Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-07-03
MENOIR OF O~1CONNELL.

Daniel O'Copnell was the eldest son Of
Morgan O'Connoll, Of Carben, Esq, aud
of Catherine, aister Of the O'Nullane, ot
Whitechu oh, IL thasrounty Of Cork, u
most respectable and ancient Irish family
He was born nj CARMEN, about q mile from
the p, resent post town Of Cohirciyeen, in
the e 5untry Of Kerry. His birth occurred
90 the 9th of August, l775-a year rem.
dsred memorable by the comneucem etlt Of
the contest between England and het Anne
riean colonies. In this place htg child.
hood and boyhood were paaaed--'yith the
execution of protracted visits ~ De rtynanc,
the seat of bis Gither's eldest brot her, Mau.
rice O'Conucll, who being chl,dIces HIM
/ Nell, adopted his nephewa, Daniel and
Maurice, and took. ip a great n,easurc, the
! charge Of their education pF,,n himself a
nonr old hedge. s~choolmaster named Davic
Mahnney, was the first person who taltgb
Daniel O'Conuelf hf8feteors. Happening
a upon one Of his rounds in quest Of charita
BILE assistance, TO call at Carhen.bouse, h
took young "Dan," then four years old, up
on lia lap, aud was playing with hin
II when poreeiving that the child's haif
which was long, hod got much tangled, h
ry took out a oScomb, and conbed
thoroughly without hurting him in graf
to, tude for which the child readily c%onsenic
to learn his letters from the old man, III
perfectly and permanently mastered Il
'' whole alphabet in an hour and q half.
,rd At the ago Of thirteen he was sent to +
the $ hool Of the Rev. Mr.. Harrington, Il
deI first held by a catholic priest since the pc
al laws. At the end oi a year his unc
Maurice took him and his brother from Il
and school. and sent them to the c~onLinet
lie proceeded from Dover to Ostend, and
s@' she former place Mr.. O'Conrelr, first {
quaintanco with England was marked
tbe a ducking in the surf the boat having c.
o of sized through some mismanagomcnt
Bleaching her. Arriving at Liego, he v
'rda, found to have passed the age when b.
could be admitted as students and Y
therefore obliged to return to Louyain.
'o"S' await instructions from home. White I
detained, Maurice gave himself up to b
rr,, fsh amusemeuts, but Daniel, prompted
his nobler instincts, entered as a volunt
Vera in one Of the halls at Louvain, and ere
from arrival Of letters from home, hadFElsen
had high place in a class of 40 boys. [
were ordered to st Omer's, where they
q OF NAMED a year, when they removed to
lth'n English College. of Douay for some mon
was At st Omsr's, Daniel rose to the fist Pl
in all the classes. DIR Stapylton, presi'
and of the college there, writing to his III
10 A. made the following almost proPhetical
!. His mark "With respect to the elder, Dal
have but one sentence to write about
Vera and that is, that | never was so much
pro- taken in my lie as | shall be, unless h
destined 10 uidhC q lClAdlhoDAS hSNa
,aoa society"
,000 On the 21st of December, 1893, the
~ ~ the unfortunate Louis was beheade'
Paris, the brothers set out in a yoitur
10 Or Calais. As soon as they got into the
rank, glish packet-boat, they eagerly tore 0
.; that their caps the tricolour cookade, whicI
ot pro- commouest regard for personal safety
e pro made indispensable al that time in Fra
wltn gEr O'Connell has often said that the
Or ~ rors OF the French revolution mqde
l'@1s, very nearly a Tory in heart. In this
Of mind he became a law-student in
+ r,sk- coins inn, in the year 1874. He ate
SANTA Hardy's trial with strong prejudice ag
autho- the accused, and sympathy with Edo
make he ~yindicator Of law and social order.