Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-05-27
Fenian Uprising.
ANOTHER RAID ON CANADA-6oo HOUSE
BURNED AT QUEBEC,

tier from Vermont to Michigan, there
was much activity, the first movement
being that Of troops, or citizens supposed
to be troops, toward the Canada border
Several companies passed up on the va
rious railroads of Vermont on Monday
night and Tuesday and concentrated at
various points above st. Adams. We
give some of the telegraphic dispatches
of their movements below:
MoNTrELrER, May 23.-The Fenians
are in such motion along the line from
Boston to the frontier as to indicate that
they mean business. Two organized
companies of them left Burlington for
Canada this evening, and boat load Of
them is said to be en- route from Platts-
burg to St. Adams Bay. itis found this
evening that nearly every team in St.
Adams and Burlington has been engag-
ed for use tonight.
Tuesday evening Fenian gatherings
were reported at Fairfield, where many
suspicious teams passed and all night
heavy freight wagons were constantly
passing. at Burlington large number
of the employees on the water works and
lumber yards, all Irishmen, left their
work, avowedly on strike, many of
whom declared they were going to join
the Fenian Army, and in the surround
ing country many Irish laborers have
left the farmers, suddenly disappearing
without assigning any particular cause,
and have no doubt joined the raid.
Trustworthy reports from Fairfield state
that several teams have taken loads at the
barns of Irishmen, and driven towards
the line. A company of 45 men arrived
from Burlington at 8 o'clock in the eve
ming, formed in military order, and took
up their march toward Fairfield. The
Curlew, a small steamer on Lake Cham
plain, has been chartered to bring men
from Fort Henry tonight, and the rail
road company have been asked for a
special train to bring $50 more men
from Burlington. One or two Fenian
officers are in town, directing operations,
but they are so reticent that even tnei,
names cannot be ascertained.
At Worcester, Albany, Auburn, Buff,
alo and all along the northern border,
the same movement prevail.
On Tuesday the excitement at St. AL.
bans was great, as the number of Feni
ans increased On their arrival they
would Immediately start for the north.
ern roads and were very reticent. They
started for Sheldon and Franklin. There
is PROFESSIONALLY movement, in which
the Fenians mean business, but it is
doubtful whether they intend fight on the
Vermont or New Hampshire border, or
whether it is a feint to attract the atten-
ton of Canada with reference to the
Red River expedition, where the Cana.
dians have a little rebellion of their own
AT st Adams onTuesday 400 Fenians
arrived and in the afternoon it was cur
renly reported that 1000 of them hac
crossed the line and raised their standard
on Canadian soil. Also that 500 Cana
diantroops wereapproaching them to give
battle.
A great fire is also CONTINUOUSLY reported
at Quebec, which may have something
to do with the raid, though nothing has
yet been received to warrant such con
nection. The dispatch is as follows:
QUEBEC, May 24.-An immense fir,
is raging here, and over six hundred
houses have been burned to the ground
Thousands are rendered homeless. 1t il
one of the most destructive fires the cit,
has ever known, and the suffering tina
must ensue is beyond all estimation
THE Fenians have cut the wires, and ne
farther particulars can be obtained.1
LATER
Two steamships are reported to b.
burned.
Thousands of troops are reported il
motion among the northern states for the
border, but the number is of course
greatly exaggerated.
FENIAN ACTIVITY IN NEW YORK.
The Fenian agent at Utica, N. Y.
claims that he only waits only for a no.
tihcation to send from Oneida county
1000 Fenians. Three car loads of Fe.
mans arrived at Rome, N. Y, from the
West, Tuesday morning, and took the
WATERFOWL train, saying they were go.
ing to Pottsdam junction to work ON the
railroad. Another car load. ticketed
for Malone. is also reported. Applica.
ton has been made to the railroad off.
Gals for four cars per day for the next
three days. About !, 800 men are ON the
way to st. Adams from different place.
in northern New York. Notwithstand
ing the large number of Fenians who
have left Buffalo for the East, very man,
still remain there, and it is surmised tina
raid is to be made from that neighbor
n000 TO DESTROY the WeiIapd canal IT,