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DEPORTATION OF THE IRISH STATE PRls-
oNERs.-On Sunday the 9Th Of July, the Ir-
ish Patriots, O'Brien, Meugher, McManus
and O'Donohoe were placed on board the
war schooner Swift, and took up their mel
ancholy way TO the land Of their exile.
ireland, the home of their birth, and the
land for which they have spent their dearest
action, has faded, perhaps forever, from
their sight, and lonely exile, in the far of
and dreary land of Van Deimond, is now the
only prospect upon which their mind can
dwell. rs
A writer in the Freeman gives graph
| ic description of the scene of their Ennl de-
parture. Their friends were gathered a,
round in large numbers, and emotions OF
the deepest and most painful character
4 were depicted upon the countenance, Of both
friends and foes. THE prisoners were ap-
parently the most unconcerned of all that
were present. Al that painful moment,
/ when they were about to be separated forev
er, perhaps from theirfriends& the land they
loved 80 well, they displayed the utmost de-
gree of calmness and fortitude. Their de-
meanor showed that they were, as from the
beginning, prepared for 'either fortune,' and
that, either on the scaffod, or consigned 20
the con=ct ship, they were men who would
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to speak of the poignant grief they must ma
turaly have felt at parting from their dear
est friends and rclatives--some of them from
wives, Children, sisters and brothers-their
thoughts appear to be more for their coun-
try than for themselves. Their language
and bearing demonstrated that they could
very easily and calmly suffer the claws 1en-
geance'' visited upon themselves, and that
their feelings and aspirations were far high
er ard more noble than any, into which
particle ofself could enter. Their thoughts
were still about the country and "the good
OLD cause, nos,~@at their own destiny or
sufferings might be. "My last words on
leaveing the country, (said the brilliant and
devoted young Parrot, Thomas Francis
Meagher) shall be, don't give up the good
old cause.' .-z 54@
Such were the feelings of those noble
hearted and undaunted men, even at that
moment when others in their painful posi-
ton might rather be overborne by despair
and sorrow than entertain 4 gimmering of
hope for the prosperity or happiness Of their
native land--that land for their love of
which they were condemned TO the penalty
of exile.
Before leaving, they wrote short bu.
feeling address to their fellow conntrymen,
rendering their grateful acknowledgements
for the sympathy and solictude which haG
been manifested in their behalf, and express
ing the confident hope that the cause Of their
country would not be forgotten. The ad
dress exhibits total absence Of SELF as well
as q forbearance of complaints against their
prosecutors. Their destination is ostensi-
bly, for Van Dcimond's land, but strong
hopesAre entertained that this sentencemay
be committed 10 simple expatriatipn leaving
the exies to select their own afptnre resi-
dence. The s.0v7 is said TO have sailed r,n-A
der sealed orders, which are not to be open.
ed till they reach certain latitude, the
contents of which, il is surmised, are in ac-
cordance with the above suggestion.
u, Wherever they GO, the benedrtions of
their countrymen, and o. all true lovers of
literty willrest upon them, and should they
hs granted the boon Of choosing their exile
home, they would find in the Institutions
of our own happy America, the beau ideal
~ freedom and liberty which they have 81
ardently. but yainly soughtin their nativs
land.
SS i'm " of Aheir FINAL separation from Tn.
lind consequen which will be like
lyato follow The Boston Pilot has the fol-
lowing:
The Irish state RfiS ners-sC Close of|
The Drama.
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