The Hickman courier., 1868-05-30
Another Invasion OF CAR
Determined UpoH.J 4
THIRTY THOUSAND ARMED FF<
AaRrH uYER rnE HnknER 4

THIRTY THOUSAND ARMED FF<> fy II
MARCH ovER rRE B1kbEa y
The New York World makess !,
lowing disclosures concerning Ill
alleges is the programme Of ne" Z
ian invasion OF Canada this SUI. z
be under the control Of Genera s
O'Neiu, of Nashville. We req Il
the Worlds article q .
This summer, it is evident, Win
the busiest year ever experlencedg se
Canadian Government, If we arr p
into account the mysterious, seS{co. -.
general preparations now being Yer. q
oyzs the United States by the ~. n
tiSA \nown As the Fenian Bro5s -
/ Two years since, Gen o Neil - T.
subordinate officer in the servle 80
T,ss.y{herhood. crossed the Niaga &A.s
20. the head OF Lake Erie. "
five hundred men poorly ( ~
wretchc,lly equipped, and all sfsiss.9s 2
the entire country, be had - ~
IA few miles into the intefor
met the best volunteer regiment = e
ada. in addition to a battalion col a
of the flower OF the educatI .,S-~s&
Toronto, under regular
} of reputation. TsioE - :.
!; saelfsy 9f{ H. -'aaf515' -'afy7 j -
them disgfseefullyW o - , ,,
sooner executed his orders " wa,
recalled by Gen. Sweeney to coacstrat'
his force on another poiut. The ttacl
on the different points Of the finite
Zine failed by want of proper 9tss.,e
ment, commissiariat supplies "a
: instructions issued by Secretary Svar,
; Fae General Meade to suppress tLe,ove
tes isst This was the positive ends -.
a. kenian invasion in the summer of lSNse
rs I'VE arc to witness anotherS Siiiy
' in feghortly. of the Canadian Pr0S rs
the Fenian Brotherhood Ts'ina
ne laughed at, but it will come, ar tina
oeiore the end Of July. Souehin
may happen to interfere with thes ~
vet will the invasion take place, Y.
this summer. England, it is be- =
can not send enough troops to resi- -
combined attack OF thirty thousand r.
armed and uniformed troops, the. Sc
number calculated By General Oysfe;'
as capable of capturing the prncipa
cities of Canada
Montreal will be attacked ny tee
thousand veteran soldiers, who hay
fought in our civil war on hothsides
and Montreal will not be hard to taxi
ewing to its unprotected state fher
800 L.. oi,,--,, \, ,,,s.,,l ,.a,,,, rfr, n y
in the Dominion at present and II WI
be impossible TO put more tharseve
thousand of these in the field fe cor
ceutration The British Offices vii
command these troops are expeBence
gentlemen and for the pride the
race viii fight hard but the ,eniar
believe that they are so tied dgn b
red tape that it will be impossle iC
them TO do anything out of the butir
manner The Fenians assert that thor
sand miles Of frontier cannot beeuarc
el by eight or ten thousand gula
troops. and that militia cannotne ID
pended upon to stand au arduf 7can
paign such rs the Fcniaus intcud. =. max
/ Tbs organization and equjpmcl : ii
Fenians this time will be full& goo
as that of their adyersaries, wiz ,ne eI
I ~ ,.ssl - tire rrsvccir,s izssasys ~ -
which all the world il excollelitG III
:. British soldier 4 second Aofn
FIVE thousand men viii pcnetrH el
and, Lincoln and Wentworth n ies
Canada West from Buffalo anll gar
10 operate against Hamilton andt oh''
while three thousand men viii cL o irol
/ Detroit land AT Sandwich. and ate ncln
along the line of tho ChathauaI" ooo
stock and Hamilton Rog3. wiheent "a
rails. destroy the telegraph anfS 4 hs
/ subsistence for the third bodvloi fe
thousand men which will meet item
intermediate point to be selected mere
after If thirty-:hree thousand ren al
not enough. one hundred and thres thoi
sand men can be levied from th} rank
Of the Brotherhood. to deal n.ah Ene
lishmen have dealt with such brave Re
lows as Allen, Gould and Larkip. Ger
eral O Nell has three quaiitltS whlc
are necessary for a. successful soidle
First of al, he--ksgexs- Low t9t obe.
Secondly, be keeps his own ~ rs 1se
Thirdly, he is a devoted FeniaSn ana /
of the stripe Of Cromwell and Sf!ee~a
Jackson. And, better than alfA ne
capable of selecting his subof, snate
The troops are to be armed with ne r
volving rife, of new aud deaivtr pa
tern. Ms
DoIngs of Desperadss vg y ;sl,s. 3
From the Louisville Courier. n
a One of the most daring and sopeecs