Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1852-06-01

old. Before his imprisonment be was perfectly
erect-and was hale man. His proud spirit
like the sturdy oak, would not bend before the
storm, thought may break down his body.
Mr.. Meagher gives the most extraordinary ac-
counts OF the gold excitement in Australia. The
precious metal is found in vast quantities. and per-
Of every description are forsaking their usual
avocations, and going to the mines. The police
and the turkeys of the ais have fled, and the To-
cal authorities offering from So to So per day
to others TO induce them to take their place. He
calculates that in one year this gold discovery will
effecta revolution in Australia. The colonists
are by no means loyal subjects. They are begin
ing to take it into their heads to do something like
what the men of Boston once did with British
tea.
When it became certain yesterday afternoon,
| that Mr.. Meagher was come, numbers of Iri>hmen
and societies thronged to the office of Messrs.
Dillon and O'Gorman, to ascertain the truth, and
to wait on him. He was, however, out of town. as
we have already stated. On his return in the
evening, a number of gentlemen waited on him at
the residence of Mr.. O'Gorman, among them Mr..
Dudly Perse, who resides in that neighborhood.-
The excitement among the Irish population 10 the
city became very great during the evening, and all
expressed the greatest anxiety to see him, while
every American who heard of it gave utterance to
his congratulations.
following companies of the Goth Second irish
Regiment accompanied by the Brooklyn Cornet
Band, proceeded to the residence of Mr. O'Gor-
man to serenade the Irish patriot the Meagher
Cadets, Captain Henchman; Duhallow Rangers,
Company III. Captain Coakly; the Faugh a bal
laghs. Company E. Captain Ryan; and the Me-
chanics, Guard Company g. Captain Green.-
These companies joined by Lieutenant
Huston, Lieutenant Cady, and several other off
nF thn InfII RnmI,,,
down Broadway to the South Ferry, and large
crowd followed, which at the other side, soon
swelled to an immense multitude and it was es-
tlnated that there were some seven or eight
thousand persons around the residence of Mr.. o.
German when the military reached it.
Mr.. Meagher came to the door, and was briefly
addressed by Captain Hinchman on the part of
the Cadets and the military. He was vehement
y cheered by the multitude. In reply he apollo
gzed for not being able to do justice to his feelings
wearied as he was by so long a sea voyage. He
could not account for their enthusiasm for he re-
GREETED he could not point TO a single battle, as
some European exies had recently done who had
come to this country. He was deprived of all that
inspiration; but still he deeply felt for the wrongs
OF his native land His punishment had not
changed his sentiments, and he could say the same
Tor his compatriots, William Smith O'Brien and
John Mitchell. His only regret in leaving the
the Joy OF his escape was therefore tinged with
sadness. Mitchell looked well, though suffering
mental anxiety O'Brien, he regretted to say,
was much changed for the worse the sufferings
OF his noble spirit having weighed down his bodi-
~ frame almost to the dust He concluded by
thanking them, and said perhaps he would take
some other opportunity of making them a more
satisfactory statement than he could do tonight.
MIR. Meagher then withdrew, and the multitude
md ,t.p Il
ed some spirit-stirring Irish airs.
Immediately AFTER the officers of the Ninth
Regiment, including Captain Phean and Captain
Markey, accompanied by Manahan's band, also
serenaded the escaped patriot after which he
Withdrew tor the night.
Mr.. Meagher, who is but % years of age, is
greatly improved in his appearance since he left
ireland. He is a fine, military looking young gem
tleman, stoutly built, handsome, and always ia
vorite with the ladies'. He was the most bril-
liant orator Ireland possessed at the time he was
banished. Perhaps since the days of Grattan and
Burke he had no equal in country always re-
nowned tor the brilliant eloquence of its orators
kossuth, about whom so much fuss is made, can
not, by any means, cope with his fiery and clas-
sic speeches. His speech in reply to the sentence
of death, drawing and quartering, that was pro-
nounced upon him, (tor he was tried for high
treason, and did not then know but the sentence
Wouu po car lou otC Ills speech was one OF the
noblest specimens OF manly eloquence in so short
compass ever delivered. He concluded by tel
ling the Judges to their faces that there was an
other tribunal before whom very many of the
sentences of the Judges of this world would be re-
versed.
Meagher's accent is more English than Irish.
He was educated at Stonyhurst, in England. He
is IA Catholic, but liberal one and in "a speech
at Cork in which hedeclared the Catholic laity's
independence OF their clergy in political matters,
gave great offence Among his other distin-
gulshed speeches. was his magnificent apostrophe
to the sword, which was made the occasion by
John OConnell for the open rupture between the
Young Ireland and the Old Ireland party in Con-
ciliation Hall. Meagher adhered to the Young
Ireland leaders, consisting of Dillon, O'Gorman,
Duffy, Mitchell, Smith O'Brien, and others, I'M
til he was finally arrested convicted and transport
ted for his devotion to his country. His father
Is very wealthy merchant of Waterford, and
member OF Parliament. He belonged to the
Old Ireland school, and never went the lengths of
his son.
The way to pronounce Meaghel's name is not.
as 1t is generally pronounced in this country, as if
it were written Meagre, but Maher, the ssa'' ha-
wing the same sound as in mamma We under
stand he now insists upon having the Milesian O
to his name, and calls himself O'Meagher.-
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