Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-03-15

sKIRMISHES IN LIMERICK * MUNSTER
TIPPERARY THREATENED.
Proclamation Of The I-i.s Rpssiic.

Gable Dispatches from London Friday
say
y fight g. plac' Tuesday night o. I'll
aght, about eight miles south of DGhiun, be-
tween the armed police aud large ..ly ot
FeuIans Ouc of the ia'ter was kiii,t and
five wounded. Tie police captured eighty
persons and six loads OF ammunition up 20
dark to-day over two hundred persons had
been brought INTO Dablrn. The main body
If Fcnans engaged in the fight rctratcd 10
the hills north Of Dubln with the command
cr OF the British force iu Ireland m vig'r-
Gus pursuit.
Tie Police Station At kilmalilch, 10 miles
south Of Limerick in the County % Munster,
was attacked by 300 F,nians, who were ro-
pulsed, leaving 80 Of their number dead
upon the ground and losing II prisoners.
The Barracks Of the Police at Dromorc,
County Down in the North, had been fred
by an inccndiary and totally destroyed.
The manager of the Union Bank and a
mounted police messenger have been shot IN
DromOre.
Reports from Dublin state that various
bands Of Fcnians appear 90 be well supplied
with ratiou> and they seem 70 have risen
suddenly in all parts Of the island. They
attacked the coast guard stationed at kilhl
gah, in the County oi Glaze, and look away
their arms.
Assaults have J,tn made uQol the stations
at Caryior', in " icklow County, and upon
that at Holy Cro-s, and supplied them-e.Ye'
with arms from all these places. Tho cx-
ciJement IN Tippcrary Is intense. General
Gleason Is reported & be there.
4 ln1v rf E.rifre 1NN -t-.rg ara ~,.
ported 70 be Threatening the town Of TIppe-
rsrY.
The troops lad a battle with baud of
insurgents near Kiiialue. ia the county #
Limerick, and Ie!cl,el them, killing one
man, wounding several and taking thirty
prisoners. Among the latter was the Fenian
chiei Gen Lane
\ force Of rebels. some 300 strong, was
slso beaten By the soldiers at Cllnmcl. Sev-
eral Of the former were killed. l. prisoners
we're taken and quantity Of arms captured.
The Fenans strip private houses OF al
the guns and other weapons Armed bands
Of men are moving through the counties u
Clare, Tipperary and Limerick, and haye
frequent conflicts with the Police and the
cOnstabulary.
A DR.. Cltany is reported to have been
frequent in the city aud county of Limerick.
Large quantities Of snow fell near Dublin,
tuesday, and It is sad that the insurgents
who took refuge in the mountains are suf-
fering severely from cold and exposure.
Donahue, the leader Of the Fenians in the
lght at Tallaght. has since died, aud three
,i hIs companions are also dead. a police
constable has been killed by the Eenians IN
4 g. 4. & 81. IL. I
intO Waterford have been torn up. Large
quantities Of ammunition and materials for
producing Greek FIRE haYe been discovered
| and seized by the soldiers and police in var
ious parts Of the country.
On Friday troops were rapidly despatched
| to ireland from all parts OF the country.
Several Irish and English papers have re-
ceiyed and published proclamation pur
! porting to come from the Government OF the
Irish Republic. 1t declares that after ages
of outrage and VAIN appeals to reason and
| Justice, they have at last resolved to appeal
70 arms to rescue ireland from sertdom and
establish a National Union, public safety
and political freedom, and bring aLcat the
consequent separation OF Church and State.
IS republicans they appeal to republicans
throughout the world for sympathy and
support.
The Irish correspondent OF the London
Times Gays Ireland Is full of Irish Amer
leans, and urges that severe punishment in
their cases is imperatiyely necessary. But
he adds that it Is very difficult to apprehend
them, for the people, though they give them
no aid, refuse to Letray them to the authori-
ties. lie states that Col Dunn led the Irish
in their attack on the station at kilmallOck 9.
lie concludes by saying that the present KS
ing is considered failure in Dublin.