The New York herald., 1866-07-08

point,
fao banditti had been captured DESTROYED about
thousand Of their acoompices crossed into colonial
territory What We hear OF their dongs exactly in nc
cordance with the performances at Fort Erie They nrst
occupied certain post designated Pigeon HILL and then
moved on to another position where they inuenohed
themselves, and where they awaited tho lgh with no
great confidence the attack Of the British force which
was moving against them. Many Of the mafauders
however had deserted were recrossng the border
while Of the rest il is said that they were half ntox
Gated and all demorazed This picture Of the Pigeon
HUI column so exactly resembles that drawn by a
New York paper Of the Fort Erie detachment that We
| cannot but accept 1t a faithful SKETCH "They re-
treated TO the river said American contemporary.
before nightfall made themselves drunk by liquor
taken empty somachs the early part Of the night
lost their resolution before mornings attempted 10 re-
attempt by the United states author es in whose cns
tody they remain The next mail will probably bring
another such report unless indeed the retreat OF the
raiders should be intercepted on This occasion by the
British troops.
Absurd and erotesque is this travesty OF war; Is
trouble ome 10 both the Canadian and American govern
ments The frontier between the two countries is
long and open that is next to impossible to provide
every point against these outrageous acts OF brgand
age The have evidently done their best and
the colonial authorities have been for days
the alert. but though Rouse's Point in the immediate
neighborhood OF St Abans was known to be a rendez
OF the consprators seems TO have been mposs
Bile to prevent this gang OF brigands from slip
ping through. Probably, in the original pro-
gramme Of the raid this particular detachment
to have been directed against Montreal. about
hundred miles onbu the invaders instead Of advanc
in hat direction turned OH 70 the east and ntrenched
themselves at st. Armand little colonial town close
prses three baalions OF regular infantry and two bat
teres OF artillery besides the force 0 the CITY,
amounting to four thousand men That General Spear
who is said TO be in command Of the Fenians should de-
cline to march against such force natural enough,
but is less ineligible how he could have ventured
the enterprise at ALL unless indeed 1t was dictated by
the bewilderment and passion OF despair.
It cannot in fact, be denied that the Fenans
duced TO political extremities They split into
two factions and each faction had to Justify It's policy
against the other General Swesny and Mr. Roberts,
who had called stephens traitor who maintained that
hiph road a wag adn and vvha
mplored subscriptions for this purpose In open oppos
iion to the Head Centre and OMahony were bound TO
do something for their words and their money. Ste
phens himself whose policy was an INVASION Of ireland
direct safer for the time since IT impossible
| in a fortnight; but the undertakings Of sweeny
| and Roberts, II not really more practicable,
easily attempted and as they had pledged 70
go to Canada, TO Canada they had 70 CO. Then cyow
az came the proclamation Of President johnson against
bh straits II they went they thcr fate in that
Of the Buffalo raiders; IL they fell back they
home while the necessities Of their political position
compelled them TO action Of some kind We readily
understand therefore, what stated the report that
consternaon has fallen upon the brotherhood generally
that Of the desperate determined to try
the chances OF fight under Spear but that the greater
number endeayorng to get back 70 their homes
observed
The idea Of invading powerful British colony with
few hundred drunken marauders Is only eqnaed in alb
surdity by the presumption that this the TO
quer Ireland Mr. stephens has keen eye for the fol-
his and IL is almost surprising that his plain speak
ing could deter the conspirators from designs abso
| the truth ia the Fenians had carried matters TO
such point with their bombastic pretensions
that .0%ehng saa had to % Ss done ~ the Brotherhood
thing. 70 OF gooi while after date but Roberts
and Sweeny could only accept this policy At the cost Of
their own position They had pedced themselves to an
expedition against Canada and must either carry II into
execution resign. Invasion rendered less i'm
practicable than It might have been by the presence Of
disDanded soldiers,
any terms, and Canada has been invaded The result
we trust will bring the folly OF Feuansm 10 an end alto
gfher. Is chances have been tried in Ireland and
the friendly ana ecuai acn~ Of the American govern
ment has destroyed its hopes IN the country wAere the
| con.piracy Was first conceiped
The Fenians IN tho Army.
dublin June 20) correspondence OF London Times
Tho martial for the trial Of Corporal Chambers
OF the sixty first regiment charged with mutny and
spiracy resumed yesterday morning At the Royal
Barracks Several witnesses were examined during tho
day The trial had concluded when sbe court
Private Robert Cranston, OF the Same regiment was
also put his trial before another court martial which
sat simultaneously with that for the trial OF Corporal
Chambers Cranston is likewise charged with having
been imp Gated in the Fenan movement His trial has
| not concluded
The trial OF private James Kelly Fifty third regiment
charged with having known that mutiny OF her Ma
jestys troops was contemplated and not Informing his
4 commanding onicer, came 10 conclusion monday
/ Tho evidence showed that Kelly tho man who
made the false keys TO open the at conmeI and
that no active agent Of the Fenan society In that
Il
what led the Of these after constable Tai
bot had made himself acquainted with their movements
aud designs by joining the conspiracy In tho disguise OF
water balid was intercepted letter from Stephens,
in which he boasted that no had the keys and was
named when he Court "a. Yesterday the prisoner
handed In long protest. similar IN Character 10 that re
corded BY Nearby CLAIMING an acqutal on the ground
that he had been tired for treason and not muny and
that martial had TO try him for the for
mer crime He likewise impesched the reliability Of tho
Witnesses Kelly he called accomplice and approver;
Talbot spy, seducer to crime and actual criminal
and Brennan he declared to be better than either OF
/ them Their corroboraton OF each other ought not,
| therefore, TO be accepted
The court, tho protest being read, adjourned TO
While this trial was going on another court martial
sitting 10 the Royal Barracks-one before which Cor
poral Thomas Chambers sixty FIRST regiment had been
Kelly but In hts the charge against him agga-
waited by the fact that he deserted from his corps and
the batch Of alleged Fenians seized by the police when
they made their raid upon the company assembled IN
public house 10 james street. IN this city IN February
the interval Chambers, Of course, handed In PRO.
test" He declared that the nrs, charge ssans. him
w& improperly and illegally framed and that no ought
| not 70 be called upon TO answer IT,
The court tbereupon ordered The plea OF guilty TO
Be entered and the trial 70 be proceeded with
Financial Coudstfon OF Spain.
report the commercial and financial condition Of
legation dated Madrid the LIST Of March last has been
issued in London hr West shows tha, the budget for
| whereas the amount realized resulted in . deficit Of
f1 222 03e For 1865 the estimated revenue was f2l
500 s33 and although the amount realized not yet
made known, doab,Iess Il viii not exceed, even u 1t
equals that Of the preceding year that another de-
ct Of f1 200 600 be calculated upon for last
year In the budget for 1s6S-7 the revenue Ia estimated
ga 1876 27o and the expenditure E2 b33 sal leav
ing surplus Of 1851 as In the face Of past experience
Mr. West observes, seems, perhaps amos, absurd 70
assert solution Of the financial difficulties Of span
may eventually be found in her increasing revenue
but the fact that the has Increased within the
| last fifty years from 60 900 90 f22 0O0, 900
| s sufficient 10 demonstrate the natural power
| OF the country, and, further proof we're re.
quircd mgbi b. found in the augmentation of the de-
cared value n ayabIe property which occurs from time
| TO time The financial questions which now occupy
pubc attention are des rhed simply A. the result OF a
general 81 confidence Tie nation has authorized
the appropriation ef funds obtained from the sae of
public properly both lay and ecclesiastical, 10 tho
tncton of State bta bat the debts stlll remain, and
then when Circumstances sfise which pressure,
| Az IL the case II nnds Itself without resources
Among more permanent canses u mischief arc the er