New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-05-27
THE FENIANs.

The redoubtable O'Neil has agar
thrown Canada into great panic by
marching his fierce warriors to that border
for the liberation of Ireland. The re-
porters of the Associated Press appear tt
be suffering from the scare, and betraJ
evidences of great agitation in their dis
patches. We published on Wednesday
and yesterday morning, about a column
each day, of news, all,about the Fenians
which, when Invested of the verbiage and
simmered down to actual results, amounts
to next to nothing at all. On The
night of the twenty-fourth of the
present month several car loads Of
Fenians are represented to have passed
| through Rochester, New York, from the
West, ticketed by railroad for Malone, a
| town in the State of New York, very near
Canada. On Tuesday a conhagration was
raging in Quebec, and the Fenians are
said to have cut the telegraphic wires in
order to prevent the details being made
known outside the city. The inference is
that the Fenians had fired Quebec, and the
greatest excitement prevailed among the
inhabitants residing in the immediate
neighborhood of the st. Lawrence, con-
tiguous to Quebec, and in that portion of
our own country nearest to the scene of
action. Thus read the dispatches the
first day.
Subsequent reports say that Ia force of
irresponsible parties" composed of
about three thousand men, was on
the march all of Wednesday, in
small squads, with Canada for their
ultimate point. The squad nearest to
the person of the commander-in-chiet,
was surprised by the Canadians, "foGght
nobly," and finally ran off as fast as they
could, with loss OF two or three, but
without inficting any apparent injury
upon their enemies. So far as we can
learn, the only damage the Canadians
have yet sustained, is a big scare, and that
not well authenticated. The excited indi-
vidual who does up the press dispatches in
New York, declares that ''the utmost con-
sternation prevails in Canada, owing to the
utter lack of preparation for resistance"
But the climax of the day was in the
capture of the Fenian commandments
by the United States Marshal. That Off
Ger appeared on the scene at the very mo-
ment of victory, perhaps, when the name
of 0 Neil was about to be made famous for
all time to come, and with the overpower-
ing force of one deputy. bagged the fierce
warrior, bundled him into a carriage like
a bundle OF dirty clothes, and consigned
him to Bastile in Burlington.
This may be regarded as an inglorious
to the career of man who
had gone out in the morning determined
to do or die. When he crossed at St. Al.
bans he told reporter that he would
never recross the lines alive, unless vic
'orious. After this boast, to be captured
n martial armor, By a civilian and his one
assistant, and abducted from the field Of |
'attle like a helpless girl in the grasp of
Ter seducer, in the presence Of his whole
command, must have been vastly trying to
us noble spirit.
Of course, this misbap threw the whole
orce into confusion, and forged the letters
N Ireland as strong as ever. The various
quads of men scattered here and there,
citing without concert, or not acting at
Ii, became dispirited and demoralized.
hungry and weary, they sought the
'iendly southern borders, and will no
oubt, soon disperse to their several
ONES. We notice that various causes
re assigned for this Fenian discontinue.
there had been transportation those
no were left behind might have gone on.
the party that was surprised by the
anadians had been reinforced they mi ht I
ave held their ground. In short, if there
ID been. men enough, and they properly l
med and equipped, and there had been
hostile Canadian troops in front, nor l
eddling United States Marshal in the '
ar, the great day might have been won, (
d Ireland set free on the spot. For it t
ems to be taken for granted that as soon S
the Fenians have conquered Canada, the c
,itish will hastily evacuate the Green S
lie, and conclude such treaty as shall be 6
,tated by the victorious General who p
er he may be. As the case now stands, l
viewer, it will probably be necessary 10
new the business of raising contribu- L
ms of money from the "friends of Ire b
Id which, it has been limited, is the ST
ief object the Fenian leaders have in
w. Il