The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-03-17

ports which have been made of the preva-
lence OF Fenianism in the army. These
reports are sustained by the arrests which
are ar beng daily made Of soldiers, and by
the extensive desertions of men con fnr-
!ough! from their regiments, and eyery in
ducenaent is held out by the leaders of the
movement to the privates and serpeants
o! uh9seferal corps to forsake their ale
the fntherance Of that object. the convict
faga4 OLeary vas appointed sspaymas-
Ter, and, after his conviction, the convict
w. F.hoantree took his place, and when
he wa& found guilty of treason felony. at
sne Tn sneclai commission, it is alleged that
ne wal succeeded by Edward st. Clair, who
was arrested at Pillsworth's public house.
In james street, on Thursday night. The
Poicehre under the belief that the military
then Tken into custody were there at the
lnstanee OF " the pay1naster." Numerous
reports nave been forwarded to the detec-
ives yves fna TO the constabulary from the
headqu arters of regiments stationed in
Englasd, IN Scotland and in this country.
OF numbers of soldiers who had been
granted burroughs having deserted. and o.
3harp lookout has been kept after the tru-
ant warrior. On Saturday evening, the
detectves arrested the following soldiers {:
William Price, Eighty-Seventh Regiment ::
Daniel Lyons, Eighty-Seventh Regiment
Wm. Curry, Eighty-Seventh Regiment, and
James Hughes, Seventy Fifth Regiment.
ihe four prisoners, with many others, had
been granted furloughs, at Portsmouth.
over aimonth since, when they came direct
TO this country, threw away their rcgi-
mentas, ana assumed civilians costumes
provided tor them. 1t having been stated
that some OF the prisoners who had been
arrested at Pillsworth's in civilians clothes
were deserters from the army, Mr. Super-
1ntendent Ryan, who has exhibited great
ability, zeal and Judgment in the discharge
OF his important duties since the COM
mencement of the measures taken for the
suppression Of the Fenian movement. pro
ceeded to the jail where the prisoners
taken on Thursday night were confined,
when 1t was discovered that two persons,
who gave their names as Thomas O'Brien
and William Thompson, (strangers from
England,) were no less distinguished indi-
vlduals than Martin Hynes and James
Wilson, deserters from the Fifth Dragon
Guards. They were fully identified, and
admitted that they had belonged to the
Fifth, but had left it. The police are making
active inquiries for soldiers missing at the
roll calls of their regiments, and who, it is
stated. have allied themselves to the Fe-
MAN brotherhood
WHAT THE VorEs IN THO SENATE
LAST FRIDAY SIGNIFY. Phila-
deUhia Ledas''s Washington cosres
pondent says the President looks
upon the votes given i'll Congress last
Friday as an augury that his restora-
ton policy will be successful. But
the New York Herald, which is ever
ready to explain mysteries, places
them i'll an entirely different light. It
declares that most important poiti-
cal change has been conclusively de-
veloped in the ranks the dominant
party. The heated Ind sang1ine
anticipations of the radicals built up
very ultra programme upon the sue
cession of Johnson after he had so
positively declared himself radical
man" They now reluctantly sur
render their overdrawn expectations,
but only in obedience to deliberate
plan which postpones their anticipat-
ed millennium until the next Presi-
dental term. The executive council,
recently held in Albany, of the Union
Leagues of the State compared notes
on the subject. The campaign is but
little more than two years distant,
and tie radicals have formally con
cluded that the danger of their being
thrown out of power is so threatening
that every effort will be needed. to
secure their hold. The radical papers
in different parts of the State have
fairly op.led the ball, while the
league machinery is thoroughly
wound up for a formal organization
of every district in this interest.
The Specification of this change is
manifested in the general tactics of
the radicals. They are no longer
bent upon immediate ultra measures.
They are temporizing and hedging
on every hand. The watch-word has
been passed. They have cooled down
in Congress, and turned conservative
all at once in Albany. From Wash
burne in the West, and Wilson in
New England, as well as Alvord,
Folger, Fenton and Tremain, in this
State, formal Indications of this po-
licy have gone forth. The Rochester
Democrat, their strongest organ in
this State, backed by the Tribune and
the recent conventions for local cleo
tions, have endorsed the new pro-
gramme.
SNEITs AT Ma. JoHNsoN's ORIGIN.
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