The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-10-02

The Soixuro OF the ssIrish PcOpleo Once.
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[From the London Herald. Sept 1871
About half-past nine O'Clock Friday evening con-
siderable excitement created in the neghborhood OF
Parliament street, Dublin, by the seizure Of the Irish
People newspaper and the arrest OF several persons
neced with its publication, under warrant issued by
Mr. Stronge police magistrate II would seem that some
very Important Information had been No
the authorities which the Prvy Council met TO consider
and remained sitting up 70 late hour Acting under the
direction OF the law officers OF the Crown, warrants
applied for TO Mr. Stronge by the police, under the
Treason Felony act against the newspaper, the IriM
There were ten persons arrested, the five following
being lodged In Chancery lane police station under the
warrants issued by the magistrate 20 Donovan Rosa,
the manager and ostensble editor OF the Irish Pepie
shaun O'Claussy, residing at 20 Parliament street;
James Murphy, citizen Of Boston; Thomas Ash and
College street staton-James 0'Conner, bookkceper;
Mortimer Moneham, Michael ONeil, FogaHy Pierce
Magic and " Roundtrce The charge AGAINST them
arrested is as follows:-'Thst they unlswfuily
and reasonably did ccnspire and combine with
secret '' society called he Fensn Brsher
hood, having for their objects the levy OF war In
United Kingdom" several other s~ess Il appears
have been made or are In contemplation. II has not
transpred whether the seizure OF the paper has arisen
from any particular article which appeared In It's columns
of late, in consequence of the general tone adopted
In It's leaders The seizure effected by the police
with such pronpttude and quetness and ut such late
hour that any interest in the matter was confined 70 the
particular locality In which the paper Published 1t
= whispered that several other warrants were In the
had not turned up Is also reported, hut form
no opinion 70 the truth OF the runner that took
country the government repeating sae tactics Of el,
when simultaneous arrests made In Bantry Skib-
bereen, kenmare and other places.
WHAT THE PEOPLE rsIp
The ,conhscated number OF the Irish Peaple contains
nothing very remarkable, and ikely that lie seiz
ure was decided on because of anything peculiar In any
or its articles To he sure It's first artsre devoted TO
"press and Politics. - contains some strx exprcssons
SUCH for instance as the declaration thai the Irish
will became wanderers and outcasts all ever the world
~ Englsh rule In ireland be not struck ds~n and the
assertion tat tour only hope s In revolnssp But this
IL nothing than the readers Of the Pop have been
accustomed TO since its first number and certainly is
not bit wilder than much which LEI pass during
the 1s4s excitement The second article ridcues the
cock and bull stories about Fenianism wh<h are now
coR,mon and the third dee with the questoo Of rish
loyalty pointng out that rulers hardly enter
taina high opinion Of Irish loyalty when they refuse to
land. These together with items and correspond.
encc containing the usual fanfaronade OF tall talk and
irroligon make mp the number ofthe Tish Pepk which
has been dgnined by seizure by the authorities
Names and Reminiscerces OF some Of
tp,, cr, ,0 ns pr,somer. ,.o0 roo,.,,
Later Yesterday another arrest was mAdc-OK ccfc G.
o Keefe is the OF the person who figures No.
hsyeandit is sometimes fortunate that they have
eheckngly bad memories and therefore there is use
IN asking WHISTLER anybody remembers eter that was
wrhxen To the Ncrfhen Whg asking that paper To say
n u was nsd II was Mr. OKcefe who put this start.
ling question to the Ulster journal The Whfc had been
writing against Fenianism, aud Mr. OKeese dating
his letter from the Dublin Library wrote 20
ascertain from tho editor whether he derspred
ing that our contemporary had resolved 10 desoy the
property Of the Bckast merchants This question: being
duly interpreted means that the Belfast people deal In
men, that much Of this linen W sent TO New York. and
nat on the smallest egn Of disregard for the Fenians In
II Gland the Fenans In the United states would set ire
TO he linen aforesaid and thus bring the Ulster cnene
o. he Fenisus to sense OF proprtety Mr. UKeefe,
who, " Is said, is given unto literature In small way,
came out very boldly the occasion referred to- and
that CIRCUMSTANCE has doubtless helped him 10 the free
quarters Which be ~ present enjoying 81 the expense