THE SECOND ALARM--GRAND UPRISING OF THE CANADIAN PEOPLE -- DEPARTURE OF TROOPS FOR THE FRONT--GEN.

NAPIER'S PLAN OF CAMPAIGN.
Late on the night of the 31st of May, 1866, the second call to arms was telegraphed from Ottawa, and within an hour the sound of bugles and alarm bells was heard echoing and ringing in nearly every city, town and village in the country.

The alacrity with which our volunteers responded to the summons on that eventful night is without a parallel in the history of any nation.

The whole country was aroused, and all were eager to go to the front.

Many young men pleadingly begged for a chance to join the already "over strength" companies who could not be accommodated, and were reluctantly obliged to satisfy their military ardor by enrolling themselves in the Home Guards and shouldering rifles for patrol duty.
In the town of St.Catharines the excitement was intense, on account of its near proximity to the border and the alarming reports that were being circulated of the near approach of the enemy.