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. Jssuimv 18. 1781.
130 the Cowpcns riding proudly, boasting loudly, rebels
~ . scorning,
Tarleton hurried, hot and eager for the fight ;
From the Cowpens, sore-confounded, on that January
' ~ morning, _
Tarlieton hurried somewhat faster, fain to save himself
by flight. -

In the mom he scorned us rarely, but he fairly found his
error,
When his force was made our ready blows to feel ;
When his horsemen and his footmen fled in wild and
pallld terror ’
At the leaping of our bullets and the sweeping of our
' steel. -
All the day before we fled them, and we led them to
pursue us,
',«,'v,,’l‘hen at night on Tliicketty Mountain made our camp ;
There we lay upon our rifles, slumber quickly coming to

~ us
Spite the crackling of our camp-fires, and our sentries’
heavy tl‘a.mp.

Morning on the mountain border ranged in order found
our forces,
Ere our scouts announced the coming of the foe ;
While the hoar-frost lying near us, and the distant
water-courses, ‘
Gleamed like silver in the sunlight,+.oorned like silver
«_ in their glow.

Morgan ranged us there to meet them, and to greet them
- with such favor
That they scarce would care to follow us again ;

’ In?-the rear, the-Conti'neutals——nonc were readier nor

_ braver; ’ ’ .
In the van, with ready rifles, steady, stern, our moun-
tain men.’ ‘

Washington, our trooper peerless,
 -his forces
Waiting panther-like upon the foe to fall,

Formed upon theslope behind‘ us, where, on raw-boned

“ country ‘horses,  * " ‘

Sat the suddemsnmmoned levies brought from Georgia

* - - by M°Oall.
we heard a distant drumming, nearer coming, slow

gay and fearless, with

Soon 7

 « - "advancing-
It was‘-then upon the very nick ofninc—

Soonupon; thei-road fromspartanburg we saw their bay-

" »o etsglancing, J - I ' :

‘And’ ¢"m‘orning sunlight playing on their swaying ,

. "soarlet‘l’-i_’ne_: "'

_ In the distance seen.so dimly, they looked g'rimly———com.
,* ing nearer ~ . t . . I
“'_rhert£‘Wa’s naught about them fearful after all,

Until some onenreur me spoke in'3voice than falling water
 ...;e'm-e,-__... , . .. ~   =;>— .
“ Tarleton’s quarter is the sword-blade-Tax-leton’s

Tmercy is the hall.”

Then the memory came unto me, heavy, gloomy, of my
brother '
Who was slain while asking quarter at their hand ;
Ofjhat tnor_n,in_g when was driven forth my sister and my
_  ex... .

g Fromiourcabin in the valley by the spoilers of the :

c ’I remembered of my brother slain, my mother spurned,

and beaten
Of my sister iuher beauty brought to shame ; .
Of the wretches’ jeers and laughter, as from mudsill up
I  to‘ra-ftcr,  ' . ~ +  ‘
Of the stripped and plundered cabin leapt the fierce,
consuming flame.

Iiut that memory had no power there in that hour timer
to depress me— -
No ! it stirred within my spirit fiercer ire ;

And I gripped ‘my sword-hilt firmer, and my arm and A

heart grew stronger;
And I longedtoiineet the wrongcr on the sea of ‘steel
and fire.

On they came, our might disdaining, when the raining
bullc ts leaden I
Pattored fast from scattered rifles on each wing;
Here and there went down a foeman, and the ground be-
gan to rcdden ;
And they drew them back wmoment,.like the tiger ere
- his spring. . 0
Then said Morgan, ‘-’ Ball andpowdcr kill much prouder
men than George’s— .
On your rifles and a careful aim rely ;
They were trained in many bat-tles~—wc in work-shops,
fields and forges ;
But we base our homes to fight for, and we do not fear
to die. ’

Though our lcader’s words we cheered not, yet we feared
not——we-awaited, V . »
Strong of heart, the threatened onset, and it came :
Up thchslopgng hill-side swiftly rushed the foe so fiercely
_ ate ; -
On they came with gleaming bayonet, ’mid the can-
nons’ smoke and flame. . '

_ At their head rode Tarleton proudly—ringing loudly

o’er the yelling
Of his men we heard his voice’sbrazen tone—~
A With his dark eyes flashing-fiercely, andhis. sombre fea-
tures tcllin ' S . — , '
In their look the pride that filled him as -the champion.
of the throne. .. ’

On they pressed, when sudden flashing, ringing, crashing,
came the firing
Of our forward line upon their close-set ranks ;
Then at coming, of their steel, which moved with steadi-
‘ ' uess untiring,
Iflledéfpurkmountaineei-s, reforming in good order on our
an s. . .

. ,,..

Then the combat’s raging_angcr, din and clangor, round
. and o’er us
Filled the forest, stirred the air and shook the ground;
Charged with thunder-trampjthe horsemen, while their
sabres shone before us, - ‘
Gleaming ii htly, streaming brightly through the
 smoky c}o.ud around. .

Through the pines and oaks resounding, madly bounding
' - " frnmmthc mountain, . . . ,
Leapt‘ the rattle of the’ battle and the roar ;
Fierce theliandvtoo-handengaging, and" the human freshet
’ *1-aging‘ ‘ ' ‘ ' ‘ '

‘Of ti;-grurging current urging  a dark audtblootlyl ’
e. - V ‘ s

1 .
. Tarleton’s,eyc flashed fierce in anger; Tarleton’s face

Soon the course of fight was altered ; soon they faltered ;

at the leaden

Storm that smote them ; and we saw their centre
swerve '

began to redden ; _ ’

Tarleton gave the closing order——“ Bring to action the
‘reserve 1”

Up the slope his legion thundered, full three hundred ;
fiercely spurring,
Cheering lustily. they fell upon our flanks;
And their worn and wearied comrades, at the sound so
spirit-stirring.
Felt a thrill of hope and courage pass along their
shattered ranks.

By the wind the smoke-cloud lifted lightly drifted to the
not-’ward.
And displayedtin all their pride the scarlet foe ;
We beheld them, with a steady tramp and fearless moving
forward,
With their b'<l‘nl1€l'S_ proudly waving, and their liayoncts
llcvelled low.

Morgan gave his order clearly——“ Fall back nearly to the"
border ‘
Of the hill, and let the enemy come nigher !”
Oh 1 they thought we had retreated, and they charged in
fierce disorder,
Wlien out rang the voice of Howard—“To the right
' about face ! Fire !”

Then upon our very wheeling came the peeling of
volle ,

And our galls made red a pathway down the hill ; _

Broke the foe and shrank and cowered; rang again the‘

» voice of Howard—-

“ Give the hircling dogs the bayonet !"——c.nd we did it

with a Will.

0111‘

In the meanwhile one red-coated troop, unnoted, riding
faster «
Than “their comrades on our rear in fury bore ;
But the light-horse led by Washington soon brought it
’ u ‘-“C0 disaster, ‘ ‘ S V '
For they shattered it and scattered it. and smote it fast
and sore. ’ '

Like a herd of startled cattle
drove them; i 1
In disorder own_,the,Mi1l_- up road they fled ;
‘Tal‘le_ton‘le‘d"t .‘e‘u‘i in"’the rac ng, fast he ‘fled before our
~..:—.a:~*.:¢g,:a,_s;%'g.,' :1 ~  .:~ .- v -. — c :v » «
. Andlle stopped not for the dying, and he staid not for
the dead. ' ‘ -

from the 4 battle-field we

Down thehfill-gap road they scurried and they hurried
with-such tleetuéss--' ' ~ I ‘ i i ’ 9 ' i
We had never seen such running in our lives!
_ an ‘they swifter than if seeking homes to taste domestic
l"VIr  .. ... . .  ... . .  . I
Havingmany years been parted from their chi dren
and their wives. A I ‘ » ' . - » '

Ah ! for some, no wife to meet them, child to greet
them, friend to shieldthem l‘- I
To their home o’»er ocean never sailing back;

After therp (tIhpbi'ed avengers, bitter hate for death had
‘ sea re em 1
Yelped the d'a'rk,and red-eyed sleuth-hound unrelentin

on their track. ‘

In their midst I saw one trooper, and around his waist. I
noted ’ . i ‘ -

Tied a’ simple silken scarf of blueand white -
When my vision grasped it clearly to my hatred I devoted
Him, from all the hireling wrctches who were mingled

‘ there in flight.

For that token in the summer had been
. taken ' -
By the robber-hands of wrongers of my kin ;

’Twas ‘my ’sist'er’s—'-for the moment things around me
. i were forsakeii—  i
I~wai(arb1ind to fleeing foeman, I was deaf to battls’s

in. v I

from our cabin

Olden comrades round me lying dead or dying were un.
heeded——
Vain to me they looked for succor in their need ;
O’cr the corses of the soldiers, through the gory pools I
speeded, I ‘ '
Driving-rowel deep my spurs within my madly bound-
ing steed.

As I came he turned, and staring at my glaring eyes he
shivered ; '
Pallid fear went quickly o’cr his features grim ;
As he grasped~his sword in terror, every nerve within
him quivered— _ — '
For IIIXIS guilty spirit told him why I solely sought for
im.

Though the stroke I dealt he parried, onward carried,
down I bore him-
Horse and rider—— down together went the twain ;
‘-' Quarter l”—-He.’ that scarf had doomed ‘him !.stood a
son and brother o’er him—— .
Down through plume and brass and leather wont ‘my
sabre to the brain— _ \
Never music like that crashing through the skull-bone
to the brain.

 

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The Ancient Kings of Connaught.

o’coxort non.

(Continued from our last.) -
The pedigree continues the descent, in like _manner,
from Mureadach, thug: Im'¢_:chta, thettwenty-tl_1ird_,King
,of Connaugh t, who reigncdsixteen years, and died in:tbe
year 724.. He had two older ,b.rpthers, Cathal, or Char-«
les, who was .the zeighteenthf-King of Connaught, and
ancestpr at .Q’.Donelan, O'Flani_gan, ‘ 0’M9.lvoohory,
rt “:"<i‘»i‘.~‘-'°""i‘.’i’  as °“22’*~°*:* ’**“-*".s"'*°" “:2 rs"
. or-,.,o . . inac y. . urga pr nce~in onnaug « a -a.
”.br,oth_er, Hugh Balv, ancelator of the (_)’Fallons~ahd
 Be_irnes. 7’-tmothy,~oi: Tuniultach, prince in_ Connaught,
died in the year 772. I 1_1{u-rzas, the twenty-ninth King of
Connaught, reignedthrrty years and died in the year
1815. Teige Mar, “ of the Turrets,” reigned over Connaught
jointly with his brother Cathal, and died in the ‘year.
811. Conor, King of Connaught. reigned thirty-seven
as :2: “..‘.“‘..‘-‘.:.f“-f.*’.i*.‘:.”,?§.?; s;ha:.a=3:.awiKi°i.
0 on g'—.i«1  aero
_Tez'_qe,,. King of ’Connaught, who marrihd Crcassa, daughter
of Area, Lord of ' Westconnaught. whoseothor daughter,
Beavionn, was wife of Kenedy, King of Munster,-fund
mother of Brian Born. He-reigned Sthii-ty—ouesyears, and-4
died. in thegeor 966. ~0on¢I1obhas'r, oré_6'oa_or, was King of-
.Connaugh_t‘in« the-. tenth een(t}.iiry..' - From hii3,(t3he name a
Couchobhair, pronounced onccovhr voir onor is ‘e-v
riued,,.aud.sigaisest*.a helping ward-.io’r.”~ us died,in the
year~ 9.73. -€~.H,ri8u,§.ant,6'lz_arles,. ox».-Qathal, King of Gonnught,-'
rei ed,.l;hir.ty«.yoaI'Po‘ axId..d‘ied:1.mtvho your 1010.: ‘I-Iewvas.

fat er,.o£...2Jpd_g;:-an-cicla ~gIW,Wor Teigc‘ “ of the White

' new aspirants to the throne of the ’O’Ncills.

twenty years, and died in the year 1030. He was the
first of his race that assumedthe name of O’Conor, from

-his grandfather, Concovar or Conor.’ This first O’Couor

was descended from a right royal line, in common wi, h
the O'Neills, from Con of the Hundred Battles, and
other illustrious monarchs, .Between the fourth and
eighth centuries fourteen of the Ily-Fiachra, or race of
Fiachra, another brother of Brian, and ancestor of the
0'Dowds, 0’Heynes, O’Clerys, O’Shaughness_ys, and other
chiefs in Sligo, Mayo, and Galway, were Kings of Con-
naught in the tenth century, and two or three of the
O’Rorkcs of the Hy-Briune race, are styled Kings of
Connaught by the -Four Masters. With these exceptions,
the ancestors of the O‘Conors of Hy-Briuue and_Siol'-Mur-
ray, and the O’Conors themselves, held the sovereignty
of Connaught from the fifth to the fifteenth centur'y-‘—a..
period of more than a thousand years. Two of them
were styled monarchs of Ireland in the twelfth century-—
namely, Torlogh More O’Conor and his son, Roderick
O’Conor, who reigned at the time of the Anglo-Norman
invasion. Hence the dynasty of this royal house of

present royal houses of Europe, and possessed no mean
patrimony, much’ larger, geographically, and more physi-
cally importanttlian the majority of the German princi:
palities of the present day. Teige O’Conor was succeeded
as King of Connaught by his son, Hugh 0’Conor, "‘ of the
Broken Spear,” who reigned thirty-seven years, and died
in the year 1067.

Roderick, or Rory 0'Conor, “ of the Yellow Hand,”
became King of Connaught on the death of his father,
Ilugli, in the year 1067. The usurpation of Brian Born,
"ancestor of the O"Bri"ens, in the year 1000, by interrupt-
ing the successionof the ancient Hy-Nialldyuasty, had
sown the seeds of domestic strife and opened the way for
Turlough
O'Brien, the grandson-of Born, sought the dignity ; but
Roderick O.’C_onor, King of Gonnaught, true to the tra-
ditibns of his'hous'e’, repudiated ‘pretensions founded on
no higher title than the O’Brien motto—“' The strobg;
hand uppermost.” « _

Turlough O‘Bi'ien invaded Connaught in revenge, and
a fierce struggle ensued, but it soon-termin‘at‘ed in‘ ano-
ther and unexpected manner. O'Conor unhappily fell
into the hands of his kindred, the (TFlahcrty’s of West
?Couna'u‘ght’,*‘who' cruell-y‘°l5lln'dcd“'hiiii, according to the
; barbarous custgm of the day. Blind, lioWeVer,‘as=he{Wds,.
’ the patr'ioticKiug of Conuaught, in obedience to his high

’ sense ofduty, attended; as did‘M~ui-tough‘.O’Bri'e‘n, King~of-

; ll;(uns_ter, a.,t’an'imposin,g meeting. of the provincial kings

otism, by solemnly agreeing to the restoration of the
ancient Hy-Niall dynast , in the person of Donnell, King
of Ulster. Rodcrick'O’&>n’o‘r"s'oon after joined a religious
order in the Monastery‘ ‘o'f"Clonmacnoise, and prepared
liiutself, in that l'1'ol'y'ret'reat, for’ hislexit from "this life
ito-afiotlter and. a -better world. He died 'in~the abbey in
tile! .1i1.8- ' -‘
'_1f ‘ ogh More O'Conor, the son andsucccssor of Rode-
"r,ick",.¥he"blind and pious King of Connaught, wa but
“sixteen years‘ of"age'_ at“liis‘ f'ather’s”death. ‘He ‘was a
prince of martial bearing and ambitious views. He ele-
vated his house to a higher position and greater power
than any of his predecessors. Disdaiuing the pretensions
' of De-riiio‘. O"B’i'i'en t‘o'tl_1‘e"br_oken sceptre of the O’Ncills
and ti...» meant throne of "7 7121, he asserted his own higher
claims, as the’ descendant of Brian,‘ the brother of Niall
the Great. Aided by his father in-law, 0’Melaghlin,
King of Mouth, he invaded Munster in the year 1118,
restored Macai-thy to‘ Desmond, confined the sons of Der-
mot O’Bri'cn ~—’ within their legitimate boundaries“ of
Thornond, and received the ancient right.- of the’ former,
under the will of Olioll Olum, to altei-iiate succession to
the throne of Munster. Provoked again by the O’B1'iens,
' he returned to Munster in the following year, and, pass-
ing up this Shannon with a numerous fleet, swept the
shores of Thoinond, and hurled their palace of Klncora,
“both stones and timber,” into the river. The ingrati-
tude of the‘ Macarfbys provoked him, and he entered
Thomond in the year 1121, and wasted it from Tralee to
Lismore. Again, in the year"1127, he invaded Cork‘ by
sea and land, drove Cormac Macarthy from his kingdom-,
and divided Munster into three parts. But Conor O’Brien
and Dermot M‘Carthy gave him a’ check. They invaded
Gonnaught ih his absence and destroyed the castle of
Galway. A fierce war broke out in the year 1142,
between him and Turlough O’Brien, King of Munster,
which was carried on for some years with much invete-
racy. It was a struggle for the monarchy. But these
pretensions were silenced, in the year 1150, by the vali-
ant Prince Murtough M‘Neill, King of Ulster, whose
military genius eclipsed all competitors. He restored,
in his person, thcancient Hy-Niall dynasty, and received
hostages from O’Conor and O’Brien, in token of their
submission. The King of Oonnaught acted on this occa-
sion with the ancient chivalry aud loyalty of his house.
He did not resist the restoration of the Hy-Niall line, and
tin; hostages of his kingdom of Connaught were brought
_to the monarch Mortough, without any necessity for a,
public demonstration. The Hy-Niall monarch was not
unmindful of the forbearance and courtesy of the King
ofConnaugl1t, and when he expelled from Meath Murrogh
O’Melagh1m, who was anathematized by the clergy for
his crimes, he gave a third of that province to 0’Gonor.
The latter, who had long exercised a superior sovereign
authority over Munster, entered that province again in
the year 1151 to adjust differences between Teige O’Brien'
and his’ brother Conor. At Moin Mor his Conacian
troops and Leinster auxiliary encountered Turlough
_Q’Brien at the head of his Dalcassian army of nine thou-
sand men, as they were returning, flushed with victory,
' from spoiling and plundering Desmond_. A fierce engage-
ment ensued. The renowned Dalcassians fought with
their accustomed valor, but they had no mean foe to
contend with in their adversaries.. In -the din of battle‘
chief sought chief, and fell pierced with wounds. u.3_r‘-
itough O’Brien, Prince of Thomond, after“ per'forming
. prodigies zof-valor, was ‘slain, and around him lay
stretched in death‘ heaps of fallen chiefs, the flower of
'Mononia and the other province-—Aur_isler O’Grady, ’
‘lord of Hy-Caissin, and five others of the O’Gradys, with
‘flve‘of the ’O’Neills, and other chiefs. ‘But in the end"
3 victory declared against the'Dalc'assians. Too brave for
flight, 7,000 of them were slain on: the field of battle, and
Turlough 0’Conor,.thc victor, assumed the sovereignty;
of Munster. In the following year, 1151, he re entered.
that province and restored the ancient’ divisions.’ ‘To
Cox-mac M‘Cai‘thy‘he gave Desmond, and Thomond to‘
Tiege and Turlough O’Brien; and, shortly“ after, in--the
same year, he joined the monarch Mortough in dismem-
bering Mcath, which they divided betwee_n.,Murrogh_
-O’Melagl)‘l-in and his 3en,=Melaghlin, and they‘ expelled
O’Rdurke from Brefney. The clopemcnt of O’P»ourlro’s
wife, the Princess Dcvoagil, in the following year, 1152,‘
enlisted the active sympathy of the King of‘Connaugh’t.
"She was his sister-in-law‘, ‘his ‘queen having been her "sis-
ter. This “false young’ one”?~iof¥Moore’s po'rt-l'c“fancy,‘
had arrived at -‘the’ isamivsvelgei oijrorsy‘-ro‘ur, and’~-the

”lwhenit‘hi.=lv‘eiop'Vzsnentt .fi‘orn.‘B”re_fnby‘tob‘lrpl'aob. ‘*0’ onor»; ;.

1'Bli'&!lX-id" her,’ in’ :thc'followtng‘r‘ye_ilr, *‘froii¥'lr£acli’urrtigh,; .
lwith diet dowry, wh1buuhé+nsd_ ta‘nen_ with lfel‘ i; and‘r$~
toring her to her family, thsirnssnnsste pr-iaseessrsrrita ~l

Steed,” the forty-third King of Connaught, who reigned I

andprinces in the year 1090, when they suplr all _ers'o-"
nal considerations in the"higher‘a‘n'd'hol-icr duty of "tttri-*5

immediately into the Abbey of Melifont, erected a
convenfiit Clonmacnoise, and endeavored, by a long
life of charity and penance, to expiate the fatal error
which she had fallen into from the i1l~tr‘eatment of her
husband. 0 ‘ T ‘

The friendly relations which had so long subsisted be-
tween Turlough O’Conor, King of Connaught, and the
monarch Mortough MacNeill, were unfortunately inten-
ruptcd at this time. O°Conophad, for a length of time,
exercised sovereign power over Munster. The‘ two bro-
t_hers,fTeige and Turlough 0.’Bricn, between whom he
had divided Thomond, quarrclled, and Tiege expelled his
brother. The monarch Mortough now interfered, i'n qua-
lity of his superior suzei"ai1_ity, and entered Munster in
the year 1153, with his northern army, to reinstate .T-ur.
lough O’Brie’n. "The King of Connaught, who aspired
to the monarchy, took this opportunity of trying con-
clusions with King Murtough, and marched into Munster
to the support of Teague 0’Brien. But the inonai-ch
suddenly assailed and defeated O’Brien’s forces before
O’Conor could come up, and then, advancing rapidly on
the latter, defeated a division under the command of his

O’Conor had a more lengthened duration than any of the ,_son Roderick, and compelled the King of Connaught

himself to retreat into that province. This reverse,
which humbled him so mucliin the presence of the Mo-
nonians, whom he had subdued, chafed the proud spirit
of the King of Connaught, and, in the following year,
1154, his fleet, commanded in person by the Admiral of
Connaught, Oj,Dowda, spoiled and plundered‘ the coasts
of Tunishowen and Tir-conall. King Morfough encoun-
tered this marine enemy by a subsidised Scoto-Danish
fleet from the Hebrides, commanded by Macscelling,
and, after a. fierce naval engagement off the coast of Ir.-
nishowen, the Connaught forces were victorious, but
with the loss of their admiral, O’Dowda, and o. vast num-
ber of ofliccrs and men. Hostilities still continued by
land between O’Conor and the monarch. The latter
carried the war into Connaught, which he wastcdpbut
the unfortunate warfare was brought to a close. , he
'valiant,Kl’ng of Connaught died at Dunmorc, in Gal ay,
on the 19th of1_Iay,.1l56, in the 68th year of his age,
after‘ he had reigned over Connaught fifty years. .He
was a man‘ ‘of rigid and inexorable justice, and“no res-
pecter.of ersons in its administration. He caused, his
own son, ugh O'Conor, to be blinded for some offence
hofihafd committed, and Roderick, his son and succchéor,
be imprisoned twice, He also expelled his father-in-law,
lifurrough 0lMelaghlin,‘King of Meath, from liis_terri-
‘~fory"for" his ‘crimes, and punished O’Roui'lre of Brefney
for his cruelty tqhis wife, the Princess Dcvorgill, bf de-
'priving'h‘im of his territory. In adjusting the sflfairs of
-Munster‘. he r‘i'gidlyadl1ered to*th’e’-terms of"th&§wi1'1’ of
,,Olioll,Q1}.“P’- "by hcstoring Desmond to the Eugcpiang,
who were the elder line, and of whom the M_‘Carthys
were chief. He effectually broke aim power oi-‘Wine
0’Briens of ,Thomond' and the Dalcassians, at the great
battle of Moiiihlor; from tlienceforward the O'Briens
sank into lords*or -chiefs in Thomond, and diééifipbar
.=11t°°9,th<%-I‘ row hl,S“>1T.Y as Kings. of Munster. Thé ashes
"of urloug Mor O'Conor, the ma ‘nificent King of Con-
nanght, and “ the Augustus of _'VV‘gesteiFn‘Eii'rop'c,” as he
is called by the annalists, repose in the Abbey of Glen»
ma'c'nc-ise. His will is a memorial of his great wealth,
his magnificence, taste and piety. After having diBtri-
butcd h1's‘procious household furniture, his goldand.
silver ‘vases, goblets, gems, jewels, musical instruments,
c'hess~board's,- his ‘studs of horses, military weapons‘,"aud-
other valuable_ rnattcrs, he bequeathed" to the Uathedral
of Clonmacuois, and other churches, 540 ounces of pure
gold, and" sixty marks of silver, with gold and -silver
chaliccs and crosses, and directed that his favorite
horse, arms, bow and quiver, _should be "deposited at
Clonmacnoise. s ' _ ‘ -"vi-1
-ro us: cosrixunn.
‘9

the Immaculate Conception, Kills-
naule, County Tipperary.
NEWVYORK, Dec. 17, 1860.
To the Editor of the Phoenix.

DEAR. sin,—As I am preparing to comply with the re-
quest‘ contained in-the annexed letter from the reverend.
Pastor "of Killenaule, county Tipperary, I will feel

   

Church of

obliged if you c'a‘lr*give it a ‘place in an early issue’of“the-

Pmnmx, so that_‘our friends in all quarters may under-
stand what we intend to do here. _
I have myself very little to’ say, because I think it un-

necessary to urge my countrymen to do anythi-ng merito--

rious‘, well knowing how many noble efforts they -have
always made,’ whenever the old land or the‘ ‘old chiirch.
required their devoted aid. On the contrary, I'feel.con-
fident that this simple notification will be quite sufficient
to awaken in‘ the breasts of many a generous impulse,
and, especially at this time, thoughts a'nd~~reminiscences
of the old familiar scenes and faces. ‘ 

who desire it, and if others wish, in remote places, to

hand their subscriptions to a clergyman or other reliable-

person, who would send the amount direct to my’revc-
rend friend, I will be equally pleased.

Among those who I think would have no objection to
aid the causc,'I will mention a few of my friends and
fellow students: .

Revcrcnds Thomas Quigley, Raleigh, N. C. ;'I’. Feehan,
St. Louis, Mo. ; Richard O-‘German, New Haven, Ct. ; F.‘-.
J. Purcell, Troy, N. Y. ; Drs. J. C. O‘Neill, Providence,

R. 1.; Richard Corcoran, ldillwood, Mo; T. N.‘Dc‘Bowcs, ‘

Bridgeport, Ct., &c.

The names and residences of subscribers will be pub-
lished regularly, and to those who desire it a handsome-
tlithograph of the church will be given, on application,

as soon as they can be received from Ireland. Once a '

year also the contributors will be remembered inthe
holy sacrifice of the Mass.

_ Contributors and collectors will please register any
‘xremittances they may send, or if the amounttis large,

.procure a letter of credit on some respectable houpg or ‘

bank‘ in this city. Wiijniiui O’MnAcHun,
89 White street.
P. S.—Editors of Catholic journals will confer a favor
by copying _this appeal. i
HELENPAIXK, KILLENAULE, J une 12, 1860.
Wm. 0’Meag7zer,Esg.,1l!. D.  ’

My ‘Dear Sir,—-=1‘ am engaged in the important and ar-
duous uudertaking ofbuild-ing a church. I proposethat
it shall-be, in some measure, worthy of. the object for
whichit. is intended’ and of the soil on which it is to
stand. Task, a‘nd'I_ hope I will r:ec‘eive,'your kindest
sympathy. * The outlaywill be about £8,000—,—£3,'000 of‘
which our.good people-have already co,ntributa&§xv.;ith an
alacrity and generosity that do‘ them much credit. Our

architect Mr.‘J. J. McCarthy, promises that itw.i_.ll be
‘one of the most interesting churches to be foun_d“ii‘i the
south»’of— Ireland. Where your cooperation would be
: particularly valuable, if amongthe many persons‘kn~own..

,.to you (and, over whom you have influence, and ‘espe-

,cially the Irish) you appointed collectors, and though.
‘the contributions may, ‘inniost’ instances, be small,‘ yet,
vIfom"==tli'e‘ vér;§¢‘mar'zy*-that wo’irid‘give somcthing",“a*‘consi-

;p,,,,;s.¢,f»;hg,.,ag,»énm,.;,,spa;-mé,d.vMag1msrogp,;g§x '-two’. ider-able sums would * be; realized. ’ Ilcave the nmtter in

-your ha'nds'~as.:yoi_1 havetalrcadyproved; that you were in~

tcrested about it. ‘ ‘ ~

f ”I:'3‘III1‘_:‘fij_A&‘g.".’i‘1!'. sir, f,a:i_t_‘ fully and,a£ftcti‘onately,y_ours,
at .. i.i.. ,_.  . .. .. .>  

I will be happy to receive eont‘i-ibutions from those