Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-06

The New York Sog OF the l>t inst I.
has received positive information from
persons iu Fhom that paper has the
utmost confidence. that James stephen
e. q. l. r. and his faithful henchman
Col Kelly, were then residing in that
city. and the Sun has been furnished
with the assumed names by which they
are now addressed. the DISCUSSES they
affect the precise location Of their habi
tation, with other particulars which
seems to us convincing evidence that the
Chief Organizer Of the Irish Rebellion,
il not at this moment where his past
promises and patriotic duty shonld call
him. The SIM adds
Nevertheless we refrain from giving the
public this important, if true, information,
for the simple reason that the birds will be
sure to hv the moment their roosting place
il made known We have also other rea-
sons for our reticence, which IL is not proper
10 make known at this time, preferring to
let the Fenians themselves make an expo
sure we do not consider any part Of our
duty as public journalists. While We re-
peat our faith in the statements Of parties
who furnish us with the foregoing infor-
nation, we believe it is quite possible for
them TO have cOnyersed-so late as yester-
day-with an individual so nearly resem-
bling the &. .. l. r., as to be mistaken in
regard 10 his identity. Stranger things than
this has happened and the only way to
test the matter is for the parties interested
TO take proper legal measures for an in
vestigation, which shall prove 10 the most
skeptical that james Stephens is still
resident Of the city of New York When
this have been done, and the Fenian leader
thus proven recreant % the trust placed in
him bv the Irish people, we shall be found
among the first 10 denounce him as the
arrant cheat, rascal, and humbug' Gen
eral Mullen is reported lby Atlantic tele-
graph n having represented Stephens to
| be-
We have in this city large number OF
patriotic Irishmen belonging to the Fe-
nian organization, who are interested III
knowing the facts in regard to Stephens.
We therefore. reproduce in this morn
ing's UNIov AND DISPATCH from the Irish
4ur,jcaa. Of New York, an exposure Of
the promises and performances Of the G.
O l. r.. which shows that individual to
be an arrant humbug and cheat We
fear there is too much reason to believe
that he is al that the Irish Amerjcaa
represents him to be In a document
prepared at his headquarters only a few
weeks ago, which the Irish AmeTicaa
characterizes as "the last effort to squeeze
the last dollar out of the credulOus people
who had 50 long been content with prom
ises without performance the declara-
ton is made that James stephens is
bound, before the world, to return to Ire
land his year and this is Immediately
followed by the statement that 'his ad
vent in ireland must be the signal for
battle p in view Of which anybody who
should prevent him from getting there is
denounced as an enemy Of Ireland, and
al good Irishmen are appealed to for
money to help him. and in order to set
aside all doubts, his speech Of the oath Of
September is given at the foot Of the cir
cular, to show that he meant fight, and
nothing else. In that speech he says
at is my observation-disclosures let no
| man mistake me-to 60 TO Ireland this
| year. / tell you that the
\ people will fight sooner or later. They are
| bent upon fight this year; and am deter
mined to live or die with the people. No
| matter whether by inuendo, insinuation,
| mods, winks, or those other various ways
| so congenial 10 certain NilotiC-mud natures,
! il il iR asserted that do not mean to fight,
let them be branded by events soon 10 occur
as false prophets OF liars. | tell you there
| has got 10 be a fight in ireland this year,
whether / am there are not; but | shall be
there beyond doubt
Stephens allotted period has been ex-
hausted, and the lrishmen in America
have been greeted with no tidings Of the
promised rising in ireland Stephens
has not gone there, and it is now evident
lac never entertained such intention The
wonder is that he succeeded so long in
the imposture he has been practicing
upon his confding countrymen The
Irish american charges that he prom.
ised to fight in 1858, and did not fight
promised again to fight in 1889 and never
struck blow promised again andasnin,
from 1860 to 1864 and each time broke
his word vowed before hundreds Of wit
nesses that he would fight before the 3lst
Of December, 1868, or he would resign
all connection with the Fenion organiza-
ton, vet, when the time came, did
neither And vet in the light of these
broken promises, he came to America and
has obtained very large amount of
money from hardworkinC lrishmen and
women by promises that he would be in
ireland, where he already had a large
army and fighting for the independence
of that country before the close OF last
year. The Fenian Brotherhood ought to
make every country in the civilized world
too hot for a residence for such an i'm.
poster