The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-03-16
ALL ABOUT THE FENIANS.
orT TO CANADA.
EXTENSIVE ORGANIZATIONS.

The New York World processes to have
obtained Information that movement is to
b. made by the Roberts-Sweeney wing of
the Fanians, on Canada, between the 25th
Of March and the 18th Of April. 1t says its
reporter has obtained access to the book In
which schedules of the men, money and
arms proffered are recorded.
Chicago offers three regiments of infant.
ry, two battalons Of artillery, and 5000
stand Of arms, and naval brigade of 900
men for service on tho lakes. st. Louis
gives twenty-five hundred volunteers and
a battery oil artillery, with fifteen thousand
pair of army brogans. Cincinnati promises
FIVE thousand volunteers and two battalions
of artillery, one Irish merchant giving his
whole hog crop of the year toward the
cause. Philadelphia has two Fenian regi-
ments organized, and proifers two more.
with siy thousand overcoats Of the United
States army regulation pattern. Boston
will furnish twelve hundred men for sixty
days service, fully armed and equipped.
The factory girls and Irish artisans of Low
ell will put battalion of infantry in the
field, also completely equipped and each
girl Of Irish descent contributes one months
annapolis is to give two hundred and fifty
men the means to reach Montreal, and the
weapons to defend themselves from the at
tacks of the British soldiers on the frontiers
Cleveland is not behind, aud the old officers
of the 9TH Ohio Volunteers have organized
a regiment of eight hundred men, all of the
officers having seen service. Newark
twelve hundred men. Patterson. two hun
dred, and Trenton, two hundred and filty
soldiers. The Fenians of Baltimore will
place one regiment Of infantry, and a bat
terry of six guns at the service of General
Sweeney. Columbus Ohio, offers four l2-
pound Parrot guns, and Pittsburg. not to be
behind, is in the field with two .light-draft
gunboats, five hundred men, ono thousand
pairs of horse blankets and silk flag.
Rochester, New York, is ready with two
hundred men aud twenty artillery forges,
and the Empire City itself outstrps all com.
petitors in patriotism with six thousand
men, fifteen thousand stand of arms. and
thirty thousand pair of army shoes in ad.
dition to four gunboat5 ani eight hundred
cavalry sabers. Richmond, Va, one hun
dred and fifty men and six new gun car
riages. Detroit, five hundred men, and
one hundred barrels of gunpowder Mil
waukcc, two hundred men and two hundred
muskets aud Memphis, Tenn one hundred
Enfield rifles and three pieces of cannon,
with three hundred men Of stalwart build
to transport them safely to Canada. Now
Orleans offers battery of artillery, and Sa-
vannah aud Charleston will furnish conioiut-
ly one thousand men and their equipments.
This is but a brief resume of the contribu-
tions in kind from the more prominent cities,
but as will be seen below, the dollars are
not wanting each locality pledging itself
to furnish in good faith the sums opposite
their names.
Chicago, 100000 St. Louis, $500 900
Albany, $l60,0O0; Philadelphia, S200,O 900;
Pittsburg, $4,000; New York, $500, 900
Baltimore, S200000; Richmond, Va, $60,-
900 Lowell, Mass, 100000; Boston, $780,.
900; Portland $4,000; Harrisburg. s 1909;
Syracuse, N. Y, S25, 600; Buffalo, 500, ,OOo
Troy $4,000; Milwaukee, So, 900; Detroit,
$4,000; Racine, 81 900; Hartford, $50, ,0O0
New Haven, S30,000 Cincinnati, $250,O0O
Wilmington, Del, $4,000; New Orleans,
100000 Savannah, $4,000; Charl eston,
100000; Washington, D. G., $3.50 900 In.
dianapoIis, Ind., S60,0O0 Springfield, III,
$4,000 Brooklyn. N. Y. $500 600; Louis.
vile, KY, $4,000; Toledo, Ohio $40, ,0o0
Cleveland, Ohio, $l00 900; Burlington. 5000;
Bridgeport Conn, $4,000 Jefferson, Mo-,
$4,000; Keokuk, $4,000 Patterson, n. j.,
$2j, 600.