The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-07-04
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lssfayiE - saatl ttso iiSE stGpsats9S f.y.t
to alight, his mother went forth to meet hiEs.7
! 1t was with difaculty that JENNY could extri-
1 cate hipiseH from his anxious mother, to give
| the men an account of all that. he had heartl
of 'q so osa bns the FrencS were I'd ysiong,
1 and every one thought that the militia would |
/ desert and the yeonieH run away Tie walls;l
down the only one that INTERESTED him, and
lproduced the mutiiated gdoeuheht. Hn II del
npunced the penalty of high treason against sll |
( his Followers, ana concluded by offering Ee4
ward of i've hundred pounds TO any personll
who should deliver that rebel chief dead or
Justices Of fe peace s or military
T. Old airy Carroll stood before tho door of his
dwelling to Witness the departure Of his neigh
into the horrors of ciyl var perhaps 10 bring
Tears streained down his cheeks as, With np-
lifted hands, he prayed b blessing for his chill
dren about to leave him. 1T might he forever. q
The ranks were fortified. A hfe struck mp
g Patriek's Day " and d cracked dram bore nn,
esaily for Yard ariiig the nfeaSufed tread and
4 niartiaf Bearing of disciplined troops. hi 3s
y The. French advanced from Killala, where
the politeiiess 81 itie 6fIeers had during their
short soj8urh, made universal fayorites,
i even with those wins " ere naturally enough.
hgiaf
lliariSfuf of men, Supported only by the peas
4 afitry " no had already joined hs standard, the
French general set forth to fulhL ms orders ana
. , The first encounter witch the Eng5ish 9oc-
; Cured at the town of -Castlebar which Was
defended by q force Aof eight tnSnsana men,
Some of the fnilit regiments openly deserted,
others evineed % decided disineIination to fight,
ana the yeegary a an oss ra s9S,,l
= AGED the United Erishmen, who Hooked IN
= = thousands to ENROLL themselves but the
y French general had neither arms nor amnE-
!, iition to supply them witty and their inereas;
ing iti nlbers Became a source of embaTrassmen nj
\ instead Of an accession of strength. fnl' n,
!, lNffke who had been most cordially received
q biz Hu1nbert, and who had pGrticipated in Che
n glory of Castlebar, was appointed 80 tine con-
e niaid Of the ihsas H.sI he had neitheE
.ol snrfort nor TIME III let thehs intof form. Thu
70 gei,EIe1ner whose f5rssehce would have eha.
! Fkled him to establish some sort of discipline
" kept prndently MOOT when they saw. that th.
!, few frenchrnen minded were left to their fate
"a md Hnnlbert now folly aware of the hopeless
D ness of his undertakihg gave them ne enccnr
Y agenient to join an filsarrection, eyidsnti.
- doomed to end ia disaster Deterhined, how
= eyer.a To maintain the honor of his nag, IA
" passed the Shannon, and trayersed; the noun
!. tairis of Letrini on his 1narch safds Dublin
~ | The santsswho accompanied him were az
"a yfsad 70 return to @RAeH
Si reached the village of Gloom his last haltin
n tslsee NJ and his compromised follow
!, ers remained upder his command. f+..
n l. It,
no abandon his artillery; his only chance OF q
ed cane being a rush for the midland countie
of where he might expect support, and then
rapid movements on Dublin. They had marehe
as but q few miles, when they found themseigf
CHI hemsned in on all sides by an oyerwheltnin
Ter English force. Humbert insisted on Mike
or providing for his own and his peoples satet
he The miserable village of Balnamuck, whlc
, q the French occupied, WIS surrounded by va
IN. boGs: and while Humbert maneuyered, Mil
ro- and his party were gaining the boys. al
in, on their right abutting on the village, co
vas cealed their ,moyements; and, before layiI
Dv- down, his arms, the French general had Il
no satisfaction of Knowing TINT, for the Trosc
tn at least his allies had secured their safety.
fell After three days and nights OF suffering al
lck fatigue, the fugitiyes approached the anxious
ldy desired haven of refuge. The mountain una
ar whose opposite side Carro1l's cottage nestle
INV stood before them. There was dead silen'
rps They had gained the opposite bank of riy'
ted sIIot struck down the youngest of Carol
the sons. Darcy, assisted by Mike and the wour
ion ed boys brother, bore him Off Concealed
un- the position from which he had fired, the 81
ing tineI did not attempt to pursue-but q; bu
|, in sounding some distance down the stream, a.
of in reply to the alarp, made it evident that
led, Kings forces were close at hand. Inc you
cat men, knowing the ground, proceeded rapi
kin with their burthen; and now, fearing to
the proach the inhabited part Of the country Y
ger- q nath which struck further into the mo-
had tains and brought them to the coHcea
oan- mouth of a cave. When about TO enter, u
rob. felt the smell of burning turf, aud hesitat.
IIey lint Darcy insisted there could be no dHnf
iap- as q sentinel would be PLACED II che loyal
utter we're in possession. Leaving their woun
the companion on tho ground in charge of 81
heir the two young men proceeded to grope q
the way towards the interior. Darcy went i
ANS and after passing from the entrauce-cham
he where he left Carroll TO the second comp
hing ment, he perceived tho remains of a fire
xfast burning in a small recess. Tho fey un'
lions sumed Goals served TO guide Nun 70 tne >
AS he advanced, his foot struck against
gal man figure Darcy remained mot ION, -
soon did the individual whose privacy he had 80
time ceFemopiously invaded at length larry