New-York tribune., 1867-03-06
IRELAND.

cam ro uAvE ARRIVED - MORE GOVERNMENT
TROCIANATIONS.
Prom Our sle'ai OoIe'l0a'''" Dublin Fob 10, 1867.
Extraordinary and unexpected news IL - '""V
hove to chronicle this week 1t has taken every one
49, o,con4 nerbans some members OF the Fenian
Conmittees-by surprise and none have been niore
s,,,,orised than the Government. The Fenlah "'u
cond that co long had hung over the land has gwen
forth fire at last The long promised "rlslng n"S
bcon at last attempted. Some hundreds Ol men,
with arms in their hands, have appeared III open uay
- enemies Of the Queens Government ana nave
committed various acts of war against the consul
tinted authorities And there can be niue douoV 'n".
but for some unforeseen accidents, the moNehehV
might have attained very formidable proportions 40
prcsent the noighboThOod of Kenmare and hnlMney
n lilo ploce in a state of siege Soldiers are swarm
inc abont horse foot, andarhlleTy are present III
force; orderlies are galloping off, coming ana
eoinq at the top Of their speed: police IN more
than their usual numbers are 10 be met wl'Ii' % noW
and AGAIN small detachments of military, lOOklne
iaded and dirty as if after having been on Iouplt
some duty, come into headquarters. an eHuaIdi"d
nary number of the local gentry LOOKING ~, ihlsn,cu
ond INDIGNANT NAV be seen in the town OF hllalIeS
The Railway Hotel, large and handsome o,uloa
usually empty at this time OF lhG year Is &c pnn
women and children. including military officers anu
n numerous party of soldiers SentlleS are EGliSlnE
10 and fro in front and rear OF the building iIGtc
is a similar guard on the Bank The cause Oh ddIis d,is
nav he explained in a word: The FENlANs. The
ong-talked-of Fenans have taken the held al Iast,
and selected the western part OF Kerry county lor
the commencement of their operations!
How long the project may have been III cohteilNl-
ton we cannot tell; but 1t appears the young men
who took part in the adventure neean , TO- Go y"
pether on Sunday. On the evening ol thal gay o
ON Monday, two three different parties OF lheil
visited as many Of the coast guard stations ana ook
away the arms they contained, but offered no NO
Ion. tn tba mo
was to pull down the telegraph poles III some pldCSs,
and TO cut the wires IN Others to prevent lho steu
circulation of the news. They moved aOOu' q goou
deal, il appears m the tract OF cOunuS pG'WSo1 ;
Cahircveen and Killoren. which Is Toueh dl3lii11,
and but sparsely populated ther OpJ'c, r""ipE tiEE
being To bring aS many recruits rs thcy c1uH 10 IuCI
party Wherever they applied for refreshments Ih'y
always paid for them. anq they seemed 10 Ge 40 way
Short of money A large proportion OF them were
armed with rifles some others canled SWORDS ana
pixies and nearly all had reV0lvers. MONDAY p'Neeo
over IN this manner; but on Tuesday cucluhS'ancGN
occurred 10 bring their campaigning to speedy
close. Some one who was IN the WhOle secret pu'
apparently did not much approve 3I me lHH,9rt''
wrote an anonymous note 10 MI galway u ""s'',
trate who is agent over the large property lNSNs'"
bv the Earl KeumMc and his son Lord CdNteIosSc'
i'm that party of the country, giving nm lb'lHd-
tiOn Of what was gong 10 occur ana si'ut .i'.,
command OF the insurgents IN that loChihH We /"
be taken bV a Nh. MOrarty, who would lciNc MI
mare for the West hy the nall-car on Thar DAY Dear
ing with him important documents. lhls letter was
given to Mr.. Galway at Killarney by hhti9o'eu
little girl who said she had been sent with IT by an
old man, a farmer, whom she dld not Know Anu "
is very likely that the document was written ny Huol
a perSon some cOOl-headed tmld-heaIted old fellow
who had heard of the intended movement lolh some
of the boys who never Thought he W9ulu SWu,
on them. Mr. Galway, after consultation WIN
some Of his brother magistrates decided on testing
he truth OF his information by sending couple OF
policemen the road 10 intercept and 9llcst Mon
afy if he should be found travelling IN that direction
When the nail-Car came up 10 them, they recognized
Moriarty on it, and they at once greatly 10 his as
tOnishment, took him into custody. and caused hlm
90 TetuH with them 20 Killarney On being searched,
the mcIiminatng documents were found with hum:
They were his commission from Gen; y C9nnOr
to take command of the Fenims in the NeNeIn
District. Reference was made IN them 10 Two
other head centers - Sheehan Of Killarney, and
OCOnnor of CahiTciveeu. The magistrates
at once dispatched mounted constable
TO the west. bearing warrant fOr OCOnn0rs arrest.
The first messenger bore the document aN far as The
killOrgln station, where another, named Dugedh'
took il up and went on with lt Tor CahirciNecn.
When he was about two miles out OF the town ne
was met by party OF armed men, who dGsHed nm
10 halt lay down bis arms. and give up his dispatches
after which he might 20 on ms way unln0lcalcd
Duggan's answer To draw his sword and put
spurs to his horse His inteTogatOr then fired at
him, struck him IN the hIp aud The unfortunate con
stable tumbed 10 the ground The fcnans at once
deprived him OF his arms and dispatches; this done,
they told him they would have him taken care OF;
they inquired his religion, and, finding he was a
Catholic. tbeySent messenger NJ once 10 bIlng hlln
priest and NO Of their party then bore him 10 the
nearest farmers house. The latest accounts describe
the poor fellow as being IN lar way OF recovery.
Whittier the insurgents went after this occurrence
is not clearly asceltaned. They knew by what they
had learned from the pOlicemans papers that Morn
aIty their intended commander-One OF the soldiers
of the American waI-had been arrested and that
the whole force of the Government was being got
ready TO crush them. We lose sight Of them after
this timc and the Government and their men come
upon the scene. Information OF the outiaRes that
ne5daY. The authorities kept dark about H. Tear
ing they were in the commencement of general in
smrectionaIy movement. and wishing 70 prevent the
dissemination OF Intelligence that might serve asa
signal TO the disatected IN all parts But they had
regiment OF soldiers dispatched by special
train on that night from Dublin TO the seat OF war
The CuTagh also sent down contingent so did
several other military stations along The line, such as
Buttevant, Fennoy and Cork. Rifle regiments
LancelS; and ialr share OF artillery were rnShed
into Killarney almost atop OF one another: There
they found the gentry, more correctly described by
the native term of contempt for that slavish pOmp-
Gus, cruel, and cOWardly class the "shOHceHs gath
cred together in a state Of mortal terror. They bad
taken possession OF the railway hotel and brought
every policeman III the town 10 defend lt-that Is to
say to defend themselves and their families leaving
tie tOwusf0lk, the ShopkeepeIs, who wOuld he sure
10 suffer if any sack plundcr 30 take place 10
shift for themselves as best they might Next day
wbeB they knew all danger was passed, when they
had learned that the Fenian party had disappeared
and when they had hundreds OF soldiers at their
backs who so fierce who bIayeas those miserable
boldly led the troops IN pursuit Of the rebels they
pointed ont the woods IN which they might have
sought shelter the mountain passes through winch
they might Try TO escape Notwithstanding, how
ever all the efforts Of sbOneens soldiers and police,
not one of the brave but foolish and misguided men
who took part in this wild and hopeless attempt ~
insunectiOn, has yet been captured.
Some of the accounts from the South mention a rIl-
NOR that James Stephens was among The party by
of whom the policeman was wounded il is even said
that 1t was he mounted the poconaAs horse after
that occurrence but the report finds no believers.
It l. however very confidently asserted by persons
protesting 10 have seen the documents captured with
Morlarty, that they are IN the handwriting of the
c. o. J. X. Large reenforcements naval and military
are Being forwarded 10 this country. Strings of am
lnunitlOn wagons were moving through the streets of