The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-05-05

Stree about who shall own her. He also nut Down.
ing on XII ian's trail TO watch him. and apparently
to pull him back as much as possible. Downing
worked very eectually IoT the old saying is that Vt
Is very hard to make watch, but very TO break
IL. When he reached Boston, there were about fifty
OF the New York men there awaiting transpor rtation
10 the irOOt, whom he ordered TO return home at
ume whom X ilhan and Sinuott were ordering them
to the field. This is the wav things were working
one n an ttyiur to throw embarrassments IN the
others way, until the expedi ion was made com
plele failure. When klhan found that he had
no aims lefore HIM for his men, he went to work
and issued posters for Convention, whic1 had for
lts object the deceiviDg OF the pubic as to the
real intentions of the Fenlans on the border.
Two weeks wore thus spout IN holding meetings
and in paIading the streets of Eastport, when
the Custom House there, with seven hundred and
hhY st2nd of arms. These arms were OF course.
examined by the Custom Horse officer at Eastport,
ana when they were seen by the Engl,s Consul he
at once T1de affidavit they were intended for
revolutionary purposes by the Fenlans and
demanded their capture by our Government The
custom House officials, Of course had no alternativ
out TO take them, or countenance open breach of
the neuirr tv laws So the arms we esezed and thus
ended the hopes OF the expedtIon-an act which the
leaders at Union Square contributed arOe to bring
about; for It IS our opinion that, the movement
originated from Kl liam, and not OMahOnY, who
burst not oppose il openly IN Council on account Oh
acton leng demanded by the Brotherhood, hut by
his selfshncss was determ ned quick as lKIllIan
set out TO superintend the movement. to throw all
the obst1c he could in his way, fearing that Oy a
succ sui issue hllll9n would become too popular,
and justly receive. instead of O'Mahony, tho plau
dts OF the organization Or was It combined D an
Of OMshon' and HI Ian to inaugural, the expedi-
lion for the purpose Of selling bonds and tor rus-
tratlnR the plans of General Sweeneyl For not
beng disposed TO Pet for themselves any more than
the Wi ting of patr otto letter TO the Circles tell.
imp them what they would do, ana the drinking of
health out of bottle OF brandy the State prison
ers in Ireland they seemed detsrm med 10 embaT-
Iass others, aud ihrs let the labor oftne Irish on
TINS continent Tor the pest ceven years in this
ment be w:s,ed without anything tnng done.
Inc eiate OF the men when this order came to re-
tTeat-that no more money would r. sent to sustain
thCm-that stephens, Who had arrived accor ding
the treasury was beyond descrp: ON. They were
assembled in Trescott Hall. Eastport when the Or
derS OF Mahony were read to them, that the expe.
dltlon wcs teure, ana commanded them to 90
hcme." This was hard. Yes, 1t hard, TO see
upward OF five hundred men, as fine, as true as 1
ever saw, who had come there without one
cent of conn oDsation, many OF them paying
their own waY-tO make the gTeatcjt sacriace that
can lie ace-to e. Gus, with Their arms what the
Il ders uttered with their tougU~J, and who had
undergone the hcrdsbipS end rriVations Of the la
wsT, went through ever thing that manhood could
undergo, cIV because they bad TO 20 back as they
came, without doing anything for Old Ire and. They
looked upon themselvej that night as children IN
thing was given up-after o. Mahony, who is an i'm.
bec,ie, went back ON US, many OF rs concluded
mat we word leave the brotherhood and never say
another word about liberty, but on rcco1sderug the
matter coo'ly we said that 1t did not become us as
men, as revolufionsts TO sacrifice the labor of the
Brotherhood, ay the lard earnings of the Irish
want girls OF America. Many there who have given
money 10 OMahony, audjn doing had to lint their
own families of the jstel OF life for the sake
OF few useless men at the head OF afairs. So we
decided to join the ranks of General Sweeney man
whom we always looked on with respect, and mike |
the best out OF bad job In view of all the pro-
m lses and declala ions that have made, il we |
can't accomplish something the vengeance of Heaven
cannot tail to a upon u.s. for the irish at home and
In the provinces will be lampled under foot and told
by the officials that they would be rebels If they
could. Then, IN the name of Gc1 and Ireland, let |
us rnFs under the leadership of General Sweeney, |
and carry out the peaGes that we have taken before
God and man.
have gwen you Mr.. Editor. the foregoing facts |
from pei sonal OBJ .vation and of tne Oldest
Fenians in New England.
WILLIAM H. GRACE.
written on beard the steamship Ne1S EruIlsteick,
on her way from E2stpoIt TO portland, April o6
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