Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-08-13
THE IRISH EXLES.

Mitchell, C'Neagher, Martin, OBrien, O'Do.
herty, and The Escape Of McManus.
We find in our late European journals, letter from
John Mitchell, dated Boutwell,, IVAN Dieman's Land)
St. Patsricks Day, 1851, from which we extract the
following:
You have heard am sure, of our way of life here
through the friends OF OMeagher, Martini &C., for they
keep perpetualy writing letters So need hardly in
dulge in descriptions. Yet there's tableau for you
Imagine Martin and me- after glorious ride of twenty
miles through noble old woods, lying on the bank of a
hue lake deepm the central mountains. lisnoon-day,
and SO calm, the water is hard ripping the pebbles;
and the wooded banks and promontories, and the end
less wilderness OF bush atreching away through the
smoky district to the blue peaks of the northwest are
all sleeping in the sun, and bathed and beamng in an
atmosphere OF gold and purple. A boat slow
y by help Of both sail and oars sunburnt man. in a
sailors Jacket stands in the stern Sheets holding the
uller by his sde on crimson cushions, sits fair and
graceful girl. The sunburnt fellow is OMeagher and
that lady so fair and graceful is-who do you think p
| Why, Mrs. OMeagher, you dog. Martin and sprang
into the boat do our greetings, put the boats head
about set the SAIL Tor breeze has sprung up and skim
along under tri-color flag (you know OMeagher is
great in ffags till open quiet bay, at the head of
which bay, nesting under the shelter of an untamable
forest, stands pretty cottage, with verandah and
gum tree getty stretching into the water. We step
ashore ard are welcomed into friends newly built
house by his newly welded wife. They have elegant
little rooms, books horses, boats-why is almost like
Eping. l usually feel our condition here to be kind
of syncope, trance, to be somnambu-
atory and apparent dongs and sayings to be sick
mans dsaas"e, but this 10 absolutely kind of quasi
Until lately we used to be parpetually going to the
akes-that is, Martin, O'Doherty, O'Meagher, and l.
and we had pleasant enough time of it; but fear
that is almost over now. Sir William Dennson will
probably be provoked into enforcing his regulations
and then, suppose, we must be content with our
bounds
Are you tiredl-or will you take another tableaul
A cavalcade has been organized to go and see the
Ouse River fine, clear, full whrng rushing, Deep
eddyng stream as large as the Erne or Boyne, and
we are returning by moonlight careerng through
the lonely woods and frehtnng the five wits out of
the opossums that Chamber in great hurry the very
tops Of the trees, we go laundering along-for all
the ladies ride like demons. We dismount at
hospitable house. There is good wood fire, live
ly tea table, piano, and among the songs that vile
| away the evening, always to hear the
"Shan Van Tocht," or "The Wearing ofthe Green,''
or the like. The good souls do this please the exes
! and Martin and | ride home to our little cottage,
nearly content it is possible for banshed men to be-
! For after all. you know the case is bad-much worse
than death and all Irish movements present thing
gnash the teeth over, that were any comfort Yeti,
duly perpending all these things, have reso ved not to
gnash my teeth but make the best OF this affair." take
my health which better than it had been for ten
years before my kdnappngl 10 read, ride to smoke
yea, to drink, and in always to enjoy my death in
life in defiance OF the very devil 1t will be some
day. shall yet revisit the breathing world, through
the horn gate-that u.s. round Cape Horn and then
In the mean time expect Mrs Mitchell and the chill
den out here very soon. In tact they may arrive at
any tide, and then mean to farm and feed sheep, like
an Arcadian swain or Australian squatter and teach
the boys whatever know-make them good horse
men, and bring them up in the love and fear OF the BIZ
fish Constitution. Gray, do you remember the Offer
YOU made me as stood in the dock waiting for my
sentenced If you forgot it, do not, and, my dear TEL
low, never will Mr.. OBrien is now living In dis
trct near Launceson, In the north OF the Island.
| have never him since my kidnapping, but have
| had several letters from HIM. .
| When he about to remove from New Norfolk
to his new abods he wrote to US 10 that, Boutwell,
being directly in his way he would spend day with
u.s. ride up with to the lakes the next day, Chat be-
ing also in his way> spend another day there, and go
orw ard with O'Meagher, on his journey Campbell
town. You must know 1t is usual 10 let the common
prisoners when they have pass go from district
to another, take their route, and remain days
the way, and McMauus, when he had similar Journey
to make some months ago, did the very same thing
which O Brien proposed to do. Well, came to the Co
vernos that expected the pleasure OF this visit;
he made haste TO get written order dispatched 10
Oi3ren, requiring him to take his destination nY way
of Brdgewaer and the mai coach road, and MOI to
toiter on the aoay." For you know, three rebels
should get together they might plot mischief and dam
ger might arise 10 the British Constitution. Three
rebels Why It's thepreeise number that makes riot
Wherefore Sir William acted with prudence as we'll as
ma guanimity.
Isa down merely to ask an editorial favor OF you.
and here have written you a long rigmaroe. Ii
you like TO print any OF 1t, or all OF it, do so; but any
rate do the main thing for don't let those Internal
English papers get up cry oil breach OF parole"
ae,anst us. They have beaten us-coulu lhey not now
| let alone.
remain, my dear Gray,
JOHN MITCHELL.
P S. bethnk me that ought to tell you how it fell
out that Nc Manus found himself at liberty to make his
escape. OF course VIXEN the Governor took him into
custody, and revoked his ticket of leave" his parole
was at an end, and it would require ticket of
| leave and new promise TO revive il. In ODoherty's
case, aer his months hard labor, his ticket oil leave
was restored, and parole repaired of him. Notso
McManus; he was NOT set at liberty again, by the Go
vernon but in spite OF the Governor, by the aterven-
| ton of the Supreme Court. And far from giving him
back his Comparative liberty or taking new parole
the Governor sent him orders report himself
at a "hireling depot" But it late, McManus
had clear day and good friends; ashp was lea'
| dy to sail and so he went oil. j. M.
| The Bank of Tennessee has within these few
days, sent on to Philadelphia a sum Of nearly one
million dollars, which had been deposited with
them from the surrounding country, and which
they had no occasisn for. This was sent forward
since the stringency commenced in the eastern
Atlantic Cities.