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CLicrnitt--dizeir NirDY.—On . Thursday evening,
-Tune UK, at Bt. dohn's Church, Hagerstown, Md.,
by the-Bev.' Henry Ildwarca, Dr. Lehman A. Cooper,
cor Baltimore, and. Miss Nannle H. Hennedy,of Hagera-
WHENVEIR—LitVERTOIC—On the 3Lst ultimo, by
the Bey. J. H. McCord, William H. Wneeler .to Mice
-Annie N.. youngest daughter of the late Jesse Layer
ton, of Talbot, county. Md. • '
DEED.
HERTZOO.—On the evening of the. 9th inst., Mrs;
Ann Hartzog; widow of Peter H , ertzog.
to
friends of the family are invited
to attend the funeral, from her late residence, No. 1502
Arch Street ti on Wednesday morning. the 13th inst., at
11 o'clock. Hew York and New Brunswick papers
lea
pse .•
NOLAND —On the 9th lust.,• Jennie Davis, wife of
Wm. N. Noland and-daughter of Betty and late Jesse
W. Davis, in the =4 year of her age.
The r el atives and friends of the fluidly are respect
fully Invited to attend the funeral, from the residence
of her mother, 4102 - Spruce Street, West Philadelphia,
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IL—At Louisville, June 6th, Caroline
Schaeffer, daughter of Henry A., and Christiana
. Schaeffer, aged fourteen years, five - months and two
.days.
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shipped the product of the workings of ore from the
amines; ther*fore, be it
Re dived. That the Directors of this Company take
V.he-necessary steps -to close thelmhscriptions_to the
Stock of the Company.
The Books' will remain open but for a fort days
longer. . '
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laical treatment and medicines furnished gratuitously
80 the poor. ee2B
EounerrniArr PERILS. —• A singular *Ca
dent happened recently to a young lady
near Brighton, England. She was riding
on horse-back behind the rest of her com
panions, when a young man. rushed from
the side of the, road towards her, and coin
menced tearing away the skirt of her riding
habit. A gentleman- on horseback, think
ing that some insult was offered, rode to
-wards the young lady to give her his pro
tection, when he discovered that the habit
was on fire. It was soon extinguished, but
not before the> hands of the young man
- were much burnt. The origin of the acci
dent is not known. It was attributed at the
time to the skirt having caught the hot
- ashes of an-ignited cigar fusee, carelessly
-thrown away; but the probable conjecture
is that theskirt caught fire from a plumber's
portable grate, used for melting lead in the
open air, one of which was on the route.
- NEvultainentax.---Crovernor Smyt i h i .) was
inaugurated in Concordreoantyl. 14 " mes
=sage announces that the State debt is about
44,161,000. The estimated revenue for thd
current year is $856,800, and the expenses '
.4513,600 leaving a; handsome balances towers
the reduction of the debt. The war ex
penses incurred by towns amounts to be
twben six and seven millions, the assump
tion of which debt or anrportion of it by
the State the Governor considers absolutely
impracticable prior to the /Lotion of the
_general government in that direction. The
industries of the State are described to be in
a flourishing condition. In agricultural
matters there is great improvement.
STRIKE IN TILE IRON NINES OF MlOHl
dvatt—The laborers of the iron mines in the
vicinity of Marquette, Michigan, struck on
the let inst. for higher wages. The present
allowance is s2.per day, and the companies
•are determined not to pay more. -The
-strikers are some five hundred in number,
and,have declared their intention.to allow
210 irk to be done.at the mines until their
-demands were complied with. Two men
who refused to quit work were set upon by
:a, mob of the strikers and seriously injured.
A GRETA. FAXILY GATBXEING.—..rue !An
-cinnati Corantercial has an account of a
family meeting of the Sunders in Millville,
00bio. It was held on the estate of Mrs.
113usan Slimier, who is now in the eighty
seventh year. A.ccording to the Commercial
abe has now living two hundred and thirty
+descendants of blood, as , follows: 11ch11-
41ren 84 grandchildren, 132 great•grand
'children, and 3 great-great-grandchildren,
with 52 by Inanwe, making. a total of 282.
IN this number p 4 were present.
A COMFORTABLE Nap."- - -A man living in
Ifainea county, Mississippi, recently awoke
from a comfortable nap of fifty-six hours,
precht ; ,Se took a snoose in a barn loft,
and unaccountably missing to his',
friends during that period.
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S. HENRY NORRIS, '
Secretary.
[For the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.] i
POLITY, THE NEGRO AND JEFF.DAVLSI.
A Straw-of the Coming Tornado.
BY CHARLES J. LUKEN S .
To the faithful- the just and the loyal.
I moralize sadly my song:
A President—never quite royal
In theory—may do right or wrong !
•As the head of a powerful nation
His character ought to be high;
But he may, from an infatuation,
Prefer to be double and sly.
Well placed in American galleries,
We'll note, if we're curious elves,
That the officers draw their full salaries,
While the people indeed rule themselves.
And, under the broad dome of heaven,
Where'er foreign commonwealths stand,
With them human freedom's the leaven,
With us, 'tis.the lump of the land.
But mark ! henceforth the known patriotia,
• Alone, will be trusted to sway;
The traitorous and the despotic
Are nothing; and only obey.
For those who will lord it, would ruin;
And he would be worse than a fool
Who'd rather put false ones than true in
Posts where the untainted should rule.
And, as a man breathes heaven's breezes,
Whatever his color or coat,
As heat_ warms his heart, or cold freezes,-
He's human enough for a vote.
Though suffrage confers not society,
A compound of equals and likes,
Cultured fitness, or mutual variety,
As fortune or temperament strikes.
And it's making Caucasians lowly
To think they'd be passed, or controlled,
By hapless Nigritians, who slowly
Emerge from the bondage of old.
But righteousness savors of beauty;
And certainly praise better fits -
A negro that does man's whole duty
Than a white, who contests or omits.
Such a white as, yet plotting to brave us,
Rules on to hi s worshippers' hurt,
As the rebel "stein statesman," Jeff. Davis,
Who tried to flee in his wife's skirt.
We forgave the red-banded quite freely,
The blue-blooded, almost the same;
But to bail Jew to rebels and—Greeley
Would cover our glory with shame.
The rebellion is (Lily half over,
False peace, the most dangerous war;
With this arch rebel once more a rover,
We'll pay for the folly in gore.
His followers, no doubt, are quite moving;
And say, they're as bad, if not worse: '
'Tis true; and his guilt needs no proving:
His pardon would be the Wad's curse:
Virginia juries are partial
To State o'er United States law ;
Give Davis a speedy court martial—
His doom leaves just rale without flaw.
But free him ! the rise, 'after Sumter
First fell, would be zephyr to gale!
And infamy ne'er shall have trumped her
Scorn, as then—" Johnson and bale!"
PHILADEtmatA, June 11, 1866.
THE TRIAL AND CONFESSION OF AN-
TON PROUST.
T. B. Peterson ds Brothers. No. 306 Chest
nut street, have just published in neat book
form a full official report of the trial of the
murderer of the Dearing family. The false
statements and the true confessions of the
butcher are given, together with a history
of his life before the murder, and the inci
dents and details of his arrest, confinement
and execution. The work gives a full his
tory of this extraordinary case very clearly,
and in a most convenient shape for preser
vation. •
It will be remembered that Probst made
three confessions that are accepted as truth
ful and ;honest, or rather he told the same
story to three different parties. The first
was made to his clerical attendant, the Rev.
Mr. Gruntner, the second to Messrs. O'Neill
and Wolbert, his counsel, and the third to
the representatives of the newspaper press.
Th..l last two confessions were made on the
same day, to wit, Monday, May 7,1866.
The confession made to the reporters was
made public at once; that made to his
counsel was first given to the world through
the publication of T. B. Peterson & Bros.,
this morning. By permission of theMesars.
Peterson, we will make some extracts from
the newly published confession, in some of
the points where it is faller or in different
phraseology from that made to the re
porters. It will be borne in mind that the
statement made to the reporters was a series
of responses to the questions of Chief De
tective Franklin; that made to his counsel
was the unsuggested utterance of his own
lips.
He commenced by saying : "Being desi
rous of making a full and true Confession,
I request ingounsel to take down in writing
the particu of my motives, and of the
manner attending the murder of the Dear
ing Family. Being in bad health, I went
to the Almshouse Hospital on the first of
December, A. D.,‘ 1865, and suffering for
want of money, I, whilst there, conceived
the design of robbing tar. Dearing when I
!should leave the hospital and return to his
farm."
'C e 3
"Sometime in the month of February,
about the 24th, I left the hospital, and re
turned to the Dearing farm about the 2nd of
March. I returned with the view of robbing
Dearing, and I was constantly watching my
opportunity up to the time of the murder; I
did'get opportunities but my heart failed me.
"On the Saturday morning of the murder,
about nine o'clock, I formed the design of
ki ling the entire family. I was in the twill
PHILADELPHIA, M9NDAY, JUNE 11, 1866.
by the hay-stack : it was there I made my
mind up ; Cornelius was with me ; he was
helping me to put the wood on the cart to
take it up to the barn ; the axe with which
I killed him was in the cart. I tookthe axe
from the cart, and Cornelius and I went
,under the tree, about one hundred yards
below the hay-stack ; it was raining a little
at the time, and we went there for shelter.
Cornelius sat down, I stood up and got be
'hind him; three or four times I attempted
to strike as he turned his head away, but I
could not ; at last I struck as his face was
turned from me ; the blow was on the left
side over the ear; then he fell over, not
speaking a word. After he fell over, I gave
him some more blows on the head—one or
two—l can't tell—when I turned the sharp
part of the axe around, which had been
sharpened two days before that for cutting
,the trees ; with it.T. choppedhim in the neck
.two or three times; he bled a great deal
here, and I think the blood must be on the
tree yet; I used the big axe to kill him.
* s a- a a a *
"When I reached the yard, I took the
wood off the cart and left it with the cart on
the aide of the machine house: then I went
in the stable and took with me the big aie,
the little axe, and the hammer which a
fixed there for the purpose of killing the
family. I put them all at the corner of the
door, so as they would be handy to me, for
I intended to kill all in the stable; there
was blood on my pante, which I brushed
off as well as I could with hay, and after
that I went .to the house. The children,
including the baby were all in the house,
but Mrs. Dearing was down to the
ditch on the left side of the house
getting water, she had a pail with her;
I told Johnny, the oldest boy, I wanted
him to come over to the stable to help me;
I went over before him, and he followed
right after me. Before he came in I picked
up the little axe in the right hand and con
cealed it down by my leg and walked down
toward the crib; John walked .behind me
until he came to the passage way that leads
between the stalls, when he turned into the
passage way to the left; then I hit him from
behind just as he turned; he fell down im
mediately; he never spoke a word; then j.
chopped him in the neck with the sharp end
of the axe two or three times. I then carried
the body over to the crib, and laid it tbere
just by the door, when I crept in and pilled
the body in by the shoulders."
$ C * C • e
The murderer then goes on to relate labia
own words how he had got Mrs. Dearing
and the children over, one at a time, until
only the youngest two were left. He goes
on to say, "Then I went in the house again
and told Annie, 'Your mother wants to see
you over in the stable;' she walked over
before me, and I lifted up the little baby
and carried it. over in my arms; Annie
went in the stable; I walked in behind her;
she walked right through to the place
where the others were killed; when I came
in I left the little baby, and put him sitting
up against the board on the corner on the
left side; then I went over to Annie, picked
up the little axe, and as she was looking
round for her mother, I hit her on
the left side of the head with
the axe ; then she fell down
and I chppped her with the sharp part of
the axe. I let her lay there, and I went
over for the baby, and I brought it over on
the same place; I stood him down, when I
took the axe and gave him one on the fore
head; he fell; then I took the sharp side of
the axe and shopped his throat; then I car
ried Annie and the baby both together into
took the axes and cleaned them off with
hay. I left the little axe and the hammer
in the same place; then I took the new axe
and washed it in the ditch, and brought it
over to the house and set it up against the
bench' right outside of the kitchen door.
then I went into the house and went Intl)
the crib and covered them up with hay ; then I
the kitchen; I stayed there and jp.. _the back
room all th e time until Mr. Dearing came
back; it took me l gueas about a half of an
hour ttikill the family, and I then went in
the house to wait for Mr. Dearing to come
home; I stayed in the back room and the
kitchen all the time."
° * s .. * * •
After describing the murder of Mr. Dear
ing and Miss Dolan, the ransacking of the
home was described, and the after move
ments of the murderer. In speaking of his
disappointment at the small return for the
crime he had comraitted,tbe butcher said :
"I then went in the liostaii 'Ana staid there
thinking all it; I thot#t,what Ishouid
do after having killed so many people and
got so little money. I waited then for the
evening; I went up stairs a couple of times
more looking for money, bat got no more
than I have stated."
After leaving the house and taking the
Third Street ears the murderer told how he
got off the car at Callowhill street and went
to Leckfeldt's tayern. He then went on to
say:
"I next went to Hoover's, in Front street,
and stayed there about half an:flour; I then
went to the Germantown road to a lager
beer saloon, remained there about three
hours, and returned to Hoover's, where I
remained all 'night. The testimony given
on the trial as to my whereabouts was cor
rect. ,
"When I was arrested I was making' my
way to the country; I had no particular
place, but thought the best way to escape
was by West Philadelphia. The reason
why I said I had an acmplice was be
cause I was afraid of being - lynched, and
that the police force could not save me.
"My only motive was money. I killed
the boy first so as he could not tall on me;
killed the two oldest children so as they
would not afterwards identify me; I killed
the two youngest, as I did not wish to leave
them in the house alone without some one
to care for them; I had no ill feeling to any
one of the family; Cornelius and I were
good friends. •
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY,
" I bad no accomplice, and I desire no one
to be accused of the crime ; I named one as
Ganther, because I had heard frequently
that name in the army; I never committed
murder before, nor had I ever stolen a cent
from any.one.
" After I had killed the boy, my mindwas
so that I would have killed any one who
would have come upon the farm, and from
whom I'd fear detection. I acknowledge
the justness of fay fate, and feel sorry for,
my crime, but bad company and bad habiti
led me step by step to the foulest of all
crimes. I have heard it said that I violated
Mrs. Dearing and Miss Dolan. Such report
is not true.
" The above confession is made with a full
knowledge of my approaching execution,
and contains nothing bit what is absolutely
true."
THE FENIAN COLLAPSE.
THE RETREAT FROM CANADA.
Skirmish at Pigeon Hill---The Fenians
SEVERAL KILLED AND CAPTURED BY
THE CANADIANS.
Alleged Violation of Neutrality by
General Sweeny Requests President Ro
berts to Send No More Troops
to the Frontier.
Trains Crowded with Homeward
Arrival of Fifteen Hundred at
Boston, &e., &o.
ST. Ala/die, June 10, 1866.—[Special , to
Herald.]—The following is the statement of
Thomas Hoyt, scout of General Spear. He
reports having been placed by Colonel
Bagely, of General Spear's staff, with fifteen"
men on the American side of the boundary
on Saturday morning, Tune 9, at eleven
o'clock, with instructions to forward all
stragglers coming from Canada to St.
Albans. About 2P. M. over two hundred
or two hundred and fifty mounted troops,
dressed in scarlet and gray,charged up the
road, crossed the line, and attacked- his
party, which being overpowered, retired to
the woods. One man of his (Hoyt's) party
was killed fifty rods on the American soil,
and three others wounded. Colonel Living..
ston, commanding United States troops,was
a witness of the whole scene, but was not
able to prevent it, as the British force re
crossed the line immediately. Setae
quently, the British again recrossed the
line, and forcibly searched a house on
American soil, which the Fenian had used
forstoring arms. The man killed belonged
to 'Roxbury, Mass.
The matter has been officially laid before
Major Gibson, commanding at this post.
Gen. Meade is now investigating it.
A highly complimentary written testi
monial has been presented to General Spear,
signed by officers under his late command.
They say:—"Whatever may be the finale of
our enterprise, of one thing we are perfectly
assured—the fidelity of our soldiers, the
ability, personal devotion and many high
qualifications of Brigadier-General Spear."
There is much excitement among the
Fenian officers in town concerning the kill
ing of one of their members on American
soil by the British.
General Sweeny has issued orders direct
ing, as the object of the expedition cannot
be carried out at present, that commanding
officers with the troops of the Army of Ire
land avail themselves of the offer of the Go
vernment for transportation home, Presi
dent Roberts has been requested by General
Sweeny to send no more troops forward on
account of the stringent measures of the
United States Government.
A skirmish took place last evening on the
American side. between a company of Ca
nadian troops and the rear guard of the FEr.
niarkarmy, near Franklin,Vermont. Three
Fenians were wounded , one was shot
through the body and died alnaostinstantly.
A company of United States regulars sent
to the frontier to prevent the British forces
from following in pursuit of the retreating
Fenians were withdrawn early in the after
noon a n d the Britishers found nothing to
oppose their riding over the border into
Vermont, and having a few shots at the
handful of men who still remained near the
line on the American aide, where they bad
sought protections. The F enian numbered
but fifteen, and formed the guard that
had been stationed on the American side
of the line, after the evacuation of Camp
Sweeny, to protect the stragglers in their
retreat. Supposing that all their men had.
recrossed into Vermont, the little band
shouldered their muskets and commenced
marching for St. Albans. After proceeding
a short distance they were charged upon by
a full company of English cavalry. They
repelled the charge. returning their fire with
much spirit. The cavalry renewed the
charge, and the Fenian, not having men
enough to oppose them, were compelled to
fall back. A running fight was kept up for
over a mile, until near Franklin.
The United States authorities at this
place,,acting upon the President's procla
mation, prepared a paper for the returning
Fenian troops to sign, which would bind
them to give up Fenianism. Gen. Sweeny
issued orders to his men not to sign the
paper, and the men obeyed him. General
Meade upon his arrival here last night
mediately,ohanged it so as co read to "give
up this expedition."
General Sweeny and. Colonel Meehan
were paroled this morning by Gen. Meade,
to await the action of the civil authorities.
Their parole gives them the liberty of the
town instead of being closely confined to a
small. room, as they have been sines their
arreit, &wing which the health of General
Sweeny suffered considerably.
General Spear came into town this morn
ing, bringing up the rear ctt the returning
Driven into Vermont.
the British Troops.
Bound Fenians.
SECOND DESPATCH,
Fenians. He was taken sick on the way
in, and was obliged to stop at a farm house
last night. Immediately on his arrival here
be reported to Major Gibson, 'U. S. A., by
whom he was accompanied to the quarters
of Major General Meade. The latter was
absent at church at the time, but on his re
turn General Spear was referred again to
Major Gibson, who paroled him upon his
giving his word of honor to report daily at
nine o'clock P. M.
Reports are current of official acts con
cerning the recent infractions of the neu
trality laws on the part of theßritish,which
may demand the prompt attention of our
government. The seizure of United States
mail property belonging to Americans,
Messrs.f.Xennison and Goddard,of this place
at tit. Armand •by a British fficer. on the
ground that it was wanted for the Queen's
service, constitutes one case of grievance,
and the pursuit and massacre of a few re
turning Fenian on American soil is
another.
We, have many reports of cruelty prac
tised upon Fenian stragglers in Canada. In
one case a boy about fourteen years of age
was found fainting onthe road,whenhe was
beset by Britishers, who pounded him so
badly that he died shortly after. Some wo
men, with unsealy ferocity, scratched the
little fellow's face into terrible furrows.
From all accounts the feeling in Canada,
now the terror of the scare is passed, is most
intense. The people openly insult Ameri
cans, and declare that our government is
deserving no credit for its efforts to preserve
the neutrality law, as they only wanted the
Fenians to get into the interior of Canada,
when they would be utterly annihilated.
The statement that General Spear was in
toxicated at the time his forces crossed the
border is a base and unmitigated slander,
evidently emanating from malice or a Bri
tish spy. The General was perfectly com
posed, and in splendid condition for head
ing the movement.
The Canadian Report of the Fight.
MONTREAL, June 10-10 P. M.—A com
pany of forty guides, a portion of the Gov.
ernor-General's bodyguard, composed en
tirely of Montreal gentlemen, left here yes
terday for the St. Armand front. Arriving
there they were immediately ordered east
ward to a point as close to the border line as
possible. The rifle brigade of regulars at this
moment pressed the Fenians, who were on
the Canadian aide of the border. On reach
ing Pigeon Hill, distant about 8 miles from
St. Armand, the guides discovered a Fenian
barricade,which had been erected across the
road and which was found deserted.
A body of Fenians in the dis
tance were about being charred upon,
but were discovered to be on the American aide
of the line. The guides were then flied upon by the
Feniana from a house close to the line, when the
English attacked. al wing the enemy out. Thereupon
some fighting tc ok place, resulting in the repulse of .
the Fentans across the line, where they metthe Hulled
States troops.who captured four of them, and said
they would hold them for the tanadian government.
In the engagement several Fenians were captured by
the guides, and several wale's were fired by the Bides
into the bush where they supposed their enemy had
hid, a few being killed. Sixteen Fenian prisoners
w. re captured. and are now on their way to Montreal.
I havejust learned that the guides scoured all the
country surrounding the scene of the late engage
ment, and ibund no Fenians. The,v however discovered
aexerat dead bodies in the woo ds, the result of the
Royal Rifles fining therein.
Private and reliable advice, from Quebec received
here this evening, represent that city in the greatest
possible state of excliem r wing to th e war alarms.
A Fenian wins confid expected, and Immense
preparations are being eta resist.it. In addition
to the presence of three shipi•of.wsx In the _harbor.
the guns in the citadel are being changed, Armatrongs
being stiturtirated for smoothbore,
A delegation ottheAmerican Christian AwmPt.tion,
visiting this city and Quebec, were taken for upper
crust Fen isms. and for this reason were rudely ques
tioned. especially in the latter city.
. 7be arrival of Vs. reter Cagger has some political
significance. Bir. Thurlow Weed is expected on Wed
nmday.
be military tribunal for the trial otthe cap tared
Pentane is to consist or twenty-one ranking officers.
OTTAWA. Canada June 11.—Three schoonoracrowded
with men and in every way suspicious lookirq,passing
down the St. Clair river to-day, froth a point near =ar
ida.
An important Cabinet meeting was held this fbre
noon, watch was prolonged into the afterno sn. At
this meeting it was agresa to order the iron gunboat
Rescue, which was lying at Goderich, to pursue the
suspicious craft Into the tit. Clair ricer. The gunboat
has gone in pursuit, as ordered. It was also
agreed to administer the oath of elle•
glance to all the clerks employed in the
il service ot the government, and teat it be done on
Tuesday. The question or administering the oath to a
large class of the population, which I am not at libetty
now to name more definitely, was considersd,but is not
yet decided. When the decision is made, I will inform
you both of the class of the population concerned, and
the fads necessary. The question of the lesgth of the
Parliamentary session was another topic taken up, and
it was decided tbat it should last a fortnight, and a bill
will be passed to-morrow giving the Mrecutive puwer
to detain in custody all persons arrested or who may
be arrested under the suspension of the habeas corpus
act from the time of their arrest to the gth ofJune t lB66.
After the adi Drammen t of Parliament, delegates from
all the provinces will be Bent to England for the pur
pose of am eemg u Parliament willfedo and
another session oftake place neat
fall.
The government have made application to England
for eight thousand additional troops, inctuthig a regi
ment of cavalry and a proper proportion of artillery.
Three arrests have seen made here today. The
names of the pa ties arrested are Graham, Ly ona and
McCarthy . Eeveral others for whom warrants have
been issued have mysteriously disappeared, but the po
lice are after them and they can scarcely escape.
Fenianism was the main subject of discu.slon in
most of the churches to-day: It was denounced em
phatically In the Clitholic church.
The excitement throughout Canada continues. Ex
tras are .continually issued by the newspapers. It 13
not so intense as it was three days ago, for which the
sumpeasion of the habeas corpus may be thanked in
some degree. The Government know all the Sultans
in Ottawa.
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A warrant is oat for the arrest of Aldermen Good
win, wbo, it will be remembered, was in oorreagond•
ence with Milian some time ago. Another is out for a
Mr. Goothne, who keeps a hotel here, and who re
fased to entertain or receive the volunteers billeted
upon him. Every Fenian in Ottawa to known to the
Government. They number sizty-eight,lind warrants
are leaned tor the arrest of every One of them. Good
hue's place is known to have been ties headquarters of
the Brotherhood here. The whole fraternity will soon
be arrested. •
TORONTO, June 10.—All has been owlet here to-day.
Funeral sermons have been preached in all the
churches. The news of General Sneer's retreat and
surrender to the United States authorities has been re
ceived with great rejoicing. and all are of opinion that
the laPt has been heard of the r ealans; still the Chi
cago expedition puzzles and perplexes them. Teat the
vessels left - that port is confidently asserted by those
who have arrived here from Chicago, but their where
abouts remains a mystery, doubtless shortly to be tut
raveled.
The expense incurred by Canada up to this time alga'
be estimated at a sum not far short of V,SOO,OeO, and
that sum will be largely increased before the matter
subsidee into quietness.
Fifty-nine Fenian. prisoners were breught hereyes
terday from Brantford and are lodged in the aid )all.
Of these forty-eight give their residence as Bunn°,
lour Canada West, one Philadelphia. three New York.
one Cincinnati, one Louisville. one Nashville. Twenty
aix only of the number are Irish by birth, one Cana
dian, one ScotPhrn n, one Englishman. one Swiss, and
the rest Americans or Irish Americans. Nineteen are
Protestants and Dissenters. the remainder Roman
Catholics; eleven are married, and foarteen can nei
ther read nor write. The names I have before fbr
warded you. Altogether there are about one hundred
prisoners here, exclusive of those under arrrest as sna
p( cted Fenian
A man named John Maguire, who held a high 'po
sition in the Fi.bernlan Society, was arrested to-day,
and warrants have beenissued for the arrest of a num
ber of others.. It ts supposed that all the prisoners will
be handed over to a military commission. The strong
feeling in favor of hanging them has somewhat sub
sided, and it is probable few will be put to death. The
- kind treatment the prisoners and wounded volunteers
received at the hands of the Fontana has tended to
somewhat assuage the popular anger. The exceptions
will be those of the leaders and Canadians Who have
been taken with arms. They Will most certainly be
bonged • -
Conk-assume. May 10,1866.—However people may be
impressed synth the amviction that the recent action
cir the government for the suppression of - the Fenian
movements against Canada. and the presence aglong
the threatened points in this quarter of Gen. Meade
and a large force of troops must of necessity compel
the abandonment of the enterprise,. no such mutt is
feared or contemplated by those Wh o have the direc
tion of Miami here. Among the Brotherhood in the
region there is an increased desire and signs of a more
thee ough determination to push the work as, despite
the checks and repulses they have met inselzures Of
arms and ammunition, and the aspect of alDstrs-as
Malone. In proof of this the following facts, whickl
have gleaned 4 from authentic bourcee, will be Of
F. L. FETHERSTON. PubMwr
DOUBLE SKEET, THREE CENTS
„During thepreparations for the Fenian campaign_
against tenada there was secretly conveyed here and*
del °sited at different points in thin county bordering'
the shores of the Eit. L.wrence, a considerable quan
tity of arms and ammunition in charge ofFenian em
ir* te, to be used when tee time +or action came. This
is now being transported over the turnpikes to POStis
near Malone and the Canada border. Of this fact the
atuborlths herehave 7 eceived information, and hardly
a night passes that squads and detachments ofsoldient
are not scouring the country, to stop this new move.
On Sat urday evenirg last twenty wagonloads of arms
and ammun Ition were seen moving from Antwerp. on
the Borne. Watertown and Ogdensburg Itailrbsul; the
wagon and escort traveling by theturnpike road; Der
formation
a ndhectwab immediately received here by
tel detachinente of soldiers were at oncer
sent in pursuit. This force returned to Ogdensborg tide
morning masucmsful. This 'was a quantity of war
material 1., at bad previously reached , entwerp by rail,
but which, on . tne appearance of General Meade's
order was quietly car. led offend secreted. rastnight
it was put on wagons and a start made for th e fronnerr,
the party in charge heading for Malone. - The game--
new of the Fenner:is, their desire for an encqunter wids
their foe, the bravery and pluck they, evinced et Mier.
and Ric geway, and the excellent character they. have
sustained since they cameinto this region, have seetired
them the sympathy of the whole countryaround here.
and all the transportation they need is promptly gip=
and thelraecreta kept.kept. -
Three nightsagoa section of artillery passed theme/.
Ogoenaburgh on its way to a place of concealment lot
material or war east of-Malone. Within the last feity
e gist boors fifteen cases of +Springfield Mita and-thirty
thousand rounds or ammunition have s passed throughMs place by undergrtnnd railway, known only to the
Fez fans of the town. The b+otherhood here are confi
dent of arming the whole force at Malone if it is kept
tot ether a few days _longer. There is great activity
among them of late; and if some of the more open
spoken are to be believed, there is no lack o and
ammunition, and the rneata of transporting it to the
men in the front. ' - •
it now appears that the deception of the Fenian at
Malone and their acceptance of traniportation was a
feint Most or them are downing off in Belinda at ste.
tikns along the line. Quite a number booked for Nor—
folk and tneWest are now scattered shout Ogdens , mg.
They Buy they have no intention of abandcning the
enterprise, and that they ate still acting in Medlence
to orders. They will oe well taken care of by their
friends here.
General O'Neill. of Fort Frie fame, spent.six hours
In consultation wish the principal men of the two
circles organized here while on his way to Malone.
Be lest ox Friday morning, and stopped at Potsdam
Jur ction. His presSrme and council have evidently
something to do with the earnestness and zeal that
have been since manifested among toe Brotherhood. -
I have ascertained beyond doaht that this was to
have been the rallying point or the army of invasion.
The plan of the campaign was to concentrate as large
a force as possible at tots point to make a feint—at ter
peeing great privations at Fort Erie and its neighbor
hotd- so as to draw the I anadiansthere and to weaker
as much as possible the means of defence at Ottawa,
which was to have been one of the principal points of
attak. steamers had been chartered to land a large
Fenian force at Maitland, six milmi above Ogdensburg.
The programme, in the evens of effecting a landing.
was e thing of a signal gun and the spiking of the
guns 05 Fors V 6 ellingten by confederates inside the
forts, to be followed by a rapid dish on Prescott, Its
capture, and an immediate march upon Ottawa.
Tuesday night, the sth inst., was sit down as the time,
but the non arrival of war material that was expem.
and the arrival of United States trooos and Geneaa
Meade that were not expected, defeated the whole
scheme.
Batiens from the Oamm'ssaries here have been or.
dered for the subsistence of the Feruans at Malone. It
Is ata'ed here that Gen. Meade has prohibited the in
habitants ol Marne supplying the Fenian with pro
visions, necessitating a reliance upon the government
stores,which he can dole out in quantities so stinted
and insufficient that he hopes to starve them into
abandonment of the enterprise. • There is a movement
talked aboutthat, wilt require Gen Meade's presence
here. He is expected back on Tuesday next.
Positive information hasinst come in that the troops
last evening captured twelve wagon loads of ammuni
tion at Brasher Fars, between Potsdam and Malone.
These reported seizures of large quantities of war ma
terial show that the grand descent on Canada • was to
have bean made from the northeastern frontier- It
will require some great cenfidence in the menrcem
that may still remain to leaders of the Fenian host to
persevere in their attempt In face of this train of re
verses and d
isappointment.
Fenian Homeward
,Bound.
ALBANY, June 10, 1868.—Between 000 and 000 Pentane'
arrived in this city from Malone this evening. They
were tarnished transportation to this point by thegov
eminent. They belong in New York and Baltimore.
They have no money and no arrangements have been.
Made to give them tratemortationfrom this city.
BUFFALO, June 10. 1866,—The Fentans are gradually
leaving town, and we are assured that by Tuesday but
few will be lest in this city.
3 histsnly,of Richard Iseult!. of the ISM Ohio (Cincin
nati) regiment of Fenian, who was killed at the battle
of Biegews7. was escorted to the depot this afternoon
by about 1400 men, most of them ' Ohio, accom
panied by a band of music. The body was sent to Cin
cinnati, where the deceased resided.
WATERTOWN, Stine le, IB66.—Three - Carloads of re-
Fenians passed here on yesterday's trains.
An extra train with about four hundred more want
south this morning. They have neither money nor
ibod. Many more are coming tomorrow. None ape
going north.
Wonc.ssran. Mass., June 10. 1866.3Lity Pentane,
under command of Lieutenant-Colonel .Trarder„
arrived by special train from St. Albans to-night. They
were met at the depot by a large crowd wno welcomed
them hr me.
13,STON, June 10, lEa.-A special train from Si. Al
b/innards-ea late last night, and another this after
noon, bringing altogether about fifteen hundred Fe
ns home from the Vermont border, all of whom had
crowed the Canadian line except a few straggler*.
Transnortation was ftwnishect by the United States
government. The Fenian warts ended In that direc
time for thn prment.
The Case of W. W. Hogan.
ST. Louts, June 9.1866.—The examination of. W. W_
Hogan brio. e the - United States District Court closed ,
today Judge Treatdecided to hold the gentleman in ;
a 5,04 0 bond for a probable violation of the Neutraiity'
law. The case of' .3; L. Morrison. of Chicago was then.
commenced.
Schooner with the Fenian Flag Flying_
Prraorr. June 10. 1866.—The schooner Dickinson,
from Chicago, came down tberiver this morning flying
the Fenian flag. She was brought to. boarded ander,
amtned by the cutter Sherman. None hat the crew
were found aboard. .
Esar-haddon sends ns the following ana
lysis of the late Finnegan movement in the
order of rise, progress and fall: L Pat
try-it; 11. Pat-riot; 111. Pat-rye-it Good.
for Esar-haddon.
When is a medical college like Uncle
Tom's Cabin? When it has aw-Topsy in it*
Dutch , Parrots.—A New Jersey paper
says: "A full battery of Parrot guns, four
in number, passed through the city on the
way to Newark, at 91 this A. M. They were
composed entirely of Germans, and were ex
ceedingly neat in their appearance:",
Somebody calls the Atlantic cable Puck's;.
girdle. lie bother is that they can't keep
the puckers out of it.
The Finnegan army has crossed the bor
der—andy is safe on American sail.
General Spear of the Finnegan armk is.
reported to have said that "he would-rather
be shot than to leave Canada in the Ertanner
he has." Nothing would havabeeneasleck
than to gratify the gentleman. Why didn't
he just stay there a while? - •
Murphy and Hefferman one two of the
Finnegan generals. It was all right for Rat
to take some Murphies along: with but
the. Heifer-men are apt to becow-ards. -
It is obvious that the Finnegtuts did not
retreat from Canada, until, they were en
tirely out of spirits.
Wilrnoberly tell nit why our Government
is bringing the Finnegan Invasionists home
at the public expenseZ It isn't &conun
drum ; we really - Want to know.
The whole Finnegan army may 'be.
summed up by a few pat-rolls.
GROWTH. OF PLANTS.-M. Duehartrews
Frew% chemist, who has investigated Mb
rate of growth in plants by day and night,,
considers that the greatest increase -in
length takes place at night. His measure--
ments have been made 'on the vine, the
gladiolus, the stmwberry, thehop and other
plants. • - -. ;
"BISMARQUEB." - Bismarcles name
(says the Paris correspondent bf the Lon..
don Times), is likely to take its place in;the
slang French vocabulary. It appeara that
when a person is suspected of foul play at
cards orhilliards be is said to "hiansarquer,"
as equivalent to "trioker," and the insinua
tion is resented as an insult. -
TIE CALAMITIES OF Latnsiarra.—The.
Iberville (La.) Pioneer says that eight:par
ishes iwthat State are now irtundatak, Two.'
thirds of the population of Grosse-Tete and
Grand. River are now without necessary
food. and the other half have to prOvialilna
Facts and Fancies.