Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-06-17

MORNING LEADER.
.TEDNBsBAY uORNING, JUNF ~. 269
Ha,r &c Enelish - Rebels.

----- How she English treat Rebels -9tr i
--- tr In the just published forth Volume Of (
8Iasssy's History of England 5duFing the
ign Of George the Third, we End the fol-
---l--I51ipg account Of the way in which Irish
c--s rsbsls-wsFe treated by the English g9verR-
-t =. s5ent and its ofdcers1z 70 or 81 Esri'i
--i HoTTdiA A rsrt of the Mount Kennedy corps Of
91 -eon6s6ry were Of an autumn night in the
--7-'1 ear 17gs, Patrolingthe village0f d barry
7''7f q The country Of wicklow Two7or three
cf the party Tea BY w holiaghsn, Sne OF
heir number entered the cottage OF q lab
czing man named Dogherty, and demaRdea-
~ there were any bloody rebels there
~ me onlv inmates of the cabin were Dog
lsrty,s wife and a sick lad her son, who
So. + as eating his supper, " hollagnan ss.euf
tbs boy was Dogherty's SOM and being
old that he was Then you dog, said
}Thousghan, you are TO- die here
fope not answered the poor lad. And he
~ r-ayed. if there was any charge sgainst
El,n TO be taken before Mr.. Iatouehe,
.iagistrate in the neighborhood, of known
r--- humanity and justice The fellow Fepiied
tlat he cared nothing for Latouche, and
Used bis gun. The mather entreated nm
- or the love Of God, 70 take her life instead
of ihe child s. Wholiaghan, with a volley
IL abuse, pulled the trigger twice, but the
, zee missed fire. A comrade then handed
liIn another gun, and the woman rushed
fnr'f' the muzze to shield her son, In the
Struggle the piece went Of, and the bah
b-oke young Dogherty arua.
when the boy fell, the assassins left
tleosbiRi but W hOllaghan returned aud
ar arasing- the lad supported by his mether,
. -~- -.sied out lis not the dog dead yet ~
r--.rt, YES, sir said the poor woman ne IS Gead
,y.,,s7 enough For fear he IS not, SAID Who'll
b.. t-,iaEhsR let him take thisr And with de.
- -.-,.-1-li6eFats aim, he, fired q fourth time, and
-,- Degherty dropped dead ont OF his mother
r-4 rarTn-ra ed ~ rT -ioi sfT zsf- ,
.--+ 80 g Whollaeban vas tried for murder, mol
r,r.--.--by the civil .tribunaA as he should have
-,.7 :. 3eR, butby oourt-mar Inc taets WeIs
- 49,, aet disputed but the defence was that th'
r0Or boy had been q rebel and that th'
-.-------I- -isoner was a humane and. loyal sub
-.,., l,laot. That the DogheFtys were rebels |:
probable enough s-as indeed, it was hardly
--- -, - T5ssible, that q Catholic peasant Should
r...-r-- lsEe7 been anything else. o. But no legs
evidence Of the fact WAS rendered, and th'
hearsay which was admitted was about q
T credible ss the Osths of the Orangmeh WIT
.- --r6s-ns 70 give Whollaghan a character tol
l- r-~-f hssYnanitve But the real defence was tha
The prisoner and his companions had beer
--F -Fv Fzatlout with general orders from tneil
---r-TT ,fhcerto shoot anybody they pleased. Th'
--~ 7 rF Court seemed to haVe been Of9pinion tha
ze7,se such orders were neither unusual nor un
srvarG rs1sohable and Fiti is difficult to coec
from their finding that they Thought tn
--~l+., urisonsrs fsi iDseuf guilty. even Of an en-
~l- in ffudgn,eutl They- found that tn
~a 78 trisoner did shoot and kill Thomas Dogh
sr--.~-2 ertv,-a rebel but do acquit him as an,
-~r7 ~e malicious or wilfdl intentioheof murder
Nothing like this has ever occurred Il
~oF r. our war The rebels 'hsFe committed st
--r5eious 'uutrages against loyal mem an
i7-some points their conduct put one Il
mind Of the barbarops eruelhes Of the Eng
llsh against the sepoys; but on our side
Hr-Z not even in the heat of battle have sue
rvrt s'a-' murders been committed as the Engiis
7'T"~7f encouraged in ireland. i2r17d s
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