The Montana post., 1866-02-17

PRESIDENT O'MAHoNY TO THE FENIAN CONGRESS-
The New York I" Herald - gives what purports to
be synopsis of President O'Mabony's message to
the Fenian Congress- of which the following Is an
extract: "Only for the way in which my hands were
tied by the Roberts faction, [ would ere now have
had Irish army battling Irish soil for Irish in
dependence, and Irish feet sweeping from the
ocean England's commerce. will prove all this to
you by figures and facts, and authenticated docu-
ments, beth from the Irish Executive and other
sources. In order to explain his position, he gave
resume of a ketch of the rise and progress of Fen
iani>m from its earliest organization. He stated
that Michael Doheny was the first organizer. That,
In its infancy, it had to struggle against serious diff
cultes; difficulties enough to dishearten any man.
set of men. Still they persevered, and he and
Stephens kept it alive to the present day. They
worked in harmony together. He (Mr. StephensJ
knows Roberts, and in sending delegates, lately,
with important dispatches, he ordered the delegate
it, by any mischance, he could not find President
0'Mahony to destroy them. Reads Stephens let
ter. He read letters of late date, from Stephens
to this effect. The reading of these letters was re
ceived with cheers for O'Mahony and Stephens. He
spoke of John Mitchell of his liberation from prison
by President Johnson. Three cheers were given for
the President and Mr. Mitchell. He next went into
the full particulars about the they took to
hurt his issuing of the bonds and showed by letters
how Mr.. Roberts thought to get the management of
the plates and bonds under his personal control and
his object in doing so; also how Mr.. O'Rourke
refused giving the required bail He explain
ed his connection with the taking of the Mofat
mansion, saying that he had never seen the house
until it was taken on the approval of Mr.. Roberts,
General Sweeney and other members of Congress.
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HIGHWAY ROBBERY. = In the Toledo Weekly
Commercial, of January llth, appears the following
account of most daring personal outrage and rob
berry, In Chicago, last Friday night, named
Alexander II. Stowen was vending his way home
ward, on Wolcot street. when, it being not yet ten
o'clock, he was set upon by two men, who handled
him very roughly, and bound his arms SO that be
was unable to defend himself. He was taken to
lonely part of the street. and there dvested of all
he had except his shirt and pants. He left hall
srangled in the frozen air, almost naked and would
have died from exposure and weakness had not
gentleman been driving by at the time The latter
almost drove over him, and as he ascertained wha
mad befallen him, he put him into his carriage,
charitably drove him home, where his poor wife anC
children were, who had already become alarmed
about his non-arrival. physician was immedatel,
summoned who pronounced the poor man to be in
somewhat critical condition, owing to the injurie
he had sustained. The victim of this outrage los
his overcUat, business coat, his vest, gold watc
and chain worth $2l0, a pocket-book containin.
S75 and small change. In his pocket-bo
some documents valuable to no one but himself