His end was sad and sudden.  One dark wild night in July, 1867, a gentleman suddenly disappeared from the deck of the steamer on which he was standing, and fell into the great Missouri, where it winds its course by the hills of Montana.  The accident was too sudden for availing assistance.  A sudden slip, a splash, a faint cry, a brief struggle, and all was over; the hungry waters closed over him, and the rapid rolling current swept away his lifeless corpse.  The finished scholar, the genial friend, the matchless orator, the ardent patriot was no more.  Thomas Francis Meagher was dead.

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KEVIN IZOD O’DOHERTY.

Another bold, clever, and resolute opponent of British rule in Ireland was torn from the ranks of the popular leaders on the day that Kevin Izod O’Doherty was arrested.  Amongst the cluster of talented and able men who led the Young Ireland phalanx, he was distinguished for his spirit and his mental accomplishments; amongst the organizers of the party his ready words, manly address, and ceaseless activity gave him a prominent position; amongst its journalists he was conspicuous for fearlessness, frankness, and ability.  Over the surging waves of the excitement and agitation that convulsed the country during the period which ended with the affray at Ballingarry, and through the haze which time has cast over the attempted revolution of ’48, his figure looms up in bold proportions, suggestive of mental capacity, fortitude of soul, and tenacity of purpose.  For him, as for many of his brilliant associates, the paths of patriotism led down to proscription and pain; but O’Doherty fulminating the thunderbolts of the Tribune, or sowing the seeds of patriotism amongst the students of Dublin, was not one whit more self-possessed or undaunted than when standing a convict in the Greenstreet dock, he awaited the sentence of the court.

Kevin Izod O’Doherty was born of respectable Catholic parents in Dublin, in June, 1824.  He received a liberal education, by which he profited extensively, showing even in his school-days strong evidences of natural ability, and talents, of more than average degree.  He directed his attention to the medical profession on completing his education, and was in the full tide of lectures and hospital attendance when the development of the national sentiment that pervaded the year ’48 drew him into the vortex of public life.  He became a hard working and enthusiastic member of the Young Ireland party, and was one of the founders of the Students’ and Polytechnic Clubs, which were regarded by the leaders in Dublin as the elite of the national force in the capital.  When Mitchel was struck down and his paper suppressed, O’Doherty was one of those who resolved that the political guidance which the United Irishman was meant to afford, should not be wanting to the people.  In conjunction