The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-10-05
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Letter from New York.
NEW YORK, September "A, 1867.
CASTLE GARDEN AGAIN.

The Dublin Nation, winding up article on the manage
of this institution in its treatment of immigrants based
picture of its workings drawn in the Tribune has the
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The "Irishmen of New York" have something else to
think Of being absorbed in the great game of local politics.
as usual Who is to be next sheriff? 1t is only such
momentous questions they with alacrty and effect
They here in of thousands and have allowed the
nfamies of Castle Garden to be perpeaed their own
kth and kim for years. unmoved For costly cathedrals
for the susanment of the temporal power they have
money galore but for the of their from degrada
ton than death, they apathetc "Whats every
bodys business is nobodys business 1t is shameful to
think the long years through which these abuses have been
perpetrated without any attempt being made to couneract
them in the shape of Protective Society Less than the
expense vain and empty ST. Pars celebration would
have suced this work of true charity afoat Of the
number of Irshmen elected annually tonfuentia positions
in this city, almost any would have been able to set on
foot supervisory agency of this kind for the welfare of their
country people, but there wasn't to think of it, is
there to this hour There was you may remember,
said exceed hundred thousand dollars collected
Jews weeks back by of fair for the purpose of
Catholic Reformatory for young girls but Castle Garden
no ed in
and will be- except the Western States before sug
gesed should take the matter in hand and establish Bureau
of their This would be very easy to do and would
return hundredold to those interested in its inception
will if you think it advisable visit the German Protective
Society," and ascertain something about the working of that
body For the best interests of the State and of the mmi
grant, Protective Immigrant Society should be formed
by rishAmericans olcitous to protect and aid their
immigrant counymen and women, surrounded by perils
such environ strangers in strange land If The IRISH
REPUBLIC should succeed in securing the establishment of
such institution, it would not have lived in vain
AN ENGLISH PERIODICAL oHIvALRY OF THE
FENIANs.
The Fornighly Reuieu London serial makes the fol-
lowing extraordinary ncrson into Irish legendary LORE
in criticism book of Fenian tales by Mr. Pat
rick Kennedy:
"Mr Hill Burton, in his history of Scotland says some
thing thseec that persistent belief in king named
Finn or Fian who is the great worker of right the brnger
of order out of disorder lasting clearly does down
the present day. remarkable fact in chronological if not
in literary history He reminds that these Fenian
legends were exant in manuscript form in Scotland at
least down to the time the Reformation when many ofhem
were copied by the Dean of Lmore into book lately edited
bv the Rev. J. T. Mclaughlin and Mr. Skene The same
legends form part Mr. Tales of the
Western Highlands Their form in the Highland story is
wder-at times savage in its wdness but this due to
the circumstances of Scottish life in the Highlands and West
err islands, far from the center OF Celtic culture, and
doubtless still the fact that the Scots who streamed
across into North Britain eventually liking their name on
the land, and giving it its ruling tamllles were sure to