Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-10-12
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Mr.. 0'CONNOR's NARRATIVE.
From a desire q, :aake the people Of
England acquainted. with. lrclsras oil
(which they know worse than no,hing.
receiving: as they do. all their accounts
through the medium of description
ofpersous, In the constant habit. of ca
Illuminating that people; and from a
wish TO give the people OF England
the means of forming a judgment be.
tween the govtrnsnrhe: 20 ireland (du-
lring the residence of lords Camden
and Cornwalhsl and me, 1t cannot4 e..
|pecially at this moment, be thought
ohtrusive' IN ME- 10 lay before ADJUST,
but prejhii.sd sptbbc, a faithful mar
rstice of thos tac,s, which took place
IN nv particulars, commencing on.fhe
18th of Decemhcr.iz9e, ard ending
oIT the 8th.o! Nav, 1905 a. space of
lnearteI seven years. dosing the whole
lofwhich time, acpnt;nstad Ere Of per
,secu,ion was X PIT up ct me. Connor-
Vile, the former place of my resi-
lslencr, IS, situated about IA miles from
s5ansry Bay, where a French feet
tmadei its appearances on the 23d of. De-
lcember, 1896. TO. oppose lsnaing
\ OF troops on boardth,s feet, abput 5000
| ofthe Irish militia lad advanced and
occupied the villages about mes For
the manner m which ms tenants, nay
Ifsierds andmyselfttreAted these mes,
L rehr:ro the pa1.egyricsinthe houses
I-of Parhs mert ~ England and Ireland
lat the tire. Ne cheersd them III
ltheir Distress; we ailtniaistered 70,
lshcir wants of which they had 40 or,
ildinaryssharc.i Oh tfacs27th OF Decep-i
Der, about 9slo'Sloek at night, sacha hi-
ldscus night as my remembrance can,
mot paraliel,Tl was informed that my
Iportef's LODGES were full OF soldiers IL.
lqtfesr OF quarters. They were In sad
lplight. ,fcada d ahrm to be two com.
oanies Of the We1derd militia, with Z
or differs. Day or nigllt, rough or
smooth, my lcouutrymen!wet welcome
TO me had then a large house, well
stored fwas ia the midst ptplen,y !;
isa Of hsppiress. 5ransh, all the.
linen tony shouse, My mind has d
register of the, time they rrmainee
sish me, nor what did, for them.
Wy tenants were very good to those
wiki thesn. BY friends THAT wasl
the whule. country fsr and wide) O.
Ipened then. doors to this native army !;
llet Them want for nothing and even
when the terror of invasion had subsi-
l3aed, my 'enangs and myself presented
1.-THE poor fellows with the billet money,
to which we were entitled, 10 buy Them
fshoes and stockings. I didmy utmos,
10 m Ike the situation Of the officer as
tcemiortasie as po, sible and this i
Twill say, that l;rg ceived from all, more
thanks: thswwere dus, and exs eriencet
their ratitude Tar exec eding the obligs-
,ian. 1 iesrned afterwards, that these
oiiicers (strsngers heretofore sto,me)
had beea directed by some agitators,
ITO ray house, in the expectation of. M,
net admitting them, which was the O..
pinson also of all the officers in that ar
my. dare say, such of them as live
10 this day, viii acknu wledge that ths y
received aniose hearty welcome, ar
Connor-Ville, than az the house Of the
most :" boy al'' man in Ireland that ls
rhes man that has the largest PEN
ZION, or rnest lucrative sineeure, or
ipcst in The f,iagdom. Whilst this di.
VISION OF the army was in their can.
cnmcnts, III my neighborhood, when
the men lost their muskets, bsy ontts
ard .ariuaition, which frequently hap
Ipsned, they came to me l had the
shings 20 them. The soldiers
Ebecarne attached 10 nae. Long, ind, ed
a'ways, before these events, l had bee n
Ian object CT grear jealousy and haired T;
isao ever ies u ia ths habit Of commit
Ting a crying ia in Ii 81 and. 1 bad
borne myself 50 TO all ihe people thal
they we're grealy attached TO me. i
tSd appointed arbitrgors in every pa
rish, through IN mmense district, who
ldecIded all eCIuoversies the situa,i.