The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1866-04-13


soon rs the ice moves at thai point in the
| river.
The dwelling house of Mr.. Patterson.
I formerly owned and occupied hy DR.. Stock
well, was destroyed 10y fie during the
hardest Of the storn-supPosed to have
been fred by tightening
Fenian.
AS the Fenlan excitement seems 10 be
about TO break out afresh, we copy the
! following items:
New Yoik April 5
The World says an expedition is bouud
for the Island of Campo Delio, at the
entrance OF Passamaquodv Bav. Five cr
Six hundred men have gone in snail squads
10 MachIas. Malue, there to embark for
ter destination N a Schooner. Two
printing piesses accompany The expedition
and soon as landing is effected, proclaim.
! stlrns viii be issued To Fenians Of Tie L
S to Join them There are soue British
troops on the Island who are to be attack.
ed bv superior numbers. A Provisional
government is TO be established Presi
dent BE elected and New Brunswick 10 be
conqu:ed and Congress established, etc
hlIIlan Is to lead the expedition supported
by Downing and others.
Information, deemed reliable, hs, been
received here, that the FeEians are put
/ ting guns lh vessels at Chicago and have
two schooners loaded win field pieces for
/ l. Il
The Herald's Toron,o, correspondent
SAYS: HE city is greatly excited by
news Of the sailing OF The Fenan exped,
!tion and It is believed that the repor, of
Us going to Bermuda i. blind and that
Quebec Is the destination of The Fenians
Col. J. Il. James quartermaster at
Chattanooga. has resigned his position in
the Federal army to accept an appointment
rs colonel of the 1>t regiment of Tenues-
sse Feniaus
The Canadians are still scared abou, the
Feuians. A Toronto correspondent writes
to the New York Herald as follows, under
date Of the Alb inst:
The order di,banding the volunteers
! has been resclnded aud troops are still be.
/ ing sent TO the frontier. There is n great
deal of mystery in this matter The gov
ernmenl protessed 20 infen TO a,uster men
out, bnt under cover Of night they send
new companies to the frontier. Las, night
four companies arrived at midnight in this
! cl,y. Ibis morning there were no signs
OF them aad The authorities refused 10 tell
where they went Many believe that the
Covernmet, Is endeavoriny 20 make Am
| ericans believe that they are disbandins
! the troops, while secretly calling out more
New York. April I.
Tie New York Tribune claims, this
morning that the Fenian expedition has
sailed, though its destination is unknown
The 'inrM SAYS: son Wednesday
evening 32O men eft this ci,v, under di>
reotion OF the powers that were II, Union
square, for The purpose of making an at
tack on the Brush North Americal poss-
esslons, lii the direction OF New Buns
wick. Guns stores and ammunatlon have
been accumuIating in this city for The
last three weeks Tor The purpose of at
tacking Canada or New Brunswick. and
IN The event Of a failure in both the former
, localities, it was intended to make di-
version on Halifax. N. 5 TIE reported
movement on Bermuda was simply intend
ed for blind 10 bewider the colonial au
| thorltes. AS 10 the objective point, it is
! understood that Is field pieces were put
on board two metchant vessels, ostensiblv
bound to the port of New Orleans. bu. in
reality consigned to some porr in the bav
Of Fundy, from whence-the attack is to be
made Oh ST Johns or Halifax
6 President Roberts and Gen. Sweenv
are also sraning every nerve to put an
army in the field"
Portland. Me. Aprll 8
About 10 OMahony Fen,ans arrived
here from Boston. bp the boat, this morn
ing Aoou, 500 stand of arms, with &C.
coutremenls aud ammunition. have aro
arrived from New York
There was much excitement Il, Union
Square headquarters, in New York on
the Oh. The Fenian digularles were
bu,lly engaged in making preparations 10
greet Head Centre Stephens, who. it was
supposed. would arrive IN the next dav in
steamer from llavre. HI. visit 20 this
country will be of short duration, depend
ing entirely on absolute and pre- deter
mined arrangements The resl cause of
his visit will be withheld till the eve Of
his departure.
A Fenian agent, who came over on the
steamer -Atfaattc. which arrived on the
9th, report. lha: there are $50 900 dir.
cipined men in Ireland. and ready 70: the
order 10 strike for freedom The British
army in Ireland is 10000 strong, but
about one half Fenians; and there is not
single regiment in which there have not
been arrests for Feniauism
newspaper at Washington-the Sun
acy Rsrald-which is supposed to be 8
! Fsnisn organ, announced positively on
the 9Th, that Fenan expedition had
sailed to strike blow for Ireland.