Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-05-28
THE FENIANs.
The War Not Yet Ended enthusiasm for
the Cause StiII on the Increase.
Death Of General DoueIiy---6 General Mostly
aad General Spear and others
Organizing. asa -
The Brotherhood ia England --Spirit Of tn
English Press Death by the Rope
the Penalty Of Fealanlsm.

\ the Penalty Of FeHlanlsm.
NEW YORK, May 27.-General San
Spear has succeeded O'Neill and
vigorously at work. He will eros
into Canada near Burlington, VT, Q
join General Gleason. Our Fenia
friends should study the map of tn
United States and Canada.
| O'Neill is said to be too young {
command.
The British forces are at Hunting
I ton.
The Sixtieth Rifles Cmounted) from
Montreal are marching to that point
The Fenians are concentrating a
Trout river.
General Gleason, night before last
had crossed the river and expected Il
fa1st at daylight.
A battery and Canadian volunteer
are reinforcing the command a
Huntington.
General Gleason has two pieces o
artillery.
Washington advices say that many
| Fenians have been arrested by thG
/ AAllCA 1ldbClJ dAlNL Will Ue
tried at once for violation of neutral
ity laws.
The Fenian war is far from ended
Determination and enthusiasm fol
lowed temporary despondency, caused
by the arrest of O'Neilk
Fenians are concentrating in large
numbers along the border.
General Spear and the eX-COnfeder.
ate General Mosby are organizing
forces for another attack near st. Ar.
mand. The blow is expected to-day.
Three thousand men crossed at Ma
lone day before yesterday and took
two companies Of Canadians prison
ers.
Gen. DOnneiiy, Of Utica, N. Y,
died of his wounds yesterday. The
Z. S. government preserves strict
neutrality. Armed Fenians go and
come when they please. Generals
Meade aud Mcdowell are hourly ex-
pected.
The latest telegraphic rumors in
New York yesterday were that the
Canadians were thoroughly dispirited
and to the effect that the Fenians had
won a great victory.
The supposed Fenians Wilson and
Davitt, recently arrested near Bir-
mingham, England, were examined
yesterday, rs cable telegram states,
and were committed TO prison for
treason and felony.
The London Nelcs of yesterday
urges, as does the Times, the hanging
of all Ienians caught with arms, as a
human and patriotic duty of the Do
minion to the people. 1t is the only
measure that will stop the nuisance.
The Times is proud Of the Canadian
spirit, and applauds the American
government,
A company of q. S. troops is at
Malone to preserve order. The Fe-
mans behave well and preserve per-
feet quiet. The main body has
crossed the border, and others are
constantly arriving. a battle is mo-
mentarily expected.
ST.. ALBANs, May 27.-The Fenians
were driven nom their position this
afternoon. They are all now on this
side Of the line. The Canadians at
tackled them 5000 strong. The battle
lastedpne hour and twenty minutes.
The Fenians had several killed and
twenty wounded. The English loss
is not known.
MALONE, May ga private, just
come in from the front, reports that
he saw General QNeill, who was
about to assume command. The
probability is that it was a wrong inn
preston that he was captured, and
General ONeill has escaped.
Troy, May 27.-General Meade left
this city this morning for the frontier
by the Rensselaer, railroad.
MALONE, n. Y, May T.-The Fe-
nian forces, numbering 300 men, un-
der command of General Starr, at
tackled 1000 Canadian volunteers at
nine O'Clock this morning, at Trout
river, on the Canada side. After a
short but desperate fight, lasting six
teen minutes, the Fenians were de-
feated, with a loss of one killed, one
wounded, and one prisoner. Their
camp was completely broken up by
the British soldiers, and the men are
now struggling home.
ST.. ALBANs, May 27.-Generals
Meade and Mcdowell, Ingalls, and
Van Vleet, arrived here by the six
O'Clock train tonight. ~
Marshal Foster having received a
warrant from the District Attorney,
this evening arrested Colonel Hugh
McGinnis, Colonel Brown, of Boston,
and Captain Lanegan, of the Fenian
brigade.
1t is rumored that Lieutenant MUIR
ply, who was captured by the Cana
dians on Tuesday, will be hung at
Cooks Corners, on the frontier, to-
morrow,
ALBANY, May pa large Fe-
nian meeting is in progress at the City
Hall. EX-MayOr Blocker and others
were speaking. The enthusiasm OF
the Fenians does not seem to abate,
and recruiting is going on vigorously,
and money is being raised. More
men will be sent to the front to-mor-
row. The Fenians here are very re-
ticent, and no doubt the feeling ex-
lists to sustain their brothers at the
front. The reports of the reverses are
not generally credited here.
NEW YORK, May 27.-The object of
the Fenian raiders is stated to be the
capture of the Prince, that he may be
held as a ransom for Fenians impris-
oned in England. COWS
CINCINNATI, May 27.-The Fenian
Center of this district has been ad-
vised of the death of General Dom
nelly. Colonel Fitzgerald, who has
just arrived from Louisville, asserts
that all reports with regard to thede-
parture OF Fenians from this nOint,
st. Louis, and points south of the
Ohio river, are utterly untrue. Sixty
seven men, recruited by Captain
Swaney to-day, are announced to
leave tonight.