Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-06-15


m halted and were addressed 10y Spear il
to short speech, the substance of which Wa
p that they were about 10 march into the ter
+ ritory OF the mortal enemies Of Ireland
oi women and children must not be maltrea;cd
u :" but the men, said lie, . leave in you
IL hands" The speech was loudly eheered
Wagons with COCO rounds OF ammunition
and a quantity Of provisions, reached then
= Thursday. The Messenger says:
. The march was conducted in perfect order
:, no struggling or depredati0ns were permitted
Il An attempt by one Of the officers to con6scste a
y horse on this side was sternly rebuked by su-
. perior in command. There are few people and
little property left IN the country; horses, hogs
10 and cattle have been driven off. Two men were
& arrested a spies this morning but were soon re-
! leased, their innocence being established.
The column halted at point three miles east
and little beyond Pigeon Hill. Apparently, it
is the intention to ntreneh here aud await rein
forcements. If so there VIII be no fighting for
several dass, unless they sre attacked.
The Times says:
Colonel Contr On Wednesday night threw out
his pickets as far as Cooks Corners, Pigeon
HlE and Frelighsburg. but found no trace Of
any Canadian force except car Cooks Corners,
where a scouting party came on 10 three noun
ted militia men doing picke, duty Contrary to
, orders, the Fenians fired 90 them. The Cana
dian cavalrymen fed instsnter in the darkness
one leaving his horse. a splendid animal. which
was confiscated by Col Contri.
The country appeared entirely deserted, the
women and children having all left. A small
force visited Freghsburg yesterday afternoon.
and found the hotels and stores all closed, and
but few persons about the town. The british
troops are all stationed on the line Of the Riche-
lieu from Philipsburg to ST. johns Il is
thought that the strategy Of Lieut.. Gen. Michel.
who is IN command Of the regulars at st. Johns,
is to draw Spears force so far into the Town
ships. that he can entrap them by sending cut
two columns in an easterly direction. one from
I St. Armand, and the other from 81. johns. thus
closing all avenues Of escape, and capturing the
entire Fenian force.
A. Gen. MaLan, Col lressilian, and 9TH
er Of the Fenmn officers were their march, |
(Which they made in a stage coach,) to Join
the advnnce, they meta company Of 60 dis
gusted Fenians. ou the back track. Gen.
Mahan addressed them, saying that he had
sacrificed $1,000, and left his business in
Boston, and that Tor one lie was going on if
he had 20 20 alone. lie t-li them that an
uprising Was expected in Montreal. and urC-
cd them 10 turn their lGce- uorthvarj. Col
1rcssilian said they would find suitable
spot across the line. int1cn,h themselves, and
hold it. The men accordingly took a vote
and decided again to @ forward. U.aers,
however, have left the ezreditiyn for god,
and deseriers viii doubtless be plenty now.
From the Daily Of Frilay.l
\ rciufoTcCment of fifty fresh recruits from
Boston arrived yesterday morning These
wee couu,or-talano,d, however, by tie de-
Iarture Of a company of Is di.gustcI Fc-
nians who won't down over the Vermont
Central Wednesday rslt. Most Of them
Lad tickets. TIE ro,t got along by drawing
TeyoiyJTs on tie Conductor. wlon Dc ordered
tLom q o., train, and distinctly refusing
to comply with the Command. Two Of Gen.
Sweeney staff took steamboat here for the
,to .nt.5,,,, ~ -
and expected no greater succe-s tnan dash
b., Sr...- ir,, ,..r.5, f.. t.,r ,,;l.s
The orIy o,p,r 6,r,,i.Ial.l, q, .rcs,,r,.i,, of
Feuiana appear to Re at Malone, who're some
ooOO ny none ar, r,r.rtsd eongrec,ted The
inhabitants or. ,.ry .ic, If dom Si, or
tho n-;rci,,,l r.,;,n ,e;..-s ,b.re ,,.r. ar
rested bv che United States of5e,rs and a
tr,;, c.n,sini,.., goo F..,,i.r. AN. s,o,.r,5 nj
p,,-i,r, .rnr.,ioD an, tho ;,y,dors notified
tbo, tbsv ,,,,ld ,r...s5 No further ,r3 ,nu.t
return 70 their homes in order 10 avoid /
artist
Sweeney tclegraPhei to Boston GA We'd
ncsd,v directin, that NJ, mare recruits he q
.o,, c.-,,o-l MI. ,-..-, IA, ME. a.. g
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arrest OF Sweeney and the Presidents pro-
elamat,,n. mucb dsmrcnej the spirits ol the q
:
oTotherhooi- Last evening J'1' "h' says a
''The recruiting headquarters are beng I
closed M. and we do not lsarn that there
men, at least for the present.
"a & 4tb United States ,nr,pfrv Iieut /
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Albans Yesterday. They have been pretty q
constantly m tho move having Travelled a
from FlattsbHigh 70 oSueh'nuISh' lheioe 10 Z
Buffalo. thence back 10 Ogiensburgh, and o
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AT Ogdens6urg on Tuesday night, there was
,treets caused by number Of regular troors m m ID
who had INDUCED freely in liquor, aud fired of
-heiF oaii cartridges At iahuom- !,
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