Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-03-20
THE FENIAN REBELLION.

The first fntimation of danger received
In thisqcity Cork was the sudden CT ssa-
ton ofthe Geographic communication with
Dublin on Tuesday night. March 8, while
the speech of the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer in the House OF. Commons was be-
ing transmitted for the Cork newspapers;
aud after short while it was ascertainea
thatsthe fault was beyon CharleYille. EThe
s0spicion was entertained that the iestruc-
tion of the wires was malicious. The next
suspicious circumstance noticed was the
nom arrival of the Dublin train due at two
O'clock: At six this morhing Thursday,
March 81 the missing mail made its ap-
pearanee, bringing informationof of themost
startling character. ftappeared that be-
tween eleven O'Clock and midnight party
of Feniars struck upon the line of the
railway at knock1ong. which is the next
station to the Limerick ulction. destroyed
the telegraph wires, and tore up portions of
thetrack on the up and down lines. From
theaformer two rails were removed, ,sand OF
the latter upwards sofi half a dozen. The
arrive el1 Che scene, from which the Feni-
ans had by that time depaTteu-hayipg prob
ably gone to join one of the larger attack
ing parties. The engine, tender and
van passed = safely over the broken
part of. the track, but the carriages fol-
lowing were overturned, and the train
brought up. The engine and van were dis
patched at once to the Limerick Junction
with the passengers and gave intimatioh of
the danger. The down train for Dublin
due at the junction at midnight was after
this warning driven carefully along until
the damaged portion of the railway was
reached. Arrived there the staff of men
brought from the junction were set to work
to repair the track, and the train was able
to proceed on their way about 4 o'clock
Thence to Mallow no further damage was
encountered. Passing the Rathduff station,
fnh 20 hoIF Il
low, the guard of the train saw a large
number of men approaching the line, bPt
he was unable to perceive whether they
were armed or not. Fortunately the train
had passed before they came up.as it after
ward appeared that their purpose was to
destroy the track. Such was the intelIi-,
ience brought in at 6 o'clock-news which
atofce made it apparent that dangerous
enseste had taken place. Soon after the ar.
rival of this train Mr.. Fennessy, Traffic
superintendent on the line. proceeded to-
ward MallOw with a staff of faborers to be
preparedto repair any part of the line that
might be damaged. After his departure
the telegraph wires we've broken between
Cork and Mallew. al E.ls3 rs.ttia'st
The morning train for Dublin left the
Cork station as usual ats A, NJ, yesterday,
and with it proceeded staff of men to
repair the damages to he r lis and the te1e-
graph posts reported o have been down at
various points between I5ork and Rathduff
Some distance beyond the Blackpool sta
tion the rails were found to have been TAX
enup and the sleepers laid across the track.
The telegraph posts and wires had also
been brokendown. The train was brought
to a stand STILL tbs line and the telegraph
were repaired by3 the railway staff and the
men employed by the Magnetic Company,
under the superintendeneel Of Mr.. Black.
and the train then started afresh, and
reached Barney without meeting further
obstruction. AT Rathduff, nearly halt way
between Cork and Mallow, tile line was
agaipsfound torn ap, aud a Iquarter of
mile distant q body of about five hundred
men were seen close tothe line, a smaller
party being scattered in the fields at either
side, nearer to the train. The latter ap-
preached the train, and threatened to shoot
the men who were about torepair the track,
if they attempted to lay single rail. The
train was Accordingly brought back ito
Cork with all possible speed. Sub-IDspec-
tor Hamilton was informed Of what had oc-
CURED, and an application was made to Gen.
HOrsfOrd. the result of which was that
party of 100 men of the 9Th Regiment,
accompanied by Mr.. VIM. Barry. j. p, as
county magistrate, proceeded by special
train to Rathduff, where the Fenians were
last seem, When the train arrived at that
point no trace of the Fenians were to be
seen. The damage to the track was re-
paired, and the train proceeded on toward
Mallow. At Ballalough bridge, quantity
Of stone had been removed from the bridge
and heaped on the line. This obstruction
was removed, and the train soon reached
BallykHOekiB, which is about six miles
fnrther on. Here the police barracks were
in flames, having been attacked and
burned by party of 400 Fenians some
time previously. The police had barri-
caded themselves in the barracks, hav-
ing received warning of their danger
from Mr.. Purcell of Burntfort, who
was himself fired at by the insurgents.
When called on to surrender they refused,
and it is said fired on the party outside.
Heaps of straw were then laid against the
walls, and in a few minutes the whole house
was set on fire. The few men inside had
to surrender to save their lives, and were
permitted to escape by ladder from the
top window, bringing with them their
arms, which they were compelled to give
UP to their captain. The attacking party
then went off in the direction of the Carri-
navar hills. Intelligence of the burning of
the police barrack was transmitted to NAL
low, after the departure of the Fenians. Mr..
, Ryan, r. M. happened to be at the time in
the town, having left Fermoy, where he
had been on special duty. atoeight o'clock.
Mr.. Ryan at OncelcemnIunicaied with the
officer in command of the troops, and OBJ
tanned a detachment of fifty men of the
7lst Regiment, with whom he proceeded
to the place where the outrage had oc-
CURED. At BallyknOckin he received in
formation of the direction the insurgents
had taken, and at once started in pursuit
He found the Fepians drawn up in body
at Bottle Hill on an elevated position. AS
the soldiers approached the Fenians opened
fire, but, happily, without effect. The SOL
diers returned the volley and advanced
rapidly. The Fenians did not wait to re-
ceive the charge, but broke into small par
ties and fed. In the pursuit four of them
were captured, only one OF whom had re.
cpiVe0 q wOund i'm the riUht ShOnIder and
we understand that some of the prisoners
had documents in their possession which
are esteemed to be of much consequence.
The prisoners were all persons employed il
this city, who must have left last night fol
the purpose of joining the rebels. They
were Brought iuto Cork by the first train
available, and were lodged in the county
Jail. 5-esf's eT
In the meantime, the party of the eth
under the direction of Mr.. Barry, J. P.
finding that their services were not needed
atiBallykuoekin, returned along the line,
report having been made to Mr.. Barry tina
fifty or sixty Fenians had been seen in
Mr.. Wyse's wood. There, however, NJ
trace OF the insurgents was to be SEEN. A
Kilnap the soldiers left the train and ad
vanced along the Curraquavar road, oil
which the Fenians were reputed to IaV
been in the morning. No armed men wer
met with, but on several points on the roai
were seen knots of two and three and fou
men walking from the direction of Carrig
naYar. Fifteen men SO seen Were arrested
four of them being discovered in but
laying on heap of straw. They all states
that they had gone out that morning for
walk to Carrignavar,i and had no connee
tion with the Fenians. ALI those men, lik
those captured at Bottle Hill, had employ
ment in the city. Some of them were from
the flax mill and others from Mr.. Lamb
kin's factory.