Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-21

From the Richmond Times.l

FROM the Richmond Timcs.l
We have great respect for the Irish char
acter and have felt their strong arms Our
first teacher at an academy, the site (which
Is not a thousand miles distant, was an
lrishman. A higher in authority than he
over us is of Irish descent So that when we
touch upon the subject of the Fenians we feel
much like a man going out in a hail
storm without either hat or umbrella, and
realize, as the locals say of a man about To
be hanged, the awful Consciousness Of our
situation" But though il NAV be necessary
to purchase a coffin and select our burning
ground, things very repugnant to Us when
about to tread dangerous ground we cannot
help criticislng, in a fraternal style, with the
most fraternal feeling and in a PickwiclNian
sense, a recent Fenian move in the city
of New York, of which we have had no
telegram as to the effect it produced
on the i" Canuchs, " or the Queens
beeEeaters across the water. We al
lude to the recent little row among the Fe-
mans in Gotham, where the Fenian Senate
denounced the issue of the bonds Of the Irish
Republic under Col. OMahoney's authority
as Illegal and where Col OMahOnev re-
torts by informing the public that it il per-
fect'y apparent the Senate have been bought
by British gold. So the Senate, a very re-
spectacle and worthy body, tried Col VMa-
honey, without his being present, a most un-
usual criminal proceeding for this country,
on the charge of holding on 10 the proceeds
Of the sales of the Irish bonds. They de
posed him from the office Of President
They next, in similar summary manner
decapit5ted the killing Mr.. killian, ON the
charge of treason and malieasance in Office
But, of course. Colonel OMahoney and Mr.
Killiau snap their fingers at this judgment
To learn the truth of the disturbance. and
get at tine bottom Of the row, the New York
Worlds reporter visited Col. OMahOney's
headquarters, in Union Square, ON Saturday.
lie thus describes the headquarters and the
President and Treasurer;
con arriving at the portal Of the elegant
and spacious mansion formerly occupied by
Mr.. Mofatt, Of pill notoriety, the bell was
rung and a gorgeous turnkey attired in the
Fenian livery, consisting of roundabout mon
key Jacket and knee brooches 10 match, who
demanded of our reporter what his business
was, to which answer was made that he
desired to see Colonel ONiahony. or Score
tary Of the}Treasury, Killiml. On stating
that he was a representative of The World,
the magnificent folding doors flew open as
II Dy magic pFoptlltOf anu ne wis u~ntft1
into the awful presence Of Colonel OMahO-
ney and the Secretary Of the Treasury Both
gentlemen were seated in the central parlor
Of the mansion, which il fitted in a manner
TO satisfy the caprice Of an Eastern despot,
with luxurious carpets, ebony and rosewood
desks, carved folding doors, with gorgeous
tinted stained-glass windows, sofas, divans,
and inviting looking chairs, all comfortably
upholstered with the national colors, green
and gold. Col VMahony sat in the back.
ground, enveloped in a martial clOsk, with
his hand supporting his chin, and his visual
organs scanning the intruder. Bernard Do
ran KilIian sat in front Of n magnificent desk,
with one leg thrown over the other in a care
less and unaffected manner his sable locks
hanging loosely across his marble brow"
Now when the Irish say eight" they
mean it--none Of this interminablo CORES
pondence published in the newspapers, 10
the great annoyance Of their patrons, and
which has made latter-day duelling 80 ex-
ceedingiy ridiculOus-but the regular old
fashioned duel Of fifty years ago, when you
walked quietly out at early dawn with a
pistol case under your arm, and came home
stretched out on a couple Of planks. So we
much expect some serious work by the time
the Fenian Congress meets in New York
after the Christmas holidays. Nous UeTrons
The Armies OF Generals Lee and Grant