Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-06-12
Arrival of Thos. T.. Meaghers

| arrival OF GhOSs Z NXeag1eTs
We have already announced the arrival at
New York Of Thomas r. Meagher, the distin.
guished Irish exile and orator, who was trans.
ported as ''teIon' for the part he took in the
Irish revolutionary movement with VIM. Smith
| O'Brien, John Mitchell, and others. The Herald
gives the following account of his escape, taken
from his own lips
Mr. Meagher had the partial liberty of q tick
ct Of leave at the time he escaped but did not
violate its condition.. 1t ran as follows: Il un-
dertake not to escape from the colony as long as
| | hold this ticket of leave" Having made previ-
Gus preparations for his flight, fleet horse sad
died in his stable, and we'll armed with pistols,
| he addressed a letter to the magistrate of Ross,
! about twenty miles distant, and township Of
! the district out of which he was not permitted
to GO. Tne place in which he resided was the
wild bush. In this letter he returned his ticket
Of leave, and said he would remain at his house
that day till l2 o'clock, when the leave expired,
! in order to give the authorities an opportunity
of arresting him, if they could. When the
magistrate read the letter, he was astounded,
and he Immediately ordered the Chief Of Police,
who happened to be present, to proceed at once
to arrest him.
The Chief of Police replied that he would
not do any such thing, as he was an lrishman,
and that young gentleman was an lrishman.-
But you must do it," retorted the magistrate.
| Faith won't" replied the Irishman. Il will
resign first" ''But will not accept your resig-
nation Then, if you don't, you may let it
alone, but will not arrest young Meagher."--
The magistrate gave it up as a bad case, and
rode Immediately to another station in search
of police.
Meantime. the Irish Chief of Police set out
for the mines, and thought he could make more
money in digging gold than in arresting brave
Irish patriots. Such is one fruit Of the gold
discovery in AustraIia-the escape of the bril-
liant Meagher Gold, after all. is useful in its
way. Meagher waited for six hours after the
tme in order not to give the British authorizes
any excuse for saying he had violated his
pledge. He was accompanied and assisted by
three Young English settlers, who supplied him
with horses, and who had horses all ready for
themselves. They proposed to wait till the po-
lice came and kill them. But Meagher thought
it unnecessary to shed blood but waited till the
police came, and kept his friends waiting at
short distance.
The moment the police entered the house he
horse, came round to the front Of the house,
and within pistol shot of them and told them
to arrest him if they could. In the next mo-
meut he put spurs to his horse, and with his
friends was soon out of sight They travelled
over $50 miles without halt, having relays of
horses on the way. They at length reached,
unmolesed lonely spot upon the sea coast,
where according to previous arrangement.
whale boat was waiting, and bore him off in
safety. He had no concert with William Smith |
O'Brien or John Mitchell, and acted entirely on |
his own responsibility. They were entirely |
ignorant of bis intentions. But it is he hoped |
that they, too will act on their responsibility, |
and also escape: John Mitchell resided about !
eighty miles distant and VIM. Smith O'Brien !
about twenty miles from Meagher. He saw
both a short time before he escaped; Mitchell
looks well and enjoys excellent health-but !
VIM. Smith O'Bren was sinking beneath the |
oppression. He was quite bent and looked very
Old Before his imprisonment he was perfectly
erect, and was hale man. His proud spirit, like
the sturdy oak, would not bend before the
storm, though it may break down his body.
As soon as Mr. Meagher's arrival was known
in New York, crowds hocked to see him. The
Irish military companies of that city and Brook
yn turned out in force and visited the house
in which he resides. One of the officers, in
the name of the crowd, congratulated him on
his escape, to which Mr. Meagher responded in
A brief but eloquent manner.
The Times says that Mr. Meagher is gen.
tleman of marked ability-great frankness and
of character, and of easy, quiet and
polished manners. He is in excellent health,
thoroughly Drowned by exposure to the wea-
her during his long voyage, and evidently gra-
.ifed at his arrival and welcome He is law
yer by profession, and will probably make this
country his future home.