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


The following IS an account of the fight
at Slab City
The advance Of the Feniars consisted Of fifteen
men, well armed, under Capt. O'Hars- They
entered Slab City, OF Frelighsburg, AZ O'Clock,
on Thursday night, and eneountere1 80 or so
Canadian volunteer cavalry under Capt. Kemp.
The Fenians fred the first shot from pistols -
Tie Canadians returned il ,Eounding one Felian
slightly in tie finger, aud then fed. The Fe-
mans beng II weak numbers did not pursue,
but returned 20 camp al 10 o'clock. On Friday
100 infantry uEier Col. O'Connor, advanced
and met two companies Of Canadian cavalry
one OF them from Duuh8m, under Capt Kemp.
Nolaes we're exchanged az 300 yards, and the
Canadians retreatel, They were pursued and a
running fight kept ur until O'Clock, when
the Fenitus returned 10 Slab City by order ef
Gen. Spear, l11llg driven them hye miles be
YUud. Three Feui4Es were wounded. one badly
IN the leg, Who vas removed 10 a wagon, The
other slightly. Their names I have not yet
learned. From tine best information al the Fe-
nian headqusIt-rs the British hal - wounded,
aud Capt. Kemp u0rtally, from q shot in the
SIZE lie was seen TO fIl from bis horse.
The Fenians held Slab Civ and helped them
selves TO what they liked most, the inhabitants
having fed. They arrested aud afterwards pa
rolled the sherH and custom house Cthcer, cap
tured the custom house flag AMI staff, also
cavalry guilon and Two other flags, one belong
Ing 10 the resident military company, and the
other to the town.
The reports thattac Canadian troops Cross
ed tie Line 4ai captured FclHn prisoners,
appear to be folly diss-edi 81. The iuves,i-
Cation ordered ty Gsnerll Meade failed to
establish aay ea-. of tie kind. The stories
appear t, have arisen from the ci-c-ms2uce
that when ,hc F-niaus broke camp, quite
number remained over cue hac, where ;hly
we've r,uueed upon ly BriJi D. cavalry. Some
OF item were sufficiently sensible 60 cross
tie border, bat It j. stated that thrle were
o,,rtaken aud shot, and s.me were killed
with sllrss. one mao bad bic head entirely
severed fr1Ia hIs body.
The additional rumcrz taat Canadian
troops bad captured and takcc citizens Of
Fr-uklin into Cau-la, and bad fired urea
she United States isaar=, killing one. axe
also pronounced by t1c Mssrger 90 b. u.-
tesly without .anl4i Major Gibson bus
received adyic,s from Colonel Livingston i1
command az ,le -lue. desiring such r.
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