, 1866-03-19
THE FENIANS.

st. PztFsckss Day at ToFonto-St. Pat
rick's Society did not Turn Out-TAe
Rsibcrninn SocfetT-SPeech Of Mfke
MuTphY-Thc BIShoF
Lyncf-The Situation In the Proy-
fnceA-No Prospects OF a NoW-Deo.
patches from all Points.
Especial Despatch 10 The Chicago Tt3buue1
TORONTO, March II.
The FenIan prospect OF taking Canada On St
Pasrick's Day has been thus far halluclnahon sod
fraud. The st. Patrick's Society hero determined
not 10 turn ont, for fear Of disturbance. The HI
be.niau Benevolent Society, however, did turn on,
616 men-a tosry, e1ckly crew. After the1, melau
choly pilgrimage had come to lngnbrious te,ni
nation, they held heavy meeting. Mike Mur
phy,- Prcsldeat OF the Society, mads then
diluted speech. He eaid they ieI,
deeply for Iseland's w1opGs, but thatthey had No
M1eh TO have sny change or improvement IN the
Canadian Government which Was As 1ocd ~ they
could deeiEe He regretted that the1mpzcxsion had
subjects, but he did not r1ake any enthusiastic
profession ofloya1ty to Qnecn Victoria. Finsly be
called upon his audience, which In the cold had
OMahoney and lanes Stephens, the man that the
English couldn't catch, >, .
,tSs tEvef .pp preparation vas made here 70 resist
lion. The, volunteers. fne body of men, wei
drilled and disciplined, and commanded by Gen.
Napier, OF the regular British AEmy were instantly
s,oei unaes g9a6a gG It me & 1ll she'd They numbered
pcatarce- In addition 70 these, however, there WIS
sti1 stronger torce ready to resist an3 attempt at
n this part Of the country the matter assumes a
singular !olm, and the question IL not the libcta-
ZION OF 1ftland4 but one OF eect9rinu feeling The
oFapgemen aRe, one and al bitterly antagouistic
twsnty,sWo o@nge lodges. and this morning in
eaeh of these lodges tue members were secretly
Assembled shnn. armed numbering ia al some thsee
pieoEe Ind bccn given, however, that the etreet
procee7.on should Dot be inteffrrd wifi, proyided
they displayed no dsloyal mottocs or banneTs, md
WIS honestly kept. A-A -04' '4''ase
Il + sid ihat green .dag with some very tres-
sonabn emblem, Was 10 hsve been displayed in lie
Eeep Il hidden. onc volunteer to-day Wss so
eayaFe n his threats Of firing Into the pfocession
thai 20 had TO be pnt under arrest.
Bishop Lynch, IN bis nornsnc se.yies at ths
Cathedral, wh1ned the faithful aEa1nst INV rebel.
nous effort, md spoke very strongly against fhe
men endeaFoduz to create the present great public
Public feeling here seems unitedly ap.,.Feptsn
ano1g ihS9 an Eespeeiable People. Some shmcn lei
under the present Canadian goveinmeat yshie6 s5ey
ae5 aaeiehhoEt. Therefore, they are opposed 10 any
ecare and the whole Province is under arns hnt IN
addition to the volunteer force it 1s asserted on
. E1oa agiaonty. @ that n'ihess were m vason, any
thres hn'ps Uraneemen would turn out armed At
The Globe ctaee is tonight receiving dispatches
nom ~ parts Of the Provinces, ahd up to midnight
bore, et!onglyf Catholic locality, after mass this
mofptng the Catholics heid 1arKe meeting and ne
eoh ed that n view Of threats Of invasion fsom tho
nclShoos1uc Sfatcs, by people claiming 10 be maiu-
" their eountr5men and corelicioulsts, they, Is
loyal British subjects. would regard the ni,empt to
smb'sm ne government under which they, enjoy
anuactous and wicked, and pledged themselves to
reeist b5 force Of arms any attempt At 1nraEon.
At 41ebec. st. Patfick's Day Was celebrated in
procession. and not even The u4oal concert, Al
Port Hope. where there are usny Catholics, there
vas rumor Of two tchooness beng seen with
armed men coming from 0swego to atcack That
place, and there Was great volunteering and prepa-
ration, but the armed men cana not, md The day
passed or quietly.
At Kingston there was large but remarkably
peaceful Irish proceae1pn, and rome very coed l0yai
speeches were made.
AZ Guelph and sarnIa there was much alarm last
tsa hkewiEe no procession. and the day passed Of
ii ban6sr, an enthusiastic volunteering meeting
celebration of the. day Of st. Patttck
At "indsor there vas no prpcession, md all was
very qnfe 1t is understood that the people Of De-
.he up rockets and bnldis 1ics Tonight, opposite
OF It yet
The FenIan meeting at Detroit was q failure.
Only ak hundred and zeyenty-efght men turned
out, and they seemed ashamed OF hemselyes,
particularly when they we're speechided 10 by two
backneyed Copperhead politicians.
Al Nisgsra there we're, last night great fears Of
al invasipn- All the military force was ordered
out, and ammunition was served. but there was no
Invasion. and ali WIS quiet to-day.
At seafoEth all Nat exceedingly quiet, and even
= concert fof the benefit Of d Catholic church was
Postponed for fear OF some excitement.
At st. May's the culy celebration was by email
band, ueaudeftne through the STREETS and df-mally
playing .'st. Pat1ick.B 3 Day in tho Morning.
From two score Of other points, ia al directions,
come similar teleerame. all talking OF peace nnd
qniet; nome Of my fnvaaion or ousnscak, The
dreaded 18th Of March ls passed. There IS no kish
republic established In Canadu. The p-om1scs Of
pinacr. r1ptne, and easy And safe murder in the
Provinces have not been fulfilled, and Irish bonds
amt worth cent There L threat OF toune &c
cIet Invasion on the I'd inst, and the military are