, 1870-05-28

how for the tptellteence for which they were ah-
solutely hungry, While waiting, they can-
yassed the prospect AID deuberated upon
the chances Of success They talked OF
ONeill, ana the conversation Tas by no
means friendly nor natte1ing to that doughty war
rtor. Ills collapse WIS constant theme. Men
vito had blind faith In his star could hardly re-
alize that their Idol Of soldier and man was in
jail Instead OF being In the fore front OF battle as
beca1ne leader; or In an honorable grave, as be-
came soldier. The itlea Of his being ent1enched
behind the atout walls Of Burlington jail vas SO
utterly at variance With their previous e1pecta-
tons, that It raised theIs Ire, and
many an e1ecratton, both loud and deep, Was
lasiBhed upon the haif-hour hero. The unpleas-
ant conviction that o'Nel1 Ind jtggied
and played ont crept slowly over
their reluctant minds Some were
inclined to think that it was masterpiece Of
strategy, having some Interior object 1t was hard
see, however, what strategy there was In re-
treating INTO jail, unless the ulteIor object Eas
personal safety, and 80 many thonght
The news that General Spear Ind assumed COM
mand was vert welcome, as those who knew t1e
two men asserted that he was In every way q oet-
ter soldier. He Was regarded rs an older and
better ofl1cer whose trade during long life, vas
war; whose training at West Point, supplemented
by th1ty-nve years. service In the regular army,
TO say nothn9 Of his dashtag career durlug the re-
beluon. entitled him to confidence.
1t seems that General Spear Is an American by
birth, though he has long been an ardent and de-
roted Fenlan. Then came Mosby, the e1-guer1lla,
as soldIer Of fortune to cast h1a adEenturous
sword On their eide, nnd his cooperation was con-
s.derea to be valuable They thought that II he
could get one thousand Fenians On horseback
there would be lively times somewhere on the bor-
acss Of CEnada, and that his guerilla mode CT
fighting Wonld be effective. On the whole, the
fate Of 0Neu was thought to he blessing In dts~
guiBe, and much confidence was reposed In the
new commanders
1t Was calculated that the men sent On from the
West would reach the front" yesterday or to-
day, and that the fortunes and fate OF the invasion
would depend very much upon them, and that
their aid should be tnken Into aecuunt In future
predictions as to the Issue Of the movement
The following despatch Was received from
Major Mcclure, who left here on Thursday:
BUFFALO. May =. 1870.
leis for eS front lat niEb: ncadiaf Henry Hethcs:
ana I'll .Se sea S We N ~ e SeRs
from the front good. MAc
| Other dispatches Of an equally cheerful charac-
ter were received, and salsed the spirits 0. the
Fen1ans very much kilograms from various cities
and towns IN ti4is and other States inquired men
! should be sent on, and affirmative answers we're
returned.
Bodies Of men from Rockford, LaSa1le, Aurora,
Milwaukee,, and other places, passed through here
during the dAy, on their way to Malone, and last
| night sixty-nve men from St Louis vera shipped
on the last train. Including the Chicago men, over
800 left this city yesterday. There are twenty men
at the Rolling Mills, all Of them said to be old ret
Grams who served In the war, preparing to start,
and probably they Will disappear to-day.
There WIS much enthusiasm aud Intense excite
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