The New York herald., 1870-04-21

. h.r.r. ana he MAI every con1delc tnat the
movement on iocs woa % ,pe pe'ffW frlt,sp govern
dtsas,rOus " canada 10 l0rc3 Sno p''s"" s~'~'"
ment o allow Ir,ah nep W rq'o iEoi"io. muvpu nm
An A rUAL ATrAcsf
The foregoing -ufy OF secret preparations. tnn MT
rival ani uist ibuLoD oil arus anu Tue @ pos,'na ,a
lDrentlon OF The Fenians 10 make an auaek upon se
Jouluion H. very early Gay, ~ surety corlecs III
nwarv nartscuiar IL IS not based upon sLnple ru-
mors bat every statement is oDtalneu iroi sotcc
hanly reaoe ana sne sau.o 10 a.o .n and .riisn gov.
ernments. notwithstanding, however. un INVASION
IA among the proDavlilles lne absence oL any re-
mans m iorce - not Oily sll4QlA ~ seent.nrs
@ ineans.sten, WI h tns wnole stors Helore t,a ratd
OF junr years since there was communal boW VI
irisanen IN tnis dhecsoo ior week Or VSa days ID
moth ny OF KIND 30 far, ana tnp passeng yer trains
ovec ,ne Vermont Central, U2densoury aud other
roads nave not carried and are now not carrying
more the usual nuineer oi passengers. Now, IL
wound seem certain t0At no very great body of
men can DC massed a. any pons near 'ne
border without passln2 over Lhe railroads,
aud the fact tnat lie railroad tratic mas
not been increased inhuences many to believe taat
the wnoe tAios VIII nzzle, II, in TACT, any aggressive
moyein 1T HAS bsen actually INTENDED. Wbile the
railroads nave no. tlIs ar oeen brought into reqdl-
siIion except In me transportation of arms, IL ls
neVerth-eSs true That arrangements have beel made
AZ different points along the uoraer Ior the malate-
nance VI arge bodies oi men for few Gays ABOUT
tle ISL VI May, and tea ms have also Deen engaged W
haal neavy loads at about the same ume. From this
l. woud seem that the horrors o. war viii be IN
VITA Lne Oe.iunlng OF the coming month. Perhaps
the remarx of General O'NelI 'nat ne mad learned
wisdom rom experience mad reference TO the moving
Vi troops witu0ut the AID ol Railroads.
WHAT WILL BE TAE POLICY OF TAE AMERICAN Gov
ERSMENT2
The course which the Uni ed states government
Will lake Ia TINS matter VIII nave great deal 10 do
with tue Carrying out Ol the teulan plans. Anurew
johnson prom tiy nppcd TOE invasioa Iour years
ago Ia tue bud; Oat 1t Is not so certain tlaL
Geuetal Grant Win 90 the same thing although
~ wishes 10 ue promptly supplied with the details
OF everything going on here and he Is undoubtedly
uaiy poslea through Secretary fish, wno has 0s
secret agents along the border watcuag every
mo, emenG When II was positively ascertiined
Lhat a large humber OF arms nad oeen dstr buted
along the ifonier presidens Graat Immediately ap-
prlsed AIniser thornton OF the iact and ne t once
IN or.ned tne Canadian govern neat, and upon lne
OASIS Of Lnls infJrmatlon wnicn was pre- cIsey the
same as is comprised III TINS letter the DOMINION
au, n0ries have been greatly disturbed ana nave
taken eN erv precauton to repel a possible attack
upon their domain. N0Jwltf5 landing however Tie
Amerlcan sovt rntnent seems 10 pave been little
courteous III advancing Information 10 the British
-linlsJcr, " does not follow necessarily that Grant
wound oe SO Olci us In puttns down an actuai M
vaslon as his edecesHor was; least TINS is the
Oplnon commonly entertained In this section ol
Vermont, buG IL Is possible the wish may be ather
| to TIE inou, mt.
In OF such incidents as cluster around the
| escape Of the Alabama irOn Birkeunead the sym.
paLly oi Canada witu the rebeiliOn the naroUr
| Ing oi the reDels VINO murdered ana plundered In
TINS very town during the DARK hours Of the II
would not DC strange Ii our government were ttlt
| PASSIVE or indifferent, ana would fan 70 believe
there vas any real cause for interference until the
fenian warriors saleiy over the border And
l1en again there Is the little pill OF annexation
when has been forming Tor the last Two three
years. and II the dominion should swallow II Just al
tRlS time she would 1ud IL healing panacea for al
her tenlan and Otn er woes.