Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-05-13
NEW YORK.
FINAL Arrangements for the Inva.
sion by the Fenians.E En- thnsias rte
san domingo Meeting atnoffc
Priests fn Council.

Priests In COuncii.
NEw York, May l3.--A meeting Of
Fenian generals was held yesterday at
the Astor House for the purpose OF con-
GLIDING all final arrangements for the
invasion of the Dominion of Canada.
Reports were handed in showing that
harmony was existing in all departments
of the ONeill wing of the Order. 1t
was agreed at the council that to-day
some generals would leave this city for
points North, when, at designated times,
the central point of attack should be
reached. These generals are supposed
TO take charge of the troops reported
concentrating at st. Adams.
A grand mass meeting was held at
Cooper Institute last night for the pur-
pose of urging upon Congress the de-
STABILITY of ratifyIng the treaty for the
annexation of San Domingo. Among
those present were some of the principal
merchants of the city. Gen. Banks, the
speaker of the evening, delivered an adj
dress of over one hours duration. He
advocated the Monroe doctrine and the
taking in of the entire continent by the
United States. He referred specially to
the necessity of the Government holding
the Gulf of Mexico. He was followed BY
Hon. Horace Maynard, of Tennessee;
Fitch, of Nevada; Moses II. Grinnell, of
this city, and several others
The following are among the resolu.
tons adopted: sM 9ahMt
Resolved, as the Judgment of this
meeting That the treaty pending before
the Senate Of the United States for the
acquisition of territory in adjacent
waters Island Of St Domingo), is a
measure Of vast. consequence, not only
to the private interest involved in the
fast increasing commerce through the
waters of the Mexican Gulf and the Car
ribean Sea, but also to thepublic service
of the United States, in thereby increas
ing all important and essential naval
stations.
Resolved, That the waters of the Gulf
of Mexico, which wash the shores Of
American territory, and connect land
locked seas with Southern oceans are
essentially portion Of the great geo.
graphical system by which nature has
afforded protection to the national inter
est and honor of the American CONT
nent; and that the highest sense of pub
lie duty is involved in maintaining the
inviolability of our free access TO it, if
necessary by any exigency in public
affairs to have control over these waters.
Resolved, That the resources of San
Domingo, which in variety of products
rival those Of temperate and torrid re-
gions in importance Of staples of prime
necessity not produced in the United
States; its magnificent harbors, capacity
for commerce, its geographical position
as center of the Gulf, and key Of the
ocean and isthmus transit between Asia
and Europe, give to that miniature CONT
nent value that attaches onlyto the most
favored portion of the globe.
Resolved, That with all respect and
Difference for the Senate, this meeting
earnestly recommend the ratification of
the treaty recently negotiated between
the Government Of the United States
and the authorities of San Domingo. "a
Arrangements are making for the
meeting of all the Catholic priests in this
city to decide upon the expediency of
receiving State aid in support of the
charitable institutions of that church. A
number Of the priests are opposed to &C
cepting such aid. They also hold that
no money raised by taxation should be
given 70 the schools and asylums OF any
church. They aver that the denomina-
tons outside of the Catholic community
will suffer more by the withdrawal of
State aid than their church.