The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-06-04

sion Bridge, says Mr.. kcmpton, mayor of
Fort Erie, went ont to read the riot act,
when the Fcnians killed him. 4 man who
refused to give up his horse was riddled by
bullets.
Rumors say three Canadians were killed
by a Fcnian picket.
CAMP.
BrrFALO, June l.-ParticS who have ar
rived from the Fcnan camp late to-nighfS
say the FcnianS not having received the
expected acccSSions to their strength, and
hearing OF the approach of the British
troops, have broken mp camp, buried their
muSkets, destroyed their ammunition, and
left in squads ostenshly for raids; but it
is generally thought really To cndcavor TO
get back to the United States in the short
est space of time.
THE FENIAN ARMS RESTORED TO STEPHENS.
WAsHINGToN, June l.-lt is positively
stated here that Secretary Stanton has
restored To the Fcnian Head Centre James
Stephens the arms which were recently
seized by the United States authorities on
their way to Campo Bello, to be used in
O'Mahuny'S abortivc expedition. BY this
decision Stephens will be placed in the pos
session of eight thousand first-class rifles.
THE FEELING IN NEW YORK.
Not since the hour when the late Head
Centre O'Mahony announced in the Phila-
! dclphia Congress that the people of Ireland
were in arms for their liberty, have the
| FcnianS of this city been more agitatcd and
excited than when the news flashed across
f, the wires Yesterday that a large force of
armed troops, connected with the Roberts
organization, had crossed the Canadian
| frontier and captured Fort Erie. Those
not connected with that branch of the pa
rent association of Irish liberatorS-whiCh
was formed when cupidty was the ruling
passion in the Motiat manSion-wcrc not
aware of the stamina, the tact, and the de-
termination of the man who had denounced
O'Mahony, in the language OF James Ste
phcnS, rs an "mbccile," until they heard
from at least dozen tclcgraphic stations
which form connections with the open ter
ritory of the Blue Noses that thousands Of
ununitormcd soldiers, skilled in the arts of
war during the terrible ordeal of fire and
steel through which this Republic passed
in safety, had marched into the country of
territorial base OF operations to effect,
ultimately, the freedom of the Emerald
Isle from the rule of the Saxon. The
news OF the invasion " fell with wonder
and aStoniShment on all who CaSScd the
Roberts organization as mere duplicate
of the one from which il separated but
those initiated in the movements and pur-
poses Of Roberts and Sweeney knew well
-
the Fcnian name by at least the prestige
of fight, but to send formidable forces to
meet the British foe at the most convenient
time, and in the most vulnerable portions
of Canada.
TWELVE HUNDRED FENTANS LEAVENEW YORK
IN NIGHT.
As an instance of the general SccrcSy
observed in the movement, ii may be
stated here that the quotas Of all the States
where the Roberts FcnianS reside were
allotted over month since, and more
than the required number Of men were
furnished at the beginning of this week.
Considerable rivalry prevailed among the
members of the hundreds of circles in all
parts OF the country, who We'd with each
other in their anxiety to go L. the seat of
war against the opprcSSorS OF their father
land-ior they regarded the British troops
in Canada, who are occasionally quartcrcd
in Ireland, as the defenders of the common
dcSpotism of government against which
they bear hereditary hatred.
The quotas allowed to all the States are
now preparing for battle on the frontier.
They left quietly in citizens dress, and
until their advent on British soil their de
parture was not known outside of the i'm
mediate advocates Of the invasion.
New York city furnished her quota to
the Fcnian campaign under Sweeney, as
she did when Troy demanded her able
bodied citizens to enter the ranks to fight
the rebels. In addition to those who left
previously, twelve hundred young men,
who had been mustered into various rcgi-
mcntS, departed from New York for Ca
NADIA on Thursday night. Some of the
FcnianS take great pride in the fact that
the United States authorities in this city
were unable to obtain information i'll time
TO prevent the movement.
THE PLANS OF THE CAMPAIGN.
1t is known that, although the plans of
the campaign in Canada will be ultimately
governed by any unlooked-for circum-
stances which may arise, the military pro-
prammc of the officers who have them in
charge is definite and comprehensive. A
council OF war was recently held, when all
the generals now in the field received Spe-
ciic orders from the commander chief,
and the most perfect understanding now
exists among the leaders who have huckled
on their armor for the fight.
THE NUMBERS OF THE FENIAN ARMY IN
ACTIVE SERVICE.
The officers who allotted the quotas fol-
lowed the course adopted by General Fry
in the beginning of the late var. To use
vulgariSm, they 4" drew it mild, +" because
they had not the pccuniary ability 10 sup
port a great army. After estimating the
strength of the British troops in Canada,
and weighing the possible resistance likely
to be received from the "loyalistS," it was
decided to send only thirty five thousand
armed Fenians to attack the combined
body of Blue Noses, civic and military.
This of itself must he regarded as great
an insult to the Canadians rs the invasion
of their sacred soil at the very period when
they are recovering from the freezing vlsl
tations of zero. There is, however, large
reserve force in readiness for any cmer-
gency which may arise.
| TIE MATERIAL OF THE ARMY.
The Fenian host which has crossed the
border is composed exclusively Of soldiers
who have fought in the northern and south
ern armies during the late war and the
campaign, in its inception, has thus inau-