Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-05-25
The Fenian Movement.

among the Fenians in various sections of ii
country. In some places near. the fronti
the excitement has been intense, and rumo
of war and of invasion have flown thick ar
fast along the telegraph wires and throug
the daily press Of the country. OF courr
the real facts have been greatly exaggerated
and sometimes one Fenian has been counte
as ten, and body of ten Irishmen tickete
Tor the North, have by these rumors been in
creased to a hundred fierce Fenian warriors
rampant for war and Canada. Still it
true there is unusual activity in the Fenia
organization throughout the country at thi
moment,-and this activity seems to bea
quite business look Ii is not at all i'm
probable that the final result may be collision
between the Fenians and the British troops
the shedding of some blood, and the hanging
OF few Fenians that may not make goo
their escape to the States after the conhic
and clash of arms
1t can hardly be seriously believed tina
the Fenians are able to capture, much les
hold. Lower Canada. The inhabitants O
that section have no love for or sympathy
with tenianism. They are almost intensel,
opposed to it, and love the rule of Britanni,
far too well to be counted on in any otba,
way but as her friends and adherents in any
conflict of authority. In Upper Canada
Fenianism has some friends and sym pathizers.
The Iris, Ier,s,..t cory ITIes1'sIsr. s'%
IA that section, and many of the inhabitants
Of that Province were American-born or de-
scended from our own American stock
Could the FeniansE once gain firm foothold
there, their prospects of success would look
more encouraging. Capturing Prescott and
gaining possession of the railroads running
westward, they might gain control of the
narrow strip of inhabited country running
up through there and thus practically dis
member the two Provinces. 1t may be pos
sible the movement on the Vermont frontier
is only feint to cover this design and draw
the British troops here, while larger force
strikes for the Prescott section. If the Fe-
mans really mean invasion and conquest, this
course of action would certainly. be the bet
ter wisdom.
But we incline to believe no such far
reaching and comprehensive plan has been
sufficiently matured, or will be so vigorously
and promptly carried into execution as to
insure any success to the Fenians. The
present activity and excitement seems more
like the spasmodic twitchings of expiring
vitality, than the full, steady pulse-beat of
life and strength. 1t may be the 4" head
centers " are getting short of funds, and
this excitement is gotten up to raise the
Irish enthusiasm a trihe, and cause the dimes
and dollars to flow more freely from the
pockets of the lab)ring sons and daughters
of Esin into the Fenian treasury. A few
days will reveal the purposes of this move
ment. and give facts and results instead
of the stories and speculations with which
we are just now favored.
Below we give such rumors and dispatches
as seem to US to be most importans, and by
them the readers of the FREExGN can form
their owp CONCLUSIONS in regard to the mag
nitude and probable ending of this new inva-
sion of Canada.
RUTLAND, May 23--Vermont is again all
excitement over a grojeetsd Espianssf na
State are active, and proceeding in large
are being augmented by hundreds from the |
East and West, and especially from towns
along the shore of Lake Champlain, in New
York. A company OF men, numbering abont
fifty. passed through here tonight, en- route
for St Albans.- They came from W ashiug-
ton, Warren, and Rensselaer, counties, New
York. More are expected up Tomorrow. A
company goes from this town, and several
recruits from towns Between here and Bur
her of hav nsCrnY1
up Lake Champlain to be handed at st.
Adams Bay, where Others will join them
from Rouse's Point. Along the Canada line
the authorities are vigilant, endeavoring to
preserve neutrality, but it is deemed the
movement has gained too much Roadway to
prevent the crossing of the line by the Fenians
and the committal of overt acts. Captain
LOnergan, of the Fenian general staff, is here
burrying men to the front. He expressed
himself confident of the success of the move
ment and thinks that this time the boys have
stolen march on Uncle sam as well as
Johnny Bull.
ROCHESTER,, n. Y, May 23.-Five cars at
tached to the eastward bound train passed
this city at 9 o'clock this evening. filled with
men supposed to be Fenians. They came
from Buffalo, and declined to state where
they were bound.
AUBURN, N. Y, May 23.-Forty-five Fee
ments. Though they went East, their des-
tination is supposed to be Minnesota. The
officers preserved the utmost secrecy as to
their destination, and the men either were or
professed to be In total ignorance. Most of
the company were in the volunteer service
during the late war. The arms and equip
ments of the company were forwarded to
some point West some days since.
Providence, May 23.-To-night a squad
of fifty Fenians left this city for St. Adams,
to take part in the expected attack on Can
ada. They 90 under the direction of two
well known Irish military men of this city.
The squad has been made up from the Kear-
ney and Emmett Zouaves.
SAULT ST MARIE, May 23.-Colonel Ofiey,
the American commandant, has notified Col
onel Bolton that a number of suspicious
characters have passed through the canal.
Consequently the guard has been doubled,
reports of an intended Fonian attack and
the volunteers have been warned to be in
readiness for actien.
BUFFALO, May 23.-There has been great
activity among the Fenian Brotherhood in
this city during the last forty-eight hours. |
1t is impossible to get any reliable partcu-
lars. That the men are in earnest there is |
no doubt. The leaders are very reticent. A !
movement of some kind is on foot tonight, |
but whether it is an invasion of the neigh |
boring frontier or to aid Rel in Red River, !
is question. Large bodies of drilled veto |
rams left here tonight, but their destination
is unknown. The leaders here seem to be-
lieve Z" silence is golden
BUFFALO, n. Y, May %, 1870 P.M.-The
city is full of Fepians, who arc quartered
quietly among their friends in every part of
the city. Everything is quiet, and there are
no indications of a further movement af
troops to- night
ALBANY. Nav 23.-Fifty armed and eouip-