The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-03-07
rocAr MArrURs.


exile. delivered lecture upon Henry Grsttan and
the irish Volunteers, In the African Church, on
Friday evening last.
The stormy and Indictment nature Of the evening,
doubtless prevented the attendance of alarge num-
Der of persons; and the high price OF admission,
fftv cents. which we think on peculiar occasion
OF this kind ought to have been reduced to twenty
Eve cents also operated against the presence OF
thronsed assembly. Mr. Meagher Is young man
of average height regular aud handsome features
black hair, and of fine muscular Development
The countenance, frank and fearless of expressions
10 marked index Of his generosity and determine
ton His delivery s clear, deliberate and striking
ly effective. The peculiar and impassioned ges
lures which mark that delivery, impart thrilling
and magical influence to his beautiful oratory and
the flights of fancy in which he occasionally in
duges, are of the most stirring aud eloquent char
acter.
At a little after o'clock Mr.. Meagher entered the
hall, accompanied by Mr.. W.T.. Watson and sew
eral other friends The assembly to their feet
on his entrance and gave him cordial greeting
At this time the church was about half full several
ladies being present.
Soon after being seated the platform, Mr.
acknowledgements anIrishman in their midst as an
introduction to a Virginia audience. (Applause)
Mr.. W. then proceeded to refer to the prominent
part which Irishmen had taken in fighting the bat
ties of this country from the revolution to the pres
ent time and also in advancing its CIVIL social and
| commercial prosperity Their names were to be
found appended to our Declaration of Indepen.
dence, sod arrgyed among the bright galaxy of
Americas most iliustrious and intelligent states.
| men. Irishmen were to be found aiding the cause
| of liberty wherever its standard was upfted. The
speaker then referred to the efforts of few Irish
patriots from the days of Henry the Second to the
present time to stay the oppressive hand Of Eng
Iand-and to rescue Ireland from the accursed
| thraldon in which she was bound. He inslanced
particularly the last effort made, which, however,
proved unsuccessful, and had resulted in consign
| ing those engaged in il, 10 felon's DOOM Upon
trial by jury, the leaders were appointed to meet
the death of traitor-the rope and the gailows TO
be their portion But even the tyrannical rulers of
England were forced TO succumb to the influence
| Of a mighty public opinion, more from this coun'
try than any other, and for the gaows substituted
transportation. Among those doomed to suffer
that penalty, was his friend before them, T. F..
Kesgher. loud appause.) He knew well how
that audience would receive the exile and the patri.
ct, one whose hearts desire was TO accomplish the
disenthrallment Of his native land from tie curse
and abomination of British nisrule. He would
| now introduce Mr. Meagher.
| Mr. Meagher then came forward and was greeted
| with three enthusiastic rounds of applause. He
| said
Ladies and gentlemen and citizens of Richmond
a l.
duced to this audience has asked you Virsinans to
receive as an Irishman. ask you Virginians to
| receive arepubcan. (ApPlause)
AS an Irshman ask your compliance, as Virginians
with this request. The So because my friend in
his remarks observed that all through the passages
your revolution, and your subsequent history the
present moment, Irish blood had been intermingled
with what, critically speaking should be styled
| American and because the expressions of both of
those boods is found in the word Republican which
indicates the present existence of America and the
future hope of Ireland. loud appleuse.) l appear
here then, not an Irishman but republican, ex
pressing the present which is achieved, and the hope
| which is yet to be accomplished. (Appause) And
permit to say, strange may appear to you and
young am, that IN years, long down in the valley
of life, the first words that struck upon the chords of
my heart with touch that made them vbrate through
WHOlc USIHS, were WoIus u henry, OF
Virginia, in his famous speech in the House of Bur
gesses, just before the revolution. Mr.. NJ. here reci
ted, with great effect the passage commencing, Cen
temen may ia X of peace, but there is peace-the
war has actually begun, &c and ending, ''Give me
liberty, give me death."l These words, when
but u years old, struck the chords of my heart
and caused them to vbrate and the vibration has
yet ceased-ceased not when roaming my native
tains-ceased not when crossing the ten thousand wild
blllowy waves OF the ocean-ceaaed not when reflect
ing in the silent forests of Australia and will not
until this heart pulsates no longer and becomes
as the cold stone. Enthusiastic applause) In men,
oning these incidents feel there is already strong
reciprocity established between thank you for
your greeting and for your countenance of this
effort of mine. hope, by these humble efforts SIM
ply appearing the position of lecturer to be able
to raise home in this land that shall give forth re-
to add to the aggregated strength and glory of
this Republic Twill now proceed to the lecture.
Mr. NJ. then entered upon his interesting lecture a
report of which unavoidably obliged to defer
until tomorrow.
CHARGE OF UrTERINGA COUNTERFEIT NOTE -
At the instance of a store.keeper named Jacob Ad.
Ter, William Miller, of Hanover, was on Saturday
brought before the Mayor on the charge of at
tempting to utter feloniously, and attempting to
employ and use certain false and forged bank
note, purporting to be true bank note of the de
nomination of $50, Of the Bank Of Cape Fear, North
Carolina with intent to defraud-he (Willam Mil
ler) knowing il to be forged note. The examina-
ton opened with the testimony of Mr.. Adler, who
deposed:-I sold Mr.. Miller S. so worth of goods
on the eyeningIof the Gath Of February He handed
me this note Qhe counterfeit 800 in payment
was suspicious Of the note and asked him for anoth
er, but he said i. was all the money he had with
him. Ia.ked him then to pat mis- name upon the
back of il bu. he objected to this and said that it
might come back to him for redemption some ten
or twenty years hence. asked him his name, and
, ne said it was Miller, that he was from Hanover
that if it was counterfeit note he did not know it,
and that if it did not prove to be good note he
would give me another one for it, | looked at the
counterfeit detector, but could see no notice of
counterfeit eff this kind, and told Mr.. Miller so.
then changed the note. On the next friday
morning took the note to Mr Pairo who told me
that it was counterfeit, and that the sans note
had been cent into his Office for examination oy mr.
s,ra,ton. about dusk the evening before On en-
,,,r;,c of ar Stratton, he did not know who pre-