The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-06-07


to.pighti and before many hours the.
might expect to hear of his having done
| something 49,. s.s
| According to q statement published il
| the Exprese this morning, it seems that
1900 left the city last evening on the
| train Bound Eastward-about 500 at P
M. and 800 at q later hour The last
mentioned force went off under com
mand of Capt Donahue, who had re-
turned during the evening with his ex
pedition Of the night before, from Dun
kirk, apparently having made bootless
excursion
II Is all humbug about Batavia being
a point of rendezvous of the Fenians
| and the report was probably circulated
as blind.
At present there are some three nun
dred and fifty regulars stationed at IGTt
Porter in addition to various guards on
dnty at points in the immediate vicinity.
Feuian OGcers Held OH the " Miehi-
gan" Brought before U. 8. Cominis.
sIoner Parker on "A Writ OF HhbeHs
Corpus.
BUFFALO, June 6.-The Fenian officers,
numbering fifteen, that had been held
on board the Michigan, were brought
ont on Writ of Habeas Corpus before
Judge Clinton this morning, and were
remanded to the custody of the United
States Marshal After this was done,
they were Immediately brought before
United States Commissioner Parker.
The charge was read to them for violat.
ing the neutrality laws. to which they
pleaded not guilty, and they were then
remanded to the charge of the United
States Marshal and taken 10 the city
jail.
Their case will be called up to morrow
before the United States Commissioner,
and they will then be released on giving
bail in sufficient sums, with good securi-
ty, to answer at some future day the
indictments under the neutrality laws
The privates we're released on their own
recognizances for like purpose, and to
keep the peace.
PORTLAND, Me, June GA special
dispatch from Montreal to tho Press
states, on the authority of the Montreal
Herald, that Colonel Lowry, of the 37th
British Regulars, learning that some of
the Fenian prisoners on board of the U.
s. gunboat Michigan had escaped, sent
word that if auy more we're permitted to
escape, he would fire upon her.
MORE. The above report is absurd,
as il is untrue (Signed)
BUFFALO AGENT A. T.
Ei.MlRA, June Ga company Of Fe.
mans numbering sixty.6ve left this city
to day for Buffalo, to Join tho Fenian
army of invasion Six or seven hundred
men have passed through here within
the past two days from other places, en-
route to the border.
HUDSON, June G six ~ F-niano loft
this city last night on the eleven o'clock
train for the North. supposed to be
bound for the Canadian frontier The
Circle held an enthusiastic meeting here
last night.
New YORK, June G.--The Times To-
ronto special says; The proclamation OF
martial law and the suspension OF the
writ of habeas corpus are advocated, on
account of operations of secret Fenians.
Murphy, the leader Of the Canadian Fe,
mans, has been put into the Citidel at
Quebec Thomas Pyling and Darby, of
Cincinnati, B Scdwith, Of Nashville,
Jas. Labry, of Cleveland, O., John Reed
of Buffalo, n Y, and Joseph Burke, Of
New York, captured at Fort Erie, have
been put into Jail at Toronto
Governor Dillingham; has special
officer at St. Adams from the Vermont
State Adiutant Generals Office, watch
ing to get an understanding of the stu
alton, and to consider the eXpediency of
calling out the militia Citizens say
that if the Fenians had moved forward
at any time before last night they might
have gone into Canada with Slight diff
Guilty.
ROCHESTER, y. Y, Juno G.-The Fe-
mans held a meeting here last night
which was largely attended and quite
enthusiastic. A donation in cash to the
amount of $500 was made, besides
contributions of arms, accoutrements,
stores, &c. A few volunteered to 60 to
the front and fight
During the night small detachment
of men left the city for the ST Lawrence
region, the most of them carrying arms
The Fenian managers here avow their
purpose to fit out each man with arms
when he starts rather than take tho
chances of seizure by the Federal
Government if the arms and munitions
are shipped 10 quantities
There is little abatement ot zeal
among the Fenians here
BosION, June CA special dispatch
from St Albans announces the arrival of
General Sweeney last evening Ho was
received by the Fenians with great
enthusiasm It is stated that General
Sweeney manifests considerable dis
pondenCy at the state Of affairs The
seizure of arms and ammunition are
daily made by the United States anthor
tiles
Foreign News.
HALIFAX, June G.-The steamer Africa
from Liverpool on the 26th, via Queens.
town on the 9th, arrived this morning.