Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-06-02
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from that point west, it says, some move
ments of suspicious character are re-
ported, but ii has no doubt but that the
watchful eyes of the Canadian authori-
ties will prevent even the attempt of
another raid One thing is certain the
Fenians in and about St Adams are
very rcticent and if there are any |
movements on foot they very wisely |
conceal them from outsiders. ForScv-
cral days past there have been num-
Dbcr of strangers in our midst who, it is
intimatcd, are prominent Fcnans, and
are making the necessary arrangements |
for another invasion, whch is to take
place ut an early day.
\ Montreal special despatch Of the
30th says:
the utmost alarm was caused by the
Commander General receiving kilograms
of Fenians gathering at Buffalo and st.
Adams. a battery of artillery has been
ordered to the 'front.' and volunteers on
the frontier were under arms all day
! Friday. Two companies have left for
| St Johns. 1t is understood that the
two hundred tcnans ut st. Adams will
receive arms and uniforms from Boston.
4 ease of blasting fuse was seized at
one Of the wharves Thursday night, the
man in charge escaping after attempt
/ ing to stab policeman.
1t is rumored that many OF the vol
unteers are FenianS, who will fire on
their officers on getting into battle.
Dcsertions are taking paceat Prescott,
and the garrison there is reported disaf-
fccted.
The following article is from the Tor
onto Globe:
The story which comes from New
York through the agent of the Associa
ted Press, that O'Neill is TO send fifteen
thousand furious, fiery Fenans against
Montreal and five thousand, Ella Buffalo,
and three thousand, ria Detroit, against
Toronto, leaving u reserve of ten thous~
and men, must be taken with very con-
siderable allowance. That O'Neill
would like to have his followers believe
that 10000 men can be had to invade
Canada is very probable. That he can
obtain 50 many is nearly impossible,
and if he could enroll them, his $3.50, 900
would hardly suffice to pay their rail-
road fare to the frontier much less equip
them for war and supply provisions for
campaign. The more men he brings
the nearer the time when his force will
melt away through hunger and insub-
ordinations The statement that the at
tack is not TO be made till July, may
also be deception. The movement
may be sooner, though we are not in
clincd to believe that it can take place
so early in the season as in 1865. We
should have had earlier information,
; we fancy, if any raid was designed so
soon as the first week of june but this
may be an error.
Tho Now Work., story NAV Dp-sil1N in =
dictate correctly the plan of O'Neil. 1t
5 is the same as that of Sweeny in 1866,
with the exception that the movement
on the frontier is regarded as serious
and not mere feint. This may be a
l blind, however, to bring about the con-
. centration OF our troops at the West
, Certain it is that large bodies of men
i, can be much more easily moved across
the Lower Canadian border line than
over the Niagara and Detroit rivers
, traversed by gunbOats. We believe that
n O'Neill is at present on the Chateauguay
frontier and will probably lead the at
tack there in person.
G We discuss these points as they are
o put by the Fenians themselves, and il
1 is not we'll to underrate the efforts. Blu
=. we need hardly say that the end OF this
= new movement must be exactly the
e same as in 1866. The American Govern
o ment has timely notlCe, ana cannO
G avoid acting as it did two years ago. /
= it fails in its duty some force may ge
- across the frontier,-that is always pos
h sible-and may commit some destruc
y ton of life and property but the cnt
y can only be defeat and death to the in
:. vaders. The arrangements of the Go
81 vernment are all made. The experience
t. of 1866 has been useful. There is al
l. ample force in the country-horse, foo
y and artillery-for all purposes, the hod
of reckless savages who threaten to in
!, terrupt our prosperous career by thei
IL plans of plumber and rapine will lool
lie upon destruction if they succeed in eros
i sing the frontier.