Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-18
THE FEN1ANS.

Another scare in Ganada.
dispatch irosa Otts wa, Canada, says The
Government Is making active preparation 20
repei an expected Fenian invasion. "A g reat
Fen,aa picnic is 10 take place in a feE days
on Grand IsiaBd, IN the Mascara river. 1t has
been ascertained that Is UUU lighting men q, e to
reDds zvous at the island on the occasSo a in
question. and that they are we'll provided with
arms and ANN uHition, that they are new aud
& nsse been for soue time assembling at On fslo
ano other points in that vici.ity, and TIA ut Is
tneiT Intention - make q descent with their
wa9he force upon the Oanadisu frontier. lien.
Dsrt Taylec as reported TO b. the ieadsr, who
wlh command the expsditicn. -
Besides this. strange characters in large rum
bers have been noticed the streets Of OIL onto
AND oiher border towns recently, as they were
before the June raid, "a . the comparative si-
Ieace and secrecy main tained by the Fenians
oola in Canadaa as d the United States, 10 10 oked
upen as oxnnons and indicating earuRs ines
and reai desire for attempting sersocs mis-
chief.
0a the other hand, the Gevernment b,ave
moved the guDboats which recentlysarriysd
from Englsad mp 10 the vicinity of the antici-
pated scene OF hostiiities. The yolu useersi are
being called out, osteBsbly, fer drilt exer..ise,
and some OF them are already moving from
Toronto westward. camp of fromS .000 10
jfUo men isso be sestab;is he'd opposite Or and
Island. The reg ulaEs VINO We're stationed IA iere
up to yesterday have, with the exception OF
one compans, been moved toward the II on
ues, and peints where they will be more
readily available 10 act against in.as,pn
There is great activity among the n!lit ary
generally. .
dispatches to of cials, military and civic.
are momentGily arriving frasa all points, and
are being sent TO Az Others of importance in
Caas often at the m oet unreasonable hours
OF the might. In fact all night between Sum
day and Mon<ay last the telegraph Office was
busyin Ottawa, receiving and transmitting
secEet messages 10 and from the Gevernne nj
whose entire efforts seem TO BE directed 70
crashing oSlt ehe feDian .Inoy snent as 81 On rs
itdeveiops itself, wiah all the forces at their
command.
Its expected that the 'eniaas NAV be able
TO land in force, and that while. the mili itary
confront them on the land the gnnboaas will
he able TO cut Of ther retreat across the river
when they are 70 be overpowered and defes.ed
Meantime great secresy is observed OF all
hands, and it rs almost Impossible 10 obtain
any intelligence concerning movements on
either side, and Sshle every one feels conf
dent in the power of the Government to deal
manDer. there is eSiaek tly aR under current OF
uueasiness, and q great desire to pry into tle
mysteE:ous futare. There rs. however, very
ltsle popular alarm, and no panic
Eenial emissaries are believed 10 he proSst-
ing through all parts OF Canada, but most of
them are known 10 the Government or its
agents: In short. tiae condition of Canada
present iS very unsettled and feverish
The 7rh lPrince Arthur's OwH) battalion OF
London, and the county battalion. are under
oiders for Niagara Fails. They are to leave
eight days. The Governfnent will furnish
transportation anu camp esuipzge; 500 men
are nder orders.
The Toronto Leaders 0ttowa dispatch OF
Sunday says:
The Cahinet was IN session all tkis afternoon
but the oSjeotOf the meeting has net trans Bired
publicly. 1t is stated that important dispatches
were received on Saturday froxn SIR Frederick
Bruce; bat If go, the purport ct them has not
become known. The telegraph ofkces in the
country were open to-day, SO tkat if anythkg
threatening did happen the earliest Intelligence
OF IL might be transmitted TO the Government
up to midnight. Everything was profoundly
quiet all along the frontier
THE FENIAN CONGRESS CALLED TO ASSEMBLY.
New YORK, ARg. 1.-THE Express states
that President Roberts has called the Fenian
Congress nj Troy Ga September
.Omcjai reports OF the late FeRian fn vaSion of
Canada will be submitted. .--.t..E.
II is also stated that the vessel purchased
months ago by O'Gaaoney for priyateer. and
still lying at the Atlantic dock, is claimed by
Stephens, and that If he persists in his claim
an attachment will be procured against him by
prominent Fenians Of Brooklyn.