The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-09

in the town jail. What TO do with these ,priss-
S SsSrs v ssis nSg u sn9 stSs ssSs,Sbbii intsatIons,oS their
part-the worst that could DO said against them
was that they must necessarily feel some n sy yIat
the King. A hurried council OF. war was held,
and in view of the strength of the approaching
horrible 10 relate. il was also. decided by unan:
imous vote to proceed to the immediate execu-
ton OF the unfortunate yeomen, for fear AZ, Of t noar
wretches were hastily led. to an Enclosure near
the jail and shot down without. even being 40
corded the last consultations of their religion,
after which their exooutioners evacuated the
place, bag and baggage.
surgents at Prosperous, though inexcusable
enough, may ut least BIO explained by the pitch
Of fury to which they had been driven by tne
recent brutalities of their victims, no argument
can be offered to palliate the atrocious massacre
ut Dunlavjn, perpetrated with cold deliberation
armed on n and. the 81 iore'1 harmless prlsonSrs. More
sppportesrs this deed q infamy aroused ed the SI pas,
numbers of yeomen, of that persuasion into the
insurgent ranks where their military expert
enco enabled thom to infiict much damage on
The;inoidents Of this.rebollion brings to mind,
IN instances too NUMEROUS to b. mSnf in tSs
Netherlands. What could be more appalling
than the treatment of young Walsh, who
the authorities as the slayer Of Capt. swayne,
wSS taken eTh wit sSIn ! any go i { OF d tFiea % a nRn lReSG
through tho streets. and finally set fire to! Ae-
cording to the testimony, of reputable VIII,
were subsequently eaten BY drunken members
of the yeomanry, whose final verdict on tne
grnesome ropass was that that daddy q atS So swee' 10
the operations in the field. The British army
in the county Of Kildare alone at the ont
fecJive men, under the command of Gen. VIII
ford, who himself occupied the county, town
a respectable force at Kiicuiien, on the Liffey,
noon of tho 24th Gen. D1indas was appraised Of
Kilculien. two miles to the south of him, and con
e easnt Of wi RR easy a BODY sg'e of sr ns odnsn fss n Smith, a3S
some fencible cavalry. the Romneys, md a small
detachment of Suffolk fenciblos. Tho insur-
in, a. churchyard on the top Of. an elevation,
which commanded the high road from Kilcullen.
One body. had also taken stand IN the road.
bristling with bikes. Putting himself, at tho
head OF his cavalry. the General ordered, q
fantry. The narrowness of the road. ,lanked
on either side by a high embankment, along
tho unovenness. of tho ground, but more than
this tho stcadiness of the peasant fighters,
proved fatal to the assailants., Thrice they re,
time with serious loss. among tho dead being
Capts. Erskine and Cook, both literally trans
Of the enemy after their horses had fallen in the
crush. AS IN evidence Of the deadliness Of the
rebels sole weapon Of offence and defence, It
need only be said that in addition to those killed
outright in the actual affray. twenty.four IN
number, the majority of the wounded afterward
'u After this 70 si : lIe defeat the British General
retired with his shattered force to the village OF
Kilcullen Bridge. where he halted for q while.
successful blow, collected their forces. and ad.
vanced on his rear. but conscious that they could
Cullen cSi : Bridge, they took ok a circuitou is route and
and Mas with the evident object Of cutting Off
his retreat. Finding himself in this predfca.
mcnt, the British General resolutely put himself
at the head of a small body of the Suffolk fenci-
the rear. advanced to meet the Zoe. Then oc.
Cured this most extraordinary contradiction:
demonstrating but once more the ficklcness of
the god of battles, namely, that the men who
had only a few hours earlier repealed a formida-
BILE body of disciplined horsemen themselves
full of infantrymen. Disordered by the musket
fire. which they had no means of returning,
broken up by a hayonet charge, the rout of the
the erstwhile defeated cavalry. While hardly
a man of their number had been injured in the
first encounter, almost 800 of them bit the dust
In the second one. -
Justly apprehensive that the enemy medi'
| tated an attack on the metropolis. Gen. Dun.
das. after this achievement. marched northward
to Mas. and there joined forces with Gen. VIII
ford. who had meantime come to his assistance.
Wilford's departure from tho town of Xii.
dare proved of some advantage to the rebel
cause, If but for a very short time. before
leaving the town the British General had sent
orders to Capt. Wilson at M0nastereyen to FOL.
low him, and upon passing through kildare to
set fire to the camp cGuipagc lodged there.
From the execution of this mandate. however
the Captain allowed himself to be diverted by
the solicitations of Mr.. O'Reilly, who repre-
scented to him the danger of the conflagration
spreading over tho entire town, which har.
bored many loyalist families. No sooner had
sounded az a signal for a general rising, and
about 1000 rebels, headed by one Roger Nc
Garry, marched into town and seized the en-
tire military baggage, including a great guam
rendered a few days before. Aiming them
selves with these weapons, the insurgents. to the
number of several hundred. proceeded to Mon
astercven early on the morning of the 24th
and although momentarily, repulsed by, the
yeomanry,i infantry and cavalry stationed there
making it untenable for the defenders.
With this episode we will conclude our rela'
tion OF the events of May "a, 1893, In the
county OF Kildare, reserving for the following
in the neiRhboring counties. such as Dublin
Meath and Carlow. accompanied by pictures
from recent photographs of the historic spots OF
interest. Already from the above the reader
of this tale of hate and passion, hghtened. how
ever. be 1t said to the credit of our poor hu
manity, by deeds OF the ~loftiest heroism. ex
amples of nOblest self-saCrifce. Perhaps after
its perusal there will be some to form q clearer
idea OF the conditions that to this very day are
making the Green Isle a thorn in the side o.
that nation whose lOudest' boast is that Il
marches in the van of human progress.
THE VELVET BEAN.