, 1866-11-27
THE FENIANS IN IRELAND.
Great Excitement About the E1-
pected Rising.
The Preparations for Attack and ne"
f.nr<-rhe British Authorities Thor
ouehly Acquainted with the Plans
Tho Time Of RtBinEs

faus-all these things were thought by Inc
English Government 70 have had such a Ter.
hey Would Immediately repent, obtain abso-
ution Of a notoriously anti-national priest
,ood. and take the Data Of union, promising
allegiance to their parental rulers. II hau
ulled itself into hncfed security, and the
:enisna we're being Looked upon as ,f 9eio1e ,Sae
It'll at all exist, merely uttered threats In
AmerIca against Canada, which they never
Intended to substantiate, but had forgotten
all about Ireland and m attempt At rebellion
there But from th1s dream 81. o. seeus,ry security
mcnt finds it has been unable TO Kill the
irish sentiment and denationalize the Irish
people, and finds that far from Graduating
fenlanism 1t has Strengthened IT.; that Tar
frou, living ont of danger, that danger Is
more imminent than ever.
TRAITORS IN THE CAN'T.
Where is the man who has not his price!
Who In this sordid age will talk Of besus in-
corruptible. and when WAS there ever 20
litica1 organization, however noble MIS- IN rs
wretch, who for filthy lucre" would not
sell his companions: Probably nowhere has |
this t1altorous faculty been more largely de-
veloped than III this unhappy. country.
Jimmy O'Brien in '9s, and PierEe Nag1e u
even now, In Ireland, there are O'BEicns,
Naeles, and even Castlereaghs, who, scaritic,.
fpg III the noblcr Instincts Of humanity at
the altar Of Mammon, scrup}e not to sell
their country and their couatrsmen: know
mary nSt = s sere assert he is bnt do kaow that
eray plan and tte1.y action 9f the !Fsnian or
gant=atiors Il made kno,r7a to England and not
only thst, but that If she liked she
could at this moment lay asr finer
ask me how is this. and why she does not
arrest them. Tou mny say England boasted
Of this knowledge months ago, and ret was
palpably at fault. Even so, but since that
time. within the last three weeks, the British
authorities have been put In possession Of in,
formation that, If Fenianism be treason, and
If the punishment Of treason be death, would
consign one hnlf the adult male population
Of the country TO the Ea!lows. Then why she
does not do SO will alterward show. Permit
me now to state point Some iye weeks
ago. man came to this country, Sutton or
Dntton, I can't say which, by name. He was
said to be the accredited agent Of Stephens
here, and vested by him with full power; en-
trusted by him with a1l the secrets Of the
organization. This man has been bought,
which he may have been sent here by James
Stephens To do, but that for which
he Is paid by the British Government,
A CHANGE or Plan.
England has discovered that q revolution
cannot be etihed She tried that plan ay
suspending the "Act,''u said, and found
| II inetlicacions. Now she has determined to
! let the storm come and TT to weather It, to
| let the Fenians rise and fight it out. Arrests
arc becoming less frequent, though the same
attention is turned not TO arresting rebel
SLOWS 0Ht e IL III Il end D. saaoaa sSpa
| numbers OF /" cockney" detectives hare been
Imported hitAcr. These aro distributed
throughput The country, and scarcely =
Dublin is full Of them. Tipperary swarms
with thom. Kerry, Curk and Wexford, oil
the counties in ireland, In fact, have their
share of these obnoxious personascs. This
secret service force Is under complete oEgaui
and Colonel Lake, Of the Cons.abulary, be:
ing at the head, Bi-weekly reports are made
from each man to headquarters, and from
these reports monthly statement Is sent it
to the Irish Executive. Thus every thing oc
soon % it takes place, to the Government
On these reports the military force under
Lord Strathnairn, formerly Sir Hugh Rose
is manipulated, weak points arc strength
ened, and strong ones made even more strong
WHAT TIE FESlASs ARE DOING.
hopes Of the Fenians arc rising. They have
no doubt but that Stephens will fulfil hif
promise Of coming bark to Ireland, ani
there Is rumor here that he Is already OF
his way. Though the Government has IN
doubted facilities f.. for procuring informa
ism here, unfortunately, l am not so well
situated. I eau, through certain off1cial
here, hear Of the movements of the Govern
ment, but even though your correspondent
traitors. Their figure Is rather too lofty f,l
my exChcquet. However, | can pat you In
possession Of some few. important facts
During the past week no less than 10, 600 re-
volyefs have been distributed through the
Fenian circles In Ireland. These wcapom
have been in the city stored for some time
having been purchased by James Stephens
from an Enqlth manufacturing house. Thi!
will probably explain his seeming reluctance
to account for moneys received from JONI
Mitchell. Did he state he purchased will
The money arms and munitions Of war, l.t
would, Of course, be compelled to give somt
Information rs to how be bought them, ani
from whom. The "boys" liz the different
sections Of the country arc drilling aut
practising themselves In the use Of the re
volver and rifle. ! am told that in the mouu
tainous districts this is carried On extensively
The vacancies caused by the arrest of thos
under the suspension arc said to be all flied
This carrying on Of preparations, under eucl
DON aomiiable cne1gy & The celtie race. cs' an' NJ
their determined resolution 10 meet their ol.
enem, If only Stephens Keeps his word.
MILITARY PRErARATloSs.
A4S sAA4Qua uA3IASAS IL AUu QQOuL Iu0Af1
arc being put in state Of defence. Th
ordnance officers are hourly engaged In tn
work. The walls around them arc bein,
strengthened IN many places, and aaukip:
Projections, With numerous oop.holcs, com
mcndlng the various points from which 81
ottnck might be nude, arc being constructed
The jasls arc being similarly fortified, eherua
! de fTise are being put In every available place
i and the guard IN all cases is being doubled
These preparations are not contlned to Dub
l Tv4n md $fS $jor ~. 1]a r..
carried ont through the provinces. Trale
Barrucks are being strengthened; Limericl
the Same way, and large number of me-
arc engaged In strengthening tho old forth
cations Of Ath1one Castle.
THE POLICE AND CoSSTAHCLARr.
Preparations are not entirely confined +
the military in the country. The Dublfl
Metropolitan police, about twelve hundret
, diligent trimming in tho use ofthe cutlass ant
! revolver. They may be seen daily ds1l'1n,
! iu the castle yard, and arc really fine bod,
! Of men. The country coustabulary har
also got orders to perfect their drill. Til
:: forces will, Of course, be brought into clos
contact with the enemy in case Of rising
: but England need not depend on either de
partments Of the police force for an excess q
/ loyalty, as both are largely perneated viii
di&adcction.
i RISING AND ITS result.
! Thus the Government and the Fenians an
ticipate rising. What the result may be
hard to tell. We're to write you my opin
ions, I would say successful rebellion L
/ ireland ct present Is as impracticable as il
0 people arc undoubtedly opposed to an nj
Tempt, acd say that Il made 1t will prove
. greater faseo tLan the eabbagc-gardea move
ment Of Smith O'Bricn. Many think other
wise, and assert they have good reasons 70
, OF what England knows, what she Is 1o1u4
and what she intends to do, aud will 1eas
your intelligent readers to Judge for them
selves. 1t is generally believed that tn
: rlsipg Will take place here On Christmas eve
3 the 24th Of December, and that the day cele
Z brated rs the natal day Of q worlds Sayfo
! Will witness u last struggle for dear old Ire
s land's liberty.