The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-12-19
THE FENIAN EXCITEMENT.

Tho explosion at Clerkenwell prison has reawak
ened the Fenian excitement throughout England
and Ireland Cable kilograms say:
The London Journals all declare that the time
for lenitv to the Fenians has passed. The London
Times characterizes their acts as mixture o
treason and assassination. There were rumors
current that Kelly, who was rescued at Manches'
fer is still in England directing the movements o
| the Fenian Brotherhood. The explosion at Clerk
enwell is said to have been one OF his schemes.
Large rewards have boon offered by the British
| Government for the discovery and arrest OF the
parties who blew up the wall OF tne ClerkenWel
| prison. .: ,
been made Yesterday in various cities throughout
Great Britain we're forbidden by the authorities.
In London six thousand regular troops were kept
under arms all day to assist the police II their ser
nation expressed by those who sympathize with
the Fenians, but no disturbances occurred.
The Fenians Warren, Halpin and Costello, in
convict uniform and closely shaved, were put on
the 9th on board the mail steamer for Holyhead,
en- route for Pentonville.
A dispatch from Dublin says: A funeral process
sion numbering twelve thousand persons includ-
ing four thousand women and boys, assembled to-
day in Cork. Five bands attended and played the
Dead March in Saul. All wore green ribbons and
crane After traversng the streets they arrived at
the Botanic Gardens, and the burial service was
gone through There was no interference, and
perfect order and sobrety prevailed.
DYING DECLARATIONS OF THE EXECUTED FENIANs.
The Irishman (Dublin) has published Dying
Declaration of the Manchester Victims" The
Irshman, in giving these declarations" says
ssTt has been stated in the English papers that
the three victims at Manchester left written
declarations in the hands Of their confossors.
These did not think it prudent to give them publi-
cation, just as they dissuaded them from speaking
NJ INV
these documents, copies OF which we have been
forwarded, should be withheld from the public,
more especially rs they are worthy o. the OCCASION
and contain grave admonltlon to courts of JUS
tice.'
THE DECLARATION OF WILLIAM PHILIP ALLEN.
81 wish to say few words relative to the charge
for which 1 am to die. In few hours more will
be going before my God. L state in the presence
of the great God that 1 am not the man who shot
Sergeant Brett. Ii that mans wife Is alive, never
let her think that / am the person who deprived
her of her husband; and il his family s alive let
them never think am the man who deprived them
of their father confess that 1 have committed
other sins against my God, and hope he will ac-
cept of my death as homage and alteration which
1 owe his Divine Majesty, and IN atonement for my
past transgressions against him" He adds, fur
ther on "But then 1 ought not to complain.
Was not our Saviour sold for money, and his life
sworn away by false Witnesses
DECLARATION OF MICHAEL. LARKIN
':Nen of the World, as dying man, gong
before my God, solemnly declare I never fired a
shot in ali my life, much less the day the attack
was made on the van, nor did ever put hand to
the van The world will remember the widows
sons life that was sworn away, by which he leaves
wife and four children to mourn his loss. | am
not dying for shooting Brett, but for mentioning
Colonel Kely's and Deasy's names in the court. /
am diving a patriot for my God and my country,
and tarkin will be remembered in time to come
by the sons and daughters OF Erin"
DECLARATION OF MICHAEL oBRIEN.
'I have only to make these few remarks. l did
not use 6rearm or throw stones on the day that
Colonel Kelly and Captain Deasy were so gallantly
rescued I was not present when the van was at
tackled. l say this not BY way of reproach, or to
give annoyance to any persons, but say it in the
hope that witnesses may be more particular when
identifying, and that juries may look moro closely
to the character of the witnesses and to their ev
dence before thoy convict person to send him be"
fore his God. trust that those who swore to SEQ"
ing me with revolver or throwing stones were
nothing moro than mistaken. forgive them from
nv heart, and likewise, forgive all who have ever
done me or intended to do me an injury. know
have been guilty of many sins against my God; i'll
satisfaction for those sins have tried TO do what
little penance l could, and having received the
sacraments of the Church, | have humbly begged
that He would accept of my sufferings and death,
to be united to the sufferngs and death of His
innocent Son, through whom my sufferings can be
rendered acceptable"