Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1843-12-16

BRIEF MEMOIR OF O'CoNNELL.- Daniel
lO'Connel was born on the 9Th of August,
l775. at Carhen, near Caherciveen. in the bar
lony Of Iveragh, and county Of Kerry. His
father was Mr.. Morgan O'Connell of Carhen,
who was married to Catherine, the daughter
lof Mr.. John 0'Mullane, Of Whitechurch in
The county of Cork. His fathers mother
was Of the family of O'Donahues, or the black
chiefs of their tribe. Mr.. O'Connell was ed.
ucated on the Continent, partly at Louvan,
partly at ST. Omer, and partly a, Douay. On
his return to Britain he had to undergo the for
maliiy of studying his profession (the law ia
England. for. to use his own words, s'when
he was prepared TO enter Trinity College.
Trinity College was not prepared to receive
him." Having swallowed the regular number
of legs Of mutton at the Middle Temple, he
was duly admitted to the Irish bar. in Easter
term. 1896. Mr.. O'Conneli married on the
Sd of Jane. 1902, his relative Mary, daughter
of Mr.. Edward O'Connell, nj ID. of Tralee; he
succeeded his father in 1909. and in 1925. by
the death Of his uncle Maurice O'Connell,
succeeded to the family estate of Darynane.
The O'Connell family are proverbial for living
10 very old age. General Count O'Connell,
Knight of the Cross of the Order of the Holy
Ghost. and Colonel Of the late 9th Regiment
of the Irish Brigade in the British service. was
uncle Tn the Liberator; he died on the 9th of
July. 1888, al Mendon, near Blos. in France;
he was the youngest of twenty-five children
by one marriage. of whom one. half lived to the
age of SO. al which age this venerable patriot
died. He was born in August, 1874. at Oar
rynanerrhe residence Of his father. Mr.. Dan.
lei O'Con0ell.
FATHER MArHEw.-This worthy apostle of
Temperance lately stated in Londen. that he
had received letters ftom the magstracy of
Lii erpool and Manchester, where 100000
persons had taken the pledge. stating that al
ready an immense dimunition OF crime had
taken place. He also said that there were
1000. 900 atres in Ireland into which spades
had never been put since the food. and that
he desired to see the Irish as happy in their
own country as were the English, by their cul.
tivaIion of those lands.
! FRENcHMEN RUINS IN CANADA Mr.. Ca
ron The French Mayor Of Quebec. has been
appointed Speaker ofthe Legislative Council.
in The room of Vice Chancellor lanes IN who
resigned with the .thr,een." The three es-
taes of Canada are now headed by three
Frenchmen! King Louis Hypoiite being at
the head of the Executive Council mir.
Lords and Mr.. Austin Cuviilier at The head
OF The House Of Commons. So much for
French influence.
NEW pAcKEr-LINE is being arranged in
New York the six ships 10 RON between N.
York and Antwerp. Nothing like enterprise,
as the gambler remarked when he sold his
fathers bones TO make dice of.
Tahn G.
the LIST list. and left the mex, day for the H.
linois river. on the business Of examining the
projected route of the Illinois and Michigan
Canal. in order TO report to the London capt.
alisis The feasibility of the plan. and safety Of
their making loan for its completion
The action Of the United States against
Adams g. Co.'S. Express. to recover penalty
tor Infringement of the Post Office act Of 1925.
which prohibits the carrying Of letters from
one place TO another for pay, &C.. before the
u. s. District Court, New York, has been de-
cided. The jury have returned verdict in ia
vor of the defendants. The decision is said
to have given great satisfaction TO the New
York merchants.
1t was shown that person named Stevens
10 the employ of Messrs. Adams e. Co.. recei-
we'd a on one occasion for carrying letters
fom Boston to Norwich, and also forwarded
letters 10 packages left at their Office. 1t was
also shown that since the expresses Of Ad-
ans e. Co.. ADD others have been established,
the Post Office receipts have fallen of $1,000
per quarter. The defendants denied coming
within the provisions Of the statutes, there
being no law against the carrying packages,
and they were not aware Of any containing
letters, and that Stevens was in their employ
but one day, and acted without their klowl-
edge.-St Louis Gazette.
A singular case Of Monomania IS related by
the New Orleans Picayune. II is the case Of
a young German, jus, arrived at New Orleans
from this city who fancied himself followed
| BY an invisible person, who, he said, Mesmor-
lied him in London.
He fancied. too. that the Captain Of the
boat on which he came down the river, want
cd to cheat him out of the amount Of his pas.
sage stating that he knew that Or. =, who
magnelzed him 10 London, paid his passage
in ST. Louis He admitted that he had not
peid il himself because he knew II vas paid
| BY the Professor, and that the Professor came
Town on the same boat with him; that he
could not find The Professor or point him out
to anybody, because whenever he tried the
other secreled himself-St Louis Gazette.
Santa Anna. it is stated. previous to his de-
lp,rurp for Vera Cruz. issoed special edict
'eoafding the coniempIa ed Canal for uniting
the Parife with the Gulf Of Mexico by the
lsthmus Of Tch.u .nrepec. in oder TO To assist
she contractor, Don Use Gavay an edict to
The effect. that prison capable OF holding
| yer three hundred convcts should be built,
apSer the direction Of The contractor and that
| 10 ;,diciaI anthorities Of Vera Cruz and On