Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-06-28
ARRIVAL OF THE ACADIA


She brought twenty-five passengers.
IMPRISONMENT OF o'CONNFtt
The long protracted, and all but inttrm;0.
bic proceedings arising out of the Irish ,,isS
says the European Times, have at enoib hsal,
brought TO a close by the imprisonmsn, ~
O'Connell and other traversers This GU ',
occurred on the evening Of Thursday last saS
although public patience has been exbs,s,aI
by the diffuseness, the wiTe-drawn harannsou.
OF the lawyers, and their endless hair-snI,,;Oe'
yet the event every one saw tcould como ro..
that it has of length arrived, appears-parsdO,"
ical as it may seem--to have taken The wo,1J
by surprise.
Sentence on The T'rGrersers- Daniel or,
nell, 10 be imprisoned for 1 3 calendar moO,Ls.
to pay a fine of $4,000. and 10 enter into .s"i
rites TO keep the peace for seven years-h;ro
self in $4,000 and two sureties of s25OO each
John O'Connell, John Cray, I. Steele r
Buritt, c. G. Duffy, and +. NJ. Raw I'll.
imprisoned nine calendar months; ~ paw sne
Of ESQ, and TO enter into securities 10 keen,bs
peace for seven years-themselves respec,;vsIv
in Gl000, and two sureties of 950O each
Sentence having been passed, Mr. O,ConDsl
Immediately rose, and said that he W Wished to r..
mind the Court that he had made solemn A.
in
10 a conspiracy with the other traversers .,
committed the crime with which he wascbs,o
ed. He had now only to saw il was bis ns;S-
full conviction that justice had not been done :
A sudden and vocierous cheer from Desrv all
parts Of the Court followed this result; and i.
though il was accompanied by the cappino If
hands amongst the junior bar, and was two or
three times repeated, the Judges did NOT inter.
iere, although evidently displeased The Tray.
eTsers Immediately surrendered him into The
hands Of the Sheriff.
Alter delay Of about an hour and half
which gave time TO aay the excited feelings Of
the people out of court as well as for The no.
cessary preparations, the Traversers were con.
veyed to the Richmond Penilentiarv, in the
Circular-road, their future place ofconfnement
They proceeded thther in three carriages. az
tended by large body Of police. great ma
ny people ran along and kept up with the car
riages, and there was also large assemblage
outside the Penltentiary on his arrival. When
Mr. O'Connell stepped out Of the carriage, he
was greeted with loud cheers, and immediately
entered the gateway. Within the courtyard
a large number of respectable persons, many
OF them his most intimate friends, were drawn
up in two lines.
They received Mr. O'Connell in silence and
uncovered, and as he walked up between the
lines, he shook hands with many Of them; his
bearing was manly and undaunted He thus
entered the Governors house, which, we W.
derstand. he and his other fellow prisoners will
be allowed to occupy. The Penitentiary ks
vast pile Of building, in an airy and salubiOG
part Of the suburbs of Dublin. The Govern
or's house is large, and has garden attached,
/ in which Mr. O'Connell, with his daughters,
/ Mrs Fitzsimun and Mrs French, walked alone
soon after his arrival. The prisoners, as they
must now be called, dined together about half
[ past six. They were all cheerful. We
happy TO state that there was not the slightest
breach of the peace during the proceedings.
! The proceedings Of Parliament. with the ey-
ceplon of protracted debate on the condition
OF Canada, appear to have been Of little inter
est.
/ The Pope has addressed letter to the Ro-
man Catholic Archbishops aud Bishops, ealing
their attention TO the efforts which are being
made by various Bible societies, and partlcusl.
~ by the Christian society in New Yolk 10
produce religious dissent in Italy.
Great Wing Meeting in DelGcGre. Thee
was an immense meeting of the Wings ofDe-
aware, aud the adjoining Counties Of Other
States, at Wilmington, on Saturday last The
number present is estimated at 10000, besds
1000 ladies'. A delegation of upwards Of 1000
went from Philadelphia. Hon. John NJ. Clay.
ton presided, and made brilliant speech. The
/ following extract shows what kind of Loo
foco George NJ. Dallas used TO be:
"There was another citizen on the sane
ticket with Mr. Polk who meriled passing no
tice at this time. He referred 10 George NJ |
Dallas, the candidate for the Vice Presidency !
on the modern Democratic ticket. II has been |
said that Mr. Dallas is Democrat, according |
TO the modern acceptation Of the term. Now |
that might be so, but he Mr. c. would llkeO |
know what the definition of Democrat IS
for when he and the gentleman served ID Inc |
Senate together, they were virtually oil lne
same party. George NJ. Dallas sat IN lo's
with him Mr. c. in the Senate, and Ike all
other good wings, the gentleman was 10 Jsror |
Why, George was the Father Of The BANK
BWU (Roars of laughter, with some expIss
sions OF aStonishment.) Yes, continued NJ
c., George came 10 US from Philadelphia VIVA
a great memorial in his pocket, and iold Us nc
was going 10 introduce it to the Senate az
that he was going for the re-chaIter OIL u'
Bank. He took the lead; we only follower
his wake. He made a motion TO refer u w.
Select Committee, and of course, as Is UsusiS
such cases, he was appointed Chairman VICE
he reported bill, and thought 1t was aWG
good one. | voted for it: but they say The 'mp.
which he brought forth on that occasion was
monster, daughter, IA monster OF lnquE'
and yet George is good Democrat, they ~
He not only reported the bill, but he voted "
il at every stage of IFS passage. He adyOca%
it in every instance. He and Others though
it was necessary TO speak, and he always s~%
when he had any thing TO sGy-and he som'
times had-and binerer Bank man J. h'r9
satc than George ,casi (Renewed augnNtI
Whenever an attack was made against ~s
Bank, there stood George NJ. Dallas s'
ready to defend it. To use a very Tougn aJ@
homely phrase common in the West-he Tt"
ed horns with Thomas II Benton. (Conu~