The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-06-07
Monday at st. Atban,,

'" the Boston ACvertiser
Was ever suoh OF. ALBANs, June 5, 1866.
IN Wnicn an enterprsi,T e4.sS,. - enlS Deiofe p
spenu forenoon in the ,sn PoHuehI could
city OF one combltant, insraet anu excited
converse with officers and citio iortlleations,
afternoon pass by rail to the cannx anu I'D the
party, discuss plans and prcbaI,;p;t:ne tile otner
priSadier-generaJs OF the invading ar,o', ,l mlIh
ho2 WIN tile oilcerS oil third Neutral nat;o,,
servations and inquiries by telegram E, Las To-
benefit OF the general public, which iacir1ne tLe
remains, British and lookers-on. VeriIv tI,s
fenlan war may have no other feature wbicf
Is proper suDJect OF congTatulatiOn. bpt n l.
at least the paradise Of correspondents. "
L nave teIe9raphed you so fUlly from dav IN
9ay that there remains little to send by tbe
nandS OF the railroad officials. FindinS the
popular excitement dying out at Montreal.
i,,i ,ilu Lne oPhlon gaining ground that no more
Iatt mUuiI De heard OF invasion in any quarter,
.Iis .I tnere yesterday afternoon, and: uassi O
nnrougn country dotted with can, ps and br,i9
nant II WIN scarlet coats, arrived here 10 find
Ine excitement greater than ever before tbe
renlan numbers Increasing, and the Fenian
ardor unguenched. The village nresented a
stlrring scene as l arrived at su1set,-the COM
mon crowded with citizens OF both sexes ra-
9aruleSs OF the rain-drops lingering ON the
sIaos, .S i.S'eulns 10 the admirable performs
ces OF the band Of the United States artijIar,
which was playing popular and nationsi 80
In the centre OF the space. Behind the hs,,S
were the white tents Of the regular troons tie
soldiers iounSing and saunterinp about thair
camp; IN front stood the sturdy Vermon,crs
with their buxom wives and comeIv dan@b
teis leaning on the fence in lines and QTof1ns
were the Fen1ans just arrived, with their todt.
iey array OF black and gray and blue, talking
SOftlV tOOpthps. in tot, ~ ~'"ANA4AS
the streets surrounding the common were NJ
sy with the wagons of the country peonle re-
turning nom the stores TO which thew had
brought their produce. N' LA"
vi the multitude of rulnors in circr,a.;o,
you Will have guessed sometime from t1,o ~,
dl9ested mass of them which lack M tin,o
cohpelied me to send you by telegraph To-
day the state OF affairs is much the same. n
paraue Oh 1ne local militia which they call
~, J1ne li1Lning farmers boys rid ng about
with clankng equipments on farm horses and
others marching with Struggling rankzsso tbe
notes oil a fiie and drum, add ing To the va,iatv
OF interest. viii DotattempS 70 lot down the
rumors flying about; but viii spend the atter-
noon IN sitting them, and telegraph YOU the re-
suit later in the day. r4Nt
may be sand flere, however, that the story
OF Mosbys presence here is q canard of The
nrst water; and that nothing has been seen aJ
wv " NOuOAdd nSdue. WnapeV2r NAV be thp
result OF this deplorable Fenian foray.-and
no one who has studied the aspect OF affairs
can doubt that it will be bloody tragedy and
complete and utter failure TO obtain a foot
hold in Canada,-there need be no question
That the movers in it are deeply in earnest
Ihere may be some among the officers whose
only thought is the personal comfort OF a no.
tel residence at some one else's expense. and
some OF the men whose only aim is plnnder
and adventure. But the percentage of sueb
characters is very small. The officers are
many OF them men OF brains and culture
mo of them men of pluck and enthusiasm
nearly all thoroughly sincere and convinced
that they are acting tor the best. The men
are also enthusiastic, and are full OF eager con-
hdence, ,--trilsting to their leaders and relying
much on tiIefr OWN superiority, as veterans OF
the American war, to the Canadian militia. i
ehatted at length this morning with one who
had just ariivedfrom RoxbUIy, an Shonest 1 me
chanic; and it was touching b hear him de-
scribe the eagerness with which he abandoned
profitable work at the summons to the 'front.'.
and to notice the ardor of his confidence in
his comrades, every one OF the four hundred
on the train old veterans" aal NJ