New-York tribune., 1867-03-28

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sort of practice tRey made wheG engaged wltn IN
cphStaRWay. 90 Thai" firing was OF tno Wliues f,S
, character Gentlemen vNtQ watcleu my Tt "i"' a. l.
kimallock from a hotel wIr"VSy s%Iateu % ,nnoS 10
5enan party did not appear to ~ -, tno t
degree troubled about the bullets cColns frOIn w
oOnstabuary many of them seemed TO be soore atrait
OF the guns they had IN their own hanCs som,
used TO kneel and put the butts OF their mes or
| the ground when discharging them Mt the barGcAs
| si0ping the weapons as infantry do when about IL
receive charge of cavalry; others, when about ~
fre instead of sighting their rifles used TO turn away
| theI faces from them. In short, there was any
! amount OF awkwardness among those unframed
men; but of personal ntrepdity therewa an abund-
ance.
Again il is positive fact that numbers of the rifle
cartridges picked up IN the neighb0lh0Od
OF Iallaght, near this city were found on exanina-
ton TO have been wrongly made up, the pointed end
OF the bullet being turned down 10 the powder Such
cartridges were of course, little better than useless
! As regards drill proportion of the men could prob
! ably walk IN step ana perform some simple eSolu-
tons parade, but under fire and III company with
4 number OF others who had received no drilling at
ALL whatever proficiency they had acquired was quite
/ useless to them, and they became simply crowd.
| What could such men do against experienced SOL
diers OF police force who are an army under another
| nameY
Bin II may be said they would learn very quickly.
There is truth In the remark. lrishmen are apt
scholars in military matters, and II on tins occasion
the weather had permitted them TO keep to the hills,
it is very likely that every man Of the insurgents
would soon know how 10 handle hls rifle, ana tnat III
future conflicts with the sOldleTy or pohce thor
Another curious fact IN connection WITH those
sBirmishes remains TO be noticed. What the lnsur-
gents most dreaded when coming into conflict WIN
tho police was not their rifles and bayOnets loI
the time being. but subsequent identIflcatl9n at
their hands before the legal tribunals. Ihey
would much rather have faced the sOldiery
than those bloodhounds of the law; ana wlen
the Fenian party at Glonculien discussed the pro-
priety of shooting the police whom they had MADE
Urged urged in favor of tho proposition III you
don't do IT," said some OF the party those
fellows will be getting every man OF You yoga
as if this view OF the case would prevail. Ihe Fe-
mans determined TO shoot them, military neces-
sitv First however they would give them an Oppor-
tunity of preparing Tor the noxt world. priest
whom they had met on their way was present.
and they compelled the policemen, who were
Catholics 10 go 10 confession to hIm. Ihe
compliance Of the pohcem,r with TINS oIdef
was perhaps what saved their lives, for mean
time the subject was again debated and resolution
TO spare their lives arrived At mainly IN COhse-
QUence of the earnest and indignant TemOnstGnce OF
the leader of the band. who was an Irish American.
And here let me remark on the villanOus way IN
which the English press and their lmitators III TINS
country refer 10 the service which these lshA Aner-
cans have seen in the Federal wars. IL you believe
their representations, the armies OF the Union were
not civilized cOmbatantS at al; Dut were HeIeI!
horde of blOOdhTsty sayages, whose operations con-
sisted entirely IN acts OF Idplne ana muIuer'
regret that have not Culled from those papers a
number of the flowers of speech which they fling
upOn the Federal aTmY-upOn the forces VINO carried
on great war with degree or cHlVary ana huthaA-
ity previously all but unknown IN such operations
We must they say, make examples OF those Irsh
Americans; must deter from coming into TINS cOu,
try those men who have been trained TO raplne and
slaughter during the Anoi1can war" Our saietN
is endangered by the presence among us OF gang oI
desperadOes who have been untitled for honest pT-
suits by wears of service ii the American army, under
such men as Butler and sherman NO mercy
must be shown TO the Tuthans whO since the
disbandment Of the Federal armies, are swarmng
over here il the hope of Tc5umlng the Work OF pase
and murder TO which tcg have served 30 goOd an &p-
prenticcship In some such words the soldiers oi me
Union are being every day spoken OF by the EngliSh
press ana by Engllsnlueh Who' one hlBH' ti1Ih'
ought to first call 70 mind the dOlngs OF Jlelr own
troops in India China Japan. and, IN fact wherever
they have had opportunities OF displaying me" stSie
OF morality and humanity
We'll, Notwithstanding the leadership of those men
who served in the Federal wJr or perhaps 10 gIct'
extent becq1se Of that leadership, the lIlbh III
surgents throughout all these troubles have CON
dUcted themselves in most honorable manner IN
reference TO private life ANA property MOI slSe
act of waut0u mischief or pure nance can Dc
laid 10 their charge On tIe contrary as Ifc Iin@
itself has confessed. they showed mercy where mercy
could hardly have been cEptC. od from thtln lnelI
rising has done ~ least this much gOOc-it has
proved that their designs wore not anlichict' Ihat
their object was Ioi prHdsi OF reYenge On % rItiI
landlords or auy disturbance of social order Their
movement was purely political, and IL Is wei 70 nave
so much clearly established
The question of questions now is whether the in
srrrcctOnary attempt has really been abandoned
or whether the flame of war, rrpressed for the
present Is likely soon again 10 burst fOrth
| The general impression IS tAat we AR, arc @ dOt
i 80
more OF less damaged by what has occurred; IL mas
suffered loss of pTeggc loss OF leaders, ana loss
of arms all very difficult 90 DO repaired; Dut le OF
CanizatOu has not been destroyed, It's resources nave
not been exhausted It's spirit Is not broken II lS
rife for mischief yet ana venture W say ~ WIN
show up again in the heid. -
Ru,nors have been circulating during the week
that on this night, on Tomorrow, 81 IaJflch
! Day move would be made. lhey 90 h0I appo1i
! IN have emauated from feuIan quarters, Dut seem
rather 10 be born OF the fears entertained by the
ovol folk suggested simply by he fact thet tomorrow
| bsiDp at once st. PatIlck's Day and sunday WOud
/ find the whole population Idle, ana Nlth'thelr ma
tiouql ideas in The ascendant Lord crnOy, VINO Is
lar in which he states that he has reason 70 appfc
bend that a second attempt TO Will take place
on either Saturday ght the 10th, or sunday night
the nth instant and he recommends the swearing
III of special cOnstabies WltIOut ueiay' IN (Y,h
and i'm varOus towns throughout the south OF Ireland
the public houses TO DO closed az an early hor 20
| marrow evening and the authorities VIII certainly
be on the alert to crush at Onceiny symptoms Oh us
! turbanCe 60, .,,-, l., .o,,o
! of the English towns are numerous and persistent
They pOnt more especially TO Liverpool
| O1r rulers seem 10 think that some movement may
he made from America for the ana OF the insurgents
To be prepared for It they have within the last lew
! days largely reinforced the fleet on our southern
letter from O'Donovan Rosa appears in The
Iisbyonp TO-DAY II shows that ne Is suffering great
! hardships many of which he brings on himself by
breaches of discipline and short answers to rhe prison
authorities Ii is however, disgraceIul that pOlu-
| cal prisoner should be compelled 10 undergo the
ipdgnites and the cructes that he Is subjected TO-
EXTRACTS FROM FOREIGN FILES.
The mails bv the China reached this city yesterday.
| wa receiye bv her foreign files 10 March 10.