New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-04-16

would derive part OF this security nom oeIo
blessed by a priest They had esPeclN sene sra
ton FOR Father KeAne, LITTLE, gray ne So ~
II an, commonly called the oiessrD 49,, lie
80 &c constantly visited the rebel camp ne
rode on a pony, which was led by Two p'AemSu,
vho cried out with r loud voice, Make way iOI
the blessed priest OF BanpOW. Inc Gro "a leil ~
their hlees and asked bis blessing. lie u'syli0Hs
ed great many litile scapu'srs 20 the reUe,',
sr-irE them that with these on, bah iIon
hereto gun could 10 them no more injury thah
nsa Often they knelt down, Missed the grouhu
and crossed themselves. Then rising up they
we're in an instant la all tie tumut o. war. Again
thcv were around their camp nres, COOKING
soldiers meal or drinking success 90 me t.isn ne
nublc. Shouts Of victory rang ROAD NOR WSs
music wanting to complete the pomp ana clfcun'
stance Of war. Often was their pa,rouc ardof
LiriIsd with sound of fife and drum. Then some
.ta,torsn voice burst into & song 70 their ne" oo'n
ibertv. while thousands joined IN the chorus OF
Elm mdr0uTnrlH, ETIa go 5T0Sh.
ENVIRONMENT OF SAMPSON.
The fate Of Sampson was still more remaTNa0ie.
From the day that he was thrown INTO prison. MS
constant demsnd had been fort trial AS he had
taken no part in the plots agsinstthe Government
as he was not even a United lrishman-he knew
nothing could be proved against him. Probably
tie Government knew SO too, and did not care %
bring 20 trial one whose acquiual would cover
them with confusion. When the Agreements win
the Government was proposed, be had no personal
interest in il whatever, for his life was 10 no dan
ger But with the generosity which made PaFt
of bis character he instantly sacrificed himself 10
save the lives of others. He engaged % 60 INTO
exile on condition that the military executions,
which were decimsting his countrymen, should
cease As his health was declining In prison, ne
was released before the others on condition OF
going 10 Portugal He embarked, and three days
after was shipVrscked on the coast OF Wales
Here he found himself an object Of suspicion and
almost OF terror. from the Impressions which were
abroad Of the Irish revOlutlonists. Even MS name
conveyed 10 their minds the ldes OF being cspa-
HE Of great destruction military officer wrote
10 London 10 ask how he should treat this dan
gerous character, and received directions to Oh
terve but not 10 modest him. Alter his long con-
fpement he found an exhilsration in the Tree
mountain air. He rambed over the rocks OF the
country, and the toll OF the day made welcome tne
BRIGHT fire and the frugal evening meal "We
had clean fire side, and that cordial pleasure
which arises from past toll We had piper 70
play 10 US at dinner, and we danced 20 MS music
In the evening" The simple Welsh were KIND
and hospitabe, and when they had got over the
dread Of so terrible parsonage, manifested SIN
cere attachment Tor him, 50 that It was win 4
feeling Of regret that, after detention Of eight
weeks, he babe adeu to their mountains 20 resume
his voyage.
Al Oporto he again met with kindness. An
English merchant. to whom ne brought letter. with
that generous hospitality which tho English know
so well how 10 render welcomed him 10 his heart
and home In the novel scenes Of a strange cOun. /
try he found mach 20 amuse him. and he was be
ginning to lead quiet and pleasant he, when no 7
was surprised one day By the Visit OF al ohcer I.
" TN a party Of armed men, who seized nun anu 4
his servant, and commenced search Tor papers, /
turning his baggage upside down, and shaking out .
every article OF linen in the hope OF finding some .
concealed writing. The Interpreter told him that .
he was arrested by order of the English minister,
on account of something he was supposed to be /
writing His papers he gave up without heslta- /
ton and was conducted 10 the house OF tho Cor
regidor. Here be Was lodged ia the style which
became a prisoner Of state. he had large
audience hall to himself, furnished with guard,
ard seven or eight servants 70 wait at breakfast
and dinner. His poor servant meanwhile was
thrown amid the mslefactors in irons below,
Trough sterward at his entreaty, allowed 70 come
into the same room with himself.
But what this sudden and strange Imprisonment
was for, was a mystery. The guards about him
conversed freely on every other subject but thus
At Gfst they told bin that he had been arrested
by orders rom the King Of England. Then they
SAID that the Queen of Portugal did not like him.
Meanwhile couriers went aud returned from Lis
bon and he was told that his fate depended on the
news they brought.
Ii was now proposed to him to go to Lisbon,
where it was said he should see the English and
Portuguese ministers and be set at liberty. His
friend advised him 20 acevde 10 this Arrangement,
az the most speedy way OF coming to an eXpiana-
ton 18th the authorities He accordingly prepar'
ed to set Ch the next morning. AS soon as ne was
called up, he looked ont Of the window, and per
cliyed an armed escort standing before the door
Tie prospect was dismal enough, but to an Irish
man nothing comes amisE, and he found much to
an use him on the journey. variety OF travellers
ioir ed their party so that they formed qulte cara
van. Two Domin an frars were OF the company,
with whom he talked Latin. troupe OF Italian
comedians mprising men and women-iish
carriers carry ing cells to some Hldego, a muatto
woman following her husband, a soldier, TO Lis
bon, and poor bsrefooted Gsllego going to seek
ior work, who danced and sang before them the
whole way. Sampson travelled in litter hung
between two mules, and It was everywhere given
out that he was grandee going 10 the Minister
OF State. His servant logged beside him a
mule Thus in kind OF ridiculous pomp, and
with many merry laugh, they travelled along the
road.
Atlengtb, after seven days Journey, the towers
Of Lisbon rose in sight. Friars and comedians
took their leave, and Sampson entered the capital,
attended only by his guard. They filed through
long streets ard at last drew up before dark,
rowuing wall that looked like fortress. The win
dows were grated with iron, through which mourn
fuI captiyes were looking at this new visitor
Where wsslel What was this! But he had
TO time to ask questions. Descending from his /
litter, be was led through long, dresry passages
a bolt was drawn, a heavy iron door swung open,
and he was once more the occupant OF dark,
noisome cell. He was in the Inqnistion
His situation was now more gloomy than ever.
He could hear no friendly voice. The only sounds
which reached his ear were the rafting OF bolts,
the clsnkrg Of chains, or the echo Of some foot
fail along tie passages of the prison. Here were
thieves and murderers, and prisoners of state
men who had committed all crimes, and men who
tad committed rone. Far down in the earth,
were dungeons where captives lsnguished, and
sighed in vain for liberty. Here men had grown
Old Here they had lived till they had forgotten
their very names Here too he might be left to
wear away lie till his hair had grown gray.
Strange to tell, one Of bis predecessors in this
very cell had been an American Captain. William
AtkinEon from PHILADELPHIA. SAMPSON found his