Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-05-27

persons.
Parties desiring information, or a copy
of the pamphlet, should address Horny
Clark, Secretary, at Rutland.--RH'0nd .
Uerdid.
From tie Eura'o CONNER sag o.
TNc .ilyprchcnded R0id on C0n0d0.
The Hamilton Canada Times OF
1huraday, after taking credit 10 itself
for having abstained from indulgence i'll
surmises and rumOrs concerning the de
signs Of the Fenians upon the Domin
ion of Canada, has arrived at the cOnclu
sion that mo benefit is to be gained by
Withholding from the public the fact
that exciting times, attended with peril
and bl0odshed,n are at hand. The
Times then gives the following some
what startling accounts:
"a Fenian invasion upon gigantic
scale is maturing, and a blow will short
ly be struck which will require die 10y
al devotion of young ana old, displayed
in gallant conduct before desperate
foe, to rcpel; and it is well that the
people should know and be prepared for
the emergency. Notwithstanding the
ridicule INDUCED against this persistent
enemy of the country, Fcnianism il now
more formidable in the neighb0ring
country than at any former period
abundantly supplied with arms and war
material including artillery of the best
dcscriptiOn-and embraces Il large body
of well drilled and desperate fellows, Of
ficeTed by men Of skill and experience
drawn from the armies of the late rebel
lion. The work will be serious and
bloody, and no good is to be gained by
rediculing or undertaking the resources
Of the enemy, as nothing Will avert the
struggle upon our soil save prompt and
energetic interference on the part of the
American Government. We under
stand the degrading political influences
ut work in that country under which
the FCnian organization has been per-
mitted to prepare openly for warfare up
on friendly people, and there is faint
hope that effective interference will be
made from that quarter before actual
hostiltcs are inauguratcd and some of
the best blood Of our people has been
spilled.
"Our Government are fully appraised
OF the impending danger, and arc now
quietly but encrgetically engaged in
making every preparation for the recep-
ton Of the enemy, with q determines
ton to render his visit brief and disas-
trOus to a degree that viii prevent re-
pitition during the present generation,
and save the country from any further
annOyances from that source. Dcs-
patches were yesterday sent from Otta-
wa to intercept the Himalaya and the
Montreal steamer, which sailed this
week for England with the Goth Rifles
and the 18th Regiment Oh board, and it
is expected that they will be boarded off
Father Point and ordered back. The
Government will also take immediate
possession of the railways and steamers
and full control Of the telegraph lines
through the Dominion. The gunboats
ON the lakes are to be manned by sailors
from Her Majesty's ships, one of which
has already arrived at Quebec, and a de-
tachment of one hundred men are now
on the way up from Montreal.
"Thc Fenians design crossing the
lines with Il force 80, 900 strong and have
a large reserve to move when a foOthold
is gained. The movement to the from
tier it is believed is already quietly
progressing. The attack is expected
/ at two points, somewhere between Pres
, colt and Montreal, and on the Niagara
! frontier, the arms and munitions being
already stored convenient to those local
tiles, the work of transporting them
, having been going on all winter. The
grand concentration at Buffalo l. likely
, to take place under the subterfuge OF q
great Fenian National Fair which is
announced to open in that city on Mon
f day next, and continue for two weeks
, simultaneously Il grand convention is
called at Cleveland, where the notoriou,
Jacmel prisoners are at present sojOurn-
ing. Most of the frontier cities are al
. present swarming with Fenians.
''It is QXDpctpd that the plaO Of nro.
: cedure at Buffalo will be, under cover O
/ the so-styled fair, to make a rush Oh
| Fort Porter, which is ut present garri
soned by only one or two companies o.
= United States soldiers, and take posses
. sion. The. fort commands the entranc,
e to Niagara River, and under cover of it,
y guns the Fenians will then cross il
+ steamers and barges to Fort Eric. 9th
/. er bodies will cooperate from Erie ano
; Cleveland, and the grand blow will b,
= struck at Fort Eric. There is the bes
Il authority for believing in the truth O
S this as the programme laid out, ant
|, which we shall see inaugurated within
! the next few days. In the meantime
n we trust our people will be inspired will
n calm determination to do their duty
= when the crisis is upon us, and the con
Il flict will be brefn
J. We conversed this morning with
+ couple of gentlemen who are general,
Il suspected of being prominent and inflll
II entail members of the Fenian fraternt,
II in this city. They spoke to us candid
IS ly and coniidingly, and promptly com
IS inundated to us the important fact tina
y they "didn't know any thing about it.
One of them alleged that the Grand Fe
t. MAN Fair at st. James Hall, was to b
t. held for the sole purpose Of realizing
l. funds for the benefit ofthe Brotherhood
), He denied that any present hostility tC
= wards the Dominion was intended. hn