New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-03-31
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Exciting from ireland.

rs M WONDERFUL ADVENWRBS-
sk8 srrrUEISS DRIVES IN AN OPEN CARRIAGE THROUGH
W rUt STREETS OF DUBLIS--HE TAKES SHIPPING FOR
az FRANCE Or THE UNITE, sTATES-HOW THE Es- n
rs CAPE WAS PLANNED AND EFFECTED-TREk CHERRY
Fl OF PRETESDED FRlENIs-GOvERNMENT ON THE IT
~ ALERT. b.
M st,phens, the head IF the Fenian movement, II
has actually escaped rom Ireland, after having
ahee1 hidden in Dublin. The Dublin correspondent
VI VT tle New York News, writing on the 9TH, fur
x,lishes the following highly interesting almost
u yorderfu-particulars
" On Sunday evening last, about G:30 p NJ, just as
a@tbc shadows of night we're falling over Dublin,
Handsomely appointed open carriage containing p
NJ five persons and driven by four daslng horses,
H two Of which were besrldden by Positions drew
V up before second class hotel in one of our best
~ streets not quarter Of mile from the General
VI Postoffce.
" Joined by sixth perssn, q compact muscniafly
built man, wit. fair beard and piercing eyes, ana
@ the whole party then dove OIL at inoderate pace
y through the heat of the city, up Sackville street.
y along the highway leading northward from the
1 city past the SPIT where Clarke, the suspecIeuu
s. inormer met hsioon, and then onward AZ r .u,'
gaop the horses heads still turned 10 le
M while their hoofs 'purned the earth WIN tapIu
s motion as they torealong from the Guy suoui W
i toward Drogheda The lamps were gilmm h,ir,
Y through the darknea that over-spreau Loa i3
Ne James Stephens-fo Stephens it was VINO iiau iasl
# stepped into the carage-turned Ills o"eh vi 'i0
s Hundreds of clevemen, as he knew well were
Nj engaged within it. stning to discover means OF
~ earnn;ng the reward mced upon his head in cas-
g tie ward and detective office, ana ponce statoD,
A the mipions of the government were torturing
"a their brains in the eneavor to light on some cue
@ which might lead tim to the discovery OF the
81 arcb.copspirator and what was of far more I'm
n portance, within the Gste itself, government ON.
VI Gals high in rank, fere delberatlng as 70 the
value to be attache to the Information, winch
some traitor had brouht there day before, that
James stevens was abut to tempt his fate by en-
deavCrng to quit lread.
But of this last factStephens and his friends
were ignorant They did not know that the
81! authorities were on th'scent, and that the WORK
. of searching vessels Onward bound from the Irish
I coast had already commenced; opposl.aion W W
amount of it they were repaired TO receive. Inc
NJ occupants of the carrae ursh Americans, eh,
II cept Stevens,) were eaci OF them wei suPpiea
with revoiyers one of thsn carrying as many as
81 four of these formidable Weapons Ill his pelt, ah1
the outriders, both good Rnians, were also armed
II to the teeth. Had scort of policemen crossed
@ their oath that night anincned to think that
81 Stenheus and his party wod have been able TO
s@ give a good account OF thm
81 Fortunately tor all parts however, no neces-
sy for resorting to thes desperate eS rennhed
I'D the end of their land journey, sandy cove aoou'
S half mile distant from Shrries, IN periect saiely
# at 10 o'clock. Skerries isl picturesque ttle hs
ri ing village on this coast, 0me 81 miles hoftn VI
Dublin Here they speedy erected communca
ton through tn medumof fishing SMACK, mioi
$ the vessel which was laying to snort uistane'
aeawards and which ha been engaged LOT I'M
work of taking Stephens If, and before day9reaI
n on Monday Stephens wasfar at sea- pey piIu VI
mower and Jurisdiction ofhe enemies VINO thirste
SO ardently for his captue me PARK mion v ve
Ell RED 'sCr.ar and his tornnes !" was sainhg VIZ
s. col and her course ate leaving the lrlsh shoi'
was steered for the sunny lana OF rratG N.Y.
al Stephens may add, let Ireland uhaccolhpnml,iti
FL by any of those who hal escorted him from l., Du
# liz The whole of whomirove back to This city
Sunday night. 80, =, ,o x,o--
Ely tive il in perfect accordance WIN lihpfhl"t "
,Lcl, thirl Ia accuraa aud reliable IN every 1e
# ture, another version the escape, diHtrlhg lrO
M that have given in sore important parucntarS'
s~supplied by persons No hkeiy 70 Nc Ia III; ia
% According to this accent stephens ahq ms u len
In drove not towards Series but to h'ngsto"
III where the Head Cente embarked on D9ara sS ,s
tug which place. him on ooaIu latgJ h ,,e
FIJI lean steamer which hen proceeded AZ luii spe
M tn New York. Whichever of these stores Is
true one this much at least, is certain: u u
stephens left this cyat the hour have menu
~ ed on Sunday eveDihg last, and leltlt IN the III
E nor have described :that he embarked on
Hi same NIGHT on boardl sea.going vessel and
t# he il now far beyond he limits OF the DOMAINS
ia bor gracious Majesty, Queen Victoria. 49,.
+ 1t is hard to magn, without lmpuuhS l'ea
ery to some of Stephns closest cohlaahts
/ the government became possessed VI We T.; ;n'
| gence of Stephens attended cacape. ~ f
/ Questionable howevC, that some vague ihlor
/ tion of the subject reched the autnoiiUes III
| city as early as Fida last. That the hi orr
i was not very precsenay be seen from Ihe
IA graphs am about tnquote; IN iact, us sun !,
SSnbrtance auDears t have been that tne Il
Center going hsht II OUT vi .ha1 i.it
II longer" and that he neditated an Immaculate
II movement by water. Read by the llGht VI nv
II have written, the following from the irish l.
4 of Monday appears Ineligible enough: .
The notice in consequence OF lniormanon
n received, made an elective search al l la.e
En- on Saturday night, imong the SHIPS IN the !
IN fnr the notorious Had Center, but up 10 "a
Iii bour last night they did not succeed III opta
ca any clue to his whereabouts.
II The subjoined fom Saunders News Lew
III the same date contains some additional pa
III lars:
FIJI At .n early hour on Saturday morning
iii ornboat Nightingale took up position al the I
I'LL Of the river Lifey, off The Pigeon House
1si while The revenue cutter Racer crn1sed
III with view, it was understood to overnat
III going vessels to search them Tor tne fehian
k Center stephens, or his coniferes. .,a.
IA n favorable breeze set IN IRON the west
the number of vessels going out OF the rNe
considerable therefore tne s .hat u traveller
HI inc no attention to the signal TO pear VI
f. chased and shot fred across her BOWS
III the skipper came to sense OF MS po rasm,t
III was drly boarded, but without any RESULT
fl aIso stated that strict watch is kept over
Hi ton habor during the night time. res
III Afternoon the gunboat and the cruiser FL IT,
IN out of 4owth and Lambay for some hours
lookOu. o,,o 4bo foll
Susicion having attached to a vessei WI
i the rer Yesterday morning, and which, II
IA missed carried passenger whose captule
-M be im,ortant, her majesty's revenue Gu!tet
in therourse of the afternoon starteu Ill
} with effective officers on board, and haa
r. turned up to the hour of going to press.
The following from the Tuesday ISSUE y:
same Journal tells the result OF the eApeal
Therevenue cutter Racer returned 10 MI
last right having accomplished her mis
overlAung vessels on the eastern coast
Dublin and Skerries. The gunboat Nlgn
unde, the command Of Lieut.. Hall, OF IN
IL George, was also employed on this SERVE
examination of craft leaving Dublin Is
4E with watchfu care,
II When the fact of the government pc
IL sufficient information to lead them to ado
A extraordinary precautions is borne in
escape of James Stephens seems all but
H lous.
TROUBLE IN SELIA.-A rumor was Gu
the streets this morning to the effect that
difficulty had occurred in Selma, between
eral troops stationed there and the eli
which several soldiers are reported I'M
eleven citizens killed and wounded. Th
we learn was brought down by one of thu
Il boats to New Orleans, which did not st
v and we were therefore unable to learn
cnIars It is stated, however, that the
originated in the attempt Of some soldier
the mules belonging to countryman
;nst come into Selma. The citizens OF
th,,ot Tho VA