All the panes of our windows in the front room were in a blaze of light by the time the mob returned through the street.

The night passed without further disturbance.
'As early as we could the next morning we left Longford, and returned homewards, all danger from rebels being now over, and the Rebellion having been terminated by the late battle.
'When we came near Edgeworth Town, we saw many well-known faces at the cabin doors looking out to welcome us.

One man, who was digging in his field by the roadside, when he looked up as our horses passed, and saw my father, let fall his spade and clasped his hands; his face, as the morning sun shone upon it, was the strongest picture of joy I ever saw.

The village was a melancholy spectacle; windows shattered and doors broken.

But though the mischief done was great, there had been little pillage.