King's troops were coming into town; and that the English colors were hoisted at the quay. I could not paint the transports of those that were liberated.

There were the most delightful scenes, and the most feeling I ever saw: young women coming into prison, embracing their fathers, brothers, and friends, and all weeping together for joy. It could not but affect me, it appeared to be so solemn a time, so sacred and acceptable in the The army came in, opened our prison doors, and set us free. Now we tasted the sweets of freedom, and we gave them a hearty cheer; then went to the house of Mr. William Gurley, where a few of the most serious assembled and sung:

sight of the Lord.

'I'll praise my Maker while I've breath.""

Before Mr. Gurley reached his house he was met by his wife, who, still uncertain of his fate, was on her way to the prison, to see whether he was dead or alive. We leave it for the reader to imagine the tenderness and joy of that meeting.

The house of Mr. Gurley seems to have been the rallying point for the liberated disciples of Christ; for scarcely had he reached home, when, as related in the above extract, Rev. Mr. Taylor, and several other prisoners and their friends followed him.

After singing the hymn referred to, they engaged in a prayer of thanksgiving to that God who had wrought out for them so merciful a deliverance.

The joy of Mr. Gurley in being once more safely seated in his own house, in the bosom of his own family, was mingled with sad and heart-rending thoughts. Many of his brethren in the Lord were slain. The dead bodies of his brother and brother-in-law were either floating on the troubled waters or rotting on the shore; his goods and property were gone, and he was penniless; his wife and child

were all that remained; and as he pressed them to his throbbing bosom, he blessed that God who had preserved them while all else was taken, and felt that with them and God's blessing he could still be happy.

What an imperishable treasure is true religion! The ship freighted with treasure may sink; the house filled with merchandise may be consumed by fire; but he who trusts in God has a fortune which no earthly disaster can assail, or time impair.

The next day Mr. Gurley went to seek the remains of his murdered relatives. He observes: "Two days after my liberation I got two coffins made, and went to find the bodies of Jonas and Smith. A man showed me where they were buried in the sand; but,' said he, 'they are so mangled and putrid you can only put them into a coffin with a shovel, having been exposed to a hot sun for five days.' So I let them remain there for a time, and twice in twenty-four hours the sea washed over them. I there saw, partly in the water, the body of Mr. M'Daniels, the same that called on me so earnestly to pray for him in the jail. I had his body put in the coffin I took for my brother, and sent word to his wife, who sent and had him buried.

"The strand was strewed all along with a vast number of dead bodies, which, from time to time, during the 'Reign of Terror,' had been thrown into the river. They were a sad sight to behold. I could not help saying to myself, 'Surely, God will take vengeance on the authors and perpetrators of these bloody deeds.""

His shop

Mr. Gurley had now to begin the world anew. was a wreck, his tools many of them purloined, and his property gone. Availing himself, however, of such small resources as he could command, he went to Dublin, with a view of purchasing such articles as were indispensable for commencing business again.

He reached Dublin in August; and while there the French squadron, under General Humbert, landed at Killala, and a fresh effort was made to arouse the spirits of the United Irishmen once more to strike for victory and independence-with what success will hereafter be seen.

CHAPTER XVII.

Proclamation of General Lake-Waning prospects of insur gents-Leaders taken and executed-French troops land at Killa la-Proclamations of French officers-Failure of French expedition-Their surrender-Amusing address of the Mackamores66 The Emmets"-Close of Rebellion-Reflections.

GENERAL LAKE now issued a proclamation, for arresting all the leaders of the insurrection, but promising pardon to the deluded multitude, on condition of surrendering their arms and returning to their allegiance. The defeat at Vinegar Hill had so dispirited the rebels, that most of them retired speedily to their homes, though very few, indeed, gave up their arms.

Having traced, thus far, the fortunes of the insurgents, we will not dismiss them, in their waning glory, too unceremoniously, but follow their broken and disordered hosts a little further. The routed army of Vinegar Hill separated into two divisions; and several severe engagements took place, after the evacuation of Wexford. Five thousand of their number were attacked, at a place called Killcomney, by two divisions of troops. The rebels made a desperate defense, but were at last overpowered, leaving one thousand of their number slaughtered on the field. The chief leaders of the insurgents still kept the field. One division of their forces was headed by General Priest Roach, Edward Fitzgerald, and priest John Murphy; the other by General Perry, priest Kearns, and William Byrn.

Perry, despairing of doing any thing further in the county of Wexford, now so strongly protected with victorious troops, passed over into the county of Killdare, hoping to penetrate to the north of Ireland. On the 11th of July he marched against Clonard, intending, if successful, from

thence to pass northward, whence he expected large reinforcements.

Clonard was defended by a small body of yeomanry; and such was the skill and spirit with which they fought, that they defended the place against the whole rebel force of four thousand men, who, after six hours' hard fighting, were put to flight, leaving two hundred and ten killed and wounded. Less than one hundred yeomanry gained this decisive victory. They fought chiefly from covert places, and from the upper stories of the buildings. The insurgent leaders yet clung, with the greatest tenacity, to the hope of success. Poorly supplied with food and ammunition, they still braved the dangers and hardships of the field, and Dccasionally gained some slight victories over their pursuers ; but, chased from mountain to mountain, defeated in every place, after repeated and unsuccessful struggles to retrieve their fortunes, or reinforce their wasted ranks, they at length yielded, reluctantly, to uncontrollable necessity, and abandoned the cause in utter despair. Each man now thought only of his own safety. Many, who fell into the hands of the royal troops, met with a hard fate. Others, tired of a rebellious life, returned to their homes, took the oath of allegiance, and received protection from government officers, and, as a writer remarks, "were thus metamorphosed into good and loyal subjects."

Priest Kearns and General Perry fled to Kings county, where they were, after two or three days, taken, and, after a trial by court martial, were executed at Edenderry, on the 21st of July. Edward Fitzgerald, with fourteen other rebel leaders, gave themselves up, on condition of being transported, which accordingly took place.

Thus, by the last of July, out of sixty thousand insurgents, who were in arms in the early part of the insurrection, there remained only a few scattered bands, in the