New-York tribune., 1867-03-11
THE SITUATION IN IRELAND.

The soothing words, all is We'll, appehueu 10 AZ
most every cable dispatch from Ireland for the last month
anee Feb IL when we received the first intelligence Of
the outbreak Of the Irish Rebellion Of 1867, amid the pic
turesque scenery OF KeTys hills and Kianeys lakes
nave been often conradcted that people begin to at
tach TO them but very little significance The
dispatches which we publish this morning show that
the insurgents from being suppressed have become
more powerful and that the torch Of civil lights the
Island almost from shore to shore In is Of the 50 eoun
es extending through the four grand divisions or prov
lnees Of the country the insurgents in revolt The
Cable gives us but meager details, and these are
all unfavorable 10 the Fenian cause; the dead
are all on the Fenian side; the prisoners
are Fenian prisoners; Fenian disasters, Fenian
retreats And yet despite such discouragng events they
rise, and increase and grow strong; while the Govern
ment authorities grow alarmed, and ro0ps-horse foot
and artillery-dash in hot haste the mountains,
through the bogs along the Valleys across the streams
through the eopse and the woodland.
The Devils Bit Mountains, on which the Fenans are
reported TO be in force are situated in the County Tip
perary through the center Of which runs the Great
southern and Western Railroad connecting Cork and
Dublin. This railroad is ntersected in the same County
Limerick is built estuary OF the shannon, and
Waterford seaport at the mouth Of the Sur is eele.
with Pope Adrian's bull and their long bows, landed
200 years ago. The City OF Limerick Is distant
which called the Limerick Junction. The country in
the vicinity of the Junction, which presents some ine
glands present Prenic the Earl Of Derby where he has
shootnS grtipds en- and model farm" The town Of
npperary which the Fenians are, is said about 10
population OF about sOcC and is, although not the
largest the chief town OF the county OF its name the
green hills around Roscrea, in the same county, some
what further north Of the town Of TpPerary and away
from the line Sf the ,e Tfen nto Se emnences about
1900 feet high which separate the basin OF the RIVER
shannon that Of the Sr, running from the north IN
asOuthery direction toward Tpperary which is threat
tned, for a distance OF rs or 70 miles miles Ihis lS
now, not for the first time, become associated
with instruction in Irish history; The JUNG June
81 both Of which points there were strong garrson while
wasSTd = Only a. about out O eS s o Of I'm the Se reSeS
Ircland studded over with old castles the strong
long held out against the march Of the invaders
or waged war ON each other. Taking all things
perhaps county Ireland in military point
OF view In which to raise the flag Of revolt and make
stand Into its southern extremity i1 which the town OF
ts situated, look Galway with its hardy sturdy
race CSre where the angsS @ngTsgf c Is SGt n
Limcrek with lis fertile fields and hospita6e people
Cork Sf largest = % 9SSn o ID %p%se SaTs
backed 10y hardy Kerry Waterford. shrewd and
invariably counts its brayest and staunchest adhefents
These counes eomprse the most fertile IN inc Island
veil educated 10 endure the. privations in
tariy wage against England The County
few hundred thousand acres Of which 1900 are under
plantations or growing timber The population Is nearly
mountain ' ranges Tayerse H. the Devils Bt mountains,
KnockmeledOwn aud the Galtees over 5000 feet above
the the Independently OF these the surface
of the country is diversified by numerous bills ranging
gens and streams lying between dotted over with nt
nerous trmhOuses the seats OF the nobility old ieud.
castles ruined abbcys cemeteries deer parks OTcnars
eOpse and woodland while at intervals peeps out
the small village OF from 1000 to 10O0 abants nearly
every one Of whom ia In sympathy with rebellion Of
every description, particularly rebellion against the
Government Which Expresses them Such the country
i which fhe insurgents propose InTench themselves.
an strteg1ca point OF Ssy it is Of the utmost import
except very small pieces cannbt e Transported over the
bills and mountains the gTound is favorable 10 am
buscades; supplies are abundant, and in II con-
verge the railroad lines leading TO four OF the principal
cities Of the Island Already have they cut aud torn up
these lines In various places that the concentration Of
troops becomes rather difficult The guerilla possesses
al immense advantage over heregHar line soldier under
such circmnstances Heavily armed and aceoutered,
tue slightest obstacle mpedes his advance. Intrenched
a hill side In mountainous country where only light
gais be brought into action resistance becomes com
The Sieve Bloom Mountains run through a portion OF
Kings County, which borders the north OF Tppcry
are almost continuation Of the Devils Bit rauge
MOnntwellIck is six miles from POrtarlngton station
On the Great Southern and Western railway in which the
Great Iron Duke, Wellington, or Yilointon for Fame
ipel the sylables both ways, went With Lis usrOus
brother TO school.
and quite close 10 the insuneetiOlaIy districts
The rebellion s said 10 be controlled in TIE City OF
Dublin by "a Directory OF Twelve whose names never
mentioned. and who are designated merely by numerals
two, three Se No. Ono directs affairs, and In
% his capture No. Two assumes command, and 70 on
Eve hundred American officers reported 10 be i'm
Ireland and ID IL confidently stated that 100 600 will
eminent bring against them 81 least 1890 troops the
remainder being necessary 20 protect England, The agc