The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1874-10-04
IFrom Our Own Correspondent.l
DUB IRISH LETTER.

DUBLIN, September 18TH 1874.
1 regret very much to be obliged to begin
this letter by recording the commission of
terrible murder in Tipperary. On Sunday
evening, in one of the fairest spots near
Nenagh, a respectable farmer named Scanlan
was shot dead at his own door. He had been
out driving with his wife and servant boy
and had just returned home. His wife had
gone into the house. His servant had
followed her in with some rugs and coats. Mr.
Scanlan had been to the stable with the horse
and was just opening the door when the fatal
shot was fired. At once his wife rushed to
him. but when she reached him he was quite
dead. The murderer must have been quite
close at hand, for the gun (Mr. Scanlan's own,
by the way), afterwards found within
twenty yards of the corpse. The servant boy
says he saw the smoke and the murderer, but
not with sufficient distinctness to be able to
identify him. So far there are in custody on
suspicion Mr.. Scanlan's father-in- law his
brother-iD-law, and some servants of these. 1t
is known that the brother-in-law, Michael
Bourke, resented the possession by Scsnlan of
farm which his marriage has brought him,
aud it is strongly suspected that he is either
the actual murderer or the instigator of the
terrible decd. Mr Seaman was q brother of
the parish priest of Toomevara, in Tipperary,
of the most influential and respected
priests in the country. The greatest excite
ment exists in Tipperary and Kings county, in
consequence of the crime.
Mr.. James Arthur Dease, j. P, Vice-Lieu-
tenant of Cavan and Commissioner of National
Education, died last week. Mr.. Dease was he
who contested the representation of Kerry in
1872 and got SO thoroughly beaten by the
Homa Rule candidate, Mfr. Rlenu erhassett. He
was Whig Catholic and of some
literary ability, having written several articles
on the Land Question and other subjects in the
Edinburgh Repier. But the reason why ]
draw attention to his death is that the vacancy
which it has caused on the National Board is
the subject of much speculation amongst all
classes Hitherto tie National Board hes been
composed of ten Protestants and ten Catholics,
and, consequently, the Freeman, as q Catholic
organ, has demanded that Mr.. Dease's sue
lie body place trust The organs of the anti
Catholic secularist party, on the other hand,
are clamoring loudly and shamelessly for the
appointment of such Catholic as Judge
Keogh, if Catholic is to be appointed at all.
lucy "ouiu PiOiCAJ bo"SNeE, W ndNo bAe oOdLu
dismissed altogether, and it's place taken by
two or three paid commissioners of anti Ultra
montane tendencies. The great maSority of
the present Board, including several Protestant
and the two Presbyterian M memb bers, have had
the courage and the honesty to resist several
Secularist demands. For this they have all
been denounced as Ultramontanes. And the
Secularists ask that men shall be appointed in
their stead, who, whether Catholic or Protest
ant, shall offer firm opposition to the
Roman Curia !" They want Secuiarist COM
missioners, in fact; but this they will never
get. If Mr.. Disraeli does not appoint a bad
Catholic in his place, his usual supporters in
Ireland will weep and guash their teeth but
if he does, worse will happen him at the hands
of the Catholics of ireland who are already
not well disposed to him any other British
Minister.
The new French Ambassador to London is
the Count de Jarnac who owns large estate
in Tipperary, and has been, almost constantly
since 1e4S, resident in that county. He at |
tended last week the annual show of the Tip |
perary Union Farming Society (of which he is |
President), and both in his reply to an address |
of congratulation presented to him by the |
gentry and farmers of the neighborhood, and |
in his speech at the usual banquet. he spoken
a very affecting way of his relations with the
people of Tipperary. I fancy, however, that
some years ago there were serious complaints
that he was bad landlord, and it is certain
that he always took the landlords side in the
controversy regarding the Land Question. /
find it stated to-day that the Codncil of the
Amnesty Association intend asking the Count
TO use his influence with Mr.. Disraen (whose
personal friend be icy, 60 obtain tho release Of