Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-03-16
THE FENIAN FLURRY ABROAD.

+ The seriousness of the Fenian conspiracy
is not only acknowledged, but asserted by
the English papers. The London Times of
the 2Sth of February SAYS:
There is no county. however loyal. 70 city,
however prosperous. no district however divided
between native and imported races, where we
may not expect to hear of head centers,' secret
drilling, and the manufacture of arms"
Again the Times says "the conspiracy is
everywhere" and that:
ITO the English apprehension the presence of
the conspiracy in the army, and the discovery of
of soldiers actually engaged in il, is by far
the worst part of the business and has very ugly
aspect"
How "ugly" this is may be Judged from
the fact that very large proportion of the
English army is composed of Irishmen.
The whole available military force of England
is being poured into the country. Within few
9th Regiments the I'd battalion of the Goth Rifles
and SD Regiment, the 18th and ed Regiments.
Uighlanders( the I'd battalion of the Sd Bluffs and
Queens Regiments. the the Dragon Guards, the
18th Hussars and the LIST battalion of the Cold
stream Guards. besides strong detachments of the
Royal Artillery, with Armstrong and WhitwOrth
guns dd hbituB. In all, we have some IS regi-
ments in Ireland, making up, in round numbers.
about 900 men. The advent of these large mill
tarV relnfOrcements. most OF whom nave arrived
in Dublin, has created an unusual amount of bus
tie and traffic in our streets. The quays are
blocked up with long lines of red coats, and the
rattle of the artillery wagons and the rattle of
hoofs from the cavalry goes on almost necessarily
day and night
The Dublin Neus Letter, of February 25,
says:
From every quarter we learn that the bene-
fetal effect of suspension of the hd6e0s corpus
act has quickly made itself apparent in the pre-
cipitate retreat of the American colonies and cap
tains who TO have acted as the leaders of the
projected rising. and also in the quiet and sub
dued behavior of portion of the inhabitants of
the towns, who were previously rather turbulent
ly disposed"
1t is confessed, indeed, boldly proclaimed
by O'Mahony and others, that the Fenian
organizations in Ireland-claimed to num-
Der three hundred thousand men-are OIL
cered by men who have seen active service
in the American war. A correspondent of
the New York Nes, writing from Dublin
by the last steamer, says:
"No stranger particularly no American. is safe
for an hour in ireland now. Above all, to have
served in the American army, TO have worn the
United States uniform, to have served in one or
the other of the American armies dnring the late
wars is sure and speedy passport to the interior
of one of Her Majesty's jails. There is more to
be said on this subject than l can find time to
write new, but am mistaken in my estimate of
the American people If they cOntentedly tolerate
the treatment which number of their country
men are receiving in this country at present.
There are now in Mountioy prison more than
fifty American citizens. including three United
States Generals and a host of minor officers.
These men have been arrested without q particle
of evidence against them"