Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-06-14

The Fenian war.

nlShts Az ABOUT o OCloCh Doy gave
the alarm that party OF Fenians 200
strong, We're breaking camp at East
Highgate, preparatory to an attack on
st, Armand. On receipt of this news
the utmost excitement and ,consterna-
tion prevailed, and Col, Carter the CON-
mandant, assembling the four compan-
les Of Infantry and Capt, Des Rivieres'
squadron Of cavalry, which We're garri-
soning the town, told them the Fenlans
were too many, and ordered them to run
for the base Of operations at st. Johns.
The bugle was sounded, and away they
skedaddled In great confusion, and a SOL
der, who was sleeping or his bebauch,
was all there was left ofthem at st. Ar
mand the next morning.
THE RIGHT WING IN MOTION.
We had a few words in reference to a
forward movement into Canada from the
Vermont border, in our yesterdays dis
patches. The St. Adams Messenger of
Wednesday evening, gives some particu-
lars. The movement commenced about
noon, Wednesday, Gen. Spear appeared
in uniform, boote and spurred; many
officers followed his example; there were
hurried consultations; the men remain
ing about town travelled Off north in
teams and on foot; other teams laden
with -four and various subsistence sup
plies left in the same direction; and a
general "hurrying to and fro" proclaim
ed that crisis in Fenian operations was
approaching.
A few minutes before noon, Col. Scan
lans regiment broke camp at East High
gate, and left for Franklin. Col. O'Con-
nor followed an hour later with another
small regiment of about $50 men, not
fully armed. About so men reached
East Highgate, in the meantime, to join
Col. Contrey's cavalry.
The entire force between Lake Magog
rnd Malone is estimated at 6000-the
number moving from the vicinity of st.
Adams at 1900, and these only in part
armed, without commissariat, camp
equipage, or other appliances of an in
vading army.
CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY INVADED.
1t is certain, says the Messenger, that
the invading army will meet no opposi-
ton this side of St. Johns. The towns
along this frontierf deserted by their in
habitants and denuded of horses and
cattle which have been driven off, are
garrisoned only by volunteers with the
exception Of small detachments of regu-
lars at Des Rivieres and St. Armand,
who must, and, we understand, have
been ordered to fall back on st. Johns
To such an extent has the intermediate
country from the line to st. Johns been
stripped of property and stock that we
imagine one of the chief difficulties of
tle invaders will be to find subsistence =,
while the project of obtaining horsessfor
tneir cavalry we shall consider success
Cul if it furnishes mount for the staff.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE INVASION.
A special correspondent of the Boston
Daily Advertiser, sends by telegraph
from St. Adams an interesting account
of the forward Fenian movement toward
Canada, The correspondent, under date
of Tuesday evening, says;
The Fenan invasion of Canada from
the American frontier, an invasion in
plan and intention compared to which
the raid on Fort Erie was most insig-
nidcant affair.-has fairly begun. The
army has begun to move across the
boundary day in several columns, COW
ering a line many miles in extent, and
with the full purpose of establishing a
foothold on British soil by defeating the
British regulars and volunteers in fair
battle. That the movement will result
substantially in the same manner as the
attack on the Niagara frontier your
correspondent, after survey Of both
sides, has no doubt; although there are
many acute observers, with perhaps bet
ter means of Information, who entertain
different opinion.
But this Fenian army halted at the
village OF franklin, fourteen miles from
st. Adams, and two from the Canada
line. As to the plans and prospects, the
correspondent says:
As to the force OF Fenians at COM
mand on the border, it by no means
reaches fifty thousand as yet. But the
actual numbers gathered, and the rapid
ity with which the men have come for
ward since the War-note was sounded at
Fort Erie, seem to indicate that if sue
cessful advance across the border even of
few miles could be made, even larger
number could be rallied. This then
seems to me the present intention to
push into Canada far enough to have the
news spread abroad, and defeat the first
line Of British troops; relying upon the
belief that the Irish will rally from the
United States to the support of the green
flag faster than the regulars and volun-
teers can be brought up to the support
Of the red.
DIFFICULTIEL IN THE WAY.
General Sweeney, the correspondent
thinks, under estimates both the resist
ance to be met with in Canada and on
this side the line. He says
'As to the difficulties to be thrown in
his way by United States officers, it is
!