The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-06-06
FENIAN NEWS.

The storm yesterday (the 5th) cut of our |
kilograms, but from the Chicago papers OF
last evening we learn that two or more teni-
ans, claimed to be deserters from the British
army, have been shot at Fort Erie. Anoth-
or special says that on the arrival Of Canadl'
an troops at Fort Erie, after she fenlan re-
treat, the United States consul was grossly
insulted and fred upon by British ofhcsr
while standing in his door, with the United
States flag waving over his house. He has
demanded an apology. Home guards are Or
gan;zing at Montreal to resist invasion, and
disloyal policemen have been dismissed from
the police force of that city. A stand is ex-
pected to be made by the fsnlans at Cornwall,
if anywhere but all accounts agree that the
Canadian troops are rapidly increasing and
concentrating, and collision is highly proba-
/ Bile at any moment.
Other dispatches, with considerable show
of intelligence, report that the Beauharnois
Canal is cut by the fenians from Coteau Du
! Lac to the St. Lawrence river. They also
state that Gen. Murphy is to cross at St. Regis
or Cornwall with 1900 infantry. Another
/ column is to cross at Beauharnois or Du
Prairie and cut the Lachins Canal. General
Spear, with 5000 men is to move from ST.
Adams uia Phillipsburg, cutting the railroads
at ST. Johns junction, and the Grand Trunk
at st. Hilliare and Ss.Hyacinthe. These OPP
erations, it is supposed, will cut of Montreal
l from succor. This seems to be the latest
promulgated programme. Troops are arriv.
1 ing from England, and although everything
is reported quiet at important points, a. change
may occur at any moment.
A party of fsnians, en- raute, to the border
by railroad in New York, were overhauled
/ by detachment of United States troops, who
1 captured the entire party, their guns and am
/ munition.
Warrants have been issued by the United
States commissioner for the arrest and exam
1 ination of all the officers held On board thu
steamer Michigan, and it was thought
strong effort would be made to serve them be
. fore the prisoners could be brought betoy
Judge Clinton On the writ of habeas corpus
The British minister at Washington has de
manded that they should be turned over t.
/ the Canadian authorities, but the government
! has not yet decided what shall be done will
them. We hardly think, in view of British
neutrality during the lats war. that it will b
done. The history of the St. Adams raider
II is too recent to be forgotten, and how iustic
was blined and the offenders set free. No
4 is it forgotten how the rebels, Joined by Brit
] ish bandits, planned and plotted on Canada
& soil to burn our cities and set rebel prisoner
loose, with the full knowledge of the Canad
i an authorities.
But more than all, the presidents set b
4 Her Majesty's government may be referre
y to, as example, should we choose TO folio,
! it. The case of Gsrity pirates is in point
1 The rescue, and carrying of to British sol
i by British ship, of the officers and crew
! the Alabama, and letting 60 scot-free thos
1 of the Shenandoah, were exploits which tn
!. English press defended and English court
i sanctioned. With British law and BIRTHS
4 practice for our guide, we should peremptt
Il rally refuse TO deliver for execution the mi
u guided men who have found en- asylum o
!, our shores.