, 1864-03-14
The First Victory Of the Fenlan@.
The London Timer Of the o4ti, u1t,, com

] ihe London Times Of the oath ult,, com
menting upon the disturbance, says:
The Fenian Brotherhood, have gained thel
Inst victory on the sacred soil Of Ireland
From all the Northern States Of America til
eyes OF the e1Pectant Irish mar nos be turn
ed to the spot where, amid the din Of con,
nact and The shouts Of victory, the green aae
has at last been nnfurled. The loug:promised
inFasion has como of. The wrlth Of mil.
lions, 20 long nursed and SO successfully kept
not, has At last blnzcd forth. Those Irish
vino, whether In Ireland, or England, OF
America, must always have something to
|, Charge with al1 that goes wrong with tIcm,
may ut last welcome the arrival OF the dar
Whch they may appear as invaders and CON
querors In the old cities Of the Celt It has
long been promised them that this should lie,
Ean1ed brotEcrhoods: have been teudetly
trcatcd and contidenttally bid to hope. and
they have kept themselves ready for the long
watched opportunity Of vengeance. Further
attempt ut conceal1ncnt is vain, and 1t must
now be announced with horror and dis.nay,
that after terrible aud enduring conflict tie
Fenlan Bfotherhood hare made themselves
in.s OF the city Of Dnblin.
Whether the invaders came direct from
America We cannot tell, for although it was
remarked that The Federal American uniform
"as worn among them, that may possibly be
accounted Tor by engagements entered into
on tbs side the Atlantic However that NAV
be, whether the uniform was mark Of pru-
dent desert,on and m isnominious aight, or
OF honorable discharge combined with an
equally honorable poverty, or whether the
smart coat Was bnt bravery bought with
bounty to he earned hereafter, there it vas
According to all the fitness of things, The
oDonoghne ought to have been raised upon
the shoulders OF the Fenfans and proclaimed
Us . the First, or he should Mt least have been
carried in triumph to the castle, and Installed
there to await the arrival Of further orders
from New IoTk. Strange, however, to sag,
the affair took altogether another turn. The
Echlans' =, onslaught Vas as fierce as that Of
driven from his seat, the Feni,n Brotherhood
sto1zucd the platform, the chairman and COM
Ditttc lied, routed by the Feniaus: fifteen
minutes Of desperate battle cleared the great
O's and Ill their machinery for protests out
Of the Rotunda, and at the end Of this time
1Ae green Tag was Waved overa perfectly
harmonious assembly.
Photographic Evidence in an Hlcctlon
Case.
other day in the House-ttat OF Sleeper IS
Eice, from Boston. The whole case turned
on Gu alleged uiscount Of sixty votes, in one
Of the wards, which at first gave the mniori-
II to Sleeper. Tic miscount being discov-
cred on the tally-sheet on which the account
had been kept, the return was corrected, and
the certificate awarded to Mr. Rice.
When Mr: Sleeper gave notice Of contest.
Mr; Rice had Photograph made of the orig
1ral tally sheet, and this photograph was sub
mitted in evidence to the Committee. The
testimony OF the sun was dirsct and conclu~
sive, The clerk had made his figure very
much like lis l. In counting tic votes for
Rice he had reached 573. Five more were
rcad, the figure $ was noted over the last
footing l13, and It Was carried ont SIS. Pal
palls the opening stroke which alone distin-
guished the Z from had been mistaken for
The anal stroke Of the ) on which it Joined.
Tie case was perfectly clear, und ali that was
wanted Was to prove that the photograph
was taken from the gennine, unchanged tally
sheet This was easily done, and Mr. Rice
was admitted to his seat by IN unanimous
vote.
The photograph was Autographed by the
Government printer, and accurate fac similcs
Of the tally-sheet were thus distributed
among the members. They plead the case
and furnished at once uoFel
and convenient way Of disposius Of IN cleo
ton contest.