The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-02-15
EUROPE.


The Irish FeniRns In Arms and British
Artillery and Troops In the Field Two
Fentan Ships Land RevOIutlOntsts at
VRlentia - The COmmander-in-Chief
and Chief Secretary Hurry from Eng
land to the Scene, Etc.
DUBLIN, February A.-Important news has
been received in this city from the South of Ire
land, TO the effect that the Fenians made q
rising" this morning at Killarney, in the
county Of Kerry, and marched towards Ken
mare.
British troops, with a force of artillery, are
in pursuit of the enemy.
Kerry is maritime county in the southwest
of Ireland, with the estuary of the Shannon
river as its northern boundary, the Atlantic
ocean on its western edge, and the counties of
Limerick and Cork forming its southern and
eastern boundary. Its population is about two
hundred thousand persons, large proportion
of whom speak only the Irish tongue. The
region is extremely wild, rugged, and noun
tainous.
The town OF Killarney, where the "rising" is
said TO have taken place, is situated near the
centre OF the county Kerry, on the famous lake
OF the same name. 1t has population of some
SIX or seven thousand.
Kenmare is another town in the county
Kerry, situated on the high road from Cork to
CahirciYeen, near to the residence of the late
Daniel 0'Connell. 1t lies in very isolated dis
trict at the head of Kenmare bay, and has ia
convenient harbor and pier. 1t is apDroachable
from the ocean by vessels OF heavy burden.
THE Com Chief of the Army
and CHIEF Secretary of from London.
LONDON, February A.-The Government has
been advised of the landing OF two shiploads
of Fenans at Valentia,
Lord Strathearn (Sir Hugh Rose, X. B. G. y,
Commander-in-O Chief of the Army in LELAND,
who was attending the session of the House of
Lords, and Lord Mas, M. P, who had taken
bis seat in the House OF Commons, leave for
Ireland at once.
There is a wild rumor that the Fenians will
attempt to cut the cable.
Important News from IreIand-A RE-
ported Fenian Rising,
A despatch this morning from London an
nOunces that news reached that city yesterday
of rising of the Fenians in Ireland. The out
break occurred at Killarney, and the revolu-
lutiOnsts had marched towards Kenmare, pur-
sued by British troops and artillery. Another
report states that information had been received
by the Cabinet in London of the landing OF two
shiploads of Fenlans at Valentia, the European
terminus of the Atlantic cable, and that Sir
Hugh Rose, of Sepoy nototiety now sitting in
the House of Peers as Lord Strathearn, and Lord
Mas, the Chief Secretary of Ireland, who is a
member OF the House of Commons, had taken a
hurried departure for the scene of action.
The rising has taken place in rugged, noun
tainous COUNTRY the county OF Kerry, where the
peasanlry, familiar with every foot OF the terri
tory, could easily evade and bid defiance to a
considerable body of troops. The Shannon river
on the north, and the Atlantic on the west,
render it accessible to aid from the ocean, and
II B 6lRnluCanJ IaCI LDdV LOT mouths past IL udS
been rumored that native pilots from the
Shannon have been in this country in the pay
of the Fenians.
The Sliey enamon and Galtees Mountains are
full of historic interest. 1t was along this
range that the Earl of Essex with thirty thou
sand troops, suffered defeat in 1899, the spot
where the battle was fought being known as
the Pass of Plumes, from the number of Bri-
tish cavalrymen who fell in the strife. The
Slevenamon hills were the scene of Smith
O'Bren's rising in 1s4s. Kenmare, towards
which the revolutionists are said to be march
ing, is on the Atlantic coast, nearly opposite
the island OF Valentia, and ii is probably force
from the coast that has crossed to the island.
There was no interruption to the cable up TO
an early hour this morning, but apprehension
was felt in London that an attempt would be
made to destroy the connection with the land
Should such a moyement be contemplated, II
would no doubt be in order to prevent any com
munication with Canada, or any anti.FeniaI
reports being sent to the United States by the
British Government, the Fenians believing tha
the cessation of news would itself be the bes
evidence to their friends here that the rising wa
of a serious and threatening characterized
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