Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-02-16
'-i THE NEWS FROM IRELAND.
ExeitemeBt st the fensan Hesdsuarters-
StsPhens Said 10 De NJ the scene sf Ae.
tiss-Vessels frsn the Usisel Ssasss-
TeIsSraoh Wfpss Cns

StsPhsns Said 70 De at the sceae sf Ae-
nss-Sessels frsa the UaiseA Ssssss-
Telegraph Wires Cat.
A dispatch dated valentia- february rs. sxs
p. m, says the teiegrapnrc wires cea.sa work
ing between valentia snd Killarney at az
o'clock last night, and are stiii dowa; and Z
p. m says no further particulars Of ths
trouble in Ireland have been received from
Halentia
Referring to the news from Ireland the New
York Ezrrsss Of Yesterday xfternoon says:
"lfuly may u be said. the Irish are an ex-
citsoie people. foreettul Of the ridisuie that
nas been heaped upon them from time TO time.
they are ever an xious 70 hear something about
tneir unhappy couutry. Although deuoo cing
some false leader moment before, the faiutest
mixing OF night At the other side OF the At
They give Wild "Huzxaw and then rush TO
The recently discovered headquarters, think
ing thar there solution was 70 be found TO
tne meaere inteihgence conveyed In the cable
dispatches Contrary TO expectation, our re-
porter was therefore not a little surprised 70
nnd the offices OF ID. g. 4. Gleeson fairly
visit there this afternoon. Win respect 20 the
two vessels reported 10 have arrived with Fe-
mans and arms in ireland, Gen. C}ieeson saws
they were dispatched from New York lust at
the moment when toe whole affair was looked
upon as bubble, and were Intended 70 mt
into balinskallIg Bay, cen venient harbor TO
Stephens is in ireland at the head OF about 3Io
omeers, who are all known TO have left this
city"
The New York Herald says:
"Ihe outbreak occurred at Killarney. and
the revoiu ttonists had marched towards Ken
mare, pursued by British 'roops and artillery
Another report states that Information had
been received by the cabinet in London of the
landing OF two chip loads of Fenians at Va
leniia. the European term linus of the Atlantic
cable, and that Sir Hugh Ross, OF Sepoy nota-
rlety, now sitting in the House of Peers "a
Lord Strathearn, and Lord Mas, the Chief
Secretary Of Ireland, who is q member of the
House OF Commons, had taken a hurried de-
parture for the scene OF action.
The rising has taken place in q rugged,
mountainous country, the county Of Kerry,
where the peasantry, familiar with every foot
OF the territory, could easily evade and bid de-
nance 10 q considerable body of troops. The
shannon river on the north, and the Atlantic
on the west render 10 accessible to aud from the
ocean, and IL Is sig gnficant fact that for months
past it has been rumored that native pilots
from the shannon have been in this country in
the pay Of the Fenians. The SIievenAmou and
Galtese mountains are full OF historical inter-
est Ii was along this range that the Earl OF
Essex, with 3O,uuO troops, suffered defeat in
1899, the spot where the battle was fought be-
ing known as the Hass of Plumes, from the
number OF British cayairymen who fell in the
strife. The Slievenamon hills were tue scene
OF smith U Brens rising IN 1sis. kenmare,
towards which the revoluiionists are said 70
be marching, is on the Atlantic coast nearly,
opposite the island Of Ealentia, and IL is pro-
badly force from the coast that has crossed To
the island"