, 1864-03-13

AuG AQAQuH W4E1 VI luE d7ku ulL., GONl.
menting upon the disturbance, says:
The Fenian Brotherhood have gained their
first victory on the sacred coil Of Ireland.
eyes Of the expectant Irish may now be turn
ed to the spot where, amid the din Of con-
1ict and the shouts Of victory, the green flag
has ut last been unfnrled- The long promised
invasion has come of. The wrath Of mill
hot, has at Last blazed forth. Those Irish
who, whether in Ireland, or England, or
America, must always have something to
charge with all that goes wrong with them,
mayin Inst welcome the arrival Of the day
querors In the old cities Of the Celt:' It has
long been promised them that this should be.
Banded bfothe1hoods have been tendcrly
treated md confidentfa1ly- bid to hope, and
they have kept themselves ready for the long
watched opportunity Of vengeance Further
now be announced with horror and dis1nay,
that after terrible and enduring conflict the
Feufan Brotherhood have made themselves
masters OF one Of the principal public build
ings OF the city Of Dublin.
Whether the invaders came direct from
remarked that the Federal American uniform
was worn among them, that may possibly be
accounted for by engngomenta entered into
on this side the Atlantic. However that may
be, whether the uniform was mark of prn-
dent descrtlon and IN ignominious highf, or
Of honorable dlscharge combined with IN
equally honorable poverty. or whether the
smart coat was but bravery bought with q
bounty to be earned hereattcs, there 1t was.
According to oil the fitness Of things, The
O'Donoghue ought TO haya been raised upon
the shoulders Of the Fenians aud proclaimed
as o the First, or be should ut least have been
carried in triumph to the castle, and Installed
there to await the arrival Of further orders
from New York. Strange, however, TO say,
the affair took altogether another turn. TIE
Fenians' onslaught Was as fierce as that Of
the FawnoEzies. The 0'Donoghne was
stormed the platform, tie chairman and COM
mittcc lied, routed by the Fenians; fifteen
minutes Of desperate battle cleared the great
O9s and all their machinery Tor protests out
Of the Rotnnda, md Mt the end Of this time
the green tlag was waved o'era perfectly
Photographic Evidence In an Elccsion
A curious election case was decided the
other day In the House-that of Sleeper rs
Rice, from Boston. The whole case turned
on IN alleged misconnt Of sixty votes, in ono
Of the wards, which at first gave the majori-
ty TO Sleeper. The miscount being dlscoy-
escd on the ta1ly-sheet on which the account
had been kept, the return vas corrected, aud
When Nr. Sleeper gave notice Of contest,
Mr. Rice had photograph made Of the orig
inal tally sheet, and this photograph Vas sub
mltted in evidence to the Committee. Tie
Testimony Of the sun was direct and conclu-
siEc. The clerk had made his figure very
much like his J. In counting the votes for
Rice he had reached 573. Five more were
read, the figure was noted over the last
footing 573, and It was carried out 51S. Pal
pably the opening stroke which alone dtstIn-
Er1ehed the z from had been mistaken for
The final stroke OF the 5 on which It Joined.
The case was perfectly clear, and all that was
wanted Tas to prove that the photograph
Eas taken from the genuine, UNCHANGED tally
sheet This was easily done, and Mr.. Rice
vote. .
The photograph was Autographed By the
Government printer, and accurate fac SMILES
of The tally sheet were thus. distributed
among The members. They plead the case
themselvcs; and furnished ut once q novel
and convenient way Of disposlng Of au cleo
tlon contest
The New York Herald on Poor Pierce.
The n 7. Hcysz1d says Poor Pierce and the
spurious pence democracy have been fairly
ekInned In the New Hampshire elections. As
We have 1t, poor Pierce was tile recognized
1euder and expounder Of his miserable faction
Ing that, in securing 8 Democrntic Legisla-
ture, Ills reward would be seat In the Uni
ted States Senate. Poor Pierce, as a demo-
cratic e1-P1esident, was regarded by his stu
pid followers as FeIy great man but the
people of his State haye pronounced linn M
jmpostor. He retIrcs from their trccang re-
bnke under clond Of Disgrace. He has COM
rump OF the old, worn ont, and obsolete DEM
ocratiC party