Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1866-06-13
THE. REMAINS.


week proved failure or fent. The
Fenians captured by the L. S. were tried
on civil complaint and placed under bonds
and released upon their own cognizance
I At that time large numbers of Fenians
reco ntinued to arrive at st. Adams and
from thenceproceeded to the frontier towns.
Gen. Meehans forces crossed the line
at P. NJ, Thursday, and that night
were encamped and entrenched near Pig
con Hill.
/ The Messenger says that on Wednesday
night Capt Hogue's company of Col.
Courtney's Sd cavalry, advanced three
miles over the line as a picket One OF
two shots were fred during the night,
though without the appearance of any
force.
| On Thursday morning. large supply
ofsammunition was rece4ycI at Spear
headquarters.
| About 800 men are left in East High
gate, composed mainly of arrivals since
the advance. They await orders from
Col. Donnelly, of Springfield.
The following account of the situation
we take from the Boston Journal Of FIJI
day:
"Spear had been drinking, and was
somewhat intoxicated, when he made his
speech to his men previous to crossing
the line. The invaders so far have met
with no opposition, and hence the flag of
Ireland has been successfully planted with
in the British dominions, and it may per-
haps interest those who have the freedom
of Ireland at heart, to hear that the first
Fenian flag thus planted in Great Britain
was planted by Massachusetts Fenlan
and that the emblem was the gift and
handiwork of the Fenian sisters Of Massa-
chusetts
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The troops.left the town of Highgate on
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and
proceeded towards the line. The force
of 600 men, in commad Of Col.
Connors and 800 in command of Col.
Scaulon. forming a force of about 100
in all, and all in command Of Gen. Ma
han. The greater portion of them were
armed with pistolcs, revolvers, carbines
and sabres, There were two horses aud
two pieces of artillery, but it was a body
of ununiformed and partially equipped in
fantry. The men were in the best Of
spirits and full Of enthusiasm, a fact
which is rather remarkable when it is
considered that their march was III the
midst of one of the most severe rain storms
experienced here for years. and that many
of them were really suffering from hun
ger. The commissary arrangements had
been wonderfully neglected, some of the
of sixty men only had fourteen
or fifteen small loaves Of bread, and COM
panies of twenty four only four loaves,
making an average of only about one loaf
to four men; but, not withstanding this
famine at the beginning of
their enterprise, they took words of en-
courag cement from their officers and pushed
along
At halfpast six in the evening they
found themselves at point abont one
mile this side the Canadian line, on what
is known as the Slab City Road Here
they determined 10 seek shelter from the
pelting rain in couple of barns, owned
by Canadian named Judge Hubbard
The Judge endeavored to eject them from
his premises, but they demonstrated in an
earnest manner and he reluctantly al
lowed them to remain. The barns were
not quarter large enough to afford COM
Portable Accommodations, and the greater
portion of the men had to stand up the
entire night, and in their fateguing stand
ing position they were about as closely
together as box of sardines,
During the night some of the Canadian
volunteers fred upon the pickets, and
those was near at hand. The firing a
reused the main body of the troops, and
the pickets were then reinforced by two
more companies, under Capt Green of
Boston and Connors of Lynn There was
no further disturbance, however and the
only casualty was the shooting, ofthc foot