, 1860-10-09

from tho London Timer. sept. 3a1
The Pops = not happy IN hin sppeal to the
sword. oisidint rasai1s hin good foxtune, and
pushes hta aueetsS4s. In q pitched battle un-
der tho walls OF AnconA hs has defeated Lsmor-
iclore. ead shattered to fragments that merce-
nary forcs which was tho Last hops Of tbs sore.
reign Of tbs Ponttdcal States.
Those bands, from whom 30 much WAS ex.
pected, seen to be Of no avail whatever against
tho Sardiotan soldiers. This hre.eatipg aud
pious so!dado. who had Illuminated such dread.
ful threAts, and who was known to havs done
such strong deeds among TIN Arabs, has really
done nothing III Italy which might not have been
done by one Of the College Of CardinLs. With
!, 900 men and the vigorous lid Of tho garrison
OF Anc7us, be has simply marched up 10 sig.
nal defeat. He has been besteu upon hIa own
ground, aud upon fi.ld of his own choics,-Aa
fs'riy aud - innoeentlJ beaten u young en-
sign might be In his FIRST akiEmi:h.
stinate fight, for the telegraph tells that "the
nix hundred prisoners Of war taken At Spoleto
are lrishmenl We hare not 3et received tho
account Of the great battle. The struggle was,
perhaps, 80 desperate aud the carnsge 10 tre-
mencous that Ill hands arc too busy burning
the slain to epsre time even for working The
te!egraphic Mres. spcleto il. Of course, mass 5
OF runs, only there il no orc just now 1t leis.
ufo 10 tell u the tact Spoleto WAS famous for
neF defencss. She Kavc the first repulse to
Hannibal, sud emblaxoned the boast upon her
gates.
We remember that the sI.ish" Of whom this
telegram speaks are the Irish heroes who went
forth, inaamed BY religious zeal, to cham piou
tue 113hts OF their Holy Father, and to tram2lo
heroes wtre mixture OF the svasnbuckIar ID
me saiot- They were fighting 1r,shmen, esg1
to cut the shroats Of Italians, aud pious lrish.
men, hoping for Heaven and good paT fir their
a'm5. All Ireland looked to them With pride.
and the Pope aud his Cardinals sheltered them.
selves under their shadow. Now, that The Sar.
cinians should have made six hu1dIed Of these
hero prisoners involves ali the antscedents Of
atremendops fight, during 60 long, that after
seeing all their comrades fail aEpund them. the
remainder Of the sacred band, fasizued With
alauznter, must hare sunk down sxhauated
under The pressure OF overwhelming pumbers.
Other very different and very distressio9 z, not
to say impossible reports, are dropping IN while
We write. 1t is eyen averred that thar II no
account Of any great carnage to be receiyed-.
that there are no deeds Of Irish heroi.m to be
recorded-thss theeo heroes, b!essed bv the
Pope, and relied upon for desperata 6ohtino
gave in without ything worth the narne Of =
fight, and have all been taken in heen. Ind.
dled up together like 80 many Of their own piQa.
our compatriots, white men Of our commnn
country, hare behaved no better thxn m m.nv
Hindoos. and that these six bundrsd fa3io-y.
.re all sound in skin and quiet cantiTes to a ~
Italians. This, ii true, il yeFT 1e1atious
We know they we're going ont IT, d;so1sesu dous' ~
It cannot but be Blot upon the tame of
free people that cu:-thro,ts Eaye oone mt fran,
among them t. serye u The instrum-nt, nf 49,
potisn. We knew 10 shou!d haYa to en5nr,
this reprpach bu: va never tbouoht that ~
hundred 1rishmen could bo picked out. e1en
from the refuse Of the POT ulatiou. who. BE- tbe
cause what it msy. would surr,n a. -j,hna+