Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-03-08

The Outbreak i'm tlle County Kerry
s8lRrch of the Insnrgents on KfIlar r
ney-Panic among the Local Gentry
- ispsatcn OF Troops TO the Scene Of
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES &tephens said
10 have ArriVed-MOre Government
oPFOclamatiOnsg osfts 5a
correspondence of the New York Tribune.l
DUBLIN, Feb. 15, 1867
sExtraofdTnary and unexpected news il
is that / have to chronicle tins week. Il
has taken, every one here-except perhaps
some members of the Fenian Committees
by surprise; and none have been more sur
prised than the Govern Inent. The Fenian
war cloud that so long had hung over the
land has given forth fire at last. The lone
promised t'rising" has been at last attempt
ed. Some hundreds of men, with arms in
their hands, have appeared in open day as
enemies of the Queen's Government, and
have committed various acts of war against
the Constituted authorities. And there can
be little doubt that, sbutsfor some unfore-
seen accidents the movement might have
attained very formidable proportions. At
present the neighborhood of Kenmare and
killarneylis like place in a state of siege.
Soldiers are swarming about; ''horse, foot,
and artillery are present in force; order
lies are galloping off, coming and going at
the top of their speed; police in more than
their usual numbers are to be met with;
now and again small detachments of mill
tarY, looking jaded and dirty, as if after
having been on troublesome duty, come
into headquarters. An extraordinary num-
Der of the local gentry, looking atfrighted
and indignant, may be seen in the town OF
Killarney. The Railway Hotel, a large and
handsome building, usually empty at this
time of the year, is occupied from garret to
basement with whole families of men,
women and children; including military
Il
Sentries are pacing to and fro in front and
rear, of the building. There is similar
guard on the Bank. The cause of this may
be explained in a word-The FENIANs. The
long-talked of Fenians have taken the field
at last, and selected the western part oi
Kerry county for the commencement OF
their operations
How long the project may have been in
contemplation we cannot tell; but it ap-
pears the young men who took part in the
adventure began to draw together on Sun
day. On the evening ofsGhat day. or on
Monday. two or three different parties OF
them visited as many of the coast guard
stations and took away the arms they con-
tained. but offered no violence to the men
themselves. Their. next proceeding was
to pull down the telegraph poles in some
places, and to cut, the wires in others, to
prevent the speedy circulation of the news
They moved about good deal, it appears,
and Killorgiin, which il a rough district,
and but sparsely populated, their object
probably being to bring, as many recruits
as they could to their party. Wherever
they applied for refreshments they always
paid for them. and they seemed to be no
way short of money. A large proportion
of them were armed with rifles; some 9TH
ers carried swords and pixies, and nearly all
hadrevolvers. Monday passed over in this
manner; but on Tuesday circumstances
occurred to bring their campaigning to a
speedy close. Some one who was in the
whole secret, but apparently did not much
approve at the project, wrote ananonymous
noteto Mr.. Galway, magistrate, who is
agent over the large property possessed by
the Earl Kenmare and MS som Lord Cas-
tlerosse, in that part of the country, Civ
ing him intimation of what was going to
occur, and stating that. command OF the
insurgents in that locality was to be taken
by Mr.. MOriarty, who would leave Ken
mare tor the West by the mail car on that
day, bearing with him important docu-
ments. This letter was given Mr. Gal
wayg1 at Killarney by barefeoted
little girl, who said she had been
sent with it by an old man, a far
mer, whom she did not know. And it
is very likely the document was write n
by such person, some ool-headed, timid-
hearted old fellow, who had heard of the
intended movement from some of tsthe
boys" who never thought he would "split''
on them. Mr.. Galway, after, a consultation
with some of his brother magistrates, de-
cided on testing the truth of his infOrma-
tion by sending a couple of policemen on
the road to intercept aud arrest Moriarty il
he should he 'und travelling in that direc-
ton. When t le mail car came up to them,
they recognized Moriarty on it, and they at
once, greatly to his astonishment, took him
into custody, and caused him to return
with them to Killarney. On being search
ed, the discriminating documents were
found with him. They were his commits
sions from sGens O'Connor'' to take com.
mand of the Fenians in the Western Dis
Tict. Reference was made in them to two
other head eenters-Sheenan of Killarney
and OsCOnnor of Cahirciveen. The magis-
trates at once dispatched mounted con-
stable to the west, bearing a warrant foI
O'ConnOr's arrest. The first messenger
bore the document as far as Killorglin Sta.
tion, where another, named Duggan, tool
it up and went on with it for Callireiveen
When he was about two miles out of the
town he was met by a party of armed men
who desired him TO. halt, lay down his
arms, and give, up his dispatches, aftel
which he might go on his way unmolested
Duggan's al sw.r was to draw his sworl
and put spurs to. his horse. His interro-
gator then fired at him, struck him in tht
hip, and the unfortunate constable tumblec
to the ground. The Fenians at once de
prived him of his arms and dispatches; thi!
done, they told him they would have hin
taken care of; they inquired his religion
and, finding he was Catholic, they sent
messenger at once to bring him priest
the nearest farmers house. The latest ac
counts describe the poor fellow as being il
a fair way of recovery
Whittier the insurgents went after thi
occurrence is not clearly aSceFtained. The
knew by what they had learned from tn
policema1's papers that Moriarty, thei
intended commandments of the soldiers
of the American war-had been arrested
and that:the whole force of the Government
was being got ready to crush them. w
lose sight of them after this time, and tn
Government and their men come upon th
scene. Information of the outrages tha
had been committed reached Dublin Castl,
on Wednesday. The authorities KEEP
dark" about it, fearing they were in tn
commencement of q general instructions
ry movement, and wishing to prevent tn
dissemination of Intelligence that Nigh
serve as signal tor the ,disaffected in al
parts. But they had regiment of soldier
dispatched byrspeeial train on that nigh
from Dublin to the seat of war;" Th
Curragh also sent down a contingent; s.
did several other military stations alon
the line, such as ButteVant, FermOy an
Cork. Rifle regiments Lancers, aud TAI
share of artillery were rushed into KillaI
ney atop of one another, There they foun
the gentry, more correctly described b
the native term OF contempt for that slavisf
pompous, cruel, and cowardly class, th
Shonee1as," gathered together in a state G
mortal terror. They had taken possessio
OF the railway hotel and brought ever
policeman in town to defend it-thatis t
say, to defend themselves and their, fami
lies, leaving the townsfolk. the shopkeeper
who would be sure to suffer if any sack 9
plumber was to take place, TO shift for them