Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-08-24
thur to-day and done with chaingangs, skilly, and
the black serpent forever.'

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the black serpent forever.''
The communication from Sidney is as follows
} satisfactorily completing the hurried narrative:
, Thank God, a third of the depoted Irish Re
bells, Patrick O'Donohoe, has at length escape
from his brutal prosecutors, the tyrant Dennisol
and his convict blood hounds, in Van Dieman'
, Land. regret that it is not in my power to fur
nish your readers with the full particulars of Mr.
Donohoe's escape from the mortal plague poison
of the South Seas. Suffice it to say that he sue
ceeded in reaching Port Phillip in safety, where
having mot few trustworthy friends, arrange
ments were quickly set on foot to get him out o
the country. A contract was entered into with
the captain of vessel bound for foreign port, tt
take him of, for which service the Captain receiv
ed fl9o. Mr. O'Donohoe was Immediately af
terwards put on board the vessell Hobson's Bay
But Judge of his astonishment and surprise, when
after getting on board. the Captain Informed him
that unless he procured clearance from the water
police cfice, he could not take him away To
this treacherous proposition Mr. O'Donohoe de-
murred-remonstrance was vain-the cowardly.
dishonest skipper was inexorable. Mr.. O'Dono-
hoe had but two alternatives to choose between
to submit to be cheated out of his money, and
leave the vessel, a pennyless ontcast. or to COM
pei this roughish outcast to refund the El90. He
determined on the latter, and in order the more
loaded pistol from his bosom, and coolly told the
skipper that unless he Immediately refunded his
money he would blow his brains out. The threat
took immediate effect-the brave sailor trembled
from head to foot. and handed back the cash.
O'Donohoe then left the ship, and had to fall back
once more upon his friends iu Melbourne, who
Immediately determined to send him on to Sidney.
where he would stand better chance of ulti-
matpy escaping the fangs of his pursuing and
mercless prosecutors. He was accordingly
smuggled on board another vessel which after
splendid run, carried the Irish Reble in safety
to Sydney. So. sz.-
Patrick O'Donohoe was never in securer
asylum Dennison and all his convict satellites
could not injure hair of his head. But let me
tell you how this came to pass Turned into the
streets of strange city, where he had never pre-
v;ously set foot, o Donohoe first wandered about
at random. At length he entered hotel, and
asked the landlord could he be accommodated
with bed for the night. Being answered in the
affirm tive, he further enquired of the landlord
If he was an Irishman. The poor fellow like the
ship wrecked mariner clinging to the last plank
of his frail bark, still trusted with confidence TO
the generosity of his countryman. And in this
instance (fnr the honor Of poor Ireland be it re-
corded) his confidence was not misplaced. Up
on being assured fthe landlord Irish decent, he
confded to him his critical situation. upon which
he was provided with good room, plenty of the
hoe nd hot, +bo
far more desirable, brace of Colts revolvers to
protect himself from any intrusion that should be
attempted upon his privacy.
On the following day, he placed himself in
communication with few trustworthy friends,
whose noble and muniicent generosity to the poor
exile deserves to be recorded with honor in Irish
history. These few gentlemen-<for such they
are in the most honorable sense)-had O'Dono-
hoe immediately removed to the country, for safe
ty. They then entered into subscription among
themselves for the purpose of chartering small
vessel, to take him to California. Three of five
gentlemen who constituted the Committee of
safety, subscribed E75 each, and the remaining
two (poor men, comparatively speaking subscrib-
ed ECO each-making up the handsome sum of
f325. Eternal honor to their names! This,
without doubt is practical proof of Irish patriot
ism at the antipodes, demonstrating most noblv
that there lives in Irishmen's 5 bosoms in whatever
part of the world it may be their destiny to be
cast abiding love of country, which neither
time, nor distance, nor circumstances can destroy.
All things having been arranged, O'Donohoe was
placed on board small cutter that was ostensi-
bly, cleared out at the Sydney Customs for the
South Sea Islands, but in reality for San Fran
cisco. Having taken final farewell Of his devot.
ed friends with the tears Of manly gratitude filling
his eyes, he departed and in ten minutes after his
countrymen, standing on the beautiful promontory
Of the South Head, which overhangs the South
Pacific Ocean, beheld the gallant little craft
which bore the escaped convict, O'Donohoo
away from the land of his exile, his persecution,
and his sorrows, dashing over the blue expanse of
waters that lay before her, every moment reducing
the distance that interviewed between the Irish
Rebel and freedom in the Western State of the
m ghty Republic. Thus has the third Of Irelan rs
most faithful sons, the convicted conspirators OF
'48-escaped from the convict hull, presided over
by Tyrant Dennison. Maypeace, happiness, and
useful career of honorable labor in the cause of
his down trodden country, distinguish the remain
der of his days in the land Of his adoption.
THE CURATIVE POWER OF MoNEY.-An emf
ne Mt surgeon from this city, says the Boston Tran
script, was recently called to New Hampshire, by
the officers of a railroad corporation, to make d
examination ofa a numhnr Of md;