, 1870-04-23
TILE; Chicago TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, APRIL 49, 1870.

considerable quantity Of tfns and aumuul-
Ton At Malone, N. T hat, ~ the day OF active
ees1a 81 % iSn thy hfTs F" essn @
tngton, md other points near the frontier,
more suitable and convenient - base Of op-
esat3ons And supplee.
In view Of the general quiet which is sup
posed to havu existed tor = long time in
Feulan circles, The question will naturally
arlso as 70 where the array for Offensive opa1s-
tons is to come from In nearly authe Gtiea
IN the E&atarn and Middle States, md in some
o1 tho Western, there xre many Who are swurn
to respond when the cab IL m&de, and the recent
gatherings Of tho leadern In Chicago and New
aosk a,,! Hero for the purpose OF deriang means
Ior adding TO their number, and also prob
ably to decide finally upon the details Of the
eanf'agn- large number Of rnen-thoeo
whom it Ia intended VII inAugutats the on
ward noEentent-miA be found among the
ggs, gnngs, Of ia1o.ers ,p nov employed in The con.
Railroad at point conveniently near tho bor-
der. large number le now engaged there
for moderate wages, and only few DAYS since
prominent Fenian offered the eervioeB Of a
gang Of 800 simply for their bosrd. Another
21niAcAnt circumstance Ia the fact that the
Bate militia Of Vermont is composed almost
wholly OF Lishnen, md It hAa been mentioned
- reasonable probability th4t when the iuya-
sion begins to aasume definite shApe they will
b called out to put down the raid, and that
they will then take the 6tate.s arnus and equip
ments and unite with their FeniAh brothers In
the Canadian attack.
Two weeks ago today General OrNcil, the
Fcnisn chies, visited this town ineog. and
made \ tour al along the frontier, Among
other places he visited Fairfield, where = large
number Of 1rrns age stored, and, IN conrersa~
ton with ono Of hi8 prominent aides, be made
the somewhat exttaragant statement that he
hSd ltrns and ammunition along the frontier
between Portland and Qgdensburgh, for u, 600
men, And that he would have tho men ready
to use them inside ofA month He further
said that there we're great many stupid
blunders in tho invaaion four years ago, but
that tho experience at that time hAd proved
benefit, and he had every confidence that the
movement now on foot would pross sufficient
iy disastrous to CanAdA to force the British
Government 10 Allow l1inhmep To rn1e Ireland.
The foregoing story Of secret Preparations,
the Arrival and distribution OF aIms, and the
positive intention Of tho FeuiAu4 Ia make m
attack upon the Dominion ut very early day,
ia strictly correct IN every particular. II IL
not based upon simple rumors, but every
statement IN obtained from source highly
reliable, and the same information il in pos
seeeiou Of both the United States and British
EoFernneuts. Notwithstanding. however, an
invasion is among the probabilities, the ab-
sence Of any Teniapa in force is not only
singu!aE but eestninG!y inconsistent with this
whole atory. Before the 1aid OF four years
tNA1~S kAAAAD VINO a AN%4Au4An4 uuW VI AALQHGU IL
this direction for week or ten days in ad-
vance Of active operations. There has been
nothing OF this kind 60 far, and the pas
senger traina orer tho Vermont Central,
Ogdensburgh, and other roads havo not
car1ied and are now not carving more than
the usral number OF rAsseuEesB. Now. it
would seem certain That no very great body Of
men can be massed at auy point near the
border without passing over the railroads, and
the fact that the railroad traffic has not been
increased, Influences many to believe that the
whole thing viii hzzle, il, in fact any sggres-
siye movement has been actually Intended.
While the railroads have not thus far been
brought into requisihon, except in the trans-
portatiou Of arms, it ia nevertheless true that
Arrangements hhve been made At different
points along the border for the maintenance
Of laxge bodies of men for few days about
the 1st Of May. and tearas hayo Also been en-
gagged to haul heavy loads At about the samo
time. From this it would seem that the
horrors Of war will begin with the beginning
Of the coming mouth Perhaps the remark
Of General O.Sein that he ha1 learned wisdom
from experience had reference 10 tho moving
OF troops without the aid OF railroads.