The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-09-06 00:00:00

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A TALK WITH O'DONOVAN ROSSA.

A writer in the World of jaiterday gives an interest.
lug account of an ioterview with this arcla-Fenian. We
give one or two extracts : —fdr. Hosea was seated at •
desk preparing copy"" for the Usserd Iriskasan, •
weekly journal, which has reached its tnirty-sevond
number, awl of which he is editor in-chief. He was
without coat, waistcoat, or cravat; for, in
addition to the exoes.ive warmth of the weather, 95
degrees In the shade—he had, as he jocosely expressed
it, • " head on him," consequent upon having spent
the previous and evening at Coney I.land with a
society calling itself by tine suggestive title of "The
Liapecu ions Club."
31. Itassa'e accent is of the sweet South,
with • Bell of Shandon cadence in his voice,
while his demeanour is subduel, gentle, and
almost caressing. There is, however, a nervous
restleranees in the MA I blue eyes set deeply
beneath a heavy brow, and • heaving of the massive
cheat; nor (13 the freckled hands remain inert; they
jerk and clinch and move MI if perpetually itching to
clutch the base, bloody, and brutal Saxon by the
throst. air. Hosea is 49 years of age, and wears
well ; his weight is 14 stone tire; he is five feet ten in
height., and is all shoulder. A scar, the result of •
1.11 in childhood, severs the somewhat bushy left eye-
brow. His no.. is of the thumb-bottle psrantsion ;
hie tuick mowitache is red lish-brown, ae is nit goatee;
his jaw is ivao.iva, damning ; and his smile is
childlike and bland. Destructiveness and combative-
MO/ are largely developed in hdi h 31; theft, blether
with appetite, give him the animal instinct o self-
defence, power of resistance, energy, and executive-
nem of character. '• What I want to do," he observed,
plunging in mediae ea, "Is to bring England to her
knees. Fronde says that Ireland can only be free i by
bringing England to her marrowbones; and I tell you
she cad better look out, and for a soft spat to
kneel upon. I tun at war with her. They talk
of extraditing me. Bah 1" snapping his fingaree
contemptuously. "Gladstone says an act of eviction
Is an act of war. I agree with Gladstone in this. I
will beat England at her own weep ins. That murder-
ing aoundrel, Sir Hugh Ruse, who blew away the
Sep, ye from the guns in India, was sent to Ireland in
184i5 to blow away Irishmen from the guns, if he only
got the chance. I saw him at Dublin Castle.
Dynamite wee used by the English against the Kathy.,
and England now complains of our using it against her.
Ha, ha I" Here Mr. Bow flung himself back in his
chair and indulged in • sweet low laugh, as though he
had been repeating the funny saying of some blithe
and bonny child. "I don't want to sacrifice life if I
can help it," be continued, "and would prefer to
frighten Ragland as I was frightened long ago by fairy
stories; but she can only be frightened the one way,
and I tell you she'll be quaking hi her boots before
many months roll over." Here a printer's devil di.
wand. I " copy," and having received an instalment, die-
appears.!. "Yes," replied Mr. I tossa,in reply to a query-
'• the Doterel was sent sky-high by arrangement—l
time, it," with considerable emphasis on the verb; "and I
would be glad to one any plank of any English ship in
match-tinder. and the flag of England under my heel.
I intend to strike at her pocket—to sink, burn, and
destroy; but, mind you, while I speak openly and
above-board, I Jo not want to come before the public
as being engaged in anything contrary to allegiance as
an American citizen, or to my responsibilities before
the law as such." I asked Mr. Roes& how it came to
nano that the attempts upon the London Mansion
House and elsewhere proved such miserable fizzles.
" Because we haven't means enough," he replied ;
" but the money is coming in. Here," opening •
drawer as he spoke, and producing a P.O. money
order, "are sixteen dollars towards the dynamite fund.
And do you know who this order is from ?" gazing
affectionately upon it. "I'll tell you ; it's from Chat-
tan ova, and, strange to say, it's from the man who.
be. up Clerkenwell. No, I won't give Yo. it 6 non..•
R„.a is of orinian enet the Infernal machines
at Liverpool are but "a weak invention of
t▪
he enemy," awl that Sir William V. Harciurt got up
the scare at the suggestion of the police, in order to
strengthen the hands of the law officers in the recent
prosecutions. It is scarcely necessary to Pay that
O'Donovan Roam has no faith in the Land Bill, while
he designates the Land Leaguer. as " boethunes." He
believes in Mr. Parnell's sincerity and in Mr. Dillon's
purposefulness of action.

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In Lancashire there am DOW 79 farm upon whioh
Cacaos •xiat...

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The Ca y .1 lhth,s tiny yowl gaming not mi. re than
ore ton. and monied by two sailors, reached lisvre on
Monday fr. to America.
Cooed-re.,r excite want was cussed on Tites•lay evening
it the Salivation Army's service, Bedminster, by the
lent.,iad hot Mrs a monied woman She bed
just address-al the meeting. It was found inipmuible to
proceed with the service, and the eingresation was
awiaLued as soon as p meld, The decreed had been •
m--mber of the S Ic ti n Army five months.
A eiiung to ti armed E employed at one of the
b•ewerirs in Canterbury. while eneagA in clewing out •
sit was overpow,r,l by the foul air
it contained. An elitopt was mtde t. pull him out of the
a,..ael by m-aio of 111 rope, but Its being alm-ut helplese
Ibis was unavailing. and be'ore be could be released death
bad ersiiitei fr. to •uttacttion.
TIDY BRIGIITON RAILWAY MURDER. A large body ef
the East Sus.ex ...a...it Amboy haee been eneagel no the
,alway het were Mayward's-h silt and Mee them Tunnel
is sairhiOf to toe tni•eog dyer, but with wt worms.
PC. &inter Smith he., however. fund • pocket book
With " L." °bid...Dd.:4 but "Iroo" int. Ct. Thill
sc aye pet in • hedge b icemen II tywaul'eelleatb and
Balcombe on Saturday af wawa. The ingePnitiell lg that
Lairoy threw it oUt of the carriege ais ha wade his way to
Wellingtonin charge of Sergeant Haltom