Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-05

The Plea OF the alleged Inventor
DO the Unite5 IrIshmen Indorse
Him 3-What the Government fs
Doing.

a Peoria dispatch represents Grove.
the alleged inventor of the internal ma
chimes, as saying that any warfare was
good enough for England, who did not
conduct honorable warfare herself and
couldn't expect others to do so. If she
did not do justice to Ireland every Eng
glish ship would be sent to the bottom.
until people would no longer dare to EN-
bark in them. Every government building
would be torn down and a system OF
terrorism begun. He asserts that there
are many of these dread machines al
ready cOmpleted-sOme in France. in
charge of trustworthy patriots, who
would use them quite freely. They had
already greatly worried the British, they
had destroyed the Manchester post office
and the Victoria docks Qoss So, 600 0O0l.
They had exploded machines at Stafford
and Glasgow, at London and Liverpool.
and had inflicted an aggregate loss of
$50, 600. 900.
Grove has an easy manner, and was
in no way excited at his horrible recital.
He says the manufacture of the ma
chimes still goes forward here.
The reported arrest of Grove, by or
der of Attorney General MacVeagh, for
violation of the navigation laws, was
hoax perpetrated by practical jokers
upon a too CredulOus reporter Grove
has not been arrested, and is doing duty
as the city lamplighter.
A Herald special from Providence,
Rhode Island, says that in an interview
with James kenefick, member of the
Executive Committee of United Irish.
men, alleged to have been present at the
meeting of the committee in New York
at which the torpedo boat project was
discussed, kenefick stated to the Jour
mails representative that Groves state
ments in reference to a movement of
United Irishmen are the result Of over
enthusiasm. Although the United Irish
men do not propose to use England with
glOved hands, he did not know that the
organization had any connection with
the shipment of internal machines,
and if any machines or parts thereof were
made hereabOuts he was ignorant thereof
The destruction of the Victoria docks and
post Office at Manchester was the work of
skirmishers, and was not done under
the official direction Of the United Irish
men. kenetick refused to give any
statement as 10 the extent Of the local
organization, and denied all knowledge
of the Executive Board meeting in New
\ OTk mentioned in the dispatches, and
said he did not meet the persons named
therein. He held that Grove was much
respected by the Irish Nationalist, and
that they had determined not TO 'let up
on England until she had been brought
TO terms, and they were not over par
ticular as TO the means employed. Kene-
tlck was very cautious in all his state
ments with reference to any seton
taken 10y the United Irishmen in relation
to these matters He is a mechanic
and is employed at the Rhode Island
Locomotive Works.
4 Washington special says that Secre-
tary Window has received no Official
information concerning the internal ma
chimes recently shipped to Liverpool.
The reports from the Collectors of Gus
toms at New York and Boston, in reply
to the Secretary's letter requesting a
thorough investigation Of the bills Of
lading, manifests, etc, with view to
ascertaining by whom the packages were
shipped, have rot vet been received.
Inquiry at the Department of JUS
tice failed to elicit a conirma.
ton of the alleged arrest of
Grove at Peoria, H., nothing of an
official character bearing on the subject
having been received there. The gov
eminent is still engaged in an attempt
to ferret out the details connected with
the shipment of the machines, and those
in authority express great hopes of sue
cess. There is a manifest disposition on
the part of the government officers to
talk as little as possible regarding the
methods which are being pursued to
bring the guilty persons to justice for
fear of embarrassing the officers charged
with that duty.