The Manchester Examiner. — 1848-06-24 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

EXTRAORDINARY NARRATIVE.  About three years ago, a complete suit of clothes was found, a few feet beneath the surface of the soil, in a bog on Ballyboley Mountain, the property of Mr. M'Donnell, of Annadale, near this town. Though they had evidently lain in the earth a long time, they were very little decayed, the cloth of which they were composed being quite strong. The discovery excited considerable talk at the time, more especially as the hat was a cocked one, of the description formerly worn by officers in the army; and there were a great many surmises as to whom they had belonged, and as to his fate. Within the last few days a further discovery has been made, which leaves little doubt on the matter, and which illustrates in a forcible manner the state in which society in this now peaceable neighbourhood was at a memorable disis in the history of our country. Close to the spot where the clothes were found, some workmen, who were digging in the g bog, a few days ago, disinterred a complete skeleton, which, owing to the antiseptic qualities of the bo the ground beneath which the remains were found was was ihest _f h verdure.w Judging from the size of o m they are now the only relic, was above the ordinary dimensions: his head, particularly, was of very large 'size; and the teeth, which remained !n the sockets, and are quite sound, are marked by several peculiarities. One of them is partially encrusted with a substance which, on a close examination with the naked eye, is perceived to be blood. As may be supposed, the discovery excited a profound sensation in the neighbourhood; but, after making minute inquiries, we believe here is now no doubt that the clothes formerly found belonged to the person whose remains, after being buried for a period of fifty years, have thus strangely come to light, and of whose supposed history we have been favoured with the following brief outline :—The general belief is, that the bones are those of a tuau named M'Clure, a schoolmaster, who, in the year previous to the rebellion of '9B, filled a situation of trust among the united Irishmen. Whether justly or not, caunot now be decided, but certain it is that he was suspected of betrikying the secrets of the body to the government of the day. A rumour was circulated that he was going to give evidence against a number of the rebels. This aroused their indignation, and they resolved to destroy him. Accordingly, after being kept a close prisoner in Ballynure for a fortnight, hoZwas.enticed out one evening to. a lonely house on the mountain, where, in a few moments, the unfortunate man was murdered. The body and the clothes were then conveyed to the spot where they were found; and local tradition relates, that in his pockets were found lists containing the names of the parties against whom he intended to give information. The house where this tragic occurrence took plaee is still standing; but all the actors in the stormy scenes of those eventful times, belonging to the neighbourhood, are probably mouldering in their graves.—Beffiist News Letter.  Lori trustei been s secreta govern would  The relatio furthe: could The read a The secoui  The additil purch ftailw  Mr. -for MI debat€ was pl which that p  Mr. boron A s Mr. S }I aytt  by-t of 8, the Thi  He relanket." ith con