THE FENIAN INVASION OF CANADA.

West Coast Times, Issue 288, 25 August 1866, Page 2

THE FENIAN INVASION OF CANADA.

Our datds from New York are to the Evening bf Jrihe' itfth:

The " Times" correspondent says i — . The Fenian invasion has ended as ingioriously it. began Uoastingly., Sin^c^ th« departure . of the Canada steamer ojt Wednesday, General Sweeny and staff have been placed under arrest by General Meade at St. Alban's, and held to bail, to stand their trial at the July term. qC th§ Vermont District, Court, Svifeeny la 2600 dollars. ,They have telegraphed ito jfTetf York at last account to find baii. Roberts has also been arrested in New York, and stands out on his own recognizances. General Spear, Sweeny's second, crossed the Lower Canada line* ttbaut tWd tbJu> Sand strong near §t. Arjtiattd; atid gri=fcambed at .Pigeon-hill dn Friday. T An m 1 yatice lifts bjscti ordfel&d h> Sir JphjjLMtf chel, of Bowne's Battery ol Artillery, Regulars} and 4"ohn',sJ \n that.dir.qctipn.'. When last hearjil .of. thsy, were within three miles of tlje ehemyi » Lynch, a Fenian General, has disbanded his ; followers at Cleveland, Ohio, wretched^dupes at that point, Buffalo,' and St Alban'f are begging railway passeafrojn ,th.c. ported $tate9;-attjhorities s failwß^ cbriibaiiifis', &M private persons. They have been obliged to sell their arms for whatever they could get, or to resort to stealing to support nature. Reinforcements en route have been stopped yesterday and to-day at Chicago, j Rome, and other points, and put off the trains by the United States military au* thdl-iltes. General Meade has just issued orders prohibiting railways fVoni transporting and teie'grapHie" cpnijjanies from s'febdihg despatches for B^enkus. The defensive preparations throughout Canada are quite sufficient for all purposed of protection. 6ne irmed vessel, the' Rescue; is stationfed off Go'derien; Lakß Huron 1 , another ready for service at Collingwood ; a third, the Michigan, is in the Detroit. River. There are three on the Upper St. Lawrence, between Ifcingstown and Cornwall 1 . Her Majesty's ship Pylades is at Montreal; the flagship Duncau, with the Aurora and Wolverine, a£ Quebec; the. former brings the 17th Regiment from Halifax, Civil guards have been spontaneously fohned in all the large towns, arid ,the' military authorities informed that they might send eVery volunteer and regular tb the frontier. Th'e*sußpension of the habeas corpus yesterday has caused a sudden ex» odus 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 despatch, reported all quiet on western Cauadiau 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.

New York, June 13, morning.

In the House of Representatives a resolution hai been referred to the Committee oi Foieign 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, who remained in the vicinity of Pigeon-hill, plundering. Of these, sixteen were captured by the Canadians and one killed.

Spear surrendered with his Staff to Cojiuel Livingston, of the Federal army.

Reports are circulated by Fenian pathisers that the British troops pursued Spear's men over the frontier, killing one and capturing several on American soil. This ha 9 been disproved by the investigations made by General Meade. The Fenians are leaving the border and &oihg tb, their homes .in great numbers: Only BQO remained at Malone yesterday. The Federal authorities .have made severaladditibnal seizures of Fenian arms. , Meade. has issUed an order bffering homeward transport tb all, Fenians willing to promise to abandon their enterprise and respect the laws. The officers, however, were required tb furnish, bonds. IJy orders of Sweeny, the Fenians at St. Alban's have refused to sigh the obligation to abandon the Fenian cause, but agreed to promise to relinquish the present movement. ■ Spear, Sweeny, and Mahony have been released at S.t. Alban's ou giving bail of &000 dollars each. . : , Roberta has also been released on parole until Friday, when his trial for breach of the neutrality laws will be continued. It had been ordered by the Washington authorities to- hold him in custody until he furnished bonds to keep the peace. , , . ', ... It is reported that the Attorae^- General Speed has decided that the Fenians must be indicted for breach of the neutrality laws.

Fenianism was emphatically denounced from all the Catholic pulpits in Canada on Sunday last. ' ' "Warrants have been issued for the arrest bi all ' the prominent Fenians throughout Canada, and the Fenian 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 beihg arrested by order of General Meade, fend forwarded to their homes. \ The Federal troops haVe, also bqeli ordered to return from the frontier to their respective stations.

It is on doubtful authority reported that the Canadian authorities apprehend another raid in the vicinity of Fort Erie, and that they had countermanded the order recalling the troops from the Niagara frontier.

The Fenian prisoners at Montreal have been,sent tb the neighborhood of St. Armani! for identification.

Roberts was discharged from custody yesterday on account of the difficulty of procuring evidence against hjin, the witnesses for the prosecution being intimidated by threats of assassination. The prosecuting attorney announced that he would submit the case to the grand jury. Roberts had issued an order declaring that the Fenians 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 10th instant.

Some Fenians returning on the Hudson River railroad .engaged in a drilnkbn row among themselves, and ten were thrown from the train while in full motion.

Fourteen Fenians have been arrested at Hamilton, Canada, and papers were found upon, them disclosing important Fenian plans, ■ ■ ,;..,. ... James Stephens returned yesterday from Richmond to Washington.