Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-11-18
IR & Z A N d.

Ear. O'CONNORS Narrative.
From TIE Lirerooai Hercurg.l

From he Lirerpoai Hercmyl
FROM ueSiie 10 axe the people of Eng
land acquainted with Ireland, of which they
know worse than nothing, receiving, as tseY
40, all their accounts through medium of the
description of persons in the constant habit of
eliminating thdt people; and from a wish to
give the people Ut England the means oftorm-
ing judgment between the government of
Ireland during the residence there Of Lords
Camden and Cornwdiiisl aud me; it cannot,
especially at this moment, be thought Obtru-
siYein re TO lay before Just ~ UnpreiudIccd
public, a taithtHl narrative Of those facts which
took place IN my particular case, commencing
on the 27tt of Dee. 1895, lnd enliug on The
sttrof May, 1893 space of nearly years
during the whole OF which time continued
FIRE ofpersccutlon WAS kept up at ME.
Connoryile, The former place of my resi-
d:nce, is situated about IL miles from Bautrv
bIy, where French feet made its appearance
on the 23d OF December, 1896. Ie oppose a
landlug of the troops on board this Aeet, about
5000 of the Irish miiitia had advanced and &C.
cupied tive villages about me. For the man
ner iii witch my tenants, my friends and my
aelf treated these men, refer TO the pane-y.
rics III the houSe OF parliament iii England ana
Ireland, at the time. We Cheered them in
their distress; we administered 10 their wants,
OF which they had no ordinary share. On the
9th OF December, aSout0 O'clock at night,
such hideOus night my remembrance Cannot
parallel, waSimiorTned that my porter s;lodg-
sswere full OF soldiers, in quest OF quarters. |
went to them. They were i'll a sad plight. /
found tein TO De Two companies of the ~ eX-
ford militia, with seven or eight officers. DAY
ugkt, rough or smooth, my cOuntrymen
We're welcome 10 me. HAD then large house,
we'll stored. was in tho midst OF plenty tuii
of happiness (; / brought ali the men TO my
hS,Isc. MY IaiBd has no register Otthe time
thay reW5iEed with me, nor what / did for
IAs~ = y tenants We're very good 10 those
y III the Ally friends Chat was the whole
coantry, Jrar aud wide, opened their doors TO
the native array; let theUi want for nothing
and even when the terror OfiHvasion had SUBJ
sided, my tenants and myself presented The
poor fellows with the billet money 10 Which we
were entitled. 10 bug them shoes ana stock
Tags. did my utmost To make the situation Of
the officers as comfortable possible and
this will say, that l received from all more
thanks than were due, and experienced their
gratitude far exceeding the obligation. I
learned afterwards, that these officers (stran-
gers heretofore TO me- had been directed by
some agitatoTs tony house, in the expectation
CT my not admitting them, which was the cpl
niOn also of all the officers in that army. ]
dare say, such of them live at this day will
acknowledge, that they received more hear.
~ welcome al COunorgiie, than at the ll1iiSe
OF the most tOyGt' man in Ireland that is
the man that has the largest pension, or most
lucrative sinecure, or post, in the kiugdom-
Whilst this division of the army was IN their
cantoumeats, in my neghb9rhOod, when the
uleu lost their muskets, bay0nets and ammUni-
ton, which frequently happened, they came to
me had The things restored to them. The
soldiers bccaue attached to me. Long, indeed
always lDcIOfG lncSe events, 4 ndu Deen an CD-
ject of great jealousy and hatred 1 had ever
beeu in the habit OF committing crying sin in
Ireland. had so borne myself to all tho peo-
ple, that they were realty attached to me-
I had appointed arbitrator in every parish
throughout an immense district, who decided
q, controversies the occupation OF the petit
Jogging lawyer was nearly gone. j curbud the
vice Of drunkenness prevented riots | did
all the good / could 1t will not, therefore,
surprise any person. in the least cOHversant
with tie character or complexion of the ruling
factions in Ireland, that was an abOminatiOm
10 them and when TO these vices, in their
eyes, the thanks OF the poor soldiers were su-
ocradded, my crimes were not to be endured,
and became an object of suspicion and dis
fTuet
InaGis state Of things (the French force hav-
ing long lstt The coast.) young man from my
neighb9rhooL had gone, in the beginning eli
March. to SEE some frieuds at Bantry, where
n, was arrested f0'r administering the oath of
union. On being q uesuoned, he acknowledge
ed that he had receiV ed IL from my ste,Card,
lad not more tsR Is years otage. who was also
arrested, and conveyed TO the prison OF Cork,
&sbsre every means we're used 10 extort con-
6essions from them, &c implicate ne. They de-
eared, howtYer, that | was the last person TO
whom they would disclose any thing of the
kind Their honesty and persistence us truth
aere called treason to their country, and at
iachnient 10 me and a council was called to-
gether ia Dublin, At which 1t was determined,
that ,oas rery dangerous, and warrant was
issued to arrest me stgpiciOH-~the act Of ha-
bcas corpus being at the time suspended
The secret, however, was not well kept
discovered the plot. lay down in my house
the nj aht on which knew dat an attempt was
20 he made 70 seize on me bSa large detdch-
i6ent OF horse (attended by lords, esquires and
generals, ann The STATE and before they had
coached hdf n,ile from their quarters, was
fata distance OF ~ miles, apprised oftheirhav-
ing set ont They made their search for me,
and a considerable dept cfarms, which they
were informed were serreted IN the lofts and
cellars Of my house ne ther were there, aud
they marched back. The next day wrote 10
the Judge who was then holding the aSsze al
Cork, saying that VI he would gUe me- as
suaacc at atriQt then, Of any thHg that could
I've aHcdced against me, would go TO him
otherwise that would not surrender"
A. he was not authorised to give me The as
snrauce demanded. and rs preferred the u
bcrty Of the common air, and the IRE OF w..
own limbs, 10 unlimited imprisonment I stood
ont til The latter end Of Apu,, when fndn,
my health hat hurt f0pihs manner %
ny living. particularly from damp leitbome
ant canp 10 England on ihc 18th OF ApI5i
where I remained iii the middle OF Jnnp
when received dd ,ire trombone, nat scvera
gfmy tenants. and Others Of Tho poor people q