Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-03-16
from the Boston Courier Of Saturday.
OUTRAGEOUS IMPOSITION,
One Hundred Dublin Young Men
Enticed to this Country ON
1 False Pretence. r

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The Irish citizens of Charlestown and
Boston have'been greatly excited this week
In consequence of the arrival in Charlestown
of eighty-six young Irishmen from the city
of Dublin. under extraordinary eircum-
stances. These young men, one hundred
and two, in all, left Liverpool on Feb. 9th,
in steamer for Portland, which reached
that city on Wednesday morning, March
9th. The men took an early breakfast and
then landed. "A few of them strayed away
from their companions, but the remainder
came on to Boston In the afternoon train, in
charge of the emigrant agent, a Mr.. Finney,
under whose inducements and promises
they left their home. Upon theirarrival in
this city, the men were conducted to an old
building on Bunker Hill street. Charles
town, belonging to Mr.. Jerome G.. Kidder
of this city, formerly used for his business
purposes but now improved as mission
House."
Mr.. Kidder, the owner of the building,
presented himself on the night of their ar
rival, and told the men, so tits reported by
several of them, that the work they were
brought over toslo was not ready; but that
need make no difference; they need not be
idle single day; they could enlist at once,
and recommended the 2Sth, an Irish regi-
ment, to them. Upon this, the suspicious
upon the men, that they had been deceived
and enticed from their homes upon false pre-
tences. .-....
The men are fine, stalwart fellows, Young
mechanics, all from the city of Dublin. One
of them, a young man bythe name of Ward,
Is comedian, who has acted upon the Dub
e. lin boards and in the Irish Provinces, in
parts like those assumed by Barney Will
liams and Florence. Their story is, that
through the representation of this Mr.. Fin
ney, who was announced i'm the papers as
an "emigration agent for the principal rail-
roads in New England, who was commits
stoned to procure 1000 laborers." The terms
he offered them were a free passage. work
Immediately upon arrival, a new suit of
clothes, and two pounds month and found.
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The condition of the men the morning
after their arrival In Charlestown was any
thing but gratifying. Their number had
already been diminished by those left be-
hini at Portland, and of these the recruiting
agents had snapped up eight. Without
money, without friends, with scanty cloth
ing with no means to procure sustenance
they would have suffered greatly, had not
kind hearted country women supplied their
wants. Recruiting agents lowered round
them, and, in the course of the day, COB
bled up several. On the evening ofThurs-
day they had another interview with Mr..
Kidder, when they were told the hall must
be cleared, and they would not have had a
place to lay their heads, had not Captain
John Warren, who keeps an establishment
near by, bestirred himself and procured
billets for them upon the neighbors round.
Yesterday morning they were still in Bun
ker Hill street, subssting on charity, and
still pestered with recruiting agents.
The Irish citizens of Boston and vicinity,
feeling indignant at the imposition practiced
upon their countrymen, called meeting at
the Stackpole House to investigate the facts
in the case, which was very largely attend
ed. Captain F. Donnelly, Esq. was called
to the chair, and Edward Ryan was appoint
ed Secretary: The chairman in stating the
objects of the meeting, recited the circum-
stances under which the men came here, as
stated in the first part of this article. From
the facts as they had been presented to him,
he believed that the original intent of the
parties who brought the men over was to
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