The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-19
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.Fenlan Excitement I'm New York.
Meeting OF Fenian Circles. asl2as
f. # NEW YoRK, Feb. 18.--The Her.
aids Mexican advices state that Max
imilian's Government was to beire9
moved to Ppebla, : r. p IA 9aodi {
The rear guard Of the French army
was to have Departed from the capiz
tai on the 9thaIJIl0 T979H
o. Poriferre Diaz had a. command of
20,000lmen, fifty-four miles.from the
Miramon. is reported to be treating
with the Liberals for his submission
to that partya bsuis sSad a,I ,yeblal
The troops under Castillo, whoLsuc+
,ceede8 Mejia, are reported to- have
been defeated by sEscobedoIsiThs ex-
chan ge Of prisoners was going onfyery
amieably, .gsos .sl6.aS5 tsosioa
q The Fenian excitementgin this and
adjacent cities, yesterday, was of the
most intense 1charactero0sThe news
from Ireland, yesterday, had the eff
feet of causing a general migration of
Irishmen from the upper part of the
t.cityiabout the aneWspap PER- eofices, ,9and
the Headquarters of the Fenian
Brotherhood In Chatham street. The
announcement of meetings, open-air
demonstrations Military c Conventions.
&c. published this morning, Indicate
an earnestness of feeling, and deter
mination to begin a plan Of action to
co operate with the revolutionary
party, in Ireland, on the part of Irish
men.
It is supposed that Stevens is in
some part Of England, about to inaug-
urate a cooperative movement in that
ic0unt1ys Jon avery extensive scale.
A congress will be held here soon
to form a government for the organi-
zation. l3IIo Ilb02op ~
A call for volunteers to go to Ire
land has been made, and has been
promptly responded to. MoneyAto a
very large amount has been SUBJ
rscribed, and liberal promises of aid
| have been made to the leaders, in the
lssbape 0farms men and money. -
A dispatch from Fortress Monroe
says the vessel carrying Surrattsto
this country, was signalled at daylight
yesterday off Fortress Monroe. She
passed inside the capes, and headed
up the Chesapeake probably Tor
| Washington direct. Us
IA Matanzas paper f.the6 10th, gives
| the following account of Mr..
f. Seward 5 voyage, previous to hisar5
rival at Nassau, as written by per-
son Of credit: $ s''D'o ~ ar,
ST. Domingo continues quiet, ,sbuta /
think on the same day thai, the Bar
ce' ony left, there was riot on account
of the presence in the river of an
American steamer; for it seems there
is some fear that the Governmehtis lis
in treaty with the Washington Gov
'ernment to cede to it sorne part of the
/ 4Island q for exappleaJamaica. Ac-
fcordihg to the Captain of the BARGE
Iona, there were, .seEerrl shots fired,
though the sresuft Is unknown. The
American steamer Immediately left
the river and anchored in the roads.
\ The Times special says the Attor-
ney General has prepared report in
answer to resolution of Congress
stating that in no instance has the
President failed to execute the civil
4 rights law in accordance with its
terms. ..so8a D g0Tsaaa
90 Collector Smythe testified before
! the Custom House Investigation Com
mittee regarding the evidence which
fell into his hands, saying he was APP
preached by woman, now believed
to be a sister of the stenographer,
who told him that there was impor-
/ tant evidence affecting him, before the
COMMITTEES, which he could have for
| fifty dollars. He declined to have it,
but she subsequently called again,
offering it for fifteen dollars, and he,
not thinking he was violating any
rules of the Committee. purchased it,
He also states that he was teognizant
of other parties who were in posses
sion of considerable portion of the
testimony.
New YoRK, Feb. 18.-The Fenians
/ profess to belieye that there is fight
ing going on in Ireland, and they are
working with energy to send aiaD %
I the men in the gap. .IsW b .oH Il
Col. Downing's card has met with
most hearty response. Quite d num-
Der of welf-dressed young men have
already recorded their names and ex7
pressed a willingness to hand over
500 each. Every ward in this city,
Brooklyn, w Williamsburg and Jersey
City has contributed lo7pni2
I i The meeting of Circles are to be
held all over the city and every Statet
19fhe object isato collect funds, arms
and clothing a2.a saoI , q
f. Itis understood that Mayor Hoff.
man has consented to speak at the
great demonstration on "Wednesday
Il evening. Several other Gprominent
I gentlemen a will be present:
# Colonel Roberts states shat if any
4 practical movement of a formidable
d.warlike character is commenced il
ireland, the Brotherhood, of which
he is head, will furnish sallssthe aid il
Jktheir power to render itSsuccessful
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