The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-04-16

Of your Irish readers wuold have no difficulty in
answering the query Captaln-not Colonel
Kelley was perhaps the most daring and reck.
less OF all the Irish-Amercan officers who landed
IN this country since August last. He was
largely instrumental in efecting Stephens
escape from Richmond Prison, and. If | am cor
Tectly informed, he filled the place of the 20.
E." during the weary weeks which Stephens
spent in fever, subsequent to that extraordinary
event. He accompanied stephens 10 France,
contrary TO the statement made in one of my
previous letters, and the correspondence printed
above was written to lady iriendln this city.
1t appears that after proceeding to Skerries in
the manner which l described, and embarking
on board the vessel sent by John ,hiitchel to
take him OIL, Stephens was compelled to land
AGAIN, owing to The appearance OF an English
gunboat which was seen barring the way soon
after the vessel made sail. He returned TO Dub
lin, and on the following Tuesday lett in an
outer bound collier from the coal quay. Such
is the way in which some of my inlormants
strive to reconcile well-known facts with Cap
tain Kelly's account There are others again
who ought to know good deal about the mat
ter, and who state positively that the time and
place mentioned in the above letters are blinds.
The following paragraph, taken from the Paris
correspondence OF the journal in which the
above letters appeared, contains strong con-
frmahon of my statement that Stephens drove
in an open carriage from Dublin to Skerries on
Sunday, the 4th instant, for the purpose of
'joInino his ship.n ...r.
'"our distinguished visitor Mr.. Stephens.
tells us, that he is going to America merely for
trip, and that very shortly he will return to toe
great work OF 'Fenianism' which is only lust be-
ginning. About three weeks since he declares
he drove deliberately in an open car for seven
and twenty miles, passing several police stations.
He and his two friends we're armed, and meant
mischief If assailed. He also says that he knew
all that went on, even in the castle.n ..,
1t is strange, but true, that the majority of
persons here refuse still to believe that Stephens
has escaped from the country; the police and
detectives are ashamed TO admit it; and so DUB.
lin Castle, up to two days ago at least, slumbered
on in the profound conviction that the Head
Centre was still within it's jurisdiction. One
would think that the following telegram, which
appears in the papers to-day, ought to put an
end to all uncertainty on the matter:--
"PARIs, Friday, March 80.-The editor OF the
Opnone Nationde states in that journal that he has
received visit from Stephens, the Eenlan Head
Centre, who announced his approaching departure
for America"
Thousands will continue, nevertheless, to regard
the report as ruse, and will obstinaely reruse 20
believe that James Stepnens has quilted the Emerald
ISLE for onths after he will have TUNED up at the
headquarters OF Fenia in New York. dare say 1
have written for the last time concerning the escape
OF stephens. Before my next letter can reBch you
the &C F." will have appeared IN propria persona
before his admirers in New York. But / should
of comment here were 1 to omit referring to the
in so generally and so widely amongst us-N.
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