The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-28

quick BY the len asnk. and take position upon
hill on the len Of the road
suor THROUGH rHs HEART.
To accomplish this II was necessary to cross an
Murray, OF Portland, fell upon the greens ward shot
through the heart. . -
lie succeeded in reaching the top Of the hill and
tour and returned 70 the road some distance this
side of the line. in crossing ,, lct near the road
forward dur uSiii lie road was reached. 49,.
In retiring the men passed the house Of Alvah
sSn%Ss, Ssn 1sT aS'
stion. He was followed BY Mr.. Riehgrd., who ask
ed him who be WAS and By what rish. be vas
oeriS; 70 leave ans and SsS oSenl then did sO
BOYLE o'R.rLLr SEES o'SEILLs ARREST.
The men nodded to each other and Gen. Foster
announced his Intention TO arrest ONeill for viola
p ,Ss Of ,ss %,. & stepped into the
riage In the presence Of Boyle Okeiliy, 10 whom he
turned over the command The carriage ,r was driven
away rapidly, and OReily vn'ted the men ana an
A council Of war was then held, and as II ap-
sstisGed with the gensrsiship displayed and had
retreated demorslized some OF the officers proposed
q the % rcmns Of nsr is ss no
act tremendously, and the men remained In shelter
for several hours.
Meanwhile information OF the engagement reached
the village, and party Of men from New York. who
happened 10 reach the town at that time were cent
forward TO rerenforce the advance guard The de-
tacbment was subsequently, heard FROM and II was
learned that having obtained Information Of what
was going on they halted aud were resting by the
roadside.
orS. poxSsLLr IN TRAP.
| Col Maruinness Of Cambridge, proposed TO take
party OF volunteers across the line and dislodge
| uIe Canadians, but could on y secure small squad
about dozen men and offered TO Join bin, but the
force was yet too small to accomplish anything and
| the movement did no, take place.
| road Cen j. j. Donnelly Of Providence, Col. J. II.
Browne OF Lawrence pnd eeVere other onicers, with
Ter in s:shed and here they were kept until nghtfall
under the bead OF the Canadian rifles.
The Canadians once asked them to surrender, but
they declined doing so, and toward night small
| neld.pece, resembling n foupoundcr Purrott was
placed on the hill. and several shots fired into the
Canadians This would have been done before, but
| the piece was diNointed and portion OF 1t miss
ing; EE,. , ., N. ,,oa now snss,vor.a to ..c,re
and they succeeded, bat Gen. Donnelly was sho.
near the spine, and dangerously wounded. Late In
| the evening the fcnian advance commenced to re-
@ ea' Ia ON ~ anobss ,om anu New Haven reached he
scene, but too late for the ekirmi'h
now TO DURr DEAD rgsIAs.
During tile Afternoon yesterday, fag Of truce
| the privilege 10 take o1 the dead body OF young
Rowe. This was refused aud the body lay upon the
Ibis morning. when the departure OF the Fenians
was learned, the Cansdians came down In large
numbers and the corpse was dragged by the hair o.
the head 20 the hi whore the valiant subjects Of
Her Majesty were intrenched and near there the
body was buried the remains being throw into the
grave without blanket OF cover OF any kind.
Not content with this mon ument OF rocks three
or four feet nigh and weighing between one and two
| tons oiled on top aud the summit covered with
| bottle. THIS was subsequently removed by some
body with more feeling than tne brute who placed IL
| there. but the rocks remained.
| a relocated guard paced TO and fro around the
grave during the day and while on the other side OF
the line your correspondent inquired why so mucn
| stone placed over the hodj. Wei" replied
| the uniformed snob, I'VE thought the devil might
come after him, and thought we'd give the old lei
| low u job II he should"
| The United States Marshal Dema nds the Re-
turn Of the Feninn Cannon-The Answer.
TORONTO, May 27.-The gun captured by the
Canadtsns after the Ricards farm engagement was
taken the American side Of the line. U. 4. Mar
| shsl Foster demanded hs return. Report says the
reply that he could only have 1t at the point oil
| the bayonet
WOULD 1T WE'RE 40.
Later rumors hying around Ottawa that Mr..
| Thornton has demanded his passport. Dispatches
| from the Vermont border vague and compi
Gated that satisfactory intelligence can be Cleaned