, 1866-02-12
A FENiAN STfR-AB0uT.
Supporting the Bolter's Tickets,
"General - Dcmonstration--.Pro-
cession.--Speeches By Sweeney,
Roberts, Finerty, and
Scnul0n.

TIE Fentan Brotherhood Of The o'Sweeney md
OtRobats wing made grand demonstration on
Saturday evening, at Turner Hall 10 chow how
unanimous they were In defence Of the new dynasiy
in the brotherhood, and how heartily they 1epudt-
sted O'Mahopcy and al his works. This psepon-
derauc- Of wing or one side threatens to be even
more dangerous to the F. y. than an equal
division. It has been objtcth that the F. B.
h&s been an wing, and-aikc thin wlne-nn body,
and th.t haa been reason sor their not efecslng
anything more. But with twp wings, dying. Il
even only nylng from imaginary daIrtr. VAS pEac-
one erest md one .mal; wing, rendering e1en digit
II Is only few days sinee IN o'Mahoney demon
N4eesed sTenf ana ne Il
to grand rally.
For this purpose Gen. O'Swecney aud President
prcHmtnarics which would have done honor 10 a
Denno1anc mazs moeting. through their buelats
and fuElcznen In The several warde did eueeeed IN
~ ~ incrssev 81 a wher rs
populatlon Of Chicago, either in the armed Fenan
tht most popular a. turning ont IN The rsnH in
yolyed the necessity Of marching out 10 Turner
Hall in the mnd md SNOW, while the mere sympa-
cho* to test}y their faith by their works mes at
Fenlan Hall corner Of els and Randolph streets,
nj an carsy honr TO arrange
TILE PROCESSION.
FeniAn Ball. where the preliminary arrangements
were edeCted for escortng the chttitans to Turner
ns W. 1ons bs'oss T.: hon; or eight
bic at tbe corner Of the treet ahver1ng under the
ptt1iese storm and suffering under natural deprc@
hand IN The approaching tsinmphal march. What
usnspred In The hall our reporter fa,led to nsces-
tain lor lhe simple hut sufficient reason that hewas
i up The stalrway. The companies had assembled
and were arranging what mnskets they had in their
possession. and number Of torches where~dih to
a.tcu1fh The citizens. The armed members Of the
yas1ons circles were gathered eome atiiFed In black
coats. come in green shirts. and few with clean
a. aaa H. sd
and Sweeney were awning theiE arrival.
Il was heaacd By band Of music, IN which was
heard Al intervals the inspiring squeal OF the Irish
pipes, and Tas composed Of two ftagr. seventy. y.odd
borne BY regiment Of Fen1sns. something akin to
| tnnt which FaleraB was ashamed TO march through
Go,en,Ty viii Msanxh,le. the ssGsne9atofs q
crowded, while hoEdes Or the brotherhood *ere 10
Nof,h csrI sirees to Turner I'LL. Il must be % COZ
ftssed that, Notwithstanding all the enthusiasm
which prevailed. az manifested bJ series Of dis:
"the do"ntrodden xnd greatly injured nation," " the
procession made bat EorJ figure. Tue weather
esst "a unnstakahle " damp upon tie proceedings
| The real denomination took place.
AT TURNER HALL,
The crowd began Gatherng even before dark,
and an hour before the meeting began, not
even rfandtng room could be obtained In
The body Q. the ball. while only It The extreme back
Of the galleries was space afforded for Htberatan
| enlhueias! 10 crane hts neck md wonder Nhat was
go!ng On n front; Eycn this slender comfort 6 was
rom the s..ge was tha' Of dense msss H human
nead 81
the windows were opened a. widely a. possible the
close PACKING Of 70 many bodies. Utmost glowing
room above July nFrre. Where the cold alt *vept
IL the b1eashs q the mars concealed, md seemed
M .%e5 dns .ns evs TIE ass isSe Their
tehf the oserpoweEing odors usually attendant
upon mass meetings d. this odonietous
ens ts III s'hoass @ ne F. III @sSa t.
time be dcuomiuaieda Republic, It's end would be a
dte-nasty. An innocent reporter for the Itf7es en-
form. The crowd mittook him for a TRIBUNE man
on acrouut Of his intellectual forehead-and I'M
med1atel{ there vas chorus Of :. Yaa-aa, =" Put
lin oni, etc. As evidence Of the correctness OF
tlleiT Judgement they subsequently made the thing
square by giving gEstultons round Of applaute to
1grn ,1 These 1s insde9s sa Ed
benches, on each end Of the platform, each pile
cene IL h &c
American colors on shield, reminding one OF the
t1yeIn sign ezid to have been erected by pau10nc
1fisn American, Erin 90 CxMH, e Nzzi1ul
s71eh.'' On the leit side was the American nag.
IL nll Its simple beauy-the nobess flag cser aoased
| 10 the brteze. 80 a. -.
Al about halfpast eight o o'c1ock the door Of lit
| III hack staiswHY opened. and the armed Fen1ans,
cscorting OSweeney and OIsoberts, d1c1 in,
stumbling up the steep, datk and narrow way 70
the light md enhussasiic greeting et the!r friends
wore the orthodox green shirt. olhets b!acE coats
| ard not few were In oYetcoats Of many different
ettIce and coloss. Some bore musketa, oihesa
tfes. and e1ill Others the les. deadly and more or
}oritr. had none, Altogether. there WAS not
the fatntest eemblance Of uniformity in theiI
appearance and In the little they displayed Of drill,
they we're fine models Of independent action: Col.
UQuisk commanded thla gallant body Of soldaery,
the stage faeing The audience. A1er them, The
| O'Roberts and tho D'SWeeny aseended the stain.
On their appearance the soldiers began cheering and
creating great racket BY na1nmednG the bntte ol
toes in 70 doing and vcTy peatfy getting up 70"
In consequence. The audience, With national fond.
ress for noise, aided the upfo4t, although ii thai
time they evidently had not the most distant tdes
.d what II was all about. Aher great desl 8, g
proper place, l. d. OCounor, District Cenrre, tool
Liz paceaa PRECEDING officer and introduced to thk
meeting
oH. oswkEsKY,
who was received with perfectly enthusiastic roal
Of spplause. When this snhedded he spoke as fol
loNs: .-
II return to yuu my uoss sincere thanks foE this
Hearty, warm and cordial reception. 1oouhly ap
| tEeciate II coming as II does from the patriotic and
lu,une you to make q few remarks. moi to make .
| fnAAeh II not Dr0teArlNu to do much talk