The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-08-14

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, him information Of which lie was slresdv H
, possession, and TO elicit BY interrogation ma
S; wnion no might Afterwards nae again.
wholly unjusti6able.n '~e
IN regard to tho above trial the Nation says
We desire here to say a word or two on til
sPirited and noble conduct Of the latter pril
t 9her IN tne dock When he was asked in tn
sentence should not be passed u5on him. W
arc told that he made an earnest appeal t,
the judge, not for himself, but for Wilson
Wss e mat nat, II Wilson was guilty Che Dayitt
never knew until he arrived at the Padding
Son station that he (Davitt) was an 1rishman
OF mat MS name was not Robert jackson. H,
ishment if Wilson's wife and family could b.
saved from wOrkhouse and he begged thai
his punishment, if the sentence against Wilson
(Davitt's) sentence. This was surely the Ian
man.
THE LATE w. P. THoMPsoN-Daniel Darraqh
Darragh-known in the court and prison re-
cords of England as William Pherson Thomp-
son-were inferred in the new Catholic Gene
terry of his native town of Ballycastle, county
Antrim Before one o'clock, the honr appoint
| ed for the funeral, the picturesque little town
was thronged with the silent but expectant
| SIOuPo Vi pcaSAuGry, VINO QAO come In to wit.
ness the burial. How the news ~as transmitted
! is puzzle which we recommend to the curious
| consideration of Messrs. Fortescue and Bruce,
see gs, that no one in Ballycastle knew that
the body had been given up till late on Satur-
testimony Of their love for the dead patriot.
me gentlemen having charge Of the body,
burial should be private. If Chief Secretaries
could break their pledged words, they would
keep theirs: The slightest emblem or incident
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demonstration was forbidden. Not even an
emblem of mourning was observed. Save the
white scarfs worn by the two priests who
headed the funeral procession to the grave
yard, there was not even o symbol of death or
burial At one o'clock, the coffin, borne shout
der high, was taken from the house of deceaseds
little town, and then quietly consigned to it's |
pative earth. The two clergymen, accompanied |
by Messrs Hogan and Heinrich from Birming.
ham. and few friends from Belfast, walked
The entire population of Ballycastle, male and
female, young and old, who with those who
came from the adjoining country districts, and
from the coal and iron mines in the vicinity,
swelled the funeral procession to two thousand
people. A more suggestive and solemn sight
has rarely been witnessed. Scarcely a word
was subdued in the presence of the heroic dead
and save hushed whispers and muttered
prayers, not n sound escaped the multitude
in arriving in the graveyard the coffin was
burial service, while the crowd knelt and re-
,eated the responses. A moment more, and
ne clay, from the hands of the Rev. Mr.. NAL
lister, ratified on the coffin. The sad ceremony
vas completed, and the remains of Daniel Oar 5
agh were left to await the Archangeps trum-
et in as lovely a spot as was ever yet conse- t
rated by the relics of martyred patriot 7
SIN. 1t may be added that, save two children g
Is ls the first body buried in the new ceme- c
cry, which is as yet unenclosed. The Rev v
lr. MAllister, whose kindness and considera- h
fnrh i'm fha tf,ln
imseif chose the site of the grave in spot q
hltable for the monument which the land Z
II which nnt fail; he Il aabored lived and died,
here beneath the shadows of his native "
ills, the friends who had known and loved =,
i'm in life, and who in death had wrested his " y,
aptives, bade adieu to his mortal remains. &
here he sleeps on the wild coast of Antrim
here the breakers from the rude and magnifi-
'ns eiltfs OF Fair Head will sing their hoarse
ore. fheFes in the country of William Orr, T.,
, sleeps his last long sleep. He who in life 10
as SO gentle and se> mild-the spell of whose OF
lad bones was the dread of the mighty Eng n,
ia Cabinet-has calm anti>peace at last. No VI
icial insolence-no brutal jailer's sneer-no er
and or petty perseeution-can ever more an
y the sensitive mind or atflict tn 8 delicate i;
dy But his influence is vital in Ireland -; ~
ough bis body sleeps with his kindred in > en
e remote Antrim village. Young mon of 81
urselves To you from his silent grave in tn
lllycastle he to-day breaches an evangel of ev
18th and truth. His clay is Ireland's-his M
al is in the hands If his Maker-his memory ha
yours Forget him not-while he awaits the w
snrrection of the just, and you labor and y" W.
Nation. Ri
The CORK FARMERS CLUB ON THE LAND wv
LL--An unequivocal and sweeping condem- es
ton has been passed on the Land Bill bv Cn
Cork Farmers Club. Mr.. Ronayne said at
he Marquis of Hartingtons promise to the St
'orers had been fulfilled 5y putting a penal an
upon any one who should shelter them.' ali
. R1ordan limited that the clause prohibiting | fo,
. erection of cottages for laborers ard allow. ha
: them half an acre of ground would pro- A.
ce revolution in Ireland. "There is not q ~
mer in the country" said he, " who is not De
liged to give his laboring man half an acre III
garden, and Ii be refuses to G i've it in fu- en-
70, a0hG know what the state of affairs sa,
IL be-" The other parts of the Bill were tn;
ldemned in q manner equally unequivocal. tra
he treatment of the BilI,n said Mr.. Farrell, hi,
between the two Houses was an utter farce IL
q the requirements of the Irish people were a.. N
{ considered Even when tenant got the up
chest compensation allowed by the Bill il VIC
uld not be worth the Irish tenants accept ito
sc, and no farmer would take it. When he to
1T where was he to go ito the work house fay
America" And, finally, the Bill was me
aracterised as a sham," and Il resolution tbs
s unanimously passed to the effect that it lie
ogether failed to fulfil the just expectation 80:
the Irish farmer The judgment of the Cork .ln
rmers Club ought to carry with it the more Iof
ght, lnasmuch as, if remember Alright, MAJ
las been hitherto more moderate in it's com Ca
nts upon the Bill than the other Farmers | cha
bs, and its proposals fora settlement of the 9th
III Sues1ioh last autumn were approved of lat
-, -. "suie ny such organs as inc ter
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