The New York herald., 1870-05-28
The Fcnian Furry Number Thrce-Thc
Canadian and tho nritish Press.

slons. The first was at Campo Bello, sea-
coast island on the line between New Bruns-
wick and Maine the second was at Ridgeway,
below Buffalo, across the river, near Fort
Erie (where they had the fight at Limestone
Ridge) and the third on far more extensive
scale than either Of the others, appears to
comprehend plan Of invasion extending from
Minnesota and the Red River of the North, or
| Winnipeg basin, eastward along the frontier
to Vermont and even to Maine. In the points
chosen this time for lodgment on British soil,
however, the Fenians at st. Adams and at
Huntington have avoided the difficulty Of
| putting river or an arm of the sea between
them and the soil of the United States, so that
In the event of an attack and repulse by the
enemy they could have convenient line of
retreat to the safe side Of the line. The
| results Of the operations of these fighting
Fenians so far have shown the wisdom Of this
precaution and the wisdom, too, of the old
coupiet, that
| He who fights and runs away,
May 1--we to fight another day.
| According to the reports of the Fenian
gatherings along the whole line of the frontier,
!. from Red River to Maine, the sum total Of
their able-bodied men moving upon the Ca
nadians, or preparing to move, Is about six
thousand, distributed as follows:-Around
Huntington, two thousands about st. Adams,
five hundred; along the border, near Buffalo,
fifteen hundred between Detroit and Chicago,
fifteen hundred, and on the Minnesota border,
Red River, FIVE hundred; and there are said to
be from five to ten thousand fighting Fenians
in the interior cities of our Northern States
awaiting an outfit and transportation. IF the
managers of this invasion of Canada have been
guided by anything like plan Of operations
we presume it was this ITO make lodgment
in the enemy's country at some convenient
point and to entrench and hold their position
till sufficiently reinforced from other points to
make an advan ce upon some convenient town,
the capture of which would furnish supplies
and reinforcements for another forward move
| ment We suppose, too, that, like Lopez,
when he invaded Cuba, these Fenian leaders
counted upon rising of a host of allies in the
enemys country, and though like Lopez, they
have failed, it is still probable that, with the
continuance of these annual forays, Canada,
like Cuba, may become hotbed of rebellion.
1t is probable, however, that the miserable
collapse of this latest Fenian ascent upon
Canada for the independence of Ireland will
result in drying up the streams which so far
have supplied the Feniau trea sury, and that
accordingly more than year will elapse before
there will be another Fenian army put in
motion heading for Montreal. In fact, it must
now be evident to the most hopeful of the
Fenian leaders and to the mass of their follow
ers that they can do nothing in Canada without
the support of the United States, and that only
'Engiands difficulty is Irelands opportunity"
They see that General Grant, in good faith
and in downright earnest, is enforcing and will
enforce our neutrality obligations that he
will not even wink at their violation In any
way, and that, as he says in his warning pro-
clamation, be will leave all hostile invaders Of
friendly neighbors territory to the conse-
| quences of their own acts.
| While General Grant is thus effectively act
ing for the suppression of these warlike
Fenian movements the Canadian and the Bri-
tish journals appear virtuously indignant that
he has permitted these troublesome Fenians to
gather on the border and has failed to guard
the outraged Canadians with standing army
| on The frontier sufficiently strong to keep the
peace. These reflections and suggestions are
very refreshing, considering the active sympa-
| thy of these same Canadians for JEFF Davis in
| our terrible struggle to maintain our national
existence; and the advice from the leading
British journals to our government is exceed
ingly cool, considering the disastrous conse-
quences to our commerce resulting from the
piratical depredations of those Anglo-rebel
privateers, such as the Alabama and Shenan-
| doah.
! Absurd and ludicrous as these Fenian forays
may appear, however, they will serve, perhaps,
to teach some wholesome lessons to the
Fenians themselves, to the Canadians and
to England-frst, to those honest, credulous,
! hardworking Irishmen and Irish women who
have furnished the funds for these Fenian
enterprises in Canada, that money for such
senseless forays is money thrown away the
Canadians ought to learn that one good turn
from a friendly neighbor deserves another
from them, and England win be apt to see that
so long as the United States on thirty days
notice can muster two hundred and fifty thou
sand Irish volunteers for the invasion Of
Canada or Ireland peace with this country,
on such reasonable terms Alabama claims
included as our government may propose, is
the only alternative Of safety for the British
empire.
THE FRENCH MAIL STEAMSHIP PERErRE--
HER RUN TO BREsT.-The French Transat-
lantic mail steamship Pereire, which sailed
from New York on the 14th inst, having on
board the distinguished company Of American
passengers whose names were reported in the