, 1870-03-28
0DONOVAN ROSA.
The Celebrated 1.ctsCr Published In
AIN M0E~cilIni~e-7,

AAltA M0E*ralIhi~c-r
From the London 7tssgrnPh-
The following il the tcst Of the letter said
TO he written fy the convict ODonorsn Hosss,
noticed by our ruzia cor1espondeus, and pub
lished iu la iMarxeiuai& of Tnesdzt last:
have told yon Of the hypocri-y Of these
English masters, who, after having placed NE
in position that compelled me to rest upon
food, half etarsc nc, deprive mo Of Light, and
give me cllainH and Billie. mike no COM
plaint Of the penalties which my masters re-
Quite me to en1uro-my fate il 10 suffer; but
maintain that have tho right to acauaillt
tie world with the treatment to which
to euprrcss my letter whicl, speaks
Of that treatment. The minute precautions
taken by the prison authorities to prevent INC
from writing letters arc as ridiculous aa they
arc abLorrent. Tho most outrageous proceed
ing waA TO strip mo naked once day duriag
several months, and 10 examine my arms, legs,
and Ill parts Of my body. This occurred ut
NiIlbauk every day in February, and mp to
May, 1867. One day resisted, and then there
came five officers, who assailed me with blows
and tore eg my ciotning. Once WAS enabled
to send outside d letter. and thst procured mo
visit fro1n Messrf. Knox and Pollock, two
police magistrates. What mockcly il was, to
-.nd two government cS.ticiala to ascertain the
truth concerning English prisons: These
gentlemen refused to take note Of what 1 had
of importance to tell them. When l ap-
proachtd = subject which did aot suit them,
they stopped me by saying t;lst with the dis
cplue Of the prison they had nothing 10
do. Is not this true, Messrs. Pollock and
Knox? When told you that had been forced
TO bathc in the water that had already been
used BY half dozen English prisoners, did
you not refuse to take notice Of my complaint
At Chatham 4 certain quantity Of oakum was
given to me to pick. and I was told that
would have 70 faat Il I Ind not completed the
task by 4 certain hour. "Perhaps,' said l:
Go NOT complete my task, that has already o.
cured to ME At Millbank." "How WAS tLats"
asked tho Governor. Then relAted to him
how, On the 4th Of July, having finished my
task ten minutes before the fixed period, / took
" book The officer say me-, accused me Of
and wAs confined In dark cell for forty.eight
hours. One day perceived my friend Edward
waris / heard it rall that DuGy vas seli-
ously i'll, and that he had expressed desire to
l solicited from the Governor OF the prison
permission to visit him. He aauy refused.
That WAS about Christmas, 1867, and some
weeks Inter- prisoner told me- in low tone,
through the grating. Of my celf, Duffy is
VIA. what pathetic story the English would
have considered it! II Alr. Gladstone had
bcen present.at such n leath-scene At Naples,
what picture he would have painted Of il
All! smoothHpoken PhaziAecs, Ial1icking in
hrpo.Hsy-the Bible on your lips, the devil in
John lynch In the month Of March,
1865, I found myself With him in the
e1erciec-y.td. We were 60 closely watched
that he could hardly say these few words to
me, Tic cold is killing me-" But these
Engli.l,, what did they do: They removed us
to London the day before Christmas Arrived
at the r.ison, We were deprived Of our tan-
ncls aud we were left FOR months shive1ihE
with cold III our cells Yes: they cannot deny
it: they sssassinhted John Lynch, but at the
inquiry, nevertheless, there was no lack q off;
Duffy had been very tctiderly trestea. The
living of our English ru!ors exceeds all tho
limits OF imagination. II I am to die in rris-
on, I conju1e my family and my friends not to
believe awo1a which tlese people say about nc.
Let it not he supposed thA1 am ,nnacnesd t
have pursued me with their falsehoods. &C
cuee only the tyranny which rcnders necessary
the maintenance OF erch system. Many
times circumstances have reminded me Of
.hcee words Of Nacbiareli, q that tyrants haze
Bible, in order that the mass Of ths people may
learn tie prveepts and submit to psllaGe with
out resistiiuR tho btiEands." While q slaEish
people practises the morality and obedience
which their priests preaeh to them. tv-
rants viii have nothing to fcat. II this
letter should reach my eountr.uaen.. |
have a right to demand that they shall
1.isc their voices 10 insist that justice should
be done to their suffering brothers. May
these words stir tile blood which now curdles
iu their veins ] have been tarnessed to
small cart, with knotted cord round my neck
The knot was connected with long pole, and
two English prisoners we're orlerod to prevent
the easf frpm reboundinR: but they released
sbcir hold tho pole rprsne up, aud the Knot
gave way. II the knot had held tight, should
have been dead man, ! afirm that it Was
not right TO place nc in a position where my
life depended upon tho kcts OF othe.H- A rav
Of light pcnetrates through the bolts and bars
Of my rrison- It Is the recollection Of =
day paired =. Neutcwuards, where ruet with
Oranermen and Mbbonucn who had forgpttcn
their easotry. O'DoxovAs RossA,
Political Convict.