia the tcign 81 Grpgag
III, IN l13j, on iLe RECOMMENDATION u Hy.
PR. Previous 20 that time, young irishnr u
were educated Tor tbs Priesthood on thr coas
.nspt to u great extent IN France, where th,y
ALA caltystd ,beis hatred ~ Esg'and FIR
tl2scsorc eonsidereSl II rod policy IN withhold
.,.ss II ~. e;s,, ,zn,:si iets@nce. ed csgs etd
" DO ~ by the establishment Of ibis eoiiegs, IA
well ~ t. cultivate kinder feeling toWsrdsI
Hnglisl rule The college was therefore en'ct.
ed and 10 @, pc8sss since paid ont ~ the fia
per,al treasury. ior which p'spSe there has
beeo vi annual appropriation Of sbai 5000
pounds, besides somo other allowanccs.
The usual pnmier ~ students u about five |
buadroeI, all educated ipr the priesthood. Theyl
five IN common thu, IA 10 he college Teyi
drvos' eneh week day, eight hours abd THREE
qssstsrs. 10 aady. aed cue bosr anil a hill 10
religious eSHcss.
There "a strong party IN Irelagl, represent
elIn Parliament, which advocates the erpul-
sion n the Catholics from Maypcth. Thy
say tina, II 10 wrong AMI wiesed En Pfotsyl.
ant paiioo ~ encourage "id0lairy" Wy the eda.
cation 81 Catholic priests. They ~ nothing
wrong IN making tbe Catholics pay for iic
support Of the Established Chnfcbl There FL.
ists, in fact, the mos deadly hatred betwsn
tbs Ptoiesissi# and Catholic. 81 ireland. snd
nothing ho, Necessity keeps up the truce lie
tween th,zn--sDi this their rsligioa, !. oil
,Ixy have Of Old Irelasd 10 eight aboa,.
A, this n0fatf,i the Pf0ttztants are making