Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-06-06

any attack. horo
The apprehension isnow expressed mere
that the movement on Fort Erie was
feint to cover the real attack, to De nlaue
from St. Albans, and it is reported, though
uneorroborated, and supposed falsely, tha'
Gen. Sweeny is at St. Albans'
THREATS OF THE BUFFALO fENIANs'
y meeting of leading Fenis.ns was helu
here this evening at which it was deter
mined not to make any more movements
until they could ascertain what tne
dian government will do with PRISONERS
If any are executed, the Fenlans SWIM
they will make another invasion al ~
taliate.
SEIZURE Of ARMS.
Arms to the number of 5000, suppo seo
to belong the Fenians, were seized In l. {
troit on Sunday afternoon.
IHCIDENTs.
Buffalo Correspondents Of Gin. Commeroial.l
Quite a number Of suspicious Canadians
who were found inside Of the picket lines
we're captured, and tho various excuses
offered for their invasion of Irish soil was
amusing. The msjority, however, came
to beg for the return of their horses that
had been seized by the foragers. One old
mans case appeared extremely hard he
was a renter on shares, had but one horse
and a Young colt, and only three acres OF
his corn land plowed, and five little
mouths to fill from the proceeds OF his
labor; one Of O'Neils foragers had seized
his horse, and unless the Colonel would
return his animal, his little ones would
suffer. Canadian landlords, like their
British brethren, were unrelenting and
showed no mercy TO their poor tenants.
We hope he succeeded IN getting MS
animal.
One unfortunate Buffalonian, who had
been 10 Grand Island on q fishing expe-
dition, had been left by his companions,
and wholly unconscious of the Fenia1 in
vasion, was quietly working his way up
to the Ferry, on the Canadian shore, when
he was captured by the pickets and
brought in. The Buffalo boy being on a
| scout, and no one present to vouch for his
nationality, it was only by the hardest
persuasion and pleading he was suffered
to proceed on his journey. The distance
| from French creek to the Ferry was made
| on a double-quick, the poor Bufalonian
entirely forgetting his previous fatiguing
walk.
Our reporter was stopped three times
betweenth the camp and Freebury landing,
sometimes marched back a considerable
distance, but finally succeeded in reaching
the Ferry, where, after much persuasion
| and promises 10 pay, in Canadian money!
he prevailed on one Joe F" to put him on
American soil, being in great fear that he
was some bloody" Fenian bent on mis-
chief. The banks of the river seemed to
be lined with Fenian guards, who made
him haul in for inspection, and who ap-
peared to have sundry small boats in
charge which contained articles that had
not regularly passed the United States
Customs.
During the afternoon a boat containing
some young bloods from Buffalo, who had
been over to gaze at the Fenians from a
respectful distance on the water, did not
respond as promptly 10 the hail of the
Michigan as Secretary Welles' regulations
required, and they were captured and de-
tanned on the armed craft for a few hours.
H CAPTURE OF I'll FENIANs.
buffalo Cor. Detroit Free Press, June 81
About two o'clock signals being made
from the camp in the ruins of Fort Erie
and this side, two powerful tugs steamed
out Of Buffalo Creek, crossed to Fort Erie
and the Fenians commenced the evacua-
ton of canada. AL the sick and wound
ed lying at the Lewis House and the Erie
and Niagara Railway station were aban-
doned. Not only this, but so rapid wa
the conception and execution of the plan
of retreat that no notice was given to the
picket lines extending along The bank Of
the river.
Colonel 0'Nel and about 900 of his
brave little band quietly embarked and
started for the American shore. When
about midway of the channel and outside
of British waters, the tug Harrison, un.
der charge of acting master G. W. Nor
ris, of the steamer, Michigan, ordered
them to round to, and haul alongside
The order not being promptly obeyed, il
was repeated with a threat to sink them
if not Immediately complied with. Col.
onel ONeil then surrendered his COM
mand to the United States authorities
The Michigan was signaled, and, having
steam up and anchor tripned was soon
alongside, and, taking the transports in
tow, dropped down to Lower Black Rock,
where she now lies at anchor. Colonel
0'Neil and his officers are on board the
transport. NNerous parties of Feni-
n who were out on picket duty, have
succeeded in escaping in small boats to
this side. 1t is thought but few, if any,
but wounded men have fallen into the
hands of the British.
The casualties of yesterday will proba-
bly, not sum up above %, so that of the
thousand men who left Frenchmen's
Creek, yesterday morning, for the battle
ground at Limestone Ridge, some hun
dred and forty are still struggling in Can
ada, cut off from a rescue and exposed to
the halter. Great indignation was mani
Tested by the men who had been stationed
on outpost duty at being deserted by
their comrades as they were. Had it not
been for the approach of Il detachment of
British cavalry, driving them in, it is
probable that none of them would have
learned of the evacuation. Paddy 0Day,
the head and front of the brotherhood in
this city, and to whose energy the expe-
dition, which has just failed SO disastrous
ly, vas conceived, ventured into Canada
to-day, and was immediately gobbled up
by the red coats. He is a rich prize, and,
according to the well known humane
sentiments of the Britishers, will proba-
bly, grace q halter.