Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-06-13
Il H z H ENEANg.
British Troops After the Fenians.
BITTER FEELING OF THE CANADIANS.
Vermont Invaded by the British.
CANADIANS ON THIS SIDE THE LINE,

| hrmation. The whols number of Fenians canturo
was seventeen. five Of whom were Of Can't. Grace,
company, Of Lowell:
Col Livingston, United States army, in his penn,
mbJ4r Hi6sen does not positively deny tho cross
nH, bnt IL IS MS impression that they did not Tb
following is the substance of Col Livpgson,s renn+
70 ni}or Gloson-He states that he had his men sta
| TTpphed about hve yards on this sida of the line
There remained behind considerable nnmbar ,-iie =
siraggiing fenians on tho Canadian side of the lin
alter the withdrawing of the main forces and 4bn
derine. VIZ p"iposo I'll PUN
Some of them stationed themselves on the road
Sno prevented citizens from passing either way
| Ourlng the afternoon they were charged up0n bv
c?mpany OF Canadian cavalry, upon whom The Fe
endeayored to get upon the American s;da Of III
me; M some of them succeeded in reaching it, bu
the British AS the cavalry neared the United STATE
troops they were compelled to rein in otherwise NJ
OF Oh tne IN Fenaps woud have been taken. The Fen;an
9nly reached the line lew yards in advance Of III
EngilSh troops. Colonel Livingston reports that II,
man NAN body OF the Fenians were quiet and or6criv
but the few who remained did 50 purnosnI ~ III
age The stragglers were loaded with spoii " MI ?r
| OoIonei Livingston took possession of and which
mln pe rgturned, so far as possible, to the proDel
oTneTs. Inc goods are now in tho hands of Tespeof
aois citizens on the American side and will be given
| up, to parties proving property. ~
| John Reynolds, of Chelsea Mass. Tohn N.coo-
Ty, oI Boston: and Captain Kennedy Third Cavalry
| saw Thomas Madden shot by citizens of Canada on
annLa UIr 81 sue 9f ne ne and saw him pursued and
| neon, between three and four o'clock The man
| Eho had his hand cut of was member of CartaiD
| 0r3ce S company, from Lowell.
Inc number oil prisoners captured by the Cana.
alans from General Spears command is reported ia
| be sixteen: Mrs. Eccles, an American woman, the
wife OF John Eccies. at whose house General SpeaT
| established his headquarters while at CamD Swee-
| ny, canada, was shot dead last night by British
soIder on her way to well to draw water The
| Canadians. suspicious that Fenians were still Iurk-
| ing about that vicinity, and imagining that some
| around the house, and when Mrs Eccles atfenDted
70 cross the field to the WELL sho was challenged.
Not answering, she was mistaken for a Fenian and
SS4oI dead- She was native of Massachusetts,
Her husband Is an Irish Canadian. While General
Spear occupied their premises as headquarters, all
! purchases from them were paid in cash.
The Fenian prisoners were carried from St Ar
mand through ST. Johns for Montreal this morning,
Ihey were strongly guarded, and subjected to many
rude taunts and insults from the Canadians One
ooy was badly maltrested. Nine hundred British
troops vent into St. Johns this morning from Mon
| tried, and either shot or hung.
Colonel 0NeiIl arrived to night and has had con-
STuIation with Generals Sweeny and Spear and other
IshSn ohcers, At general meeting of officers this
afternoon, General Sweeny made feeling address
which was cordially responded to by all the officers
General Meade. Major Gibson, and other United
states officers, are still here, watching the interests
OF the Government.
FENIAN PRISONERS IN CANADA.
MONTREAL, > une 1.-the Fenian prisoners sixteen
IN number arrived at Bonaventure station this morn
Ing, at 1O CLOCK, under guard of the Iwenty-ffth
regulars, besides heavy police force, armed with
rifles There were fully ten thousand people at the
strongest desire to take them from the guard and
hang them. There were but TWO adults among them
sses eey ey we're all received with perfect storm Of
Ihelr trial will take place early next week and it is
more than probable that the old ones will be hanged
deep commiseraton is felt for the boy dupes among
them. f ~ A-
Their names are as follows:-Thomas Madden, Of
Brldgewater, Mass, wounded; James Bowcns OF
Lawrence, Mass. James Reatdon. of Boston: Edward
Gilegan and Edward Carroll, cf New York; Miehae 81
GrUwly. Of LoweI Thomas Smith. of Boston; Fenton
Holmes. LOWplI t1pOrpa I'd of pnc+o 4
Joseph Kelly, of New York. kelly announces him
self as correspondent Of the New York Tribune and
resident of 66 Portland place, New York cityE Cor
neliHs Owens and Augustus MorreIl. of Boston: Ed.
ward Rogers. Of New York State; Terence McDon-
United States uniform. was brought in tonight
An quiet on the border and throughout the pro-
MORE FKNIANs HoMEwARD BOUND.
MALONE, n. I" June u.--Eight hundred and
twenty tenans have been registered for passage up
70 this hme. About twelve hundred remain, The
Canadians have seven hundred and TWENTY-FIVE
muskets behind earthworks at Huntington, twenty
three miles from here. John Cochrane, private,
from First street. williamsburg. n Y. who was shot
at the Far grounds IN row on Saturday night, is
dead. The remains will be sent home
THE GOVERNMENT FURNISHING TRANSPORTATION TO
THE FEsIANs.
BUFFALo June 1l19 ?. M..The government has
to the Fenlans, on condition that they sign bond
not to take up arms against any foreign province
order has been received by the men from the Eastern
States with the greatest satisfaction. General Barry
lntenas mat the leaders shall contribute towards
sending the men home
ORDER OF GENERAL MURPHY.
MALONE June II, lS66.-0ficers commanding regi-
ments, battalions, independent companies and de-
tachments, ordered to report Immediately to
these headquarters for special service. On no ac-
count must their respective commands be permitted
to scatter. All chances for ultimate success depends
upon steadfast adherence to the cause No matter
what special arrangements be used, do not move
without consulting me-
(Signed IT. c. MURPHY
MI, Brlgadier General |. r. A.
The Fenian officers reported as instructed and re-
ceiVed from General Murphy the word to collect their
commands arms and munitions &C.. and take the
cars for their respective homes preserving far
every consideration urged the step, and cited partic
ularly the despatch from General Sweeny to pre-
vent the transportation toward the border. of any
The Fenians abused General Murphy in good set
terms Tor the promulgaion of his order. as they in
ierred from the order that they to remain and
have another dash at the Kanucks. Cries were mad
Tor COL Warren. the next in command to assume the
authority and to lead them the border and hun
dreds sWore they would not return until they had
least one ne shot at the perfdious Albions.
Shortly after wards punches of Fenians armed with
revolving carblnes, pistols &c, could be upon
the roaa going in the direction Of the Canadian bor-
DER as though organizing for dash across the from
tier but, thinking discretion the better part of va
lor, the scheme was abandoned and ended in the
men making for the depot in large numbers.
TIE FEsIANS DENOUNCED BY THE CATHOLIC CLERGY
k1NGsToy. June l0-Bishop Horan, the Catholic
preatr of this diocese, in his sermon to-day at the
cathedral, denounced the Fenians in the strongest
language and eIhorted the Irish Catholics of Canada
to give their aid to the support of the Government
and sacrifice their lives if necessary in repelling the
ruthless invaders of their homes. He was proud to
say there were no Fenians among his congregation,
and he believed that thero were in the diocese
All quiet here.
BUFFALO, June 12.-The action of Congress yester-
day, has given new life to the Fenian and
enthusiastic meeting is expected. The revolution
ary committee have published stirring appeal to
Irish citizens to collect commissary stores money,
&C., call meetings and pledge support to the men who
inscribe upon their banners universal liberty"
THE EMPERoR AND THE FLOWER GIRL.-A novel
incident according to the Paris correspondent of the
IRISH Times occurred at the Paris races on Sunday:
One or two celebrated personages were present For
instance, the Emperor was there, and he walked
of the Marquis de LavaetIe his Minister Of the IN
terror Isabella, the flower girl of the Jockey Club
had between her tapering fingers one of the loveest
little roses ever seen, and she looked long and anxi
ously towards the most powerful man in the world
Courage. Isabella!' she said at last and walking up
10 the great man, tremblingy but gracefully, held
before him the beautiful rose. Napoleon has much
natural Kindness of heart besides. he refuses
ANYTHING y nice from pretty woman, and so with a
the blushing girl, and placed it in his button hole
But the Emperor is not accustomed to receive fa-
Vor5 without recomPense: and his hand Immediately
sought his pocket This is the strangest part of the
story-not that the Emperor had pockets, but that
in them he had not a single His purse had been
forgotten. Perhaps on that great course with its
hundreds of thousands of grouped spectators the
mighty Emperor of the French, man whose civil
can put his hand in the national till when he
pleases-was the only person present without gold,
silver or copper in his immediate possession. His
Majesty was rather amazed at his position and after
yainly feeling in his pocket Judged Lavaette in the
elbow. Ihe minister saw at once what was required
and beckonlng to the fair lsarelle to return handed
her gold twenty franc piece. Money is no great
object to the flower girl she is getting hole drill
ed IN the coin to wear it SUSPENDED round her neck
Important Declaration by the French
Emperor.
The Vienna journals publish news from Paris
stating that during the late ns ncial panic in Lon
don, Earl Crowley, by order of his Government,
solicited the energetic mediation of the Emperor
Napoleon in favor of peace. and receiv cd from her
Majesty the following reply:
In the years 1859 and 1864 England opposed nv
proposals in reference to the settlement of the Vene-
tlan and SchlesWls Holsteln questions. Now England
wants peace. ! also desire peace but as the most
favorable opportunities have been frittered away,
to reach point at which they must clash | can no
longer assume the responsibility of events )"
TRIUNPHs OF AMERICAN MARITIME DOCTRINES -
The Emperor Francis Joseph, of Austria has promuI-
gated decree that merchant vessels of conntry at
vessels provided that country observes reciprocity
Until the contrary is shown by acts of the hostile
nation. it will be adudged that she observes recipro-
city. The decree however, expressly excepts
carrying contraband goods, those running block
ades in which they subject to capture The
American doctrine laid before the Congress of Paris
in 1885, that private property on the seas should
excluded its capture by public Uesses of tca- as well
as by privateers. The Congress of Paris simply