The New York herald., 1870-05-28
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| What the Feninns Think About the Present
state of AHairs-A Feninn's Views ON the
Campnign and O'Neilps Eiasco-The Reason
why O'Neiil Allowed Himself 10 be Gap.
tured.
The sudden turn OF affairs on the border in favor
OF the Fenan army had very marked effect on the
| Fenans in this city and vicinity. ONeills want OF
success and his extraordinary conduct In allowing
| himsef to be so easily captured by Uncle Sam was
| almost forgotten In the general enthusiasm which
the intelligence Of Generals Spear and Gleason's
| movements created. The headquarters In Fourth
street and the recruiting place at Hbernia Hall pre-
sented quite diGerent scene than theydid the day
before as q consequence, The officials at the former
place were In the greatest gee imaginable, and, to
all appearances, were very busiy engaged all day
| long In receiving dispatches from the front and
| answering them by sending as many men to the
scene of action as they could lay hands on. The re-
| cruitlng at Hibernia Hall was quite active and
fast the officer in charge obtained full SO uad
| they were taken in hand by another oncer, who
went away with them to rendezvous In this city,
where they were uniformed preparatory to taking
their nuhg
DEPARTURE FOR CANADA.
During the afternoon despatch was received by
a gentleman who was detailed at the outset OF tie
invasion to look after the supplies TO be forwarded
to the 'army,n which read as follows. IL evidently
referred to the state OF affairs on the border:-
Colonel JoHs Keep in mind my last despatch, and
don't let cuddhy overdo the thing We al that point
Malone. The sunburst yet undinmed. REILLY.
MYSTERIOUS PACKAGES.
The receipt or this despatch was haiied with con.
siderable delight by those who understood its fun
meaning, and the consequence was that large
number Of small "pac5nagss ,n ~ the shape Of boxes,
heavy Judging from the fact that took two men TO
carry each one to truck, were forwarded to
Malone.
reporter of the HERALD yesterday had an inter-
view with several OF the Fenans who have re-
NAMED In the city to look to the interests of the
"arniy" in the way OF the sending Of supplies and
in fact, all tnat might be needed by the invaders,
and the opinion :, ,emed to prevail among them al
even If It should at first fail Colonel G. H. O'Laugh-
lin, who is Fenan from the top of his head to the
porter on the subject OF the mvasion.- and threw
much light on whaf has been q good deal Of mys.
The following conversation ensued on the matter:-
KEpoRrER-What seems to be the opinion OF the
rank and file hereabouts as to the affair al frank
FESAN-wer, SIR, there are a good many opin-
Ns aSs to 'nG uage Ne is very aT ch as
banned 1t is thonght that he not only
LOST COMMAND OF HIS MEN,
but also lost command OF himself IN the dglt. The
men, we know very wel would have gone with him
wherever ne would have dared TO go, but why he
acted the papers say he did puzzles us nightly.
REpogTER--Do the Fenlans thiak he Is q coward2
FENIAN-Far rom II. That thought has never
entered their heads for moment Did you ever see
an lrshman that was cowards No, sir. you never
did, nor anybody else, and ONei Is an Irishman-a
true one at that. Even II he wasn't he wouldn't be
considered q coward; for there are many men who
know how he acted during the war, and that he went
through TOO many battles to pe scared by company
is they don't know what to think about 1t. The rhig
looks rather strange, but the only way / make
1t out is tnat 0'Netl dill not want ta
RESIST tbs UNITED STATES AUTHORITIES
fearing, If ne did so. he would los the sympathy Of
the Americans. for his cause indeed, the more
become impressed with the fact that his
will turn out to be the solution Of the
that the newspapers have seen 1t to at fhe
General for what they know very little aoout. When
the whole truth comes out from Official You
will find that there mas been great deal OF exag-
asas'SS Sas aSI he ia n5s I'M HI aas his
friends need be ashamed Of This will be seen when
the full facts OF the case shall have laid before
them ONeill has many enemies. He had plenty
although they call themselves Fenians they wouli
not hesitate TO blacken hts character to crafty their
petty spite This class Of Fenians, ooabt not,
have done their pare tn spreading broadcast over
the land
STORIES DETRIMENTAL TO oNEILf.
REPORTER-NOw, III the face OF q Neill's capture
how do you acc cunt for the movement ON Hunt
i9gaopl Was lt:s9 independent one or part Of the
FENYAN~it was part OF the campaign, and General
ONei,l knew all aboutit. DO you suppose that he
would have made that fight at franklin without
|
erals would advance upon the border from other d.
rectiOns9 Every move that Is now being made was
% ana as s oy% seoa on Hs ,
border he knew all about before the INVASION was
begun.
among the Fenians as to the success 0l the invasion
this timer
leaders, gainsay It who viii, and | think I know
something about the thing They don't believe thai
q m
hammerng at the doors by day and night we Will
finally break them down. l mean tins, that every
increase, and the Canadians know It, 1t Is their in-
tent to
II is our intent to keep the pot boiling, and instead
OF letting the water go down to keep putting more
This viii W worry the Canadians like the mischief and
they'll come TO the conclusion that we're only fcoi.
ing-only got a few hundred lighting men. THEY'LL
relax their vigilance In consequences, and then viii
come our opportunity. 1lgt
REPoRTER-But it strikes that the boasts Of yon
moments notice seem be rather idle ones. The
! men certainly haven't como TO time yei:
don't care to explain We have the men, and when
the time comes they will show themselves and II
you should hear Of only lew nnmarea men making
ARMED TO TIE TEETH,
| wouldn't think our boasts worth nothing And
assure 70 II people Will only have patience they'll
see TIE same tnlnS Soul; Uut uOilI WduL you 10
put this part OF our conversation In the papers, II
| You please; It's entirely confidential.
REP0RrER- is the Brotherhood well supplied with
fnndsS m sr
FENIAN-ltis is, although some people do say that
this movement the frontier Is only striken for
| subscriptions. That s false. Not day passes by
| but that hundreds Of dollars are poured into the
4 treasury by the truly patriotic.
This ended the conversation and the reporter went
hfs way deeply edited with all he had heard, and
| fully convinced that the Fenan movement was In
| decd mystery.
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| Fenian Brotherly Love i'm Hobolcn.
! Lively scene occurred on Thursday evening at