Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-06-18

GLEN GROVE Saturday, June 5.


To the Editor Of the New York Daily Times:
Dear Sir-In consequence of some misstate.
ments regarding my escape which | have lust
seen in two or three Of the European papers, and
which appear to have been copied from an Aussr-
ALASKAN paper. | think il right to set the true
facts before the American public, 80 whom o.
lone | now hold myself responsible
The remarkable kindness have experienced
from the press and the public generally, ever
oince my arrival in this noble country and the
anxiety feel to have it understood that am
not deficient in the honorable spirit which quail
ifies stranger to become lis citizen, compel me
10 break the silence which no act or word ON
the part of my enemies could ever disturb
The facts are these:
In the month of April, 1851, I was called up
on to renew my parole. did so in writing, and
in the following words:
/ hereby pledge my ,rora Of honor not TO leave
The Colony so long as hold a ticket of leare.
handed this pledge to the Police Magistrate
in the open court. Any one can see il who de-
sires to refer to it,
Towards the end of December, the same year,
| came to the determination Of attempting my es-
cape. Accordingly, on the Sd of January last,
| sent the following letter TO the Police magis-
trate of the district in which resided
LAKE soRELL, DISTRICT or CAMpnHL1rows
| Saturday, January 3, 1852.
Sir circumstances of q recent occurrence
urge upon me the necessity OF Yesigning my
ticket OF leave, and consequently Withdrawing
my parole.
| write this letter, therefore, respectfully 10
apprise you that, after twelve O'Clock tomorrow
noon, shall no longer consider myself bound
! by the obligation which that parole imposes
In the mean time, however, should you con-
slider it your duty TO take into custody, shall
| no Of ~
absolved from the restraint which my word of
honor 10 your government at present inflic,s
! ! have the honor TO be, ST. with sincere res
pect, your obedicnt servant,
THOMAS FRANCIS MEAGHER.
To the Police Magistrate Of the District of
Campbell T0wn
The Police Magistrate received this letter at
ii O'Clock the same morning-I remained in my
cottage, st Lake Sorell, until o'cloch tha. even
ing. a few minutes after that hour, four of my
friends arrived on horseback, and communicated
to me the intelligence that the police were COM
ing to arrest me. | went out with them into the
bush, and remained there, about three hundred
yards from the cottage, until my servant brough,
the news that the police had arrived, and were
sitting in the kitchen. We mounted our horses
Immediately, and rode down towards the cottage
One hundred yards from it, my friends drew up.
| rode on until came close to the stable, which
was within pistol shot of the kitchen door.
! drew up there and desired my servant to 90 in
aud tell the police | was waiting for them He
/ did So Two or three minutes elapsed. The
police appeared. The moment they appeared |
rose III my sIirraps, and called on. that was The
prisoner they came to arrest and | dehcd them
to do so. This challenge was echoed bv my
friends with three loud and hearty cheers, in the
midst of which struck spurs to my horse and
dashed the wood, inlhe direction Of the coast
Accompanied by my courageous hearted friends,
| | reached the sea shore on Monday afternoon at
point where boat was in readiness to receive
me. jumped from my horse, got into the boat,
put off to sea, and beat about there for few days.
until the ship came up, which, thank God bore
me at last to a free and hosptablo land
In plain words these are the plain facts ofthe
case AS have written them here, they we've
written by one of my friends, at tho house whore
we changed horses on our way to the COAST
The manuscript containing them, was forwar-
ded next morning, Tuesday, to the editor of tho
leading Journal Of the Colony, and bore the
names of my friends, written by their own hands
in aitesiation of its truth. The gentleman to
whom II was sent, was instructed not to publish
the names that were attached toit He was how
ever, at the same time requested to insert the doc
ument itself in the next number of his paper,
and was left ut full and perfect liberty to show
me signatures TO any person who might wish 10
be satisfied upon the subject, and would pledge
his honor not to abuse the confidence reposed in
him, by involving the parties concerned in any
legal difficulty.
The men who vouched with their signatures
for the truth of the statement then made, and now
repeated, are men of considerable property and
highly creditable position in The Colony, and no
one there would be rash enough, to speak word
derogatory Of their honor.
! have the honor to be
Your faithful and grateful sevt
THOMAS FRANCIS MEAGHEK,