The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-03-29
MISCELLANEOUS IRISH NEWS.

DUBLIN.-At IL Dublin police court, on the
9th nit, Il young man named Thomas Wiseman
was brought up on remand charged with being,
a member of the Fenian Brotherhood 1t APP
peared from the information of Corydon, that
the prisoner had been in the habit of attending
Fcnian meetings at Cork and Dublin, and that
he was seen in Dublin q few days previous to
the so-caled "risipg" last year. Mr.. Anderson,
Crown Solicitor applied for further remand,
in order to make inquiries regarding the pris
0ner at Cork. The application was granted.
The Dublin Erening Mail says: 1t is known
that Mr.. Heron's retainer comes from the Amer
lean Government, and that he has received
fee of two hundred guineas with his brief, in
the of Maggie. -
The annuity left by will to the widow of the
late Mr.. Dargan was but GOO.
BY the recent demise of Mr.. Luke Mordant,
the City Authorship of Dublin became vacant.
Mr.. Edward Murphy is one OF the candidates for
the position.
WExFoRD.-On the Goth ult., at a Wexford
petty sessions, Matthew Duggan was charged
with having in his possession some eight hun
bred or nine hundred swords or cutlasses, con-
trary to the provisions of the act referred to.
The defense was that the articles called swords
OF cutlasses were simply implements for split
ting cane, which were purchased at q public
auction of wrecked goods, at Fillmore, in that
county, a short time ago. They were part of
the wrecked materials of the Fairy Queen, a
vessel which was bound from Liverpool to Lii
| beria South -hmerica, with general cargo,
| that was wrecked on the Saltee Islands last
December. Those sO-calied swords were rude
| looking implements The blades were about
| twenty three inches long by from two to three
! inches wide, with blunt edge. The magis-
transgressed the law by purchasing those
articles at public auction, but they directed
the constabulary to retain the weapons until
the legal officers of the Crown could be con-
suited in the matter.
KuKENNY.-The Waterford Ne,rs of n late
date says: Wen understand that in consequence
of the additional heavy, and sometimes danger
GUS, duty imposed on the Irish police, several
<Nff fhaf
of the country, and going to America. Last
week, Mr.. Thomas Dalton, twenty-four years
of age, native OF Kilkenny, for some time in
the King street station, in this city, sent in his
! resignation. He informs that he purposes
going to America.
| A correspondent of the Dublin Freeman, I'M
der date February 26, says: So propitiOus is the
4 weather and manageable the soil that spring
| work is being pushed forward with unwonted
activity in this county 1t is n good number of
| wears since there was seen in this part of the
country SO large breadth of ground laid un-
der the dominion of the p1Ow and harrow as
| there is this year. This change has been caused
by the unusually high price of corn for some
time past, and the unremunerative price of
fssheep during the same period, and illustrates
| the superiority of what is termed ''mixed farm
ing" which, on an average of years, is in
every point of view, for many reasons, at the
same time ths most profitable and the least eX-
pensive, and therefore the best
A policeman stationed at Caftan was recent
ly called on to resign, because he had been
heard speaking "seditiously"-that is, patrio-
tically, while under the influence of mountain
dew" His name has not been given.
CARLow.--The following property was re-
Gently sold in the Landed Estates Court Dub
lin, rs estate of the assignee of Henry Bunbury:
| Two-ffth parts of certain perpetual annuity
of eco, one fourth of further perpetual annu-
ity of fl0, and two tifths of further perpetual
annuity of ESQ, making together the annual
sum of E34 los. charged upon lease in perpe-
Unity of the lands of Leighlinbridge, situate in
the barony of Idrone East, and also upon the
lands of Roscolvin, barony of Kilkea. Mr.
Charles Thorp purchased, in trust, at E5UoO
KuDARE-The body of well dressed aud
apparently young woman was found in the