The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-06-09

Engf0rdd tRftiStH1Aift Raid 81 AAtffg IhonAaha
Mes BraiaA Tbops Gotag Homo ordered
Bod.
Iron The Detroit Post Nay 2al
For moush past The Canadians have been APP
prehensise Il another raid ca their country BY
the Fealans. No paper in tho interests of the
Irish u permitted within the Domination, and the
only PoniAn organ ever pabiished in Ontario has
been suppressed. Assassination is feared by all
the prominent men, 10 prevent which strict sur
VIGILANCE IL maintained by the police aud regulars
The prevalent excitement has been greatly in
creased during The present week by the issuance
Of an order frOm headquarters, 10 Ottawa, 10 the
military ofheers 70 have their respective corps
ready for active service Al an hour'a notice.
The government lie said 70 be poeseused Of Aecn-
rate intelligence respecting the movements of
u the FenianA, and the conviction Is almost uni
VersAl among the knowing ones that another de-
cent IL imminent Parties ia Windsor eonyoraant
with the subject express this opinion, though
they profess not 10 fear tho blow, as they deem
the government abundantly able 10 ward il off
Nearly one hundred soldiers have deserted from
Port Wayne during the past few months, and the
Afrighted Canadians imagine that all these de-
serters are FeniAn spies. The following exciting
news is taken from the Hamilton E0ening Times
Of Thursday -
We have refraiRsd from indnlging In any sur
misses calculated 10 create any unnecessary
alarm concerning the designs Of the FeniaD or
ganization in the United States, and 90 TO
contribute TO tho depressing influence which
snoh excitements exert upon the business Of the
country bat at this time we believe no benefit
is TO be gained by Withholding from tho public
the fact that arc on the eve Of exciting times,
attended with peril and bloodshed. A Fenian IN.
vasion upon gigantic scale IL maturing, and a
blow will shortly be struck which will require the
loyal devotion d young and old, displayed in gal
liant condne. before desperate foe, 10 repel, aud
II il well that the people shoald know and be
prepared for the emergency. Kotwithstan ling
tne ndenIe INDUCED against THE l,urslstant ene-
my Of the peace Of the country. Fenianiam lie
now more formidable In the noighboring country
than At any former period, abandAntly supplied
with arms AMI var material, including artillery Of
the best description, and embraces large body
Of weli drilled and desperate fellows, offered by
men Of skill and experience drawn from the ar
mica Of the late rebellion. The work viii DO &C..
rious and bloody, and no good lie 70 be gained by
ridicuiing OF undertaking the resources Of the en-
emy, nothing win avert the struggle upon our
soil SAVE prompt and energetic interference on
tho part Of the American government Our gov
eminent are fully appraised Of the impending dan
ger and are now quietly bat oncrgctioally engag-
ed in making every preparation for the reception
Of the enemy with determination to render bis
visit brief and disastrous 30 . degree that will
prevent repetition during the present genera
ton, and save the country from any farther an
noyanocs from that source. Dispatches wcro yes.
tsrdAy ssnt from Ottawa 10 intercept the Hima-
AyA and Montreal steamer, which sailed this week
for England with the sixteth rifles and the Sew
oHteeth regiment on board, and IL IL expected III ey
will be boarded 81 Farther Point and be ordo red
hack. The government viii also take immediate
procession ~ the railways and steamers aud fnlI
control Of The telegraph lines through the Domin-
ion. The gunboAts on the iAkes ART 70 be mann
Cd by sailors from her MaJesty's shipa. one Of
which has already arrived at Quebec, and de-
taehrnent ~ one hundred mon are now on the way
up from Montreal
The Fenians design crossing the lines with =
force Of about %, 900 strong, and have large re-
serve ready 10 move when footh1ld Is gained
The movement 10 The frontier, II IL believed, IL
already quietly progressing. The attack il er-
pected al two points somewhere between Pres
eo,i add Montreal and on the Niagara frontier,
The arms and mabition being already stored con
vsnant 10 these lecaiitios the work d transport
ing them having been going on all winter The
a.
place under the sabterfage II great Fenian Ma
tlanai Fair which IL announced 10 open Ia that
eity On Monasy merit and continue Tor two wocka
simultaneously grand convention Is called q,
Cleveland, where The notarions Jacmel prisoners
are ct present sejourning. Most d the frontier
eities are =, preaens swarmine with Renisns.
The Hamilton correspondent u he Toronto
Leadsv thus speaks u the above srtiele :"The
TsSsss ia highly sensational this evening and nti.
mates ihst sa,ooe Feuisns are preparing 70 cross
the frontier FL Port Erie. Where Il gets lie in
farmatlca u PuExis. fos IL 80 large body Of Pc
niana were getasag ready far another dosocB.
thsFs wcaid Be very little seeresy aboui H. II 10
true that insalAKsnoe rrAahea here few wesks
$50 that Fenians wcre gathering Al Buffalo, and
that large namher bad arrived there on sAtHr.
day Erusa The West Pr1xzte information fson 90.
lava aoes nes indicats an immediate descent, and
the eureFnmcni hfe faily Informed II the FcHiah
Hsovsments b0t a Is shoaghs there Il possgisi.
~ a Demonstration sn me border bsfsrs bong
TAs Tmss, II "a 10 be hoPed. is unnecessarily ex.
sasias The PuAaie mind ga that ssalsot, and in.
anlEang In nar9 ssaszalan. Exsr since the raid
s~e ysrEs a@a sAhFN has baea = dagger q rsFs-
slssea hsi ne Fsnakss iii be moss csatieus ns~
and FESeAAiy he isasrrs lnky be aass.ged wish
m2iaas shsw 10 das@sss thsis aupes with ths
esllss aA4a llsey srs ia esxvssa--