The sun., 1870-05-25
THIRTY-SEYENTH YEAR.
THE MARCH UPON CANADA.
THE rENIAN HOSTS CONTERGING ON
THE DOMINION BORDER.


Movements Forcrhadowed.
At the Fenian Headquarters in this city, yes
prd,y. everything was quiet. The leaders, pront.
Ing oy past experience, keep themselves as perfectly
oool as possible. The only noteworthy event We
,he occasional entrance Of proups Of three four
men into 10 West Fourth street. The major
f in dress and general appearance, seemed to have
been Injured TO hardship, and capable OF enduring
fatigue. The Fenian leaders reticent, but our 70
porter learned headquarters that about 900 mon had
roae from Brooklyn to the border TO be followed by
several hundred others last evening. IL was added
frat II would require nine or ten thousand men 70
he OF any use In Canada a. the Canadians are Wen
pvepared for any raid. aud that the fenians may OK
On Monday nirLt Ave car loads Of Fenisns number
he abont eight or nine hundred, took tns one
o'clock train OF the hudson River Railroad- Tbose
mon seemed 10 have just completed hard days
work, and were srparenty unarmed. 10 ws also
.,d that rse ooly o. tsnns m Ga, Zane unSsa, o,s oo
The Fen ians talk Of two movements, one toward
Tie Red River country, snd the other toward the
DomipioB. Gen. Spear, II is said, has command of
tss troops on the border but nobody says anlthing
the wnereaoou.s o, oen' veil .,aed reh,sns a. ssSs
places along the border, and that they have Gmmu-
milton In abundance.
on the CanadiAn farmers until they capture the
Canadian stJrehouses,
On iGQulry AZ Othcf railway depOtS bestfes the
Hudson river and at the different steamboat lines,
The reporters learned that no large body OF men had
iaksn passage at any one time recently IL would
seem that the Hudson River Railway DEPOT was the
main st1rting point. Yet Feninns may be going out
on other routes, IL said that tey do not travel
m body, but that each man purchases his ticket,
and acts as a stranger to the OF iers.
IAsl night over 1000 Fenians went from this city
10 different points. Four propeilers are under the
sootrul OF tie Fenians, and lar numbers are NOV
ns to cut of the Canadian forces, and particu ulary
bteuded TO capture the artillery and munitions OF
var which the Red River expedition have with
them. Several sailing vessels have conveyed arms
snd ammunition to points on our Northwestern
frontier, and the Fenians claim 10 have enough men
within liang distance not only to defend their de-
posits OF military stores, but also to advance and
lake Montreal roron o, or any other strategic roint
Letters and teegrams are hnurlv received. showing
be earnestness OF Canadians In cooperating with
the Fenians.
Nearly three hundred Fenisns. the majority OF
them young men of good character, len Williams
bursh ST night tor the Canadian frontier. Thoy
sn ionr been a resident OF wilamsbur;h.
PoUGHREEPsIE. May A.-Anotner squad OF Pc
ui-ns passed here tonight ieketed ior Malone.
Dispatches from California have heen received
here to the effect that loris on the Pacific will De
may be bad for operations against the English mer
eilntmen.
Nsw HAvsS, May sl.-About rs Fenians il
charge OF Capt. Daniel Higgins Of this city left herr
tonight by tie H rtf"rd and Springfield Rgiroad.
THE GATHERING OF THE HOSTS.
From New Haven an unequipped force unde
Capt F1tzpatrck started for the frontier yesterday
Arms and ammunition are awaiting them near tn,
line A mysteriou. conference has been held il
Fairfield, w. principally OF Irishmen. but includin!
also strangers from abroad. Movements generally
indicate an immediate attack upon Canada. Th'
authorities are inactive The railroads from tn
south and east have been advised by promiren
tation OF large bodies OF men. Al st. Albans abou
800 Fenians had arrived by noon yesterday from tn
From three to ave hundred men, believed 10 b
fenisns went north by tram from Boston on Sun
dy. Every train arriving Al Malone N. r., Is ful
Of armed Fenians, the town being selected an i'm
portant rendezvous.
Bunalo telegram saws that the frontier is linec
with men. and that the United States steamer Michi
gan is at Port Colborne Canada for the protection
o. the Weand canal.
The Feuian Brotherhood throughout New Jersey
have united In swelling the roll Of patriotic Irish
men who are presumed 10 be en- route for Canada
New Jersey, till a few months ago, was the theatre
Of important warlike preparations since 1t was IL
Trenton that the rifles were uacturod or altered
under The supervision Of y. J. Meehsn who rented
Me arnory for that purpose SO quietly was 81 thi'
ton, outside the Fenian Organization, were In igno
rance. The presence Of an armofy In Tren;ol, and
the visits OF such leader as p. j. aeehan, naturally
encouraged The formation OF very large and enthu
basiie circle" composed OF ielligent and ncy'
young men, many OF whom, in conpiny with othe-,
" the Brotherhood nom Paterson, Newark, ant
Jersey ClIy, started on Monday evening and las
neft for the borde-.
ALBANY, ~, May 2i.-It IL ssid some COO NOR
Feuians will leave tbis city tonight
Fify Fenisns OF the Peterson reserve lett al
eary train yesterday morning. 70 Join the Newarl
Contingent, stating, as did the latter, That the
were bound for the West"
Whitehall special to the Troy Times says fou
car loads OF Fenians passed there yesterday, an
that from 1900 to 1900 would be In ST. Adams Il
night armed and eQipped.
CHIcAoo, May IA Fenian expedition, il /
said, is to leave the city OF Milw aukoe tonight in
bpat chartered for that purpose, to make d0scou
upon Can 'da " est, with the intention Of making
porienced oiicor, viii be in command. The force
SAID W 90 stat OF picked men, well armed an
equipped, A strCns reinforcement Chicago t0-da
for Milwaukee, TO DC In time for the SAILING OF I'll
steamer.
odDESsBURo, May 2-Early this morning II wa
discovers ed thai ali the Telegraph line iesdihg
tlis place, including the cable across the st Law
reuce River, had been cut or put out OF workil
order. report soon gained currency that 1t wi
the work Of the Fenians. and events have since col
Emea this report.
TH APPEARANCE OF rHE YESiAss IN VERMONT
BURLINGTON VT, Nav A-The ancient an
hRhhiy respectable antidiluyians OF this village al
drats All day loog the once quiet streets have r.
.cho-d TO the tramp OF uniformed Fenians, some
Asm, unwsIJ, armed wito swords. Howeye
.ss most OF them remembering the eyenw OF fol
them Ss beiigerents, or anything else b.
Filters, arrested and dissrmed them, are N
armed at ali, but await the crossing of the line, a.
the unfurlinE OF the Emerald flag on Canadian sol
eefOre they show their teeth. WitaiL the past thr
days over 10000 Fsnians have congregated aboJt
psssed through here Monday evening, at dusk, tn,
staekened the streets, about the depots, steambo
whstyes and corners. They are generally clae In u
short blue jackets OF the uniform OF the Irish repu bs
and preserve strict silence 70 their destination
fbey are inoeuy youths Of between Is and 70 yea
OF sSs "'lh ts appearance OF hard working meolia
tce, Arme's and laborers. Their otheers shou
derkno~, hke those used In the United Stat
ARMY and have their headquarters at the Ame rca
eotei from the roof Of which the Fenian gree
hH noau in triumph. IAst night il
oetimal ed 5000 Fenisns slept about this Town mar
Of them in barns. Toe raiders are not disposed
be meddesotne; nevertheless, the citizens tak
extra precautions In locking their doors when III,
70 70 bed, and the eight policemen are said TO be
sR duty. Burlington Is about forty miles from ii
hhe. On Saturday and Sunday nignts caravans
wagons, some OF them 0ity In number, and load,
with guns, powder, ball, and otbar munitions
war, passed through here, sa route to the CanaC
line.
IHE VERMONT DEPOT OF ARAA
The principal Fenian depot for the storage
Rmt along the border. Is ut Fairfield, VT, whe
there II large and thoroughly Irish setllemeI
ValrfaI, sc, II Celtic, and great number OF Fe
lsns, ale said to be near there, lodged In barr
The eI-rebel General hoeey s there, organ
inE nrst-class cavalry raid. For seVel
weeks past, men have been buying bors'
and seDning them up there; and some lrishmt
have NJ many ~ 90 or 100 stocked, for short til
npor their forms. We have just returned from
Aibans, 10 miles from the line, where the excl
nent ID intense, fears OF personal violence are
tertlned uere. Last night 5000 FeniAns We
oNeil. Montreal Is The grand point OF aItat
hd the Fenan lorcee viii strike for there.
the PROBABLE POINT or COLLISION.
tT ALBAss, VT, May A.-About so Fenians ha
SIVrd here by truin. hundred or two ha