Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-06-15

: blamed General Spear. thinking he was to
slow
The General got excited and said. ..h
world lead than into Canada If they did no
cary anything tlt pebble stones" bu
further stated that he did no. want to sac
: rifcs the lives Of his men.
4 correspondent: Of the Boston Journal, il
Fairfield, thus describes the appearance and
ari b,hayie- Of tie Col Contri's regime Mt
SEQ IL number, which eneamped there:
Tic offeers male but little attempt to feed III,
men. who scattered among the IA mers. Of which
quite sprinkliug are Irish, Who contributed
freely. Some Of the men offered to pay, out
. very rarely vas any pay received The recol-
.ectiCns Of the s.. Albaus raiI and subsequent
sction Of Cauaiisn officials, cause many not
lrish, -or Fenisns either, to teed the hungry
without making any inquiries
Saturday night arms and equipments arrived
said TO be the arms seized at St Albans. They
came IRON Burlington on teams. Each day the
men lad roll call, bugie call, and some drill
The men conducted themselves all Of the time
very Fell inleei Only oue store was broken
MO- aud ;hat was very poorly secured. The
cheers stopping at the hotel, which is kept by a
ten''n, flrei Wi, leaving the men to shif( for
themselves, only boxing vel against depIeda-
tiCue
Yesterday at ai =. H.. came the order
70 fal 10, when Oh slt,zs began to appear;
ais' ile identical large black trunk confirming
The sane which vas stiz-i 20 s.. Adams and
spirited away Some c1rbncs were distrit-
uisI ca the street. when they moved one half
miie rcr'h, s-d teams came IA from by roads
with the re-t cf tie arms. When all we've given
out the line " march vas taken up '.or the
North Star"
ILe men were generally quite intelligent, en-
,husias'ic and determined. but there was a great
laek in the coumissary department The men
went oh with nothing bat crackers 10 their blv-
ers'cS or pockets. Some Of the thinking ones
began o. inquire how IL came that after such
large soE- OF money bad been paid in, the ofii-
GERS had lc money and the privstes had 20 use
their Own. In acf they seemed 10 have more
money than tlc officers. Thus ended our Fsnian
ezrifcmant' this mlrniug (5)not one TO be seen.
lEl FDIANs.-We find in our Exchanges
tic following items .i Fcnian news
There g. general disposition in Montreal to
resli the United States authorities as in tacit
league vi.A the FtuiaEs, and to believe all sorts
@! stories as 90 the cluuivlnce Of the officers Of
our tr-o With these OF the invading horde.
General Meade and General Sweeney rode on
The same train -o Poisdam, the former with bis
stan riding iu the baggage car. while Sweeney
ana s,al ~ele iu the rear passenger car. 1t
" hltlr,oWn, Ds.EIet Attorney Dart consulted
u-i. Meade al,I reference 10 arresting Sweeney, .
+
ley vas made aware cf what was contemplated, I
bet Jock j y.lg cto.iy, merely rcmarking that
Dart v-r'i come g. -Ii-f If he made the a.
tempt
It is reported that tic Canadian Government I
las engaged the services Of the Indians Of St I
.,cE.s and Of C.uChuswaea, to act as scouts I
along ,he 81. LaEreacc. ron Montreal to Corn
VAL. There my therefore je a little scalping .
ne.
.er.oul ca Monday, q party Of thirty .
-.-- .l--c rl-i on tie store Of i. j. Ely, 4
sLer, a quantity CO Fenian arms seized by the
United states Marshal, we're deposited. gained
possession VI diem ard tcOk them north. Gen
rll Meade sent r,ols from Ogdeassurg to IN
e-ccFt them. The E.L-ln train was come up
Tita No Eiliv.l.e, iy tie United States troops,
FLo '-.E tLc AIMS, ammunition and men in
barge. Ih- feulals were uuloaling tie arms
ben tle troops arrived, intending 90 send them
crls- The country. 80 resistance was made.
Il must interest the Canadians greatly, Eo
hlu.i tA.Lk, 20 and that the Confederate OIL
'crs-tle g,rY M,u gur provincial friends we're
20 wiling 20 Eon.zs and lawn upon while cur N
ernal c0-hict was gciug ou-are, many OF them,
.ading The Icliau hosts gainSt their old fienis.
Q vi. l- 70 satisfaction 20 Canadians to be re-
minded tL-t s-ucrurs ''cuIs5s co-le homo to
-5.-.
l. lnli thal B0dtr, l.. Ice IS iniispcsed
virl The fcli4l demaus'rati-n.
There e crc singular chc-mstalce connected !
nth tL- ien.tn invasion Of British soil which
,uc-iclls can vel Afford 20 laugh At. Just be
lre the collapse If the Southern rebellion, the
eoe-s received some thirty thousand first class
-ug..sh Uusk,'s f-cm the British Government,
ud Vhel Lees army Surrendered, they became
De property cf tll Uuit,l States. They were
abs-s ue-, IS purchased b. IN entsrprising Yam
ee iu Boston, and within TIE past few months,
hey have been bought from him by agents Of
be British goTeruus-t 20 defend the aggressive
lovements Of the Fcuians, and the price paid
-s nearly double thai which was paid for the
im1 arms by ihe rebels.