The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-02-28
Arrival Of Wm smith o.Brien at
New York.
MS RECRPTTO

| HlS CFPT TON.
The steamship Prince Alder, arrived in New
York Friday morning, having on board Wm. smiti
loBtien the most prominent OF the Irish revola
tionis;s OF 1913. lie vista this country merely
tour pleasure, and is TO return home 10 May. Th'
| New fork Express, noticing his reception. says:
| The announcement that VIM Smith OBrtsu WA
one Of the passengers, aud the exi ectatIon that
fvrtaai reception wolid be exteDdeJ 10 the GisiIa
| ggIshed stranger, drew u large coGcourse 10 thC
| Battery BY the Lime the Steamer had dropped
her auchoT, detachment OF Che An Artillery, col
| Hiuchen. were drawn up upu4 the Battery, witt
two brass field pieces, to pen fJrm the honols OF
| salute fwenty-ohe guns were fired 10 hoDOr VI
toe steamer, and afterwards one hundred guns as
Mr.. Brien, with his friends, proceeding iroIn
the steamer 10 the landing az Whitehall.
| AS sooo as the steamer was auDouuced, Mr. L
| H. MeeGher hastened 10 WBItehaiI, with several
| frends and proceeded Oh board The Prince Albert
| IN the Government barge. ar. Meagber Was the
frat to ;ake Ir OBrien by the hand, aud as might
have bsea OK peC;ed, the estIng was most cor al
| though without aiiectatIon MI. UBrien appeared
| in excellent heaieh, and bnt little the worse far
| the very tempdstuCas Passage which has just
clio cd. He IS abous fifty years of ase, of medium
| he,ght and VI a c0mpacdJ -buit person. Hisface,
which Indicates great cc yo5uIo aud self reliance,
wears all ihtoiiiGent and pleasant smile, aud IN
his manners he Is wholly Tree from atecLatioD or
clap trap He speaks with some hesitation, bat his
language is we'll chosen, and make pleasing i'm
preston upon iEe bearer Shortly al eE the steauI
| er anchored Judge UConner, with the Com
mittee OF Reception went on board when the par
ty retired to tne cabin where the address Of vel
cone delivered to him by the Judge.
Mr.. 0Brieu replied 10 the effect that the com
mittee quite right III suFposirg that he did
not come to me United States win view to call
firth demonstration By way of Iarade which
mi CHI 30 made 10 himself. At The same time 1t
was agreeable for him TO receVe-in An iDfoEm
manner, as stated by the address-those geutie-
| men who wished 10 make his acquiiutance. lie
wished it TO be distinctly understood he did Lot
come 10 New YorG fJr any political purpose, or to
make any political manifestation. During It 9
greater Fart VI his life he had wished to study q
institutions this country, without being biased
by th6 opinions Of traTeteIs par Ticuaiiy as maL
o them were written in the gall o! pT,j ldice -
He therefore came TO study tbs lus.IiutioBs of
the only countrF in modern times which Owned
republic. rather than n monarchy, on a large
| scale. lie hal also CONS to see now the millions
OF his counJTymen, who, under adverse tirouIn-
stances, had made this place their home, were
situated. No doubt lie would see msuy OF them
even in ths far West, aud he would go hon.
sad tell how he had seon Them, aud how be bsd
Dsen received. one thug he would say vi theu,
that they had uud ing attach ment 10 the land
| Of Iaeir father. Applause
| Ia presence OF Mr. Meagher he might say that
| he had another object Ill coming TO this country,
! and that to those friends from whom he
| had been separated by adverse destiny; aud in
| snaklrg hauuS with MIR. Meag her, to au II WAS d
source oi regiet to him thai he (str. NJ WAS not
| IN tGe satne position rs he SIR. 0'B was, namely,
| able TO return to his own country. And he
say That the policy whicD still excluded him there'
| fruui, unworthy OF the BtitIsh Goverumenr.
| Applause lie would not effect to cay that he
indIh enL to those manifestations OF feel
| which had been shown to himself while in exile.
| At q tlme Wheu lie was III confinement. the people
OF the United States, Including not Irish pee pie
alone, bus a large proportion OF native cit2 Us,
| commencing Ia Baltimore, had cailea upon the
President Ut the Uuljed States to iutercede With
Eugland for his return. Nor was he iDseusible Of
the sentiments expressed at d great meeting held
in the town ball, when an address had been pres
| sented by number VI individuals such as were
not known to any country in the world except the
city iu which he now stood. Without arrGgstius
| anything 70 himself he confessed he liked the 90
m JustTa, ion tHu5 made by large and respecfa-
be delegation on behalf of hia cJuutry ;nen, and
although NOT tlhing any thing resembling al Osten-
tatiOns parade, the Committee were at liberty 10
say to his friends that he would accept the oness
which had been offered him here to-day. ICneers.
| In regard 10 the iuture, he very anxious tD
| be in Congress befo,o that body would treak up
lie Intended, therefore, to leave New York sun
| day or Monday morning, 80 Jhat he Nigh: be in
| Warrington in time to Republican Lrgi5is,
| ture. From Washington he Intended to 90 South,
| thea 10 Charleston, and peTbhp he wonld re.uru
10 st. LOus, when tie wCuid visit DetrUlt, Toronto,
Quebec, and other parts of The North, and then
turn 10 New York. Whele he would arrIvs again
about the cad of May, to what would be
| interesting here, ana then he rould have tie op
portunity OF renewing his acquaintance with those
around him, AS to be ready, f possible, to make
his private excursion. He had almost for gotten
TO say that he il euded TO visit such objects of
ture here would excite ia ereHt. No one could
enter this beautiful hai bor without perceiSing
once that there was enough to be seeu, which
| would amply reward the tourist for visit to
America.
At the conclusion of his remarks the party we.
ashore, aud we're Immediately surrounded by au
immense crowd, which made a determined rush
for grasp Of the patriots hand. H. finally suc-
| ceedec in reaching carriage, ard, ccompanied
by Thos. Francis Meagher and a few others, drove
| away to the Everett House, followed by the
Fourth regiment, playing martial and patriotic
music.