, 1870-05-09
A SUPPOSED FENIAN DEMON
STRATION.
Two Steamboats, and Two RnrrcS
spirited off In the NiEht-Is this
Ecl.isa1si%na f-Lo&H Twenty Thou.
Spnd Dollars S-TAc People E1-

E..r.ts.1si.na f-Lo&& TsvcntY Thou-
sNnd Doll:ars-Thc People E1-
Fran tht W'aixhan tN II 7Snz.
Last sunday morning, between the hours OF
1e aud o'clock, ono Of tho boldest s'raids " it
has been our auty to record was enacted upon
tho usually quiet and peaceful waters Of Lake
Cbamplain.
Saturday last, every train brought to our VII
lase numbers Of Eusricious looking pereona,
and ii bcirg at that season Of the year when
boatmen tlotk hither to make engagements
for a summers voyage on the ''horse OCEANS -
Of this country. the arrivals attracted but
little attention.
These individuals roamod about our streets,
vlsiting many Of our public houses aud places
OF interest, and going aboard OF many Of the
boats that were lying moored to our docks,
and were seen ever and anout casting wishfut
s1ances al the la1ger craft that wero anchored
- sCannon Rock" which commands our village
and an entrance to our hAfbor.
Still to our citizens, and particularly those
connected with the transportation companies,
who saw more Of them and their actions.
failed 10 recognize in the new faces ANYTHING
perhaps the newcomers might possibly be
:. old veterans from tho Cuban army or the
"late onpleasantnese.
Ftartleat from tho thoughts Of our unsus-
pcctirg citizens was it that these individuals
wcre e1uiesaries from the FeniAn army;
though, Of cuurse, it was well known that the
Feuians are contemplating raid upon Can
ada
It is understood, therefore, that when these
noble sons OF a down-t1odden Isle make an
advance movement. they will need transports:
and in the dead hour OF night, "when all
nature was hnshed,' theRe suspicious looking
persons boarded two steam tugs and two
baIges, that lay at anchor In our hatbor, and
ore our village clock ANNOUNCED the apprpach
ine day, With their booty the raiders were far
away to the north OF us: and perchancc,
while the good man was saying his Aye Maria
were sac1eligiously laying waste bis peaeefal
homestead.
During the dag, Sunday, excited knots Of
iaen walked the streets and discussed the mat
ter. The telegraph Offices being closed, uotl-
jug could be ascertained Of the position Of the
eontendipG forces, OF The Whereabouts Of the
tugs OF barEes, aid, IL fact, up to tho present
Writing, the Telegraph rnakcs no mention Of It.
In view Of this high-handed Outrage upon
strictly t'peutral" people, like the citizens Of
cur village, wc can upon "our government
to demand Of the Fenian p1esideat, the Feni-
army, Or the Fenian somebody, a speedy re-
| turn Of these craft to our peaceful waters
Can it be possible that our private citizens
are to bo made to furnish the material with
which they aye to prosecute tAeI ctusade
| acainst .sJohn Eul1, in their effort to estAb-
| lish over Erin, the home Of tho oppressed. u
| republican form Of governneut7 And are the
! !. Sunburst,- and the nzmes Of ireland 9
noblest patriots, Grattan, Flood, Charlemont,
Cur1au, SMITH, O'Conuor, O'Brien. and that
giant. who, IN the whole history ot the " Old
World" would call himself people, Daniel
| OConnell, to BE- sullied by such higsthanded
] acts upon the lakes and t7yets OF country
that has welcomed to her shotes the op-
Is our soil to be invaded by dozen soldiers
| "Wearing Of the Green. and while our citizens
are sleeping quietly. their property 70 be spu-
| lted AWAY. = ike ch4f before the wind!'
Il this ont1age ID zllo~ed to go 1npunished.
! then the colors We have s1ept under, fought
under, tvorn under, and have desired to BE-
" wrapped up in," we desire should meet The
fate SO desired By tho philosopher when he
wrote,
l TIE ATEHT.
[ The boats spirited away were the property
Of Thomas L. Vaughan, Of tn;s village, enc
| were valued At $e0, ,0U0.
STILL LATER
Cp to the hour Of cur going to press NJ
I fjiuEB bare reached ua Of An advance OF tnt
Feuian arny. or OF the whereabouts Of int
~esse.s; though il IL beJcna doubt they nave
been taken to C1nAd2. The perpetrators o.
the act are, ~ yet, unknown, though II Is auF
posed to have been done by O. nnIez The o.
fection Of PARTIES in Canada who hold ehsh
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