The New York herald., 1867-03-12

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Irish peasant was bu silly sngagsdA dggnr up his long
barred arms the pike was bag sharpensd and the
terrible scythe blade attached Its handle OMcers left
their hiding places ammunvn was being collected In
convenient magazines and undreds OF young men pre-
pared to leave their homeso participate In the struggle
Al the time too tw thousand staiwart men In III
workshops of Manchesr, Liverpool Staleybridge and
Birmingham threw avn their tools and started for
| Chester.
The plan OF opeations was only known to few.
Chester a small .alled town ON the borders Of Wales
and in the diret route from London to Hoyhead and
Ireland, boass Of castle Of antiquated construction
and venerable appearance In this building were stored
thirty.thpe thousand stand OF raes and very large
quan.sy or xmmupIion, guarded by about forty in
E4ntrymen Of very doubtful loyalty II intended TO
surprise Chester seize the arms and munitions Of war;
cut the telegraph wree up the railroads not
qured In the operations and, by rapid movement
Holyhead, capture tho mail boats. Having accom-
plished this the transportation Of the and
arms to o part Of the Irish coast prepared
already for the event would II expected have been
matter Of very to dfnculty The men TO tho number
OF one thousand i've hundred had actually arrived
Chester 70 the horror and dismay of the Mayor and
Aldermen. They came in patches OF hundred at
time, ate and drank In tho hotels and public houses
paid for what they got literally spoke rarely among
city with courteous indifference This extraordinary
influx Of visitors alarmed the authorities the telegraph
was set to work, mysterious whispers heard the
House OF Commons then sitting, followed by intense
excitement in that august body the government worked
itself into painful state Of funk; Mr. Walpole the
House Secretary the functions Of Secretary
War; the Duke Of Cambridge puffed and blew with
element and finally battalion Of the SCOTS FusIlier
Guards were hurried of At dead Of night to the OF
action.
In the meantime another visitor arrived in Chester
He appeared to the trembling policemen who occupied
the railroad station to be very intelligent and in great
hurry II was evident that he connected with tn
other strangers Tho alarming circumstanc, Of his
having ordered, in peremptory manner tumber Of
hot Irish whskey from the barkeeper Of the Grosvenor
Hotel placed the matter beyond doubt But the official
eye upon him, and observed that he spoke in
hurried tones to person who appeared to be in COM
mand Of the visitors and after left the city. Pro-
badly In consequence Of that suspicious con fab
that the guards scnt for but certain it is that be-
fore the arrival OF those heroes the entire party had left
the city, no one knew how and one knew why No
outrage committed by them, and except that the
people Of Chsstar had received terrible fright the city
The reason Of the peaceful invasion Of so many men,
and Of their sudden departure Is TO this day profound
mystery TO the English althores have already ex.
planned that 1t part Of the Fcnian plan TO seize Ches
tor Castle. will now explain why it was not dome
Feniaus Of New York tha. be would not 20 on with ns
work he had commenced he was at once deposcd all
authority was taken from him. and an energetic snd
General Geeson undertook TO watch the interests OF the
brotherhood in America while the chief started for
this country The officer arrived In England the
morning Of the day that Chester have been taken,
and he bad learned the condition Of affairs
pSC AS psVe
no was Just in time. On tho Same day huiinosf Of
agents were despatched 10 Ireland to stay all proceed
oSu
venting the contemplated rising but, unfortunately,
owing to tho great distance and The difficulty In travel
clrce Of the brotherhood in time TO prevent il from
turning out IN insurrection.
CahrcivceR duy notified OF the change OF pro-
Il the appointed hour took The asd with his mon, and
ns he won't On tho march gallant consta6ulary
named Dugsan, who was ordered BY the alarmed masis
sop SOub the % sn s
was tired at and shot, Very shortly after this incident
without further ORDERS but the messenger lats
the gallant fellow had stepped beyond ths limits Of the
mado for the romss mountains, ana i up 70 The pre-.
sent mo@sc. sevsy sasaPsd N asas cas ssvsral g.
S..s Or
Of his command are likely y b ''caoghs" and Am
-! nos 4. H sshsss inssn:os . sscsps
In fact am able 70 state that within the last few days
ods have been % ssns 81 bun 70 Irs ns sosI :. much a.
these "few days. have expired tho Engsh government
will learn another wrinkle concerning this miserable
In the meantime ireland Il tranquil 1t least 20 say the
English papers, and for they correct but Il Is
calm sarfscs Of Irish and Eagish lie shsre burns nrs
at this moment Of discomfort. with hatred Of British
terrible condsgrailon The lr,sh rob.ls are no. all
itcrase and unthinkng They number IN their ranks
o. varied lsns ana N = IN
lsct aud rspuationwho Is fully committed TO the policy
OF tho mlssrabic Fenians" u has often been asserted
and frequently been denied that the farmers aud we'll
todo people in parts of the country arc favorable
| 70 rebellion against knglish authority.
prepared 70 state, and the result will sh0u the
Of the assertion, that in several counties Of
Ireland every able bodied excspting priests
persons depsndcnfupon the govornmsDt ready join
the insurgent forces tender them assistance has
With tho conspay That stat ment Is utterly
The Irish farmers in the south have great deal
10 lose by insurroction whether be- succossful Or
not; they wi cheerfully lose what they possess.
necessary further the cause they have % much at
That the great OF tho people all over the
for moment doubt II amusing 70 witness the efforts
OF tho ocias In ireland 70 persuade the people that
Bishop Iorarty. OF Kerry, Roman Catholic fanatic,
who has all along been persuading mo tna
was not y sS ~ N vncs h ne
hope that all the insurgents would be hanged, and In
dcassd that the Church would exert 10 nnuence 70 have
the crack Of doom and afterwards The sermon gave
great Satisfaction % the government and the Bishop
was complmentsd 10 the House or Lords II VIII not
surprise your readers however, TO learn that every
of6cia ingenuity used 70 prevent this uu
denabls fact from being Observation-Disclosures during
Moriarty boodthisty harangus every male person in
the building, except policemen. got up and en- mdss
Meantime active preparations are being made for gene
raj insurrectop. within the last few days movements
OF and ammunition have taken place Houses are
marked out for hospitals for wounded, and pariotc
women are dividing their attention between the manu-
facture Of cartridges and bandagcs All the Officers sont
from America and France are q snsr post: Nth the s1
ccption Of TWO who have been captured; these now
ever, viii shortly be released without process Of law
believe am correct in stating that on the 5tn o.
March three columns Of insurgents, Of from nve 70
eight thousand men each, will be rapidly thrown on
certain strategic position and will there concentrate Tor
short and sharp campaign in which II s hoped to goo-
bic Ill the outlying garisons Of the English These In
| surgent troops are splendid material
The Tippsrary contingent which will probably recruit
Is 900 men, nearly al grenaders They are, how.
ever, but poorly armed, according TO modern ideas Of
warfare But the scythe and pike are very formidaoo
Weapons In close nsh!ins and am given 70 under s