The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-05-12
The Daily n ews.
SATURDAY MORNING, Nay ID, 1865.
The pepoaea Fehina Leadors.

result OF the fa1iure OF the expedition to Eastpor
and the demonstration. upon the Ganadass The
scheme waste seize upon come island on The
coast, proclaim an Irish Republic, Issue letters OF
marqne, and send out privateers to prey upon
British commercel sbmet thing gimusB Id Hone If
they could not take an unprotected island in sight
oioar coast, it was absurd to- talk of an invasion
OF flreland, thousands Of miles off, aud surrounded
by IRON f1eets. - 1rt ,,t ,. .. a..
Unless something was done the societies would
diabapd'' = Many Of the Circles had notified the
Oentrafi Council that, they had met for. the last
time, unless there. was to be some aotionj, Kill,
LIAM brought his plan before the Council, who all
approved it, and O'MAnoNrf appointed KILL1AN
Commander- in. Chief One Of the leaders Of the
expedition, Captain WM. a. GRACE, writes to the
Boston Post an account Of the failure, which is IN
teresting 'H' ~: :
The BROTHERHOOD had now In ia ypossessiio3n an
iron war, vesseld which, according tor Killian's
etatement1 wasipr6periy manned by skillful crew,
andprspared BY him to convey arms for his men
70 Eastport where, abe was to be before his arIi:
ns On nana ae ths shs
meIan' thsy objective point on the night OF their
sess hsSSsF Fs bsss,SSg bso4s S s tss Sst
therH' shduld be no mistake, Kiilish saysihe sa%
the arms .hpaoked, the steamship'sr imachinery
woraed.' And nsHAied her sailing ,pspers With his
He lpft New York for Boston, where he remained
q short timsIe8 make artanseinefits for imcn,,
Whentheiieftfar Portland, where he also remaipsa
The AdR shs saa R asa
prise the ehpeaiti6n! Having everything lref.
KaaI III Rorana aaH naff for SSESaa SEatpoP %
where they Intended, at least the men did, 10
commence! their !hoiy mission on the day of their
for to their great surprise they found M Fenian'
war vessel i9 the bay or anything about her.t ~ u
VIZ Eill now wisse If the tnoahtime how, things
hp hs from AStS Soa eHseate the
will -Dl the Brotherhood. and to carry out:ths
hogfs and e1pfetatpps Of the Irish race o'Ma:
saps MasPFRos Sss ssd
ing to Kiflian, has been disputing with one or two
others ever since about who shall own her.. He
Also put Downing on Kiian's trail to watch him
ana apparently TO put him back as much as posi-.
ble. Owning worked very effectually; for the old
Saying ID that IL Is very hard to make WATCH but
very easy to break 1T. When he reached Bston
there we're about fifty of the New York men there
.aWaaiting transportation to. the front, whom he
ordered to return home, at q time when Killian
and Smnot were ordering them to the field. This
IS theway things were working-ene man trying
to throw embarrassment in the oth er's way, until
the. eEpe1iton was made 2.mpete failure.
When Killisn found that he -: no arms before
ers fnra convention, which lad for its object the
decelylng ef the public as : the real intention OF
the Fenisns On the border.
Two weeks were thus spent in holding meetings
and in parat1ing the streets of Eastport, when a
schooner arrives from Portland, after going
through the custom-h use there, with seven hum
coafae, examined .iya Inc; o1stem.house oficer st
Eastport, and when they were seen by the English
capspl he at ouce. made affidavit that they were
BY the F
ment: The custom-house officials, OF course, lad
no alternatiye out % take therag or eountenance
M open breach Of .hs neutrality LAYS, So the
the expedition-an act which the leaders at Union
Square did much to bring about; for it is our
oPfRion !hat g the, movement originated from
kildan, and not q O'Mahony, who durst not oppose
itopenB in council on account OF action being
demanded blythe Brotherhood, bnt his selfahness
was determined, ae quick as KiIlian set cut tv
snperintend the movement, to throw all the obsta-
cles he could in his way, fearing that by success
full issue Kllian, would become too popular, and
just1y"receive, instead Of OMahony, the plsuditH
Of the organization.
Thus the work Of eeven years came to naught
The condition of the FIVE hundred men who ha6
gone f. the border, when they heard the orde,
= announced from O'MAHoSY "that the expedition
was failure, and that he commanded them to re-
turn home,'' is represented as cesolate enough
They were told that not dollar would be sent
them, as STEPHENS needed all the money in the
treasury li.. ,..u. r., ..a .
we'll as Of o'MAHoNY-deubts whether the money
sent to Ireland has ever done good-doubts i
there is Fepian organization there; and yet, ore
du1ous to the last, procluims that the five hundred
ofthe expedition have transferred their faith K
SWEENEY, and tries to rally his countrymen to tha
other fagl III :'E"l - .a..r '.s,a,.... .q-gs
IN The midst ofthees accusations these mon for
get that the expedition was necessarily q failure
What are 500 men and 750 stand Of arms p w,
Have Sc en- rebellion Of 500, 900 men, armed ans
organized as nation, put down. We saw the ffe
beiiion in Canada, austained by aiarge part Of th
people, and assisted by our own, crushed in q lev
weeks. No such expedition conld have succeeded
under any favor OF clreuustances,.or by the aid q
tshsold thesofcs, led with courAsea and used wttl
,ganera,sbhpo,T7 VI, !'SS IN .T, "'n n ~" ia'
ih'Phei 'disctowned o,MKHoNx has removed hi
GeadddaTeffs to Jersey City, ana puts on his fools
cap Of state, and :shakss' his bsuble as before
IiLLiAs keeps alqof. srKaeHEsss, ~ Who comes ex
peotng triumph, may congratulate himself II b,
escapes mob Tie future lives or, these leader
will be paaaed in eliminating each other. in de
Tending thsnselves, and in wtithing under tn
'indignation'of their countrynien and the contenp
.,., G,,od Friday mt Romo,
4 correspondent OF the New York Fraaco.Ame
-rican writing from Rome, gives ue the following
-ScSJunt of one or the ceremonies occurring ther
on Good Friday, and which, commentaries th'
washing OF the ieet or the twelve Apostles by th
,6ayiour; ',.a'. inna b. r.',g tot' q. \, .,t.G n
mt. ~. n 80 f-o a.