New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-07-07
Pro'essants, Non
Cant. ",tsfaaut
A3,299 5.7D,583
Total........ ...lO.7ys.0,O

Thus the Dissenters and Catholics have majority OF
800 OOe-yst the Episcopal Is the Established" re
gon. to which all persons Of other denominations ere
obliged 10 contribute These the political evils
that cry for remedy, now. in Great Britain. And the
ensuing general election will certainly help toward it.
A word Of the weather. 1t is unusually. disagreea
bly, su'ry The Parks are parched. the ground
cracked tho leaves brown, and pail OF gritty dust
hangs over everything. / have never known atmos
pheric London less endursble. Even late at night
when tie empty. the nuisance remains The
other day when Sir William Frazer e1patiating to
the House OF Commons on his usual topic,he condi-
ton Of the mctropo,s-I heard him make statement
which have not seen reported In the papers He de-
clared that If you put a lumber with the open end
tow ard the wind catch the particles OF dust
flying about and then moisened them with water. you
would find there were all Of animacug visible to
to the naked eye swimming about in the compound Ii
reminds one Of the days Of Arcularus tho nasty In
Nev.York.
I learn by recently received copy Of The TRIBUNE
that the press Of your city has obtained notable aces
son in the shape Of John Mitchell Irish patriot escaped
convict, ex Rebel and now of The ". Daily Mrs.
Possessing reminescence which has never yet g p
reared in print not OF this vroc notore.y but OF his
nifty TO relate it, A All illustration Of the kind Of youth
improved of the face OF the earth by hundreds and
thousands by the recent war 1t is worth the telling;
was In Charleston, South Carolina, in the memora'
bic Winter OF lsCo-l-Secession tne-and had consid
cradle opportunities u observing he events and indi'
viduals Of that epoch Being. evening" at the Office
Of Of the two principal newspapers Of tho city
found there, with its editor. a beardless lad
.lt.tx II &.rnv Of mi
hight, with round gray eyes. rather an aquinc
nose decided mouth, and anything but al
agreeable expression Of countenance HIS face only
lacked vigor and fins to have served for an exact
model for a grand nquisitor. There was look Of
latent dangerous fanaicsm in it which curoasly
uacted, yet repealed you. This youth proved to be
John Mitchell Junior. and be was worthy OF his pa
terni,y. QIls father. by the by was then In Paris
acting AZ correspondent TO The Charleston MreVry)
Young viriol"-for by that designation he Wa,
privately known to myself and other-had come from
his adopted state Of Alabama TO offer his services to
South Carolina and the holy OF secession. He
had good manner and address. was a land suryeyor
by profession. and Ionzed 1t in Charleston on the
strength Of his name and origin. Living In the
same hotel. / saw good deal of hin.
The fanatcal faith IN Slavery and the South
exhibited by this lad was something appalling he
had adopted oil its extreme featuresespecaly beliefiQ
the revival Of the slave trsde--with peryersity be-
coming bis primoeeniturs. His coat displayed huge
cash, recently sewn up for which he accounted by
pleasing story OF difficulty" with friend to whom
he had oarelessy applied tbs ephet OF submissionis
in an Alabama ballroom when the gentleman respond
ed by cut at hs breast with bowie knife ION which
took the liberty OF putting bullet through his hat.
lust above the head" said Mitchell junior adding naive
", "He was the dearest friend had in tho world
Young Vitriol always carried revolyer-Dean and
Adamss patent being his "favorte" weapon. On tie
night Of my introduction 10 him he discoursed Of Ab
onists and narrated how he had assisted at lynchpg
one in Alabams only two weeks back stating the time
and locality And" he said. 81 am not ashamed to
say that pulled at the rope. Twas on the jury that
tried him. and helped to hang him. l render myself
amenabo to the law by the admission. for us II
was done by the Vigilance Committee Of which !
am a member IL was. of course, Illegal. But am
confding 1t to gentlemen and men OF honor" And
have no doubt that this boy--whose fral arm wa,
hardly thicker than a rabbits leg. which one could
have snapped by a vigorous twist Of the wrist-had
pulod at the rope and assisted at the murder Of
poor. frendless "Yankee'-one OF the many nameless
assassnations occurring in the evil days of the dom
nation Of Slavery. before the war began. Mitchell
junior got the staff Of Gov. Pickens subsequently
and was to Virginia Rebel emissary TO propo
gate "secesh" doctrines there and help engineer the
State out Of the Union. from which expedition b,
returned despalring Of success and denouncing thu
Old Dominion-as was tho fashion In Charleston jos
then. That before Sumter. When the Rebel
fired the Star Of the West thereby committing the
first act Of overt hostility to the United States Govern
ment. his enthusiasm was prodigious IL was al
alone" he said to me- "out sulivsn's Island; blu
II didn't throw my hat up and hurrsb. It's pityp
In July 1864. this promising youth got killed by
cannon ball. while In command at Fort Sumter as apt
John Mitchell proper end for him, think
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