East Saginaw courier., 1866-05-02
Head Center o'Mahonsy In Hot

Head Center o'Mahonsy in Ho,
The telegraph brought the announce
ment of an onslaught On O'Mahony
by the Eastport raiders who were illy
satisfied with the result Of the expedi.
ton. Tho WwN of Thursday gives
some interesting particulars Of q Con,
vsntion which has practically dspossd
the Head Centre. It says
! In consequence Of the smash-up OF
the invasion and its fatal results to the
organization, a meeting of the depart
ment Of Manhattan, which has hith-
erto fought tooth. and nail for O'Ma-
hony, was called by the District Center
Patrick Daily, on Sunday afternoon
at two o'clock, at the Hall of the De-
partment, 3I4 Broadway.
When O'Mahony appeared before
the Convention the greatest excite
ment prevailed, and il was almost
imRossibls e for the once powerful chief:
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"Imbecile!" "Spiritualist |" tKiIlian's
dupe!" "Where is the invasion Of
Ireland now?" and other discordant
sounds, were heard from ell parts of
the hall. The partisans Of O'Mahony
made a strong effort to obtain silence
for their chief, and succeeded. O'Ma-
hony was then placed upon the stand,
and was subjected for. nearly two
hours to the most rigid and scrutiniz-
ing REORGANIZATION by the delo-
gates, individually and Collectively
He was questioned and cross-ques-
toned repeatedly as to how the money
Of the Brotherhood had been expend-
cd, and several members denounced
him in the most violent terms
O'Mahony fought for the mastery like
lion, but did not succeed in Impress
ing the delegates in his favor L At one
time when questioned as to how he
came to send Killian on the wild goose
chase to Eastport, and not being able
to answer the question, he looked
around IN a supplicating manner and
asked of the convention: Am / to
be destroyed for this, the one great
mistake of my life?" But he was
met with the answers from several
delegates who jumped on their feet
/" 1t is not your first mistake" "You
are servant Of the Fenian Brother.
hood, not the master any longer"
And, 1--WE have made you, and we will
unmake YOU" and several other
equally determined answers. Captain
Mcmahon, a brave soldier who un-
masked battery during the war in
the Second corps, denounced O'Mahony
in unmeasured terms as an "imbecile."
1t was proposed to depose him at once
by several delegates, when O'Mahony,
finding himself driven to the last ditch,
produced letter purporting to be
from James Stephens, in which that
gentleman stated that he would leave
Havre for the United States on the
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mise was then effected, and commit.
tee was appointed to take charge of
the Union Square headquarters, and
the books, papers, and rooms therein
until James Stephens arrived, for the
purpose Of making proper investiga-
ton. The Committee is now in charge
Of the mansion and the valuables, if
any remain to be taken care Of, which
is doubtful.
O'Mahony, it is said, is already
nearly crazed, and the entire corps Of
salaried officials at Union Square,
who have been swallowing up twelve
thousand dollars month Of the funds
of the Brotherhood, have been dis
charged by order of the Committee
appointed. Crowds of the disaffected
yesterday visited the headquarters of
President Roberts, and rendered their
services, which were accepted with the
proviso that they meant fight