South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-03-26
Death OF John Mitchell.

which the public was prepared by pre-
vious announcements Of his extreme ILL.,.
ness. Mr.. Mitchell was the son of a o.
nitarian clergyman. of the town of Dun
given, county of Derry, and was born
November 3, 1916, being, therefore,. ut
his death GO years OF age. He was grad
uated ct Trinity College, Dublin, in 1886,
entered upon the practice of law, which
| ne continued through the stormy era OF
the OConnell agitations, and in lS45
was called 70 Dublin as one of the edi-
tors of the Nation of tina, city. His edi-
torial career in Dublin was brief. but in
political sense, eyentful For two
years he wrote constantly articles of a
bitter and what was deemed by the Brit
ish government revolutionary charac-
ter, and for one which appeared in 1915
he was prosecuted by the government.
The obnoxious article endeavored 10
| show that the people could contend with
the army. and advocated the use OF vi
triol against the troops in case Of con-
| fiict in the streets. In consequence Of
the pruning his articles alterward receiv.
ed by his colleague in the Nation, Mr..
Mitchell in l8t7 founded the United J.
risfnlan. an organ which teemed with le-
gal treason, and brought him in direct
collision with the government. After
an existence OF three months the iour-
nal was suppressed aud its editor SEN
fenced 20 expatriGtlon FOR term of II
years. After two weeks incarceration
he was sent to Spike Island, Cork har-
bor,) where the government ordered him
to be treated "as person of education
~ ca L. y.
removed to Bermuda, where he remained
ten months, and was then deported to
Australia. There lie met Messrs. Smith
O'Brien. Meagher, Martin, and other po-
! litical associates, who had met the same
fate as himself. In July, 1854, Mitchell
resigned his parole, and soon after efec-
ted his escape from the colony lie land
cd IN n. York. November %, 1854, and
soon afterwards he founded the Citizen
which he conducted until failing cyesight
obliged him TO seek some more congo
NAL climate. He removed 70 Tennessee,
started the Southern Citizen, and advoca-
ted the reoponing of the African slave
trade. He also edited the volumes OF
thomas Davis and James Clarence Man.
gan. He was warmly attached to the
ante-bellum customs of TIE South, and
during the recent civil war openly avow.
ed his sympathy for the Confederacv,
removed TO Richmond and remained till
the end Of the war, and was connected
with the Examiner and Enquirer news
papers during his stay. lie was arrest
ed at the close Of the war By the federal
authorities and held for short time st
Fortress Monroe. He resided alterwGrd
chiefly in New York, where he was en-.
gagged i'll literary and political newspa.
per work.
In n speech delivered in Cork. Febru-
airy 26, 1875, he said: "The, London
Times has discovered third disgraceful
crime Of which l have been guilty. viz
that | was q Southern Confederate dur.
ing tho war in America As to this last
charge, l Own the soft impeachment |
was Confederate; so was the Times,
and so were all the best mon that met
in America. Ny three sons served in
the Confederate army, and two OF them
fell in battle. I an not such craven
recreant as TO affect to be ashamed Of
that cause"
On Monday. February, l6, Mr. Mitch
ell, who had returned to Ireland q short
time before, and been nominated by tho
Irish home rule party rs a candidate for
Parliament from the county of Tippera-
ry. was elected without opposition. Two
days afterwards he was declared dis
qualified by the House Of Commons. and
new election was ordered Having ar
rived in TipPcrary, Mitchell declared
hlmselFa candidate for reelection, and
rs recently announced, was returned by
large majority, Notwithstanding many
of his abherents abstained from voting.
The excitement and fatigues Of the can
vsss induced \ series Of fits Of faintinr
and prostrat;1n which have gradually
been aggravated until his dcath.-S,m.
4 BALLOON VOYAGE 10 EurorE.-
Prof Donaldson contemplates . balloon
voycge from New York 20 London next
autumn. the expenses to be paid by vii
liam X. Bclknap Of Cincinnati. Geo. L.
Bruce of New \ FORK City, Nathaniel Gray
HGdaway ofLondon. Nareisse Pelletier
Of Paris. These gentlemen are TO pro-
vide $4,000 for the expenses, and give
the Professor $4,000 if he makes the
trip from New York TO London within
~ hours, or $4,000 if he takes Y hours.
A MURDEEEE CoNFEssEs MS CErir.-
Some years AGO. says the Denton Union,
Benjamin Rhoads Of the Fork district,
Dorchester county, Nd, was murdered
by Cyrus Stack, who ovaded the vigil
lance Of the officers OF the law and male
good his escape. Since thcn bis where
a5outs have been unknown. Recently
ne turned ZIP in Florida whore he was
very 1T, and. expecting 90 die, he maj
what lie believed TO be n dcathba5 con-
fcssion, revealing ell TIE particulars or
the horrible butche-y Of biz victim. But
lie did not die as he expected. but is
convaisceot, md has boon taken in
charge by the law on.ccr5 and will be
cont 70 Maryland when Gov. Groone
makes the necessary reIoi5ition for him.
"a Gen. Perkins, ofhonlucky, ran.
tine 3pmrpOouo wua Cvco cal1yc esi-, or