The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-03-22
naath of John Mitchell,

r,znc,ed him, His death ends the question:
and gives to him peace and rest from the t1'ais
and disappointments Of an eventful lie.
Ton. MuHE4 was born in the town Of
Dupeiyea on the Sd Of Novemoez, 1910
His father, minister Of tie Unitar'sn ialtn'
offlciased at that village, AID placed aus son
In Tr;rtty College,, Dublin, where ne graou'
a,ed Ia 1895. He subsequently studied law,
and pcacticed in Newry and Bainbridse Tor
six gears during the period of theexc'tenent
attcndsnts,pon o. Co,NKLL's " monster meet
ing, his srrest and trial. MIR. Mitchell, who
was bora passionate lover of ireland, could
not remain long secluded in the practice oil
the law ia the violent political agltatlons
which asiiowed fast upon this period. he
pas called to Dublin in 1916. and became a
colleague of Mr.. GKyAN DUFFY on the va
lion, one of the most prominent emanc'pa-
ton Journals of the day. His articles IN It's
columns were fuR of spirit and bold in their
denunciations of the Home Government,
finally eliminating 10 1916 in an article show
ing that the people could well contend win
the troops in the streets, and advocating des-
perate measures in case OF conflict. For tn!s
the paper was prosecuted, and the articles
of MIR. Mitchell were subsequently, SUBJECTED
! to examination and curtallment by his senior
colleague. This was one OF the things that
Jous MrrcHeL coaid never brook even 10 the
| latest DAYS of his life. He would never aoate
one lot or title Of an honestly-oonceiVed
sentment for the sake of policy or eSpea'-
ency, and nothing Eexed him more than 10
suopest alterations or notifications upon
these grounds. In Dublin, as consequence
OF the pruning of his articles, be "thdre"
from the Nation aDd established the Unitea
Irishmaa. which he conducted with his
| gonted vigor and feariessness. On the 22o OF
Nav. 1913, be was arrested and imprisoned IN
Newga,e prison, Dublin. He was committed
Under an indictment for sedition in two
counts-one in q speech at public meetipg'
and the other in an article. He was tried by
Baron LEROY, and May 25sb, three days after
his arrest, was sentenced to fourteen years
TRANSPORTATION. He was Immediately placed
In irons. and carried under heavy guard TO
Spike Island, Cork harbor, being allowed
lust time to take a hasty leare Of his family.
On the 1st of June following the solitary ex-
lie sailed from Cork for Bermuda on her
Majesty's steamship Scourse, the commander
OF which had orders to treat him "as per-
son of education and gentleman" when
last expression evoked from him consldera-
BILE sarcasm. Said he: GA person OF edu-
cation and a gentleman - And ii such per-
son has indeed committed felony, is ne not
lust all the more fclonious? Ii a person OF
educ ltlon commit the real crime of endea-
yorine to subvert social order, ETC.,
how does his education eutitle him
to indulgence above other felons! But
possibly you begin to see, Gafler JOHN BULL,
that I am no felon at all, and have committed
no crime at all, Notwithstanding your new
sact of Parliament in that case made ard
provided and you think it impoitlc, or else
Won are ashamed to proceed to the uttermoSs
ripor with me. This is child's-pay.
Positively am either felon or no telon !;
that is to say, either | am felon or youb
,JoBs. are felon." Dir. MITcHEL's treat ment
on the Scourge was well in accord with the
instructions above quoted. After voyage
of twenty days he was landed at Bermuda
and placed upon o convict hulk, where he
did not fare so well, being placed in a
narrow aud confined cell. On account OF
his heath-the old enemy, the asthma,
having again paid him an assiduous visit
after an absence of some years-he was SUBJ
scquenty removed to more comfortable
quarters on board the hospital ship Fluedos
but be was not destined to remain here long,
for 8 rslmor 10 the effect that the Irish Of New
York were about to attempt a rescue caused
his rc-transfer to the hulk, where he remlin-
ed until his departure for the Cape OF Good
Hone zen route for Australia. At this par
t;cular time the vigilance OF the Bermuda
authorities was redoubled on account OF
the runners from the Irish in America, and
the great circumstance Attendant upon the
stirring movements Of the military about the
island drew forth some Of MIR. MITCHEL's
most pungent satire. An incident of his pri.
SON life here he related with sarcastic Zest. A
convict who had been detailed to serve the
surgeon one morning brought the exile a
pineapple, and after a short pre- iplinary in
formed him that he was GARRETT. "Neyer
heard Of you before, GARRETT" % Oh, dear
sir; yes sir, yea must be quite well aware
of 1.-THE great railway affair, you remem-
ber." "&e, u DON'T" cob then, I'm Mr..
GARRETT, who was connected a0th the -
railway. !, It WAC. matter Of kaDjbO0 l
realized. Forty thousand pounds, SIR, left
lit behind se, sir, with Mrs. GARRIrrs she
is living in Esgand in very handsome style.
I bave been here no% two years, and Dixie it
very well. j am brightly thought of-created
great sensation when came. In fact, Mntd
yoa came was reokoned the fsst man ia the
colony. Forty thousa1d pounds, sir; not q
larthing less. But cow you have eut me out"
"Iro$e and bowed 10 this sublime sascal: The
overwhelming idea that should supersede
a swinGler Of forty thousand pounds power
was too much for nc; SO | said, graciously
bowling, oh, sir, you do me too much honor.
am sure you are. far more worthy Of the
post of distinction. For me, never saw so
much money in all my life as forty thousand
pounds.'"
The asthma. which had afflicted Mr..
mitchell nearly from the day of his arrival,
SO reduced him In health that it was found
necessary to give him change; so on the
23d of April, 1S49, he sailed on the convict
shin NEPTUNE for the Cane of Good Hone