New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-01-28

against wall. varied. by walking backward
sS to a%a s % Chat
the way o'Doncvsn Rossa lodged mortal Disease and
nsrs Mss T ms Mnse Of Poco but he Wa
the win Of ono Of the Ssstes Of the Irish shres
This charge Of torture made. 1t denied again
And SS sS the Of
name Of Rosa to the head Of tho POLL at the
there wss %Ss
more excuse for II than wc thought at the Tune
AND . he %ss Ms e
subject TO manage need hardly be said Prison isci
a. over picSpOcssts FOs necessary II be- still still
necsssaTy Introduce martial law into prisons
man; nSweSsT guilty 2. Snworhy, who bears the
to the spirit a. we'll as the letter nSsh
corng 10 the custom Of the Courts OF the United King
dom II police magistrate at Bow-st were to take II
before him to be handcuted behind tho back for
thirty days how long would the Chancellor allow such
magistrate TO hold scat on the bench Shall II DO tol-
Grated that the governor Of jail to use tho power
incted becomes Ss az one 'S os
the most truculent forms of torture employed II
let such methods Of punishment even in regard 70 our
ren pohtca prieoner be inflicted only after act Of
the Governor Of island for employing torture in the
last century Have we 80 degcncrated as TO allow the
this though y aT Ss worst is
not the only In which charges brought against the
satisfaction of tho Commissioners. Tbo Governor at
Portland, Mr.. Clifton, charged O'DOnoyan Rosss the
carry on love Intrigue By letter. with tho 'v wife Of
smother prisoner The paper in question was addressed
intended for oDonOvan Rossa's own wife. Tho Cover
@ sss SoS OF the
inform the prisoner Moore OF the relations which he be-
The Commissioners having gone into the case care.
fully at O'Donovan Rossa's request. hold him
on Of o %
acted under :" misrepresentation" They fnd moreover.
fore them after an Interval Of four years to compare
the letter incriminated by him with Mrs. ODOnOvan
e. d e.
prevent him from har6orng such suspicion or commu-
others outside the walls Of h. jail Were he to 90
q British husbands: In estimating oDOnSSaS
clothes the person Of British Jail governor we;subpit
that this Wholly unioanded charge against his more,
wonder that such charge should work like madness on
all that read Of him, discern the elements Of
essentially Southern emperamept-a nature capable of
and noble conduct. Had Mr.. Gladstone met a.zarone
Of such type In the prison at Naples tortured in the
a month, morally dishonored in tho face Of
evidence for four long years. he might well have said
Rece homo. Such 10 the manner OF man such system
as exists in Naples naturally produces" soft word
had power to do with hs dossSd isn re6sl wnat %Sn
record that oPportune appeal to his better feelings
Cane OCTOBER, 1853, proved more
than long previous course Of prison discipline; and.
with exception In the December Of that year. he has
not since been subjected to any further punishment"
The Commissioners we regret to add, find that grave
charges brought by other conycts against the admins
tration of the prisons well founded They find that
having arrived ut Pentonve I'm mid Winter they were
at once deprived of the anncls which they had been
supplied with in the Irish prison from which they came
They report that oConnel while suffering from disease
of the aora, heart medical authorities differ on the
point whether it is his heart his aora that 10 affected
but IL besde subject to nervous paralysis OF the
head and he has steadily declined In weight to the ex
~ ainpa ala inn liaOn
breadandwater diet in close confinement seven
times, being evidently =" unit TO undergo such
discipline Five o. as f5,n. tss letters
ought TO have been forwarded, erasipg such
parts az Che authorities considered objectionable The
talents Che was one Of the principal writer's of The sh
People while suffering from splitting OF blood was Kept
dressing, but also proved to involve the practice
carving large slabs OF stone the back After about
three weeks Of this work the splitting OF blood ended IN
hemorrhage from the lungs The Commissioners think
that this prisoner vas the whole, not MT for hard
labor" Mulcaby, It is added was never reported
for misconduct nor ever nS The Sans when
q man Ia splitting blood Is to be considered PUNISH
ent In the of the other prisoners who came be-
tiated some held proven but taking general view
OF the whole report must not hesitate to say that the
case of the Fenian PRISONERS against tne s
BEEN on the whole, estabbshed that at least one OF
those prisoners was treated with degree Of barbary
which 1t grevous 10 contemplate that they were all
subjected To iucoDsderate and unnecessary severity
that the conduct of the officials ncrmiDaed by this re-
port calls for further action the part OF the Govern
ment that by Of these officials the Government
ment that the facts Of the case as revealed D INC re-
port deprive Amnesty OF the claim to be considered
ia any degree IAN act OF pure elemency anu that ~
principle the fret time applied IN the ease OF these
prieoners that political offenders should be submitted TO
the same usage ~ burglars and footPaos