The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-03-14
Detroit Correspondence


DETROIT. March H. l-ff
The great theme OF the hour ID This city /
and across the river at the Canadian town .
OF Windsor, and in fact al through The loyal .
Canadian provinces Of her BriIau.c Majesty, .
IS the talked OF coming INVASION OF the /
mysterious organization. the Fenlans. The /
entire militia force OF tie Provinces IS IN /
der arms, aud Windsor especially rejoices
under the blessings Of military occupation.
There are I thousand and one rumors
af0at, which il would be useless 70 particu-
larize. dill space permit. Il Is doubted by
60 your correspondent whether tie Fenian
cannon Will ever fire anything harder than
paper bullets. especially on this side ofthe
big water. but il seems 10 be admitted that
# a demonstration Is 10 be made. L viii Oe
on s. Patrick's day-next Saturday, the
7th The Fenians are 10 have a mass
meeting and parade in this city on that
Lay. and we hope 20 be spared The smell OF
uurderous gunp0wler until that time Al
last. Tie Fenian scare Is not without its
noral-0ur Canadian friends can apprec.
ae the full force of that evon-Landel us
tee which c0mmcuds the ingredients OF the
poisoned chalce % our own lips. They
could laugh in their sleeves at our periur-
baton q few months ago when tie South
+ EN- refugees in Canada were plotting raids
acains Us. and il is pardOnable cruelty nov
+ TO ask them how they like the same.
0ne of the genus known as Break-O-day-
Jolnies. named Moses Riley. was few
da.s since sentenced 20 nine wears impri--
onnent IN the state Prison This Is good
beginning. bat does not put "a stop 10 the
de9-elAtlOns. rs a house was rausacked on
Tuesday morning. after the ancient style.
/ The history of these dcsperadoes is some
what curious. They are all. apparently,
committed on houses of bad repute- The
first case that attracted public attention. ifii
was hot the first ia fact, was that in which
a man named Simeon b. smith was shot and
/ killed In the house of Lydia Han. about a
year ago. There was apparently but one
engaged in this affair. After committing
the murder. he Went 70 another house and
after frightening the inmates into sublnis-
sion carried things with a high hand until
about dlyhreak when he LEFT During bis
STAY. he announced himself as one OF a
rang known as "Break-O-dav-JOhnle '
\ man was subsequently arrested tried
and convicted. ana Is now in the state
Prison for this offence whether Justly OF
not is a question. But this outrage All,
murder was Immediately followed hy Others
OF like character, and hardly 4 week has
since elapsed IN which some affair OF the
kind has not been recorded Ia the daily
papers. From the impunity with which
they conduct their rascailty, DO would seem
that our citizens are completely al the mer
cv of these v4-atonds.
Among twenty indictments found hy the
Grand Jury In attendance on the L. :
District Court in this city. nineteen were
for smuggling.
The body OF q German named John Colt
fried Kegel was found floating in the river
near the Central railroad dock on Thurs
day Paper found on his person disclose,
the fact that Kegci formerly lived u this
CITY and that Dee committed suicide b,
drowning on account of domestic troubles
4 proposition is pending 10 the Board %
Education of this city 10 establish might
schools as q feature OF the public schOo
system OF the city.
Among the religious and lectgral item.
outside the regular churches may be notice,
one hy Prof T. r. Fairfield on Wednesday
evening: Spirtualistic lectures on SUNDAY
hv Leo Miller at Merrill Hall: and one las
evening by Rev. A. : Hibhard of The mi
tartan Church. on The Theatre as plac,
Of amusement" John r. Cough Is 10 lee
ture during the present week Tor the beneh
OF the Protestant Orphan Asylum.
Commercial affairs are in a strange mud
do derlinr i'm ,~ol1 within the MAST Ter