The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-05-31

upon crossing the bridge; but no deploy-
ment was made. The company marched
down the hill by ilank--that is in column
of fours-and had hardly crossed the line
when they were opened on by the Cana
dians, some of whom were nearer to them
than they had supposed. The company
halted, trontcd, returned the fire and then
made a rush across the bridge. Several
fell, one killed others wounded Two
men were shot upon the bridge and fell
iuto the stream; the rest stopped, broke,
and sought shelter from the enemy's fire
under the bridge.
In the meantime firing opened sharply
between the militia and the main Fenian
body. One or two men were wounded,
and there was rapid scattering Of the
citizens present, and reporters, FIVE or six
Of whom had pushed forward and were
actually between the contending lines.
These sought shelter in hurry in the
Richards house Gen. O'Neil, finding
his line beginning to get unsteady, order
ed them into the field on the left of the
road, under cover Of piece Of woods Just
on the brow of the valley. From this
position they fired several volleys.
The repulse Of the advance company,
some Of whom could be seen running
without arms for some woods on the right,
and the uncomfortable way in which the
bullets whistled, were too much for
O'Neil's men, and they fell back in dsor-
der, till they were rallied by Gen. O'Neil
and his staff, when they were addressed
again by Gen. O'Neil as follows,
GEN. o'NEIL's SECOND SPEECH.
Men Of Ireland I'm ashamed Of
you. You have acted disgracefully. But
you will have another chance of showing
whether you are cravens or not Com
rades, will lead you on again, and if
you will not follow me, I,with my officers
will 60 and die in your front.
With these words he ordered them
back to their position, and a scattered fire
was kept up across the line for an hour
and half, with no particular effect on
either side, the Canadians keeping their
position behind the stone fences, and the
Fenians keeping their position with the
loss Of several men, and more or less scat
tering to the rear.
THE ARREST 0E GEN. O'NEIL.
AT this stage of the proceedings Gen
O'Neil passed down across the road alone
with the intention of detaching compa.
ny from the right of his line for flank
movement. His movements had been
closely watched by Gen. Foster, who see.
ing his opportunity was at hand, addressed
a company Of a dozen citizens who were
watching the proceeding little out Of
the line Of fire, with these words Gen.
tlemen, | propose to arrest Gen. O'Neil
Will you back me i'll the discharge Of my
duty ~ I'VE WILL" was the reply. Gen
O'Neil had just then stopped to speak tt
a wounded man in the road, when Gen
Foster stepped up to HIM and said, 81 ar
rest you in the name Of the United State,
government" mo, no." said O'Neil
"You must not, | will not be arrested.
But the Marshal knew better. Assistant
Marshal Fdlley was by this time at hant
with the carriage. O'Neil was put into
it, in moment, and in another tn,
Marshal, with his prisoner, was drivn,
rapidly from the spot. O'Nei was eau
toned that any cutlery would be at tn,
risk Of his life, and he was thus takei
back right through his followers, VIII,
were guarding the arms and ammunition
in the rear, without any suspicion o
what was going on. II was certainly
bold deed to seize the eo aa s rf IF
from among them ; and the brave Marsha
deserves high credit for the prompt an,
successful discharge Of his duty. The ar
rest Of O'Neil when known, caused grea
Encouragement among his followers
Donnelly, it is said, wept, and joined tt
the resistance in front, the impression be
came general that the game was up.
DEMoRALIzATloN.
All order became lost, numbers Of tn,
Fenians started for their homes, some O
them turning the green jackets Of thei
uniforms and others throwing them away
No attempt was made to stop the stragg
ling Till about four o'clock, when a rear
guard was posted across the road il
Franklin village. The main body re
NAMED about u mile from the line, tn,
men sitting or lying by the sides Of thu
road, boxes of ammunition and arms oper
by the roadside, and very little sign o
any authority or discipline. Col. Don
nelly. who assumed command aftel
O'Neils arrest, with about thirty men
still held Richards house, probably will
the intention Of bringing off their deat
and wounded from that point after night
fall. Some thought that after their rein
forcements reached them they should
again advance. But the prevailing opin
ion was that it was Of no use to try again
under the circumstances. Prominent of
fcers admitted that not one-tenth Of tn,
force they expected was on the ground
and that their force was entirely iusuffi
cient to undertake an advance into Can
ada
The causalities were as follows:
KILLED.
John Rowe, of Burlington, Co. A
First Fenian cavalry, shot through thu
throat.
NJ O'Brien, Co. G, lSt Fenian cayal
ry, from Moriah, n. Y.
Man unknown, shot on the bridge.
WOUNDED.
Lieut.. Edward Hope, of the Meaghe
rifles, of Bridgeport, Conn. through tn,
thigh lies at the Franklin House, Frank
lin.
Frank Carragan, Of the same company
wounded in groin, probably mortally, a
Franklin House
f. Cronan, of Bridgeport Conn, in tn,
leg.
James Keenan,, Fort Edward, n. Y.
ankle.
Edward Halahan, Co. &, lst Fenial
cavalry, wounded in the arm,
One man, name not known, shot in th