The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-12
The Fenian Movement.

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The latest news regarding the Irish
rebellion Is contained in the following
dispatch, from Queenstown, of the first
instant:
The Fenian prisoners were brought
before the police magistrates at Dublin
yesterday, including the editor and pro-
prietor of the Irish Peoples newspaper
Mr.. Barry, Queens counsel, appeared
for the Crown and made q long speech.
He said that within the last fortnight
three thousand five hundred pounds had
arrived from America to be expended in
revolutionizing Ireland, and by that
days mail the government had inter-
cepted letter for one of the prisoners,
named Lapper, containing draft for
four hundred and fifteen pounds on the
house of Rothschilds, and several other
letters containing bills of exchange.
The making of pixies had also been ex-
tensively carried on. One of the pri-
soners had made two thousand of these
| murderOus weapons. Numerous revolt
vers and breastplates had also been
found in possession of the prisoners con.
nected with the Irish Peoples newspa-
per. He quoted an incendiary para
graph, urging the employment of force,
| from a number of that paper, which was
about to be issued when seized.
Mr.. Barry concluded his speech by as.
serting that the Fenians were powerful
| ed that this affair would end forever
such hopeless conspiracies. 94'f
| Evidence was then given against the
prisoners, and some of them were iden-
titled as connected with the suppressed
Fenian organ.
| The Investigation is still pending, and
will probably last for several days.
| At q private examination of six of the
| Fenians at Dublin Castle yesterday, evil
| dence was given that the plot of the
Fenians was of the most sanguinary
character. 1t was to write down the
nobility, the aristocracy and the land
owners and assassinate them all on the
breaking out of the rebellion. The
Duke Of Leinster and others We're spe-
cially named for assassination. The
linen manufactures and others were to
be called on to give material support to
the Fenian cause under threats Of exter-
, mination and confiscation OF their pro-
perty If they refused to do SO.
The evidence against the prisoners II
, said to be most conclusive.
. The London Times of the 9th, in 6
leader, says: The more we hear Of
Fenianism, the more we are struck by
the contrast between its essential weak.
ness and the extent of its ramifications.
! On paper no doubt it must have looked
formidable enough. What Fenianism
proves, is that the influence of the emf
grafton to America is beginning to re-
act upon Ireland. No Irish mind is
logical enough to understand how 1t can
be right that man who could make his
3 fortune in America should live in a mud
i cabin in Ireland. The small farmer
g and peasants receive glowing accounts
: from their relations in America describ
!. ing the prosperity which may be en-
i joyed under a Republic, and therefor
r draw theinference that q Republic II
q Ireland would at once increase the popu
4 lation, and bring plenty to their homes
o give them tenant right, and abolish tn
q potatoe disease. The truth is, tina
a Fenianism, extravagant as 1t Is has II
: 1t more of the elements of social revo
: luton than any previous movement II
I Ireland. 1t strikes at all authority, ant
v would level the Roman Catholic hier
\ archy quite as ruthlessly as the Protes
q tant establishment. We have no feai
q or Fenian armada especially aftel
). the parent society in America learns the
!. fate of their fillibustering delegates
M'Cafferty and O'Connell, but it may
= take some time to extirpate the leavei
of American ideas, which is now ming
, ling with trA chronic discomfort
I Ireland" fuff e....t-5 -..
A dispatch from Dublin says: Yer
J considerable excitement was caused her
o on Saturday by the receipt of Telegram
, plausibly announcing that a Fenial
n cruiser or pirate had Overhauled al
. American vessel. 1t was to this effect /:
"LrvERpooL, Saturday.
: "The American ship Hannah, from
8 Cardenas, has arrivedhere. On the lott
q inst, in lat. so SIS, Ion. q 16, she wa
. overhauled by large screw steamer
3 heavily armed and full of men. TIL
: steamer showed the Fenian colors, an!
, a green flag with harp in the centre.
! Later, however, the following tele
3 gram allayed all feeling on the subject
= and will serve as caution to partie
e against allowing themselves to be SINH
e Ilarly hoaxed on another occasion:
s 1.-The story of the Hannah having
= been overhauled by cruiser carrying
d the Fenian flag is hoax"
= A Telegram from Dublin, OF Monday
g Sept, 26, says: Five alleged Fenian
v were arrested in Killarney to-day, in
v GLIDING clerks in the Killarney Post
q office, and in the Crown Prosecutors OF
e flee for the COuntp of Kerry. Other al
os rosfs a 70 exnected and few additions