The Portland daily press., 1867-03-11

ss The Fenian Rising.
The latest news from Ireland by mail, is to
the elect that the Fenan disturbances in
county Kerry, which began on Monday. 11th
February, had been completely suppressed be-
fore the end OF the week. Yet we learn bv
the Atlantic Telegraph that the lines between
Valentia and Killarney were still down ON the
7th March, and that dispatches were forward
ed by express messengers across the disturb.
ed region. This delay in restoring telegraph
ic communication indicates more serious
troubles, OF at least more serious apprehen-
sions, than the British Government has chos-
en- to make public.
The scene of the disturbance is the long
square promOntory on the southwest coast of
Ireland, bounded on the north by Dingle bay,
on the south by Kenmare bay, with the lakes
and town of Killarney lying across its land
ward base and shelteriDg on its seaward ex-
tremity the little bay of VaIentia where the
Atlantic cable takes to the water. The whole
reeion is extremely wild, rugged and noun
famous. The population of the county Ia
about two hundred thousand, many of whom
speak only the Irish tongue. The principal
towns are Cahirciveen, Kenmare and Killar-
ney. Killemey has population of six or
seven thousand, and is connected by rail with
Cork and Dublin. Kenmare lies on the high
road from Cork to Cahirciveen, in very iso-
lated district at the head OF Kenmare bay. 1t
has convenient harbor and pier, and is ac-
cessible from the ocean to 7essels of heavy
burden. Cahirciveen is hamlet on the coast |
near Valentia bay. The residence OF the late |
Daniel OConnell is not far from Kenmare.
The young men who were concerned in the |
outbreak must have assembled at some point |
in the wild country near Cahirciveen on Sun
day, 10th February. Sunday night or Mon
day morning parties of Fenians visited two or
three of the coast guard stations and took
away the arms they contained, but offered no |
violence to the men themselves. Their next
proceeding was to pull down the telegraph |
poles and cut the wires at different POINTS,
All day Monday they were moving about, ap-
parently collecting recruits. Many of them
were armed with rifles, some with swords.
and nearly all with revolvers. @
On Tuesday Mr.. Galway, a Killarney magis-
trate, agent of the Earl Kenmare for the man
agement of his property in that pat of the |
country, received surprising letter by sim
gular messenger. A barefooted little girl who
said she was sent with the letter by an old
man, a farmer, whom she did not know, gave
Mr.. Galway an anonymous nole, informing
him that Killarney was to be occupied by the
Fenians and that Mr.. Moriarty, who was to
leave Kenmare that day by the mail cart, was |
to take command of the Insurgents. The let |
ter added that Mr.. Moriarty would carry up- |
on his person important documents. Moriar |
ty was accordingly arrested. Upon him was |
found his commission from "Gen. O'Connor,
to take command of the Fenians of the West |
ern district. Moriarty, it is said, has seen SER
vice in America. As his papers named an |
OConnor of Cahirciveen, mounted copsta- |
BILE was at once sent westward for him. The |
first messenger carried the paper as far as
Killorglin, where he delivered it to another |
named Duggan, who undertook to serve IT.
When Duggan had come within about two |
miles of the town, he was ordered to halt by a |
party of armed men, but instead of obeyinp |
drew his sword and put spurs to his horse
The spokesman of the Fenian party then fir |
ed, wounding the constable in the hip and |
bringing him to the ground. His arms and
papers were secured, but his subsequent treat
ment was humane and .considerate. Two of
the Fenians carried him to the nearest house.
while third brought.a priest The latest ac-
counts indicate that the poor fellow has fair
chance of recovery. fne-
From this moment the Kerry Fenians seem
to have disappeared. Information of the af-
fair reached Dublin Castle on Wednesday,
Wednesday night special train from Dublin
bore regiment of soldiers to Killarney. and
on Thursday they were followed by riiemen,
lancers and artillery, regiment after regiment
rushing to the relief Of the little town. They
found the neighboring gentry, the shoneens as
the Irish bitterly termt hem, safely barricaded
with their families in the railway hotel,wi ev-
| cry policeman in town on guard aroundit On
Friday the shoneens acted as guides to the mill
tary commanders, and the woods and noun
tains of the neighborhood were thoroughly
searched without finding so much as solita-
| ry Fenian. reward of e600 was offered for
information to convict the person who shot
| the constable, and 925O for information to
procure the arrest ofthe Fenian J. j. O'Con-
nor, but no intelligence concerning either of
these parties has been received, though thir-
teen of their companions have lately been ap-
pretended by the local police.
Such is succinct but complete account of
the Kerry insurrection. Later reports by tel
egraph are unsatisfactory, but indicate, as we
have already said, a very unsettled state of
affairs. After more than two weeks the tele-
graph lines are still down. The wires have
lately been cut in various parts of the country.
A meeting of several hundred Irishmen, was
dispersed by soldiers near Dublin last We'd
nesday. A disorderly attack was made upon
the Drogheda barracks the day before, but
easily repulsed. The rails have been torn up
between Dublin and Cork and railroad travel
on that line was completely suspended last
week. 1t is noticeable that no outrages have
been committed upon private persons or prop
erty, the insurgents appearing to be under
perfect military control