Daily Republican., 1880-02-27
An Extraordinary Instance Of Di.
vine RetributiOn.

the year l754, that he frequently at
tended the Assizes for tn county held in
Clonmell at one Of which an old man,
banker in that town, gave him the
following relation which happened
fifty years before
In the latter part of the year lG4l a
number Of children were playing on
tine banks of the river SUR, near Golden,
in said county, when man came ii
ding up to them, (all Of whom he knew
to be of Protestant parents, } and threw
them into the river. which was so deep
that they were drowned Immediately.
One of the children, girl of eleven
years of age, ran off through the fields
by the river side, and got to Clonmell, ,
thirteen miles from the place whore
they had been attacked by the man.
There was vessel then lyinga Water
ford from America, taking in servants
and passengers an agent of the cap
tain's finding this child unprovided for,
took her with many others in equal
Indulgence, and they embarked for
America, as indentured servants for
seven years. The captain sold her
time TO planter, single young man,
| think Of Maryland.
The rectitiude OF her behavior during
her seven years, her amiable disposition
and comelinsss of her person 80 attract
ed her masters affections that when
she was free he proposed to marry her,
y hich she at length accsded to, and
they lived together in great conjugal
felicity for several years until they had
six children about which time she
declined in health and spirits, and a
deep melancholy overspread her mind
to the great distress Of her husband,
who observed her particularly when
she thought him asleep at night to sigh
deeply as If something very weighty
affected her. At length he pressed her
closely to tell him what affected her /;
as he was sure the great change he OBJ
served in her person, spirits and man
ner must procaed from cause he was
stranger to, and his happiness was 30
intimately connected with hers, he de-
sired her to disclose the cause of this
change.
After much solicitation che informed
him what she saw when a girl in
Ireland - and that scarce day or
night had passed, for the last twelve
months, but she felt pressure on her
mind as II she heard distinctly said :
"Thou must 90 to Ireland and bring
the murderer Of the children to JUS
tice. =" This at times she believed to
be a divine intimation, yet on reason
ing about it she thought the effecting
thereof by her impossible, and conse-
quently the apprehension Of its being
divine requiring must be delusion.
Thus was she tossed, she said, in her
mind about this matter, at one time be-
lisving it to be her duty, and at others
only imagination; which so affected her
that she thought 1t must soon end in
her dissolution.
Her husband affsctionately sympa-
thized with her in these exercising
conflicts; and after solid consideration
of the matter warmly encouraged her to
do what he had no doubt, was a divine
requiring; and that he would contri-
butte all Ia his power to accomplish
this reasonable duty; and, added that,
as their Governors brother was the
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, he thought
it suitable time then, and he would
90 to him and get letters of recommen-
dstion to Ireland that might enable
her to bring this man to justice, whose
name she acknowledged she did not
know, but told her husband his person
was so stamped upon her memory that
she was sure she should know him
among thousands Of others.
Her husband prepared everything ne
cessary for the voyage, procured the
Governors and other letters, and 80
encouraged her by his sympathizing
| tenderness that she recovered her form
or health in a few weeks, and embark
ed on vessel for Dublin, accompanied
by two discreet persons, a man and
maid servant, sent by her husband,
with every requisite accommodation,
and arrived safely at their intended
port, soon afteI which she went to the
castle of Dublin to wait upon and deliv-
er the letters she brought to the Lord
Lieutenant, wherein she was warmly
recommended by his brother as dis
Greet and reputable woman, who with
her husband, bore an excellent charac-
ter in her own country-did much good
with the influence they we're blessed
with, and limited the occasion Of her
going over to misunderstanding he
would assist all he could.
She vas received with great respect
by the Lord Lieutenant and his lady,
who were much affected with the dis
tinct relation she gave them of the oc-
casion of her undertaking so long and
perilous voyage, from a sense Of duty;
and both seemed to enter deeply into
the matter, as worthy Of public con-
cernmsnt, yet tho't great secrecy and
prudence requisite to effect the desired
purpose. The Lord-Lieutenant who is
represented as being a wise man, sent
for judges who were just then appoint.
ed for the Munster circuit, and showed
them the letter brought from his broth
or in America, aud some others, and
requested they would interest them
selves in this engagement Of hers. Aud
after an interview with her. and hear
ing from herself full relation Of the
whole matter, they treated her with
great respect, and assured her o: their
Vigorous assistance to bring the MUIR
derer to justice. But as she did not
know the mans name, nor where he
now lived, II living, they saw
much difficulty in the matter /;
but ons Of them suggested that, as his
person was 80 strongly marked upon