, 1866-03-15

m have D0EI1 IN tNE AGn1OS.IA 1uE k1fAtk i
issue of the North American Review is also
to be Of unusual fpterest-its contents In
Guiding an elaborate artfc1e, BY Parton, on
& The Newspaper Press Ut essay On SChat-
sctcr.n by Emerson. and : review by James
Russell Lowell Of Carly1e's "Frederick H.
REVERE.
FROA IRELAND.
An Official Report on the Crisis.
yyhyxhe RrilIsh diovernnlet Suspended
the I1abeas Corpus-.The AiarnainS
lettera from the Lord dLfeutcnant-Ihe
Country Considered OH rhe Hrluk OF
BnsurxecAon.
>, ',' DunLm. Feb. =, 1866.
The excitement here Is still at fever pitch.
North; south. east and west the country Is IN
d perfect blaze. War we hare not yet, but
e tfumors Of war" ne have In abundance.
10 reveal the evidence on which the Coz
crument have acted In suspending the hooeas
corpus act In this country, and placing ne ne
Constitution, nothing further Is necessary
than to place before your readers the letters
written BY Lold Wodehouse to the Qonse
Secretary IN London, IN which the LORD
Lieutenant urges upon thc GoTenacnt mn al,ar aro
necessity necessity Of sgRs1E gsa naa lep aee sna sa
admits The widespread and dangerous CHAR
acter Of the conspiracy. 1append the letters,
which Il they have not been already printed
in vour columns, cannot fau to be poFnsed
win interest by the readers Of this cosrea-
LORD wopEuouss. TO SIZE q. GREr. !;
..JAN. u, 1865.
uIhopc that the presence Of troops In some
Of the towns may perhaps allay the general
alarm. am, however, BY no means cont
rious attention OF. the Government to the
state Of affairs here, which ! regret to say
daifr becomes more unsatisfactory. When
The People was seized and the arrests nndc,
the Feuians were for while stunned by the
blow, especially By tho arrest Of Stephens
but alter stcphens's escape tteif spi1ts gfeat!y
revived. and their activity vas renewed. At
the present moment, notwithstanding the pei
feet success Of the Crown ut the trials, they
are more active than ever. WAITED patient
ly to see whether the alarm In the country
would snbside. It alar1n has gone on
try what effect can Be produced By proclaraa.
tions, and by detnrhing troops to the more re.
rnpte districts. With this view VIC are about
to send troops to Trslee and Sligo, and to
proclaim the counties OF Sligo and Carlow, II
accordance with tho strongly expressed Wisn5
will probably. become necessary heEeatteri
but I do not expect that these measures Will
be sufficient, and ia common with Alr. For
teseue and the Attorney General, hare come
to the conclusion that We may haye to pro-
nose to the Cabinet TO ask Parl{a;;
What we have, to deal with Is d secret
revolutionary organization spread oTcr
great part Of tie country, supported by
money from the Irish In America and Great
Britain. The organization has its paid agents
IN most of the towns In Ireland, diligently
rotn11fn1 md fFRnr1nP in
cruits. / send you 3 return of men who servt
ed in the American war, who nre known to
the constabulary ns Feufaa agents. There
are. no doubt, others who escape notice. l
bave asked for similar return from the Ness
of Ireland. These ars the men who would
take the command Of the rebels, and there
cannot be more dangerous class. Besides
them, we know that there are some hundreds
OF men In Dublin and elsewhere, who hnVe
come over from England and Scotland. who
receive regular Pay sia a1e ams,1nG m 4e ne
d. tor this, bns by the 'suspcnsion Of the ha-.
6fas CORPUS act ne should bo able to arrest the,
paid agents Of revolution, and to prevent the
aseemblage IN tue capital Of men sent over
specially to take @tArt In rising. The RENE
serious, ia / am convinced Will yield to-
| nothing but sharp treatment. without say
| inr that the moment has actually arrived for,
so strong measure ~ tho suspension OF the
Aa1tat se;gss act, h9ss thought It E{ghtt ~. te
wa,n tae caainss thHt ;..ant 10 ny judgment
stP. 81 forgot to mention that VIC have
! arrested, ut various times and places, the
| American Irish agents, but they are too wary
| to carry about with them tho evidence neecs-
saiJ TO conricf them. We usually una on
| them drill books, aud sum OF money, some-
times considerable, In gold"
| IoRp woDEuousE TO SIR g, GREY.
I RENH nv
i "IhaYe come to the conclusion, after much
\ careful consideration that the time has ar-
I riyed when It is Indispensable, for the safety
4 OF this country, that the ha6eas corpus act
] should be suspended. The Chancellor ana
Mr.. FortesQue authorize me to sAy that they
this neaau1e, There Is = complete agreement
among my advisers, and they tee! most
strongly With me the urgent necessity for
prompt, indeed, immediate actiou. The stFte
j Of affairs il very serious. TheSouspirators,
undeterred by the punishment Of 30 many Of
i their leaders, arc actively organizing N out
break, with . view to destroy the Queens
! authority, Sir Hugh Rose detnils the
various plans they have In contempla-
| ton, and he draws no exaggerated PIC
number Of agents, who are swearing IN IN
| members, and who are prepared to take Inc
command when the moment arrives. These
| men are Of the most dangerous clas5. Ihey
! arc Lishmen imbued with American notions,
thoroughly reckless, and possessed Q! 60 con, I
8eld Of warfare (thd civil var in America ad-
mirablg ada otcd to train them for conducting
IN fn.urrectfon here. There arc so such men
| Known to The police In the provinces, 9nd
those known Ii Dublin amount TO 1Go, 30 thaf
| In round numbers thrre nre 500. OF course.
there are many more who escape notice. This
number Is being augmented By fresh men con
/ / stnntly arriving from America In Dublin it.
self there are several hundred men tpethap;
| 500 OF 400l who receive 1s. 3D. day, ant
one may observe these men ioitering noont
the corners Of the streets. A. to arms
| We haye found M less thnn threc rcgalal
| manufactures Of pixies, bullets and cartridges
: | In Dublin. The police believe that severa
mora exist OF course bullets arc not made M
, unless there are riAes to put them IN. Ths
disaifect1on Of the population In certain coun
. tics. such as Cork, Tippcrary, Watcrtort
!. and Dublin, Is alarming. and It is day b
day spreading more and more thsensh ever.
,, , feature Of the present movement Is tue at
tempt to seduce the troops. Arc We to ALLOW
: these agents to 60 on instilling their poisol
into our armed force, upon which ot1r secuI1t.
, / mainly depends! I feel confident that tn
= suspension Of the: hNbeas 'coxpsss act w
thai cur reports show that the Fenlan leader
: are saying that there IL no time to lose, as
= they de1ay, the net will be suspended. trns
= TINT the Cabinet wil1 not think me ~ alarm
:. ist. have watched every symptom here 70
many months, and It is my deliberate convit
tiou thst Nc ttma should now be lost in SUI
pendiuc the act. I cannot be responsible fo
q The safety Of the country ii power is not fo1tf
t With given to the Government TO seize th
J, leaders. With that power still hope t
]. avert serious mischief. most earnestly urg
l. that the bill for The suspension be brought
1 ! without ae1ay." y. -
+ It viii be seen that bis lordship In bis sccon
l. | letter, written a week ago, paints the cond
Q lion Of the country In the most alsrman
o eo1ors, declares that there are nearly . thou
i. and Fentan agents imported rom Ens!sn
= md America regularly under pay in tug cou1
d | try. and broadly states thnt without the sa
ii nensiop Of the habeas corpus act the autho
= ftles ,ronla be utterly unable to cope with u