The New York herald., 1870-05-27
THE FENIANs IN THE METROPOLIS.


What IL 1heusht Of O'NsiII's Fiasce-Is He .
Coward or Did He subm,it Because He
Couidn't Help IL IA Change Come O'cr tho
Spirit OF the Fcninn Dreams.
The Fenians In tnis city were by no means lw
lively spirits yesterday. The Intelligence sent over
the wires aud published in The newspapers fhas
General 0Neil han been taken IN and done for by q
villAnous United Sta,es Ma.saal VINO couldn't sea
tie point OF going down on MS Kn and xissing
tie new dag, FELL on them Ike tnuaderbolt. Tncy
hada't aniiclQa any such wind-up OF Mr.. 0NeiIs
personal career on the border. aud the lamentations
over the unLmey fate OF tho "oould cneltaln,
were eqaalled but by the curses they heaped
upon UAcle sam for putting his finger
80 rutlleasy in the Fenan pot-p pie. All
dag long the headquarters N Fourth street were
shronAed bX Il motley gang Of mea and women, all
OF wao.n Were ANXIOUS TO ascertain some news from
the Datiio Held. The mel who ba stguited about
the Place the day before stately as pe.cocks on
hiIitop On q nne sumners uay had lost their bolt
look Of nance, and they talked TO one another "a
whispers and moved ahoag list ess sort OF way.
as though they dld not know exactly whether it
would be be- er for their countrs sake TO commit
hartEart or 20 Gu a regular old orunk. A good
many OF the men who pronlel aDOu. the place all
day and wno woulu aav goue 10 the front had tho
alt rnalye the more pre.eruls OF tue Two, and 80
6gNERAL o NELL y CoSDUCr
were very connct.ng but the maJoriIy Of tho rank
and 1e about own were n,ghAy Indignant at tho
way ne had allowed hni sell 70 De bag sed by General
Foster. Many went so sr as 10 denodnce HIM as an
arrant coward Wine Others not in he least bit cs3
iehent IN ns regard, teolaret hat the whJie Thing
was ''pdt up job,n and nat 0Nell had allowed
himself to he goDbied up once hat he had become
convinced that hls ioohardy aGeanpt " whip ail
Canada VIVA fsY hundrso men was uesine0
10 come 10 u sudden ana uuslstro y ending. Those
VINO deiended MIN on grounus of personal friendship
Tor Tie mere sase Of ar uplent endeavOrolt 70
show that the newspaper accoun.s of The arrest
incortec ana tn L when the 'on iaI' reports-tnat
Is say, inc WA, ewasny statements OF the "Gen-
era!u-wOali come iiand the ''siardels" wouu be
certain 10 he lelutcl. AS the case now sta ids UNc
twenty -lcu hou s ana re Is bur lse doubt that
Al ne nd mats MS appe .aace at any oAe o. me CIR
sies yeste day ne would nave peo.i moDbed on the
IL IS wonderful now els ly events VIII change
| mems minds. ON luesday 1nt
in the city btt was ready take hi. oath that re
knew Ill ont the great things that we're 70 be done
W tAe ts sadeTs and " swear ~ all tnat was green
| and yellow tnat II wa, an mp ssiblty r the nya-
sion 10 ail-.simpy be 'atse lt cou'do't And yet
| how ch nged their tone tcs efday, when the news
oi tue utter rout OF tho Fenia, nyss'' wa Druted
a.ort indeeo, II wa, an an cst impo sloie 70 come ,
horror and begin to tell you how he hs1 predicted
\ llis uisasysr beore the m0v.meut was well began,
da ne saom a sns aSs Was o me q
enlerp se at all. ataIl. A
IL MAS ruinaed Late Ia fhight that
4 F09CB or TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED
men were 70 leaye the s.ty Tor Maonc out the ru
NOR could not be traced u any rcl able source.
IL IL quite keiy th SC al the WHO attended
10 JOIN the army on The frontier have let Already
aud 5hat they are jnst eboSt this time In q mighty
| big hurry % get back agan.
| Mi. and VI s Howard Paul were, on ther way 10
l Mo0t@al on Wednesday, TO fuld an engagement u
the Theatre Roy a, but applying at the troy fN.
~ station for tickets 10 bt city told by tho
/ onlclals that passengers were not aBowe TO enter
Canada for the next day or two ana that they could
only issue ticket as ar rs the frontier. Mr. and
| Mrs, Howard Paul have theTe.or been compelled
! TO relinqulsh Their eneagement aud Manager Buck.
| LAND has an empty theatre thus week.