, 1866-05-18

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From The New York Times, 18th tnst.l
Much diplomacy Is necessary to reconcile
the iDhaTMonlous elements Of Fenlanlsm, but
Mr. Stephens seems to be In laif way of &C.
complishing his object. His policy is. appa-
factions If possible, thereby securing thelr In
Huence and that Of their adherents. O'Ma-
honey having lost his head Is out of the way,
and the organization Of which he was tho
chief has given In it, allegiance to Stephens
But the obcrts-9weeney faction Is still back-
man. They hold that in order to secure the
independence Of Ireland, it will be necessary
to send to that country not only money and
munitions Of var, but a large force Of meni
that movement Simultaneous to and co-ope-
rative with the rising In Ireland must also be
made by q Fenian force sent out from Amert-
cn they believe In securing Q footho)d upon
Canadian or other British soil from which to
conduct their movements.
Air. Stephens takes different view Alto
gcther. Hc says that every man at home Is
enlisted In the cause, and that he has au or
ganizcd and well drilled army there sufficient
to drive the English from the island, provided
he can get arms TO put into their hands and
TODD In their sto1nachs. He wants, however,
several of our Generals OF acknowledged
ability to lead the troops In action It Is said
that orertures have been made TO Major Cen
g: crnl Phil. Sheridan to induce him to take
command Of the armies Of the Irish Republic,
hut his response has not been received. sey-
eral other Generals Of celebrity, who gained
many laurcls In the recent conflict here, have
been approached, with view 10 SECURING
their services in the Fenian cause, and as we
had many who ouly desired an opportunity
to once more tlash their swords from their
l. 11r+Srn m
be secured-provided the little matter OF COM
pcnsation can be made satisfactory.
Mr.. Stephens has thus far treated tho
4: O'Alahoney faction Of the Brotherhood IS the
/: Feuian organization Of America, and hos at
(: tempted to exercise no control 'whoteyer over
bcllious faction has thousands Of adherents,
aud Gen. Sweeney has been for two days ID
receipt Of te1egrams from Fenian Circles in
nll parts of the country advising him to make
no connections, but to steadiastly adhere to
the line Of policy be has hitherto pursued.
Mr.. Stephens will In g few days start upon
tour to the principal cities to ascertain the
sentiments Of Ills countrymen. He will en-
deayor to win them over to his cause By con-
ci3iatorf MT asu1es, but ho repeats to-day the
assertion that lie is prepared and willing to
"smash" things. if driven to such course.
A circular letter has been issued by order
Of Mr.. Stephens to the various circles rccog-
ward to him at once tue funds they have on
hand. One or two circles have complied
with this order, bnt tho amount sent in u mt
very large as yet. This does not apply to the
RuDerts- s-Swecney circles.
| Senator Scanlop, Of Chicago, acknowledged
10 Eicld The greatest power Of any, Individual
of the Roberts s-Swecney fncsion, has arrived
in the city, for the purpose Of consulting In
regard to the position Of affairs. It will
be remembered that there has been SERIOUS
misunderstanding between Mr. Stephens
and Senator Sean1on, which became come
what personal in Its nature. helatter gcut1e-
man was sent to Ireland BY the brotherhood
Of America, to ascertain the condition Of
affairs there, and whether or not the home
organization possessed sufficient strength to
effect its purpose. Sfr. Scaulon, By letter aud
verbally, reported in the affirmative, but at Q
subsequent period reported to the contrary,
and threw his influence In favor Of the Cana
iu1nous letter to O'Alahrney, denounced Sena-
tor Scanlon In the seyerest terms, denounclng
him as d traitor Of the deepest dye. Until
n public retraetton OF this denunciation Of
one OF Irelanl'a stnuDchest champions Is
made by Mr.. Stephens, he will doubtless find
the representative Of the great West q stumb-
lins block in his path, Which he can With
difficulty remove.
WHERE TIE MONEY HAS GONE
FFrom the New York World. May Ill
The Committee Of Investigation. appointed
to examine the accounts OF the late proprie-
tors, are beginning to uuearth very strange
facts. It seems that, urtil the Philadelphia
Congress had closed Its sessions, there had
not been any such thing IL an account book
in thetposscssion OF John O'Mahoney g. Co,
Immense sums were received daily from the
organizations throughout tic country, but
nobody can tell what was done with the
money. It appears that Col. O'A1ahouey drew
ia rtnN baF ftr{r
to our reporter. Money was paid out in pro-
fusion to Centres, organizers, agents, and
other officials, In the most indi:crimlnate and
reckless manner. A Colonel Mulcahy was
given rowing commission with tho snug lit
tic SUN Of S7,C00 for some unknown and mys-
terfous cause. Seven hundred copies of the
Daily Ners nnd five hundred copies Of a news
paper called the Citizen, containing laudntory
articles on the late Head Centre O'3Iahoncy.
Three thousand dollars Nas drawn to remunc-
rate pilots who were to lead nm imaginary
feet TO Ireland-around The Horn, probably.
received 81 500 for her services. and her clerk
$500 year for his one1ous duties. 4 bond
agent received salaries for three different
Offices under the O'Atahoney regime. One Mr..
]. ]. Rogers, now resigned or decapltated, re-
ceivcd $l2 day for lis services In the army
M bitter against the reporters, o1d ,s had
winter clothing and French calf
boots. Beside the highly patriotic indi-
yiduals mentioned, there were scores OF
Others paid large salaries for traducing and
slanderlng all Fenlans who had the temerity
to differ in opinion with John O'Mahouey.
The board bill Of the Military Convention,
which wns II session a. 614 Broadway during
the interval that the Congress OF Pittsburgh
were In session, amounted to 5000. Cam
vas-lack ducks and game Of all sorts COM
mqndcd very high price at The period named.
killian made large drafts on his Imagination,
ard the Fenian treasury at the same time.
Hundreds Of thousands ot dollars disappeared
in most miraculous manner, and still contri-
buttons came without stint. The Union
Square treasury is at present In very enaci-
aled condition, md the sum lett after the de-
slEes Of those pure and disinterested PATRIOTS
had been gratiiled, wherewith to conquer and
demollsh the ''blarsted'' British Empire, does
not exceed the modest sum Of eleven thous-
and dollars,