The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-30 00:00:00

The Second Fenian Raid.

General Sweeny with General Spears, Murphy,
and Mahon, laid their heads together at St. Albans
on the sth instant, and decided on carrying the
war for the liberation of Ireland into the enemy's
country of Canada. Next day the advance of
Fenian troops left Highgate about 10 o'clock.
Colonel Conlin's command, 600 strong, led the van ;
Colonel Scanlon's regiment, 300 strong, followed ;
and they were succeeded by Colonel Connor's regi-
ment, also 300 men. They halted at Franklin, a mile
south of the frontier, and spent the night in two
barns, where they felt rather uncomfortable, being
drenched with rain and short of rations. Pickets
were thrown out to a line three miles over the
frontier, who encountered and exchanged a few
harmless shots with the British. Early next morn-
ing the march was resumed, and at half-past 8 on
the 7th June the invading force crossed the frontier,
where Colonel Contrie unfurled the beautiful green
silk flag of Ireland, presented to the brotherhood
by the Fenian ladies of Maldon, and round it the
men gathered, cheering vociferously, and waving
the green folds defiantly over British soil. Then,
with heads uncovered, they registered a vow, " that
it should never be torn from them while a spark of
life was left." The advance was reinforced by a
Connecticut company, GO strong ; and General
Spear arrived and assumed command, just before
crossing the line. He addressed the men, by whom
he was greeted with loud and prolonged cheers, as
follows :

SOLDIERS—You aro still standing upon American terri-
tory, and you aro not to molest or insult the people of this
section. I bog of you to commit no depredations on this
side of the line. (Cries of " General, we will not.") There,
said he, pointing towards the Canada line, are the enemies
of your country. When we gat there we will remember
the wrongs of many a century and will strike a blow and
try to free Ireland ; but remember, no harm to the women
and children. When we get the mon they shall be yours,
to do with them as you please.

There was no river to cross—nothing but an
imaginary line, marked by an iron post driven into
the ground, with the following inscription :

" TREATY OF WASHINGTON BOUNDARY, AUGUST,
1842."

General Spear proceeded to make himself com-
fortable when over the border in the hospitable house
of an Irish emigrant, whose daughters, Grace and
Hatty, played several airs upon the piano, and en-
tertained both the General and his Staff in a hand-
some manner. The men, however, out in the fields,
had by no means such pleasant times. A foraging
party brought in twenty head of cattle and a large
number of sheep, with some prisoners, who reported
the scare general for fifty miles into the interior.
Meantime General Meade arrived at St. Albans,
and General Sweeny and General Mahon were at
once arrested. The former was quietly captured
in his bed. Sir John Michel coming in Canada,
pushed forward a battery of artillery, the 7th
Fusiliers, and a body of Canadian volunteers to
welcome Spear over the border. The distance from.,
Montreal to Pigeon Hill is 100 miles, but the
Fenians appear not to have waited the attack at
Pigeon Will, but to have entrenched themselves in
another position, where the men became demoralised
with bad whisky and no food. The sworn defen-
ders of the green flag rapidly became a rowdy
mob. The nearer the British troops drew the greater
the desertions from the Fenian ranks, and the de-
voted band were finally driven pell-mell back across
the frontier by a charge of the Governor-General's
body-guard. With the exception of the few killed
and the 16 captured, the remainder surrendered to
the United States troops, and thus ended the
second invasion.

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