, 1870-06-03
BATTLE OF TROUT RIVER.
Account of the Advance and
Retreat, by a Chicago
FenfRn.
0Leary, Gleason, and starr-What
the Boys in Green" Think
Of Them.

Of Them.
The Chicago Fenians are returning from III
: seat Of war aud defeat End, Is may be supposed
| they are neither jubllant nor joyous These men
! who went away In high spir1ts, and with the bes
aud most warlIte intentions In the world, ar
coming back creetfa1en and disps1ted. The In
glorious termination OF their mission weigh
heavily upon al, aud each mar feels PERSONAL!
which the Irish name has been brought by III
rash and reckless folly Of Incompetent scalawa8a.
11ea yeste9av e9a esn1Rs Tss 55ays ss Ehe y
ored volunteer, who left with q band o.
men men On Saturday r. BE states that he went nc
etV cn5Psr Sad ts for Waen they reached thai
n from Malone and other points Ia the front
whence glorious and inspiring tdings Of victory
stss1 npao ss no's Bst ap 1t The Ao
tender E!de OF pine plaukA- They had plenty to
eat but the news was discouragng, and those Sc
pointed. This hsbe Hsbernian SAYS that i The noIs
treated him hs: gentleman, and when some fel-
low II II hgaic hs called hn, baek Fenan
,arnisneI a him Win 2 pair Of black eyes Id less
aa thaa dn no tine. "Golly; ! never seed fellows
darkey. he won golden opinions among the r.
ntans, with whom he was great fnvori.e. AS a
1ken o. fher h,, q his services they
l1"isAeo M1u WIN tne following testimonial:
r. BUFFALO, May 81 1870,
It chIeaso Id n went Gapsa1h Wh hfin
a. = nfan t e ss fsopt M =. III could
se Ii Ii asss y ssaS%
59xHs R1x1a SH4a ETa ssgS5f,a Ssf!,st centz n,t,.,
A black man following the "Sunburst !, is sorne-
| th1hE very strange, but time works wonderH II
that daIkey had only died be would have been In
tmonaazed @ u lf1sa eloquence, He did not SO bis
/ M.
:, There also aIdVed yesterday Captain william
Henry, who left hero on Tuesday week last with a
band OF men, and reached Buffalo tue next day at
| sp. N. Leaving Buffalo at 6:15 the same even
Ing, he reached Rome at midnight, aud lett there
ataosecf a. ae on Thurs Th'T1sday morn9g reaching No
Henry expected TO see squadrons forming ID The
ranks OF war and all that sort OF thing, you know,
| near Malone was camp Of fifty men, about half a
hlle rom che Inc. on tho American side. THIS
vas was M not tented field for there were tents,
was nne circulation Of ait, which was undoubt-
edy good for their lungs, and proyocation ct ap-
Of any kind; III fact, there was nothing To guard
except The men; but the absence Of guards looked
IT. strange to the martial eye q the gallant Captain
az s5s n1sss ,sss,as, so,E Tas e. cspts!n & s.t
which, he Was told, was Pitched about mile Id ana
half a. the other side Of the line, or "in the
found the camp. and IN Individual IA named ned oTearT
with the prefix Of stColonei, y In comman1 Of one
hundred men, not soul more. But 0 Leary's glory
ported 70 the Colonel, another chap, six feet two
h!en, weighing go pounds and knoWn in New
York bar-Ioons as Gleason, anosher General"
OF course, staggered to the trout, AMI, out
ranking the Colonel" demanded the position Of
CommandeE-in- Chief While he Was staggering
ae q
This paItys name was Starr, now lost star, and
he vas AIMED with penku(fe, a dollar penknlie,
hna r9a o. ma9uscnpt IS long bat not quite 90
piece OF Writing Was commission which cast
oIeary and Gleason at hts feet and gave him an
events proved that he succeeded. Cincinnati may
produce VcIy dnc pork, but the Fenian Generals
she turns ont nre nothing to brsg on.
Nr. Gleason may as welt Ike disposed of right
here. Captain Henry states that he fought wills
Key aespeIatsly until he was defeated and cap
ent Wisely nd saw Tsne s
tall Of British Uniform. The Henians regretted
as capture very much, because he was caught on
d'sns be would probably hare been hanged, as
they say be righteonsly deserved. :.
wen. NJ. StarT took charge, and Immediately
tn the American side Of the line. Thlsretreat was
accomplished Ia the absence Of the enemy in d
Mr. Starr leading The Tas
their mnsseta iiere they remained unIii mofning,
night Firing In the 'front.' and the arrival Of the
sktEmishers IN camp announced that the enemy
moufh itTns t11c thnf no ErttiSh hoS cn, ~ =
the humber Of 5o consisn9 ~ ,nfapi aa 70
2 apd ps, artillery: 1ooat midnight thess troops
The1c was Chance Tor some one d ~ ret p'sne Sea
and 60 thought the BanguIna1y StarT. He called
ME- StarT being Inclined n thInt thar hsS hatte44
remaln Where fhey were Horerer iheV I dtf aIi
vance, NJ. staH going along. NE. stai1 had no
rrTolycr il his possession. Tbs fioilar IN nenrnifs
Nas , bis eniy Eesp0n. No vondsr cansds Rs WIS
grora sha4p fbs Iats a!one 1 got T.
II hsttte heh,nd a MI fencn ana haHeG 1,1
To- tear d9~n g. anofneI tense to sons1ucs s9rs Of
we're x,on ihrnxn tn sHain NJ s,arthon "us ra1 na9
lis men out and placed them across The @ road near
River 1owed. 3o 'A'"'' e'@ eAA1 -'''e" ''u'
But the Canadlsrs were coming, and LII. Starr
sere mad ~ m f6Ss+s I'M No noS @ hans Ga
in that f1irrc,fon. he nr,ieTr.i rrtrTat AMI n.
men obeyed, supposlng it Nas strategic move
teT nos;tton g. vas for he esntc% - y .e ~,
~ INF ~ o5 tTnn ~ @ ~ ees n nn.
to9 IT, and nd, sodden,y stopped star peEemptorily
;oE nny ne' y .ta a ano tley ie BACK onSa
But sra!r was bound for Malone, and again be Or
nelea tnem 70 iau oaeE, ne redcoats getting dan-
EElCusif neat slafl' 1hat bfave hHgadler vas ID
IT. VI IT, Column On me foaa 70 Malone when ior
fomms1a fsta ~ and sssuay eountesrchs IN te
!aIE VI LIE Iot. Stalf QlQ n0t c0unLefm8fcn- lie
vas not going IN that direction He took to his
heels, and swift heels they were. he overlook q
buggy on the road 70 Malone and the animal that
carried hin fIom ne scene was never known to
make suSh @ tine ~ before:
somewhat aemoIalzed. They had no commander.
The man who presumed to lead them had led them |
70 dlsgrace and ERs at that mement making tracks
ior slnennau Ine{ were LEFT to shift for them-
e selves M Sat probably rejecting that "the derl
might take the hndmest ;" 30 long as he was FORE
most and nnt OF danger. In spite Of all this |
me men kept their places nobly, and ]
.ell back % 70 INC line WIN order that might have
became veterans At the border the Canadians |
came up and nred harmless vollcy across the
line. The day was over, the retreat of Trout
RIVER and the safety Of starr were effected, and
the Indignation OF the men at the base and |
Rnoble demeanor OF starr knew no bounds, and II ]
tFey had canHht him then very likely nc would /
rave ,t been hung up to dIy on The nearest tree:
!hey ai! IetFenty hope that the United States will
q al with him and hta confederates In the fraud to
o's i1nest .af ,s sa.ent o. tnG az ~
~ t1 1rttns MeIc OILY aee LIZ asnmen racing me
t a.,aH pi1isu rs ruups- ins utoS "Eie leal1unY
asinnca asanst E ~ u s, aa e nos S1ss any
in E y! ~ tit hek ~, neu @ he @ olus,ei ne
n ~ pns - I'm ~ ~ Sass Was taken 70
, ~ tne .h i u nS Hao were ieil
"a io,n ther ecomraflrs hnfnsa ,61 nont1e auc
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