THE FENIAN MOVEMENT; Gatherings at Different Points Along the Border. CANADA AT LAST INVADED. The Line Crossed Near St. Albans at Midnight. PROCLAMATION BY TIIE PRESIDENT. The Fenians Warned of the Consequences of their Action. The Government Officers Ordered to Preserve the Peace, Reports by Telegraph and Mail from all Quarters. TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS. Full Details from all Points--Important Proclamation by the President--The Situation Exciting. Excitement in Buffalo--Hundreds of Fenians Arriving--Prominent Citizens Engaged--Concentration of Forces at Malone--The Frontier Crossed from Vermont. Telegraph Wires Cut New Ogdensburg--Ominous Gathering of Fenians at this Point--Preparations Over the Line--A Terrible Scare--Gen. Sherman, with a Body of Regulars, Earnestly Looked For. Concentration at Buffalo--The Frontier Lined with Men-The United States Steamer Michigan Protecting the Welland Canal--Movements from the East. The Concentration in Vermont--Movements Along Lake Champlain. The Fenians Moving from the East.
The Fenian situation, which yesterday was interesting, has by the developments last night become exciting, and of such a character as to demand the attention of the authorities at Washington as well as those in Canada. In fact, the official information received at the capital was the subject of long deliberation in the Cabinet meeting, and immediately after it adjournment the following proclamation was issued by the president:
May 25, 1870
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