The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-06-12
The Fenfan Demonstration,


The Fenfan Demonstration,
We copy from tho Cincinnati Commercial the follow
ing eptome Of the Fenfan invasion of Canada What
has ranDrred since tho date of publication of this
article our readers have learned from our eographio
columns:
minatea as Anticipated band numbering about
thousand crossed the river Thursday night and ap
the Canadian shore, having large supply of musSsts
ammunition and green fsgs. The Buffalo papers OF
soeussh them on another pages On
Friday tho Fentans had everything their way there
and to
The United States steamer Michigan Buffalo
not venture Into the river without him. There was no
other vessel to guard the river and troops do
thing.
This was the time for tho Fenians to in but they
did not go to any great extent AS the Ave regiments
ry organizations depended upon must have dwinded to
small proportions when active service was required
and talk than to go into Canada and fight Ten thou.
sand Fenans might have crossed the river with bate
rfes or artillery and provisions and munitions of war.
but the interval Of on the part OF the au
Passed Without BY the consgra.ors Early
presented There were more muskes and cartridges on
tne Canadian shore than men to use shom and yet the
tremendous mass meeting was held in Buffalo at
which there was immense enthusiasm. and excited
called i9stlS Tor money over thousand dolars being
was The mos. ornot OF he 90 oooason
efponnded the neutrality laws to indicate to
discharge their duties The 90
Republic across the river Mt the started on an
they could carry and recognizing the they only
held 80 much OF the country as they stood upop
supsrAuous cartridges into the river. f'00''"'
This was very military proceeding to be sure, and
to the bodied members of the enthusiastic mass
mee IN Buffalo that the to give the cause pros
perty was to adjourn the river take the an
pernumerary haud
under Colonel oNei started up tho railroad which runs
the Design destroying road and also the lannon's
| Welland CANAL. They soon encountered the Toronto
and Wounded when both parties len U.cf the lsnnus
fearing the approach Of the British regular and the
their enies. The Fenians. on their return fell In
who had oontrived to get between them river
On Saturday the authorities were the alert. The
arrived from Cleveland These vessels patroied the
river preventing the passage Of ani1n rein
the path tho Buffalo Feninns to tho number Of three
hundred ned with anxiety to join their brethren
The British regulars We're known to be at hand with
artillery. and was clear that Colonel oNeil in
If reinforced by all the mass meetings in Buffalo, he
could maintain his ground having provsions
PRESSING upon him Goncudns that Fort Erie wouid SS
not be good place to die for his country he made sig
nails that his flight to the American shore i'm
mediate necessity. Tugs and canal boats were sent
ACROSS to the rescue How they escaped the vigilance
Of vessels supposed to be guarding Canada
against further incursions Is not explained
part Of the force made their escape successfully but
Colonel ONel and staff and some hundreds Of others
only escaped the impendng stroke OF the British lions
to S' of bis
that he forgot to call in his picksts, and yesterday
Ing the British gebged them The United sates has OF
become knotty and delicate question. They will pro
claim the ne Of the i from
Offenders but It will be difficult to show that they
no. simply maragders who have been engag ID @ in rob
Tho Fenans assert that their Fort Erie expedition
s bov Of o
the conquest Of British America. The object of fen
%r tn operations Is to to ay tho atsI
operation arouses all Canada and calls her militia
at every point and also warns the United State
on the border.
In addition the Niagara frontier Is now perfectly
s. cure and the four thousand British and Canada
troops that yesterday diverting themselves wit
% Wearing hi s be IS safely e
sweeny. The feiut. therefore. has had the effect
s for and her hole
" II the Fenian organization had been as formidable
leaders have pretended and perhaps believed the,
h they could have asked, for doing great deal Of mil
chief they had been M able to throw from m Ave to te
hours that was free for them and competent offio
on ha
and Ontario. creating sympathy by an appearance
and obaihing reoruits by appealing to the
or yenturers with taste for who abound In Amerc
The FenianB in conBiderable force In The neghbo
pe hood Of st. Abans where they have beiter chance
get into Canada and get out of again. than they hi
ut Buffalo. raid in that quarter has probably takt
In pnce before this The main attack B expected from
Nj Vicinity OF Ogdensburg, on the st. lawrence whe
n General Sweeney Is looked for. But II the Fenia
e eastward turned out stronger than in the
which Is unlikely their forces will utterly nsdequa
adj for even the fret part OF their programme and tn
H. get off es easily elsewhere at Fort Erie they may
ia themselves lucky. When reflect that ariny OF
RI hundred thousand United States veteran volunteer
with all the Of the nation to provide them wi
"a the material OF war; would have heavy summers wo
to effect conquest of Canada, appreciate
MAGNITUDE task the FenianB have undertaken
oh the absurdty their aspirations, Notwithstanding
oh extent OF their or rganiZaton.
m An army strong enough to make itself respected.
tering Canada to drive out tho Britsh would doab
NJ nd considerable portion Of The inhabitants Of fient
disposition, ready to give assistance when asBllred
their own safety In doing but struggling squads
ea desperadoes without yiable means OF support will
ad course unite country against them, and iname
M people 10 make An discriminating war. The atten
which ia TO made in the United States to raise nor
'ur upon the merits Of the bloody ooery at Fort ESe s
| once absurd and atrooious. The creduhty and exc
bty Of the Irish people is very great but certainly
ia mora Intelligent Of them must that the
Innocent men in Canada IL not calculated to promote
}st welfare of Ireland or Of the Irish
o
q Dr. SAMUEL WOLFE. formerly OF Cincinnati, whore
has family living, committed suicide on Monday me
,.s In, Noahvilie bv drowning the Cumberland.