THE FENIAN INVASION OF CANADA.

Grey River Argus, Issue 98, 28 August 1866, Page 3

THE FENIAN INVASION OF CANADA.

Our dates from New York are to the evening of June 16. LATEST PARTICULARS. " The " Times" correspondent- says : — The" Fenian 'invasion has ended as ingloriously as. it began boastingly . Since the departure of the Canada steamer on Wednesday, General " Sweeny and staffhave been placed under arrest by General Meade at St. Alban's and held to bail, to stand their trial, at the July-^erm of the Vermont District Court, Sweeny in 20,000 . dollars. They have telegraphed to New York at last account to find bail. Roberts " has also been arrested in New York, and stands out on his own recognizances. General Spear, Sweeny's second, crossed the Lower Canada Kite, about two'thousand" strong, near St. Armand, and encamped at Pigeon-hill on" Friday. An advance has been ordered by Sir .John Michel, of Browne's Battery of Artillery, Regulars and Volunteers, from St. John's, in that direction. When' last heard of, they were* within three miles of the enelny. Lynch, a Fenian General, has disbanded his followers at Cleveland, Ohio. The wretched dupes at that point, Buffalo, and St. Alban's are begging railway passes from the Uuited States authorities, railway companies, and.private persons. They have been" obliged to sell their arms for whatever they couid get, or to resort to stealing to support nature. . Reinforcements en route have been stopped yesterday and to-day at Chicago, Rome, and other points, and put off the trains 'by the United States military au-1 thorities. - General Meade has just issued orders prohibiting railways from transporting and telegraphic companies from sending despatches for Fenians. - The defensive preparations throughout Canada are quite sufficient for all purposes of protection. One armed vessel, the' Rescue, is stationed off Goderich, Lake Huron ; another ready for serv.'ce at Collirigwood ; a third, the Michigan, is in the Detroit River.- Tliere are three on the Upper St. Lawrence, between Kingstown and Cornwall. ' Her Majesty's' ship Pylades is at Montreal ; the flagship Duncan," with-the An-, rora and Wolverine, at Quebec ; the former brings the 17-th Regiment from Halifax.* Civil guards have been spontaneously formed. in all the large towns, and the military authorities informed that they might send every volunteer and regular to the frontier. The suspension' of the " habeas corpus " yesterday has caused a sudden exodus* of suspicious characters, who had been coming to the country at several points in small squads during the past week At the date of this dispatch, reported all quiet on western Canadian frontier. . : , .Several Fenians are reported' to have been captured this afternoon, near St Armand ; number not given. The Fenians on the. eastern frontier are reported to be falling back on the United States line, and our troops to be in hot pursuit. , l ♦ ■ " New Yore, June 13, morning. In -the House of Representatives a resolution has been referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, expressing sympathy with the Fenians, and instructing the committee to report the bill repealing the Neutrality. Act of 1818 ; also a resolution declaring that the President should reconsider his policy towards the Fenians, and adopt as nearly as possible the exact course pursued by Great Britain during the late .rebellion, recognising the contending parties as belligerents and observing between them strict neutrality. The Fenians, under Spear, re-crossed the border on Saturday morning, except 150 men, whoremained in the vicinity of Pigeon-hill, plundering. Of these, sixteen were captured by the Canadians and one killed. Spear surrendered with Ms staff to Col. Livingston, of the Federal army. • Reports are circulated by Fenian sympathisers that the British troops pursued Spear's men over the frontier, killing one and capturing several on American soil. This has been disproved by the investiga- • tions made by General MeadeT . The Fenians are leaving the border and going to their homes in great numbers." Only 800 remained at Malone yesterday. The Federal authorities have made several additional, seizures of Fenian arms. General Meade has- issued an order offering homeward transport to all Fenians willing to promise to abandon their enterprise and respect the laws. ■ The officers, however, were required to furnish bonds. By orders of Sweeny, the Fenians at St." Alban's' have refused to sign the obligation to abandon the Fenian cause, but I agreed to promise to relinquish the present movement.. • - • ' * Spear, Sweeny, and Mationy have been released at St. Alban's on giving bail of 5000 dollars each. " . • Roberts has also been released on parole until Friday, when his trial for breach of thaneutrality laws will be continued. It has been ordered by the Washington authorities to hold him in custody until lie furnished bonds to'keep the peace. It is reported that the Attorney-Gene-, ral Speed -has decided that the Fenians must be indicted for breach of the neutrality laws. - Fenianjjsm was emphatically denounced from all the Catholic pulpits in Canada on Sunday last. ' Warrants have been issued for the arrest of all the prominent Fenians through-

out Canada, and the Feuian prisoners are to be tried by a military court. New York, June 16, evening. . The Fenians have nearly all left the frontier. Two thousand left Buffalo yesterday, and the stragglers remaining are being arrestfed by order of General Meade, and forwarded to their homes. The Federal troops have also been ordered to return from -the frontier to their respective stations. It is on doubtful authority reported that the Canadian axithorities apprehend another raid in the vicinity _sof Fort Erie/ and that they had countermanded the order > recalling the troops from the Niagara frontier. ' . . . . : The Fenian prisoners at Montreal have been sent to the neighborhood of St. Armand for identification. Roberts was discharged from custody yesterday on account of the difficulty of procuring ..evidence against hhri, the wit-: nesses for the prosecution being intimidated by threats of assassination. . The prosecuting attorney, announced that he would sxibmit the case to the grand jury., Roberts had issiied an. order declaring that the Foniana return, but only for the present. The Fenian officers arrested at Malone have refused to furnish bail, and have been remanded for trial on the 19th inst. Some Fenians returning on thr Hudf o i River.railroad engaged in a drunken row among themselves, and ten were thrown from the train while in full motion . . r ■ ..'■.-■■ Fourteen Fenians have been arrested at Hamilton, Canada, and papers were found Aypon them disclosing, important Fenian plans. ...".- . ' - James 'Stephens returned -yesterday from Richmond to Wasliington. Y.