The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-11-10

to restore to her her native powers aud hsr anosnt
bition has been nay orime Judged by the law Of Eng
land know this crime entails the penalty of death
tSss Int Juds.a Sv tsst h,sorx an no osi%u
you Undressing Mr.. M'Mauus) are no criminai-you
(sddressng Mr.. O'Donohoe are no cruaiuA-I deserve
no puuishmeut-we deserve no punishment. Judged
by that history the treason Of which stand convicted
loses all its guilt, is sanctioned as duty will be en-
lord await the sentence Of the court. Having done
what felt to be my duty-having spoken what felt
to be the TRUTH have done on other o'osson
Of my short career bid farewell to the untry
Of my birth my passion, and my death-the country
whose misfortunes hive invoked my sympathiss-
I have prompted to q lofty aim-whoss freedom has
been my fatal dream. offer to that country, rs q
proof Of the love bear her. and the sincerity with
which thought and spoke and rug ysd for hsr free
domthe life of young heart and with that life all
the hopes the honors, the endearmsnts Of happy
and an honorable home. Pronounce, then, my lords,
the sentence which the law directs, and will be pre-
pared to hear It, trust shall be prepared to meet
Its n0ps to BE- sS' PS,s essis
bunal-a tribunal where Judge of indnte goo luess
we'll Of justice, will preside aud where, my lords
many, many Of the judgments of this world will be
reversed.
THE SENTENCE.
Chief Justice DoHERrY proceeded, amidst the most
profound and solemn silence, to pronounce the dread
sentence of the law. He said-Prsoners at the bar,
Terence Bellsw M'Manus, Patrick O'Donohoe and
Thomas Francis Meagher, after deep be-
fore entering into this court 1t my intention In
the performance Of the very painful duty that dsvove
upon me- not to have prolonged your stay at that bar
by any heightened observations You, each and all Of
you, stand there, having been convicted by the
diet of three successive uries Of the crimo Of high
treason-a crime of the greatest enormity known to
the law and feel bound toeay this that Is the de-
hberate dspassonste and calm opinion Of this court
that the verdicts which found by those jures,
and the verdict which was found by former jury,
could not have been other than they were-that No
honest fair impartial, conscientious jury, attending
strictly to their oahs and listening to the evidence
that produced In this court In the course OF these
unusually protracted trials, could have come to any
other conclusion than that which they have done.
They have pronounced you one aud OIL guilty of the
crime of high That crime consists In having
month of July-havng levied war for reasonable puc
poses and that you and each of more or less
tcipated in excited to- prepared for and were your
of that project In order to constitute the crime of
high treason by the levying of it is no Ingredient
that the shall be proportioned to the nd sought
to be accomplished and that there shall rational
prospect of Parties who have engaged In such
transactions become responsible they have arraye4
assembled collected drilled prepared, those who
by force to endeavor to accomplish the common
object that is in view
have merely to exhOrt each o. reflect on the
awful situation in which you a. moment stand,
and prepare for the dreadful fate t..s nds over
you We have not failed to send, a v lr duty, to
the Lord Lieutenant the recommended with which
the uries in your respective cases have accompanied
the verdicts that have been found against you. But
you must be we'll aware that it Is With the execu-
tive Cover nment aud with the executive govern
ment alone. that The fate Of these recommendation
rests. And we, in the discharge of our most anx
ious, irksome, and painful duty, have now to pro-
nounce upon you, one and each, the most awful
tence the law (sre their lordshps assumed their
wade the crowded court THAT sentence Is, that you
Terence Bellew M'Msnus, You Patrick O'Douohoe,
and you Thomas Francis Me'gher, be taken hence to
the place from whence you aud be thence drawn
ON q hurdle to the place of execution that each Of
you be there hanged BY the neck until you are dead
and that the head Of each Of you shall be
severed from the body and the body of each divided
into four quarters be disposed OF her Majesty
think nss.a
At the ofth preceding sentence the pub
lie feeling which had risen to an intense state of ex
element. during its delivery AID that Of Mr..
Msaghers eloquent address, manifested itself By low,
subdued and thrilling murmur OF GRIEF. All seemed
affected with sympathy and admiration for the young
patriot, and his two brave companions whom the
severity Of the Law had condemned to so 6aroarous
fate and many the tears, which on that solemn
occasion, attested the part OF political opponents,
equally with private friends admiration for the SIN
certify which had the actions of the accused
and The fortitude which upheld them during the
dreadful ordeal through which they had passed Inc
patriot couvicts alone were nnmoved they ns heard
ouailed not before the Judgment OF the court, nor
remtled at the dreadful doom which them to
the scaffold Mr. Meagher, in whose features glowed
the proud that before the high trbua nal
which adjudged him to death he had suihciensiy
vndcated his motives stood at the oar IN many 0ut
With nerfect and composure On his right re
renee Bellew M'Msnus, whose simple, touching words
on that memorable OCCASION rushing from the heart,
20 strikipely exempfy his manly spirit and true sim
ceritv of nature stood erect. unbending, aud I'M
daunted whilst Mr.. oDonohoe with equal t courage s
and ca fortitude prepared to meet the worst
fate which might be in reserve for him Never In shs
unhappy land where the courage Of Tone and EN-.
met and Fitzgerald has challenged the admiration OF
mankind was there greater heroism than that dis
played by these devoted mon. Never, in the worlds
ihouSb be initiated from death borne with
greater fortitude or more stoical resignation
Mr. Meagher and his companions cordially sauted
their counsel, who appeared much affected oy tue
soennity of the scene and having shaken haads
with some friends who crowded round the dock; they
tpirit with which they had entered It,.
Before the judges left Conmel they lntimateu TO ne
clerk of the that the rule OF court respecting
the two men, O'Don nell and Shea, who had been CON-
mtted duriug MIR. Smith o. Bren's trial for refusing
to give evidences against that gentleman was that tney
should De esSn at the exoraon Of their
term OF imprisonment pay hnes 10 her majesty Oh |o
each.
headed by Capt Brown and another Of the S9th
regime mt Of foot commanded by Lieutenant Skinner,
40 men in all left Gort for the purpose Of aro
tort There were also SO of the police force, CON-
manded by T. McMahon, s. l., and Days stipen.
diary magistrate On passing through the village OF
Kinyarra the cars that to convey away the corn
bel ng at the of the military were LAID hanas on
suddenly by the people there VINO upseI the o
the cara but assistance immediately rendered by
the force at hand They went on fer the distance OF
mile and half until they came to the district they
vere TO distrain on barrcade obstruoted their
passage They then got another road TO the
Fame district when barricade partly formed their
view, protected by about 800 men AID women Iney re-
to let the armed pass and said they would
rather lives than p-rmitt They we're told
would useless but they persisted to main.
tain their ground The riot act read times, and
still they would not give way, when the police were or
dered to charge with fixed baysnets sne sso the s9th
stones were thrown By the people, many of who re-
ceiye severe wounds the charges of the police They
then CONNIE need guerilla warfare from behind the
wallis and severely Injured some OF the police ana
military One Of the police got a most severe cut In
the face and Mr. Days and his horse we're struck Two
or three times The police drove the people Tor quar-
ter of mile into the fields, but they were as
he hack again to the scene of action. Mr. Days did
not wish to shed blood by ordering the military or po
lice to fire. and it being late in the day he ordered
them TO turn round and proceed home. Much praise