East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-10-04
SEN SATIONS.

1t seems to be the determination of
the news mongers, both foreign and
domestic, that in these "piping times
of peace" there shall be no lack of SEN
sations. A veritable Irish stew" is
dished up under the head of "the Fe-
Man Excitement" and from the classic
precincts of Limerick, Kerry, Wicklow,
Kildare, Kilkenny, Tipperary, Donny-
brook, Dungannon, Connaught, Dub
lin and Cork, come accounts of mid
night marches, drills, conspiraces,
combinations and symestematic or
ganization Of thousands Of enthusiastic
Irishmen whose
/" Oath is recorded on high,
To prevail in a eau that Is dearer than life,
Or crushed in I,s ruins to die"
The gist of the latest intelligence is
contained in the following paragraphs:
Great excitement and alarm has been created
| by the increasing holiness of tho Fonian demon
STATIONS in ireland. Four counties in which the
order was supposed to be strongest had been
placed under species Of martial law, and many
arrests had been made. In one of these counties
alone IL is estimated that there so 900 Fenians.
There were the strongest indications that the
! fraternity were preparing for an early and pow
erful outbreak. Many of the newspapers charge
! that the order started in the United States
and derives its aid and inspiration thence, the
design being to effect the independence Of Ire
! land through an embodiment of England and
! America in war. while ono journal announces
that its headquarters are in Liverpool
What will come Of it, remains to be
seen. John Bull is evidently alarmed,
has proclaimed" some Of the most
belligerent localities, and doubled the
naval force in the vicinity. In lieu Of
more sanguinary intelligence this GER
tainly does well for sensational" in
the war-like line, being essentially both
foreign and domestic in its character.
OF purely domestic sensations "the
ghost" is the latest elimination of the
specials; not ghost after the manner
of the stage representations lately in
vogue, creation of Photographic leg
erdemain, but genuine, bona fde old
fashioned visitor from the lower re-
gions, who makes his or her appear.
ance amid groans and means, and
shrieks, with suggestive odor of brim.
stone and sepulchural blush flame
that burns with a miscellaneous disre.
gard for the tastes "feelinks" of spec.
tators. The N. Y. Ne,os of September
Goth, thus headed its ghost column
"The Jersey City Ghost -Tremendou'
Excitement--The Churches Mobbed-
Pale Blush Lights Seen-Cold Corpse
like Bodies Felt Horrible Noises
Heard" We give the essentials O
its most marvellous narrative:
One gentleman. well known in the city. nsistet
that the ghost is located in the vicinity of Fathe
Seneg's IN South Eighth street lie relates tina
while his daughter was out sunday night
hunting for the ghost, she saw in passing tn
above named ediice, spook ghost upon tn
steeplc which waved its hnn,l my seriously towar
: the spirc, hurlod pive-stone directly down il
front Of her face fortunately not hitth & herr an
suddenly disappeared
She describes the spectrum ms having bee
-. Ill.
fiery, like mash lights, and wearing Icing flow
: ing robe whi,h rcsenbed u cloud, so vapory an
mlstlike WIS it pparebt texture. At the sam
time she be. r. noises of the most umealth
order which seemed TO issue from W thin tn
Lu ing.
Night uefore last, during tho progress Of tn
( storm, singular lights were seen TO move TO an
fro slowly and war'ly Ia the edfce Of ST. Boni
: face A policeman, who was present, AMI frs
noticed IL. describes the color having bee
, yellow with blulsh tinge, and totally unlik
nythng he h al ever before seen They wOul
be seen only for an instant fitting TO and fro an
then die out, succeeded by shrieks und hoo'
meanings
. Thus lar the matter progressed among the POP
ulace, and all day yesterday the widest wonder
! msnt prevailed, and the ghost the sol topi
Of conversation. Men talked Of spectres an
, shadows upon the street women gossipped ha
shiverIpg with terror about the strange myster,
, and the jurenes absolutely shuddered --evsn |,
! the imerturbable newsboy--at the weird rcvela
tions which went from lip 10 lip
Blu. last evening the excitement waxed wilde
aud more tumutuous; several herman sOcietis
turned out with arms IN their hands to drive ava
his ghostship, n procedure sufficient TO dry
away any ghost OF respectability and in geners
. Jersey City was 10 perfect state Of insanity.
Some facts Of very peculiar order came
light last even ng, that ouly served, when dl
= seminaied. 10 heigh,en the foyer Of the public.
. Several gentlemen Of undoubtsd verscify an