The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-11-03

Kindness to the young men who SUI
rounded him in the government office
and in Parliament, his contempt for EN-
phatic antagonists, his jaunty ways O.
the hustings, his great gift at presidin
Jovially over stupid public dinners, tn
very flower he was wont to chew, an
the airy cock he gave his hat, at one
commended him, in spite of their cate
chisms and their consciences, to til
most rigid of the rigidly virtuous, an,
gave him a grip of steel upon the affec
tons of the ungodly.
FENIANISM. = While Fenianism il
funny, We can stand any amount of it
but when it assumes a grave face, it be-
comes little absurd and somewhat
ridiculous. In New York, on Tuesday,
the Rev. DR.. Moriarty, of Philadelphia,
delivered lecture on Ireland, and said,
among other things, that theforeign rule
which pretended to control that country
"was an usurpation," and added: Ere
land had never been conquered. She
fought courageously, and would have
conquered, had not England brought
into the field cannon and musketry."
Father Moriarty said further: "Napo-
leon the First said that victory was al
ways found on the side of the strongest
cannon" and "that," he remarked,
"was quiet hint to the Fenians, with
out costing anything" The English
ought to have been ashamed of them
selves for bringing "into the field can
non and musketry." A Toronto paper
expects Fenian invasion, and states
that the Canadian government is organ
izing an army Of forty thousand men,
to be stationed along the entire frontier
line and to garrison the frontier towns.
Depositors, such is the alarm of the peo-
pie, are Withdrawing their funds from
the banks. A correspondent, writing
from New York, sends the following
statement to the London Times.
The head of the order here is a wild
looking young man named MahOny.
He has an office, headquarters " it is
styled, in Duane street, No. %. called
there a few days ago and saw him. He
was seedily dressed, and had that famil-
lar, slovenly, lounging air that distin-
guishes those hangers-on of small poll
ticians and petty courts here, who are
known by the familiar name of "bum-
mers." He told me that the order num-
bered over two hundred thousand per-
sons; that they had money and arms;
that no religious test was required of the
members that their object was to lib
crate Ireland; that their great cause of
was the laws of entail and of
which prevented the
poorer classes in ireland from becoming
owners of the soil; that the United
States government knew what they
we're about, and would not interfere
With them that the organization had |
been in existence several years, but that |
nothing practical had been done until |
he late war had Injured their men to |
rms, &c. This was about all | could |
ret out of him.
When l interposed objections to the |
scheme, he smiled, and said that thew |
lad thought Of every thing. They would
irst take Canada, and by that means
obtain shipping, &c. g. %
All this appeared to me to be mere
lOnsense, and with that impression /
eft him. But L ascertained from the
1eighbors that wagon loads of muskets
ire driven up to his door every day,
ent up stairs to be inspected, and then
lrlven away again. Expressmen with
emittances of money are also constant
y in attendance on him. Two of them |
anne in while l was talking to him. |
me package contained twenty-four and |
ne other three dollars.
These facts prove to me that, however
lid the scheme is, it has plenty of ad-
erents, and faithful ones, too.
My correspondent in Washington in
,rms me that O'Mahony's statement
oncerning the indifference of the gov
rnment is true; that q leading officer
I the Treasury informed him that the
inject had been canvassed in high Off
ial quarters that it had been observed
hat the agitation would produce flow
+ capital from England to this coun-
ry-a thing very much to be desired,
nd that when England noticed the oc-
of this Inevitable phenome-
ION, she would let Canada 90 rather
han prelong the agitation, &c.
The Fenian appeal to the President to
ncage Mr.. John Mitchell, puts that
ero In another box. The petitioners
'om the Philadelphia Congress as l.
lred President Johnson that, in asking ,
lat their friend be pardoned, they ire
rendered nothing OF. John Mitchel's e
merican career" This is left-hander
the patriot. The. President took
em at their word, and said: L.
GENTLEMEN am glad to learn that
lie steps which have been taken in the
after referred to, have met with the
'proval of the gentlemen who have
ntyou here. AS you, sir, delicately
marked, We could not remember Mr.. 7
itchePs American career; but we were {
xious, as a mark of respect and COM
iment to the large section of our coun- G
Jmen, with whom Mr.. Mitchell was
eviously identified, to yield to their
pressed wishes in this regard. :
Mr.. Mitchell is now in Richmond, but f
ither his Fenian friends nor the n
esident wish to remember his "Ameri- h
4 career.u i... ri rtfa ..l...4 q