The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-06-07
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
THE FEEaN,IlANS. EaN,.IIlA
Order from the Attorney
General,
Prominent Fenian Officers 10
be Arrested.
Monetary Panic in Montreal
COLD 900 PER CENT. !
Fenians Still Concentrating
on the Frontier.
Order from Attorney General speed
for The Arrest OF Prominent Feninns.

| General has issued the following Crcu
lar to the District Attorneys and Mar
shals Of the United States
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, ID. c., June Jth, 1866 !
By direction of the President, you art
hereby instructed to cause the arrest o.
all prominent, leading, or cOnspicuou:
persons called Fenians, who y0n may
have probable cause to believe have
been or may be guilty of violation ol
the neutrality laws of the United States
(Signed) JAMES SPEED,
Attorney General
General Meade Concentrating Troops
Ogdeusbnrs
MALONE, n. ! June G-l.30 A. NJ
General Sweeney and Colonel Meohan
Chief of the Engineer stnfl, left here for
St Albans.
1t is reported that General Spear is
about to cross tonight on the Mississi.
quoi frontier with 2,500 men and two
| Generals
There are LOO Teniaus in town aud
800 L. S. regular soldiers. The regulars
and Fenians are traternizing, and every.
thing is quiet in the neighbOrhood
A guard of u. s. troops have been
placed upon the station at Potsdam
Junction to preserve order
General Meade is concentrating troops
at Ogdensburg, expecting fight there.
General Meade informed me this morn.
| ing that he would enforce the neutrality
laws, providing that there was enough
| troops sent him,
n Fenian reconnaissance will DO SEM
out tonight by y'General Murphy in the
direction Of Fort Coyington, and it is
possible that fgat may take place.
Tho Fenians are willing for fight, and
are determined to fight, whether they
have artillery or not. General Heufer-
man will command the soon ting party.
The weather Is terrible.
Monet nry Panic iu Montreal = d old
200 per cent
New YORK, June G.-The specials re.
port 2 monetary panic in Montreal and
"A run on the Savings Bank Gold is 200
per cent, premium.
General Mitchell Commander in
Chief, has gone to st. Johns
st. Armaud, Canada, is said to be
evacuated by the inhabitants and yOlun.
teers. 1t is garrisoned only ny British
regulars
The bank deposits at staubridge have
been removed to the interior
Eight hundred rounds of ammuni-
tion passed through ST, Albans yester
day IN the possession Of the Feuians
Eleven thousand Fenians, fully arm
ed, passed through Sheldon, Vermont,
with baggage wagons,
Adiutant General WaShburua has been
stationed at St. Albans, by the Cover.
ernor Of Vermont, and will act under
orders Of the Governor.
Generals Sweeney and Spear held a
! i'consultatiou at st. AlbauS yesterday af.
| ternoun. The result of the conference
is said to be that the Fenian prospects
are Frightening, and they mean to fight,
| Provisions, arms, ammunition, equip
ments and men, are now on the way.
The value of the Fenian munitions
taken at Richville, is estimated at $780,,
900, composed of Spencer rifles, carblnes.
! knapsacks. annmuitton ami accontre.
| meDts.
Colonel Nodges. Of the lst United
States artillery, arrived at Ogdensburg
and takes command Of the Vaited States
forces The Ogdensburg arsenal is
nearly hlled with captured FenianF
! stores
General Lynoh, commanding the
Fenians in the Buffalo district, has or.
dered concentration of his forces at
| Batavia.
4 Detroit Telegram says: Scotea OF
strangers are pouring into Canada
while there are over two thousand
Fenians longing about the city. The
blow to be struck on the western frontier
is certainly near at hand
The Canadian and American authol
ties are on the alert, the former with
eight hundred men and battery Of ar
tillery, and the iast@ with three com
panies OF regulars.
The revenue cutters Johnson aud
sherman are armed with six guns
The Feniaus assert that General SHee
uey will not strike in the East until the
expedition is ready TO strike in the
| West
4 number at Fen,aus stole rnto Can
ada 10 day, and are supposed to be tele
graph and railroad destructinnists Some
were arrested aud thrown into Jail al
Sarnia.
At Detroit the Fenians are all euthu
siastic for Sweeney. and large number,
have enlisted
The Attack on Fort Erie an aTdcl
! nf GeuaraI SUeanRyIs