New-York tribune., 1867-03-15

CATHOLIC DISABILITIES -RBPORTED ARREST OF GEN
0CONEoR
FroR Our Special Correspondent
DUBLIN, March O. 1867.
The Kerry squirt is all The actors in it have
done with the Government, but the Government has
not done with thern The quest for them is cOntin-
ued unremittingy, not only by way of operations
among the mountains. but also by way of stealthy
observation and inquiry by all the arts Ofdetectiveism
among the people. Patiently, slowly, but surely, the
facts in their entirety are being ferreted
out by the police; every house in the whole
district and every one of the regular in
habtants being well known TO them, their
object now is TO ascertain if any of the latter are
missing, and the whereabouts of every one of them
on the night of the rising" In this way they
likely soon late, to bore their way home TO every
man who at any time formed one of the insurgent
party. Up to this time, the securing" of the
mountains is continued, mainly in the hope of
lighting the now famous j. j. OConnOr the
leader of the movement. On Tuesday last,
large party of military and police set out
on this mission from the neighborhood OF
CahiTeveen, under the guidance of one Macready,
chief bOatman of the Ballinskelgs coastguard sta
ton whose knowledge of the locality is understood
TO be most complete. In addition TO the supply OF
handcuffs carried such occasions for the prisoners
ia posse the present party took with them long
coil of rope for the better securing Of the General
Ii does not appear that they carried gallows, unless
it were la Hepenstall, the tall yeOman who in
the year 9S used TO hang the rebels by pulling the
rope over his shoulder, and who from that circum-
stance acquired the sOUbriqud of the walking
gallowsr Their search however like all the previ-
ous ones. proved vain and profitless. The securing
party brought home with them from the mountains
nothing except a good appetite. Great sympathy
is felt for OCOnnOr, not only in Kerry but
70 flxr 1,,o
90 the daring spirit he displayed, but IN a
still greater degree to the humanity and chlyalIy
which marked his conduct during his temporary
command. Not a single wanton or vlndIctlye act
can be laid 10 his charge; outrage and plunder he
and his men could have COMMITTED on the persons
and properties Of people who are leaged with the
enemy but they scOrned TO be guilty OF anything OF
the sort and when as an act of war and military
ToSn0r nsGe was Sas the first to attend to his wound
and speak words of comfort TO him. 1t is sald that
he even washed the wound Dnt there IS no 9ouDt
good cheer. adding that he himself had received |
much worse hurt in the American war. Both as an !
Iact was honorable To him No doubt u was /
perfectly in keeping with his experience IN the |
of the Union where, after the battle the dying
and wounded were the objects OF such traternal ten
eTness rarely If ever before, was witnessed on the
;r aid tradit;ons of tbe national party in Ireland
who have always prOfessed to act on pure ana noble
principles, 10 Tepudiate all ideas OF mere vengeance
and of confiscatOn, and OF punder, ana 10 nave no
love for revolutionary cOmmOtlon, when they re- |
gard as in itself an evil. The outbreak IN
Kerry. brief as il was has served the good pur-
pose of putting almost complete stop the ontcry
that had been got up by the loyal classes against the
Fenian party on the ground that their project was
one of robbery and arson, and murder, and had no |
other end OF object That atrociOus caunny has |
.en slenced for time at all events by the con;
in Kerry. They could have sacked, and ravaged,
and burned throughout a considerable tract OF |
so blessed the mansions of the gentry were at their
IN rcy, but they injured none OF them ana sn0Meu
not the slightest disposition TO mischief OF taI ku
Uf course if the movement went on, II the oIuIhay
machinery for the repression OF crime were thrown
out of wOTking-if the police were compelled 70 iy
siasses might try 10 do stroke of business
il the midst of the confusion, but II wOmd
be 0nite unfair TO charge their misdeeds upon
The Fenians On the night Of the great scare in Kill
laTney not a policeman renamed on duty IN the
town they gTttsd tne G ~ protect S tbe Gentry
who bringing with them their wives and children
and valuables flOcked thither from al the west
ern parts of the County on receiving the Irst
nmor of the Fenian rising If i'll these circum- |
stances any ill-dispOsed persons IN the Town
had attempted any acts OF robbery OF burglary no
doubt it would be set down to the account OF the
Fenans. But the fact was, not single act Of cIlin
inaty committed in the place during the whole
time the police were absent from IT, Inns was credit
able to the poorer class of folk in KillarneyTather
numerous class unfOrtunatey-and wasn't 1t lucky
At Cahirciyeen on Saturday last ten persons who |
had been arrested OH suspicion of having been mem
beTs of the insrgent party were brought before the
magistrates at petty sessions. Several witnesses
We're brought forward TO identify some among them
but all failed to do Flannery, the driver Of the
,naiI-car between that town and Killarney, who |
had met and parleyed with the party on the |
road was brought IN, but he Jailed TO recOg- |
nise any one of them among the men IN the dock. |
MIR d. Shea, publican of Glenbegh, IN whose house
the party had taken some Teireshments ha9 the same
story to tell So also had MIR, PatI1ek Grady OF
leensk in whose hOstelry they had similarly regaled
themselves Mr. Grady himself was up stairs at the
time in bed being unwell, 50 he could know hothng
hnnt tben,. II was his sister who attended to them;
She was produced, but she could not identity any OF
the men present In the cases OF several OF tDeih
lear aim WAS prOyed aud the end OF the matter was
that the whole lot were released, some Oh theh Oh
trivial balls 10 appear Wleh caIlcu on' hoo been
At Queenstown. however, young man .i nus poSn t
arrested who has been Identified as one OF Lhoe "no
took part in the rising. He was about 10 TAKE hls uo
partnre in Of the Inman steamers lot th
Unfortunately for him the Yessel py wHich no li %
engaged his passa ge had no accommodation TOT nln'
and he was compelled to wait for the next wien
next he presented himself at the office q police
nan from the Cahirclveen station, VINO mas Deen sta
toned there to look after such fugitlVes, recoglIu
and arrested HIM lie Is described as fne, aDe
yOnng fellow, Timothy COnnell by name lie iad
s,lOpted no dIspmise but seemed good deal taken
shack when he found himself in the hands OF the
policeman. He was conveyed from Cork 70 Killarney
under heavy escort, and fear the Door fellow has a
hard time before him. Some other arrests made
AZ the steamers side during the past few days, but
the parties being able TO give "a satisfactory account
Jf themselves were released and allowed 10 proceed
Yesterday, man who is supposed 10 be no other
dian the feni leader OConnor, was taken into
custody at AthlOne. where he had just arrived by
rssnond very closely with the description given of
the insurVent chief, butwhether he is the genuine
article ia a point vet to be ascertaned
The following paragraph, which appears editorally
IN The Cork Erdmne Is veS Pioper r Songt on
f,.xv davs AGO nj the KillOrglln petty sessOuS: