The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1852-06-10
ESCAPE or THO. ,. MEAonEa.


Last week ws gave notice Of the ar.
rival Of this patriot Ia thi eountry.-l
We find the following particulars Of
bis escape in the Ba'timers Sun.
Il y announced that Thois Francis
Measher { pronounced Msher,) the
distinguished Irish exile and orator
who Was transported - q felon' for
the part he took IN the Irish revolu-
tionary movement with William Smith
O'Brien, John Mitchell and others, ar.
rived at New York in the brig Acorn,
from Pernambuco, having escaped
from Van Dieman's Land in nm Amer.
lean whaler. lie kept himself per.
fectly siacog' until Thursday, except
to one or two friends. In the aitei.
noon Of shss day he called on Mr.. r.
O'Gormsn. Jr., and Mr.. John B. Dill
Ion, at their Office, in William street,
and took them BY complete surprise.
These gentleman ore lawyers.and both
Irish exilcs. who were embarked in
the cause with Meagher. They for
tunately escaped without trisl. One
Of the reporters Of the Herald obtain.
ed the facts in relation to his escape
from his own lips, with the exception
Of the ship in which he escaped. and
Of that ne would not afford any clue.
Mr.. Meagher had the partial liber.
ty Of . ticket Of leave at the time he
escaped, but did not violate its condi-
ton. It ran AZ follows: / undertake
not to escape from the colony as long
as I hold this ticket Of leave Hav-
ing uade previous preparations for his
fight, q feet horse saddled in bis sta.
be, and we'll armed with ristole, he
addressed letter 70 the magistrate Of
Ross, about twenty miles distant, and
q township Of the district out Of which
he was not permitted to 20. The place
in which he resided Was The wild bush.
III this letter he returned HE ticket Of
leave, and said lie would remain 81
his house that day till IL o'clock, when
the leave expired, in order to give the
authorities an opportunity Of arresting
him. if they could. When the ragis.
trate read this letter. he was astoun-
dcd, and Immediately ordered the CHIEF
Of Police, who happened to be present,
to proceed at once to arrest him. The
Chief of Police replied he would not
do any such thing, as he was an Irish
man, and that young gentleman wa.
an lrishman.. But you must do it,
retortcd the magistrate. Faith, |
won't replied the Irishman. Il will
resign first But I will not accep,
your resignation Then, If you dom,
you may let it alone, but will not ar
TEST young Meagher.' The magis'
trate gave it up as bad case, and
rode Immediately to another station
in search Of olice.
Meantime the Irish Chief Of Polio,
set out for the mines, and thought b,
could make nore:money in diggin,
!, gold than arresting brave Irish patri
ota. Such is one Of the fret fruits 0
+. the gold discovery in Australia-th,
f ESCAPE Of the brilliant Meagher. =
: Gold, after all, is useful in it's way
!. Meayher waited for six hours ate
). the time, in order not to give the au
n thorities any excuse for saying he ha'
n violated his pledge. lie was accom-
: panied and assisted by three younI
English settlers, who supplied hir
0 With horses and had horses themselvc
= They proposed to wait till the polio
came, and kill them. But Mesghe
. thought it unnecessary to shed blood
but waited till the police came, an
!, kept his friends waiting at short di,
I, lance. The moment the police o.
! tered the house. he passed out Of an
Q other door, and, mounting bis horse
, came round to the front Of the house
{ and within pistol shot Of them, an
. told them TO arrest him il they coult
In the next moment be put spurs I,
his horse, and, with bis friends, VA
d soon out Of sight. They travelle
t over $50 miles without halt, bavin
Q relays Of horse on the way. They ,
d length reached, unmolestcd, lionel