They had made every attempt desperation could suggest to rouse the people, but in vain.
They were opposed by some, shunned by some, and from some they received false counsel.

They had exhausted the welcome of all who were inclined to receive them, and they knew not one step of their way.

Previously, too, Mr.Meagher had peremptorily refused to avail himself of a mode of escape provided for him and he equally peremptorily refused to listen to any terms from Government, which did not include all his comrades.

His object, on the night he was arrested, was to make another trial at Cashel, which he designed to approach by a circuitous route.
The 6th day of August was the date of Mr.O'Brien's arrest; the 13th of August that of Messrs.

Meagher and O'Donohoe, and the 7th of September that of Mr.MacManus.