, 1881-10-02

IHE CH3CAUO 1hIDc1s'
ro into this market willie the extent to
which Mr.. Vanderbilt means to push the
war remains uncertain. The general pros
meet of American railroad interests Is helu
to bn good, but tho rrinous struggle ior
freisht business ul;irms all prudent III
ycstors and greatly nnscttles the markets.
The decline during tue past week mas eS-
tendcd to nearly all stocks. solely III coll
sequence Of this wa'.
TIE IRISH LAND BILL
The pronunctamento OF tho Catnollc
Hierarchy in favor Of tile Land bill may H.
tlucc the tenants 10 abandon the League anu
nil its works, but it is only fair to MIR. Par-
nell to say that at the present time he Is
practically king of Connausllt and Munster.
In Ulster, as was shown IN the
Tyrone election, lie had little or no hold, the
Orange influence being paramount, anu
Ieinstcr is too near the altar of Archbishop
StcCale to be influenced by the doctrines
which that prelatc never tires OF
tcnouncins. In the other two PROV
jnces. however, tile League Is almost
omnipotent. Agrarian crime, as your
speciaI dispatches have Informed YOU IS
rife. particularly in Limerick anil Ilppefafy'
and tenants are still holding out against the
payment OF rent.
r.r1,rp s11EruY HAS lust Hr;ES RELEASED,
aud another priest, Father Conway, OF the
parish uf Clonbur, County GALWAY, has JUST
nepn sentenced by the Magistrates to two
months Imprisonment with hard laoor 1of
assaultlng process-server as the latter WIS
serving him with writ at the instance Of
Lord Ardilaun's agent. The facts Of tho
cose ;,re not we'll understood here. for All
not inclined to trust the reports published
nv the Dublin lfdil and other land-
lord papers in such a case,
still it is pretty clear that
the priest acted hastily and without shadow
OF i,1stiticatlol. No better landlord lives
than Lord Artlilaun {Slr Arthur Guinness)-
His estate at Ashford. i'll Connemara' Ill
cost him in improvements not only the rent
but probably I'll. .0oo besides Indeed, lie mas
GIVEN EMPLOYMENT TO HUNDREDS OF MEN
eyer since he consolidated the property
thirteen wears agu, and has become famous
throughout Connaugllt, as model landlord
Father Conway made Il great mistake III
falling foul of such man. for assuredly the
cause Of the tenant can gain nothing ny ali
| attack upon landlords OF tho stamp OF Lofd
Ardilauu, MIR. Parnell and his agents are
| HOW busy collecting and
| PREPARING TEST CASES
for submission to the L;uld Commissioner,
| and the fate Of the act depends upon tile de-
| cisions rendered III these cases by ocrst.
| O'lIagan and his colleagues. So far the
Commissioners have acted in the interest OF
the tenant to such an extent that the land-
| lords say it is a ''parked court" but AIR.
parneIl will probably bo satisfied with
| nothing short of sequestration and coutlsca-
tion. The landed interest both in England
and in ireland is i'll imminent danger, anu
| next wear you may look for a large em!gra-
tion of 'sgentlenlen farmers" from ooth
countries.
| rAKSELL VERY ACTIVE.
| Special Cable.
DUBLIN, Oct. 1.-The Herald special says :
Mr.. Parncll has been very active for the past
week On Sunday night he made trlun'-
plai entrance into Dublin. On Monday ne
addressed the League County Convention ut
MARLBOROUGH, and the same evening was
hack in Dublin visiting the hospitals,
| where there nre numbers Of the people
who were injured in the procession, Of the
night before, On Tuesday lie was presiding
at the Lan,l League meeting, and So on
through the week. On Sunday he addressed
iii, constituents in Cork. The corporation
has agreed to attend the public reception i'll
state, On Wednesday he will attend the
hungarian Land League Convention. There
was considerable mystery about
THE OBJECT OF TIE pARSELI
demonstration last Sunday, for Mr.. Parnell
had been in town for weeks and there was no
reason for making his entry an occasion for
4 great ovation In fact, am informed that
| mt nf J}n6Iln Oh
Sunday at all until evening" when
lie went down to Bray and got into Il return
train. coming back to Dublin and making his
triump!lal entry. The coincidence, however,
is much commented on that the demonstra
tim was the anniversary Of Lord Mount
1rorc's assassination. The most sel1sa
tional point i'll the dlctator's
passasc from the station to the League
rooms was at College Green, where the opet
space was packed with people. as Mr. Tar
uell's coach passed the old House Of Lord:
and the remnants of the Parliament building
he rose in lis seat, while the bands stopped
: ulaylpc and the hurrahing multitude was
hushed in silence, barring his head, I'LL
figure standing out in bold outline, amlt
Pickering torches of lis body guard, III
pointed
, HIS oUrSTKETcHED ARM
toward the black old Parliament House AM
cried, III firm, ringing tone: Fcllow-coun
, trymen, I cannot pass this hatlowed spo
without saying that here, where our Farlla
! mel,t died, our Nation shall yet It
assert her freedom The effect wa
electrical, and the shout that wen
up was heard blocks away. Man
= reasons are ascri5cd for Mr.. Parneifs II
narkably bold attitude during the pas
!. | fortnight. Some believe that it is real bolt
ness; Others that he has Information that tn
Government will not touch him, S1r. Glat
: stone being himself desirous Of brlnsl1l
- strong pressure to bear on the commission
i FORCE IT TO IoWE1: RENT.
n Yet others believe that MI. Parneil desire
:; t to BIZ arrested, having carried tie novcmer
: as far as he thinks it has chance Of success:
v and wishing to abandon it witliou
). dislonor, besides strengthening the atte'
. ton of the people for him. \
NJ great sensation has been caused by tt
T. Bishops pronouncement on the Land &C