BICESE N IWIBILOWO ~' . ... ' . CA.NA'O•IAN''A'FF AIRS. • i .. The following - letter to . thetditor.of ' • - "lthet.Troy, N. Iri Mail . appears. to give , . a Clearer arnitriore rational. account - of • the'affsir at St Charles,. and the pres ent . state‘f- things in Canada,. than W e a i • :' - havt Veen elSewhere, and 'we tit ertert i rd,„l . present it to dur.rea‘ders. - ..:4 k 4:.• - •-- -.4 „ ..'; • THE AFFAIR AT T. latTA RL ES ''''''.:•:6PROSPgC t r - OF „A TERMINA TION OF THE CANADA WAR,. • , We have. been favored by„agentle - ... - man-resident'of this city; Ivith the FPI- - • havving eitrairfroni hia private corres ,.2.4dtfdence,...l. It l'eomes from a . source . , • 'that: cannot be questioned; it was - tint .----fnteadeci_for publication, and therefore . , ; .. eangot'his intended to cleediVek it lathe , -- corresponderiee . fro - rit ones friend to.ano • '' " - ther, and. is intendl.d . to:give • infOrm . . -..,. ,ation;-all shogld•rea.d it whoare inte4-'est,- . ed . in - . the CAadratt affairs; - as it - gives in -' -- plain detail, facts;..for, - which - the public •.- • have been seeking. .. • . . NOV. . --.-, ~----'• :..-14T , JOHNS,- IN '.2 9th ',,'.. .:!:k. •-7-itr D EA R-Fateivo,: , == - I - atircertain that 1 . ...It - must afford you pleasure to hear that . ....St. Charles is taken by thelroops; and .. - L•-.thatwith. the . exception of one selitarY • .' • .hut, is laid. itfashes.- This..intelige:pce -- , reached 'St,' Johns;- eatiy. on - -Monday .. mornin g r but .amidst • the-. contifFting• reports.- - which-were in cincitlatiorti_it, . . would hard been impossible to give you any thine. like .correct information as -- , - - - Ttoi - the7particidarti - of i tlreutt adicaoo - ner.. . - 1 --- Sir-JohnCol burne r hpvver er, .recei v.- .• . edfrom Col..Wethprell yesterday a true Nstatetnentof the important facts .relative . the engagement, and I.:now hasten :•,,to. y 'before youvauCh.parts of it as have ---Come-before-the:public: --- Y - otrard; - per- - -- -haps, aware that On Wednesday last, tharthe troops which hadleft Montreal. utider.Col. Gore, proceeded froth, orel In - cOrripan - .Si with two detachments_of • (116 - 66tb - , the where Ibiee thus consis " ting - of - tlietwollank. coin pp n or the 4Th; tinder Gel. Itughes •the IJ ht .> :Company of the 35t . h.,under. Captain -'..Crdinpton, together _with a howit zerarriall,., awl -a .p . erty of Artillery,' under. Netirconien, and - a dozen - of the . • Il.ey at -Mon treal — CiiiilrY, -- iniile7r Sereeny all about 2SO ,men. You are likewise aty.ar.e, that at the , .. . .. _ •• tame time .Lieut. Cot. ' Wetherell left . — ChatihlF; tiklni with . him tour cool . mies. Of • the regulars and„two compa , - .nies, - tit the Odth,--_with: two,pieces-o( _ . . ,artilleryi-under -Capt. Glasgow, 'afal 'about 4wOnty_ cavalry ndex' CaW,D.a-. - It ►was pro 7 tr i pOsOd.thWth - d - s - e - , - two:ba - di - e - s - slygirld - tneci a.nd attack St. Charles at the - same time,. - tFut - =wen - ttre -- 1 7-- 19__ .-Wtrerr 2ormer. .7'L.' • Dennts,.a most galling fire was opened on them from the large stone houses on each Side-of the, village, by Which seven men were killed and nine Wounded, Ineluding.Capt. Markhain, 'who receiv ed 'not - less • than five wounds, ._two-in ibe neck, one in , the bfck, one in . -the • leg, and one in thej ; side._ .At this peri odithe Men yere"completely worn out, hairing been obliged to travel . from Sorel kneedeep in-mud, under a dread . :Rd ratn,. - a.nd, without provision's, the-- boaflurvirighteO obliged to put. bad; • by:altrerof muskery from a part . ) , on the bank Of the river; added to this, the regulars had to fight their way inch by inch from • Sorel, „ the bridges 'having. been all destroyed, and a fire 'opened. on them from almost every' house and . barn they passed; so that when • they got to St, Sorel, they were litterally bare footed jaded' out, without ammuni tion. • To proceed, therefore; would have -7—b-edifurfadnessrso-after-having- expend-. 'ed their ammunition against the, rebels,. and demolishing the houses from which they. were attacked, they commenced a retreat,, and finally . reached Sorel, 'and .were'next day joined by another . com:-. . pany of the 22d and two pieces of ar tillery, with a fresh supply of airtmu . - nition, under Major Jackson;but: the combined force did not leave -Sorel, and indepd 1 believe the great part re turned4o Montreal. Various are the I reports of the rebels . killod in the skir mishes,-sume,say more, some less; but ihei . genersl belief is, that from 90 to 100 Cartail hi - ti sio - St - t he - .lives; -- anti a great many more,wounded. • ' - To return to Col. Wetherill, fore statecThe left Chambly withha - bout ' $,50 men,- and had only proceeded the __length of by Olive, when, .rockets - sent up by the rebel party in that vicin ity, announced - to the multitude at-St. .Charles the approach of the military. gorto-Rouville- - -they-found a bridge of considerable extent destroy ed, and were-- obliged to bivrivac there for.the night; next day was spent in, re - - - pairinglhe. bridge, in the mean time Col. W. sent in a spy to ascertain the _position of his opponents, who repor ted them about 4500 strong ly entrenched and fortified with 10 or,, 1 . 4 -pieces of cannon fixed stationary on logs of . timb - iiiinki pointed iti - lhe three tic'n .tp consequence, , W. tookAircuitous route and most -- - 43 ' 1 Pri!!'e,t417 - for -4 i iil-.--I . lrovt . r . l);-7:4001t-- POsiest4leti of thexiaip 'ground above his Camp, Tronr .which' ha immediately - --began to' throWiti°,,shells and rockets, Agin ihtiettialf ielickisr , obliged them ttliquitjtheirstrong hold. , • ° When 2 the English army had once • C . ground, got .them out ititop - ,n the en formed a line otiwodeep.,-,gave-then? and charged with the, bayon- T,he, Canadians immediately tecrk ° flig ht.. and gained the of St 01!,:irq.ffiSihither:, they were followed' the ariny; AND.:l_l7l.$ VILLAGE ,TOT:A : I3,N PESTIWIED BX. FIRE; WEI even the church - 'did not escape; neithor. did . .Deb.art;eh's Out'hotries, - wherelhe• rebe's_provisione , „. ammunition, Avert: stored: . From, the of St: Chirlesohe Canadians spread in every direction--=the most part retiring to -St. but=on : ascertaining that-the froops were following, the "village..of- St. Dennis. was, also abandoned, and the rebels driven into 'the country , .---• Col:\W.and.his 'men then.returned to 'the field of aetion-atCharles - and burled the - head; w. 1? - Of - Was On the part of 'the English" 3. a - nd on that - of:the Canadians 12 5 , besideS.,double that tiendier Wenn: •led; the AM - ter -.Were cot veyed . .by:the soldiers into :'Debartch!s house, awl every attention paid to there ; indeed thd . army 'appeati to . haVe:beeti'Very meteifu I—far more: so,: than co:in Id :haVe 'keen' e'pected..::Qvicl ALP. arriong - the slain, in4 - Brown:6o . Drolet .are said to be.:'prisonerabut this is 'so far 'only . report.' Whilst. all this4vaS goihg on, the. Canadians. Mutinied again to the •ntrirn-. her..ti;f perhaps a thousand at Point Clive, And were . pressinkekery one in .to the service. ' Yesterday. afternoon. I WAS informeciAliat they. liad become outrageous, and threatened to shoot into the houses of. WhNer. - Would ',not -join - t he ihrbutc-zthei r reign - Alias - Sliorti_ fr' in the evening C0 . 1.1W. on, his ' return to Cha In 14,_pald Olean V • a nd_gave them :two. shots of - cannon, not with Alre - intention;of kiiii - 403urof 11)ern; however, two men lost theii., lives, When the whole mob . . took to• Hight, crying out, ~''Save yourselves all . who can!" Thushas ended 'the patri iie army, the whelk. coutnry subtitled,. 'With the loss of ah r ont 10 men,end per-, tants_ were returning home last night„ in. bands of from' 3 . 0 to 40, without arms -and they Was in this part of iiib don'tbelieVe you could. muster 100 in' the whole diatriet to•go put noiv—and most probably the whole was is ended. Papineau, and ther—leaderscannot be M' T ,o.unci ;in o ro b a bl-y--they:irs their way into the United States 7 10 • * 10 pikes cannonand., a great many small arms came info nos _I .session. of.--the—army--;„ 0 Lieut. Weir, who, was,taken prisoner with despatches, was shot by the rebel - army before the engagement a; sc. Charles commenced, and a poor soldier! Lw.h_o_wasiwoUnded-ut dangerOUsly,,ilad:his;,brains knocked. out by a s Canadian . with the but end'of Ills • 'll n * * I —At-ore , -b u g tt.-t ronr-the:' two-or three days ago . an safely lodg,ed ,in Montreal . jail; y are'Barclie, M. P. at •St: Atbanes Doctor• Leelere and his Butchers, from: St. Albanese; none c,f the prisoners at Montreal . Will be adinitted,to bail.,• From the Phdaderd Inquirer of Monday. oThelProgr6s of the THE PATRIOT ACCOUNT OF THE-AF- FA IR" AT ST. CHAJILES We havelntelligence from Canada as. late as Monday last; and from•iihe north part of. V . ermont• to the 4th inst. The advices are vague and .contradictory: so much so, that it is alniost impossible to form a• definite opinion as to the actual condition.and Prospects of :the conterld• ing parties. Little credit, we feel cer tain, is to be attached to the statements of the Montreal papers, they being so unequivocally in favor of the Royalists oppcised ttithe Patriots. And yet most of the accounts that have yet appear ed, are of necessity, derived from these _ papers; !lie iiiiurge - i - fra:b - eitig - wholly - with d ont an organ. A correspendent pf the • New _York Expressov ho_writes from..the 'north part of Vermont, and assumes. to be thoroughly conversant with the whole matter, gives• this account of .the recent ! events at St. Charles. Immediately af ter the discovery of the designs of !he insurgents, warrants' for high treason were issued against their leaders. _The. rescue of two prisonefs at Longueß pro duced at "explosion For whic-hAlie ots were unprepared.. They Were Amor .ganised, destitute of arms,. and had no rallying point: - Many leading Men fled - I tp.,the United_States, but lathers,,arnong whom were Papineau; Perrault,. T. S. Brown and. were, : Nelson, retired among 'the •Prench-settletnents and collected a 'Carty, of Patriots at Sty Charles. A-British force of about two hundred reghlars acid a few -volunteers was:Xent against them. The fort was attacked at •St. Denis by the Patriots,' and defeated With the loss of one piece of artillery and from foitty to fift.y__Musketa._.. The Brit. and woundedivas probitbly-be tween thing and :forty. The. royalists saylt. Was_much less, did the Patriots say •it was inucti -- nitareT — Aftertlfe — de - : tachment hactratttrned; two 'others' were sent from Montreal tti, disperse the Pat. i loth, WhO-were assembled at : St. _Denis and:St: Charles. - Orie!Orthese: proceed,:,_ ed down.tbe St. Lawrence to the .mouth of the Richelieu at 'Sorel, -intending to march tip•rin the right or east bank,. on w'hicV•Sfi'Dennis 'and St. Charles are situated. T,his detachment, after an alp. settee or three or four'days, exhausted ~zirh;l`atigyc,._having accoMpltshecinot - ing., 'The other' detachment, under Col.,lVetherall,..Which proceeded by the Way,.of Chainbly, , 'ariived at' St. Charles •on-the•.9...75th - .:of. Nov.etribet;;;!and attached and took an inti . enchmeni which they nall' a fort: T. S. - Brown; wlioH i,o:roni*n'dfl fit St. Charles,! - Ordered - Mo.! entrinieliMetit• to -be ahandoned•;..,._...s6l - ne_. fel'at',4o*Crefi! -- S - ed• to 'obey., and, !With. .tllese royalitits had. to contend. _ for . .the i pos . yipti. 2 ! Canadian gentlehain vho 1 9 r2tto 64341(44-4 . pin of The pat?• ; •rfctt . t pe'duridg!!he, zetigagepent,:sayi there about: the saute dumber wOurttled.' l ' Of the Canadiang:.present at the actionnot: , more then !wee hundi e ed, had,: rire!erme of ,airy description;ani.l many of tliosi were so defective as Lobe entirelyuseless, 'Ffie main body of the.CanadkatisLatthe Wile of fi. the attack' "Wk!re Akt'§t. .I.)etlllitif orth • • Allet /be ti7ool4.undei• Col. AVbrlierall. had Taken' possessiatrof St.. Chwildii*FAlle Can&liaris Were , hi hopes of, (Awing off thelr'ietreat. la this''they were disap7. for Col. Wetlieralf effected his retreawo Chambly, .oti - ,the night of the 6 2.8 th. ~..:17 - Ire— r eg. C illir troop§ I)ayit/rio . thing .to.b6iist at. no t diipetse. tli rpairiot forces;: but' tett .tlieni, . thanliefor'O: So' tiotrol . Col: 'WI, titat•lie 'sent: a request to MOntreal for u.reitifortprOent - Vw ic wa's s'ent, , ,and arrived on Tuesday , at elfambly,:.where they..joip . ed - ; him. On Wednesday, .the 6 9th. theitroops arrived. at St. Johni. atid_:rhurcliy,:rett.teedi_ to "• - ' - . . . • arias that the ratrtota.are.rapidly orgni,sirig; bit . .they are in great warttfof . arms, which they h'orye to procure in seas u son fot.t winter eampaign. • Other , - counts s at . at r ii. hat the Patriots are ust ering .tliti ' m orces. in,.consid'erable nutn7- hers, niirtli of Montreal, and are building Tortificat4o6 and malting. othektlemots- Stratiols of an:intended 'engagement With the Queen's troops., Their strength-:at this:point is said. to 'be Much greater than at St: :Charles. • ; ' . , , • Now for the royalist accounts. • Ac-, Cording thifie Montrealltap,eriof_Mort; day, the detachment tinder Col. Gore catered St °tennis =early tity — Saturdar morning—Marched thence to St, Charles, on Sunday—and was.to proceedpn Mon day to St. Hyacinthe, inipursuit of Messrs Nelson and .Papineau,- w ho were Suppos- .etlSo,have-fled detioti. Charles and the .other villages. on the 'Cliarnbly-river are .to be ,occupied _.by -liedis-oE4tie-trioops until-fttrthet-ottlet • . The *house _of Dr... Nelson, And those from which the troops were fired on, have been burned. The Courier thus stims_up the, doings I of the eight preceding days: ' , Thus, Within the short space-of eight i efys, have forty five miles in extent of (lie most populous and wealthy portions of this district been traversed in arms by Yer• - majesty's troops, - in vindication of _the outraged laws of the county, and the rebels who had compelled the deluded' peasantry to take mins agaiast_their_law fuLsoveee,ig n r ex)rapletel g ht. A Jarge reward we understand, is offered for their delivery into the hands of gevernmenW l 7 - • - On the - 29th ultimo Lord Gosford is sued his proclamation, addressed to the inhabitants - of t 'ly - to - the population) on and near the Richelieu (or Chambly) riverur.in; crn=to-4"nli talitsanterli • calling upatir4til-loyal subject's otheat-iii.. jesty to. be at all times prepared• - to main tain the authority of the sovereign; -- and counteract the rebellious designs of tne disaffected. ,In additiim , to the b . arrests we have:.a , • ready.rn'entioned; ve learn - that Dr. P. A. Dorien, M. P. P. for Champlain, and a man named Louis Moge, were .arrested at SI., OUrs, and , arrived in Montreal on Saturday evening. . • . _ TheiT was•nothing new from' Grand Brule. .• Prom Inquirer of Tuesday. Lord Gosford's Proclirpitation. We have little further intelligence of importance. Lord Gosford,' Captain General and Governor in . Chief in and over the provinces of Upper snd Lower danads, has issued a proclimation; (dat ed the 29th November, at Quebee,) cal ling on. the °disaffected and malcontent inhabitants of the Lower Province to return to their ,allegian.ce?----assuring them that Her MajestY's Government "is more deirous to forget than to re- SeTaTiiijuries," andT - "t Irat — willurrit • sanctuary they' will experience ncr - rno- - lestation.?' _The Montreal Gazette contains so'nte severeLstriatures upon this manifesto--- which it treats as an indication of life "renewal Of conciliation, and.charac- terises it "as unworthy of the high au- Ahori t y_erom_whence_i t_pr o ceects-a 5 -('i t prognosticates) it, will be ineffectual in in its object." We find no record of fresh revolution -ar-y-m ovem entsrif--wi-except-the-fOl - ing:. - - "WiS ---- 1 - 6 - airti — thit'Alle - - rebels ,Cf the M cpunty, or Lake of Two ountains,. have not only renewed their- attempts at intimidation, and driven a number of loyal families from that part of the country, to seek shelterelsewhere, but have actually taken up arms, and - ibtiilt block-houses,, and other fortifications, at St. gustache,;Grand Brute, and - oth er--strong-holds. 'What -they further intend to do we have not been .inform ed;\ but as.their ... . it designs are said to rh-ave- mitended to=t disaffected - people of Vandreuil, we s uld hops that an order given to the Highlanders of Glen garry, to march down upon - them, uld haie the effect a bringing many them to their , senses.. We trust that omething of the. kind may be done, in' - order that deluded Men,' in all quartere, be made sensible of the power and authority pf the. law, aided -as-it-is-by-Her -Majestyls--troops -j and -- every loyal' individual in both Provin ces. There - is,. also, tio l doubt but some of the rebel chiefs or@ recruiting in the United Streit; but, with what - sue= ceSs,- we'are. notable to say, though, we should think; that a, few . ..fugitives and vag,abondsOike ,thediselvesi -may - beilldueed tofollow the - inf j - - -,--- NOC iv do Perceri7e - r sfifilidiiiitiliri - s of distarbancei in :Moiffieal. --- The Affect howover of the excited state of the-pub- - , lic * PAria . .S . ppe - ars : to hairs been nearly Ito paralyze business. Owing •to -this state of , things , and the limited number . of . ad tertiSem Gazette, A we perceive ~.is 13 reaftcr to ,hOS - Sued but . brketLitiA4oi-iyeek hOwever, were go;3i TWo.persons(CemeS,pher P.,._ and Toussaint Peltier) were cammitt6tl to jail=oir FridaY : on 'charges of—high treason.- These.stvell the nU)nber. now •in ccif74lnement for...that ding the 32. 'PriSoners taken- at Charles) to 4,7. L—a complete liSt, of:whoie is..pnblished in .the Gagelt_ • • 'Correvondence . of Ike • . ,BuntaNwrciti, D , 9: -Stage:jusl...tirrived... No -passenger's,. Inail or news north of Highgate. 'NotIT- frcii Montreal since Sunday—and i• then the report was that . iheFfertch - were assembledin some force at: St. Dennis, & that the royalist: troops . • had been Sent to . . dis lodge-them. .A steamboat went:south Via Sunday night & did not ieturn:at the ( 1... lig Al tiine to. take the 'mail from St. J . hqs...' . .tfave heard nothing.fremlhaf q after.: This,:exeiteS- some ,isurOrigel--• bn • learn that at St. Johns and along the line, ..the inhabitants 'dare. bardly, _ speak__ to each 'other on the lines, and 1 keep quietly at • home, as . e'vefty move: !pent -is suspected:. , ' • , .-- . •—•- Correspondence of Ilie'l4. Y: COlit. . ...• „ . - . Butita9m:r67l,. Dec. a. • The Northern, mail - has just arrive A.. I have seen', entlornan—an ac uaint- ancre-L-by the stage, who,says:that vOl unfber.l-1.00. in number,, kft - SiiantoWn yesterday for Canada, With muskets, powder, _two eannons; ,- and. that:, they reached Missisque Bay, where `they were attacked by the Royalists, and al 7 ter a. - hard - lititae the patriots Were driv enback, tti ttNI - lie loss of man killed, three - won . - cannon and fety muskets. :Yesterday the mail arri :from Mdtl-. treal With; only one letter; and noPapers. :No_.papers, from.-MOntreal-sinee.. Fri _day. . • The Royalists are fortifying the whole of the Canada line, by Swanton-, Highgate, &c. and faMilies are leaving for the states every day. Th . 6 -Wi nooski steamboat left.here "last-night-for St; an - d -- will 'probably return to- . night laden_ with 'Passengers: . The _streetijat-MtiatreaLareall. weil-barriea ded. Monied affairs in_ Canada -are-in a deplorable condition. The Wanks are all gnarded - liy ,the regular_ troops2,--, Men in business tan. obtain. but very slight a cep mod d 44: ropilists are aeononochtied at, 'Canada money not taken at the Banks _Prom-the_lnquirer-ojilrednesday.----- PROGRESS O 1 THE-REVOLT. -,- . We have -Quebec papers - - to the fourth, and Montreal - to the fifth inst.--- The number of volunteers.authorised to be armed and employed in military duty at Quebec, was-limited to• 1000; and was completed 'early - last week: — . The effect of the affair eat St. Charles was such at St—Cesaire, that the Sians 7 tead.Mail, whielihad Been rebbed; was festered to. the Post Office there; and they have - sent for M. Chaffers, arid hoisted the British Fldg. „ • The Montreal Royal papers assert the almost incredible rumonr_that there are. 12,000 Frenchmen" who have joined the Patriots near Si. Charles, most -of which new accession .to their strength are said - to, have served Undet°Napoleon. 'The Quebec Gazette doubts it. Some of the Township_ Militia' in Lower Canada, and. Voluaters, have-ac tually marched in the rear of thi disturbed counties, .The -Montreal • Gazette states that ,proclainations have- been iii6Cd - by7the governor in chief, against certain par' ties accused of high treason, and offer ing rewardS fur their delivery to any justice of the peace ip the Cities of Que bec or ,IVlontreal,... .21000 is offered for the apprebepsiOn of Louis,Jos_eph„Papinean._:_,_): • • .2.200 each for Dr. Wolfred Nelson, of St. Denis. Tkomai-Storrow Brown of Montreal. O'Callaghan, of do, M. P. P. Jos. T. Prolet, of St Marc, M. P. P. Wm H. SciAt, St. Etistache, M. FL P. Ed. Rodier, of Montreal, M. P. P. Amury Girod, an 'alien. Jean O'Cheiner, of Two Mountain. And a 100 each fur -Pierre Paul Demaray, Of St: Johns. . Joseph Francois Davignon, of do. _____Pierre_Anaiot,_of_Vercheres_ Louis Perrault, of Mont a 1... Alphonse Gauyin of do. , - --- ----Louis-Gauthier, - Of do. - Rodolphe Desrivieres, of do. Frain the Burlington Free Preis, a Dec: 8: . F.Roiki LOWER. CANADA.—After. the lapse of a whole week, we find Ourselves 1 Mill without well authenticateepartieu lan. of the St, Charles and St. Denis affairs, or gthe - aitual position of -par ties at the,preseut moment. _Of one, thing, however we are quite certain that: - there haerbecrunsisrepreseakTioh — Coribc - 7dh sides. No Montreal papers have been -received since. Saturday, and the last mail brought not even a letter. ' - The town of Montreal is now barri caged and prepared,'as Tar as 'possible, for a winter siege... Every loyal chi-• zen is a soldier, and thet‘eity presents the single atect,of a military camp.— ' It - i'S now understood that the patriot force assembled Anil—Charles has .re tired into , the country, _and that ill,' is quiet in that- quarter at prese,nt. - ' We shall next- ekpect . . to, hear news of 4iteresifrene , the upper district; in the vicinity eLdke pF the Two Moult-. tains. . - • _ Sp'" ee writing the, above we have received intelligence froin.-41ighgatei--that.2--.On--.Wednesday -night : . a.,.p,arty of: about . .forty : patriots who have been at §weetonliorOe - Mteroptene makelheir way through to 'Pay, but, weto ambosheq by several - hoodred. loyalists , and • drivenbiaCk__with, the loss Of7cotie man killed, three' wounded, one ~prisopci,—orid. their two pieces of ordnance.•' - '• • - We have been -.permitted .to e following -extract: fromm — a letter wr ten , / by a . ,respectable merchant 1i Quebec o his.-brother in this place.--- It was 'pot interliled for the pufdic' eye; but it neverthetess; - be read, with interest both. for its facts, and as an in dicatiorkorthe spirit of the 'tithes... ; - -QuEnre, 21th Nov. 1837. • , 4 ' We are in a . mast -terrible state in Canada. At Present our. Cana dians reVoltip4 and rising up against; us on all skies; and for want of a sufficient number of" troops,. we shall, liCobli.‘ed: to, turn .out, 'to a man,' as soldiers.., 'I think I am as Avell acquainted with the' disposition of4he .Canadians . as 'most of people, havink been brought up•among. them, -. andassure you I have never been so *eh • disappointed I could not. • Sieve - that - they - wou I d-rise -u hin.against lier-MajestPs government ,- Speaker Papineau has been the, eatise 'of all this. disturbanceWe have inn' to tharilt for it. But it is now too to to say #o, as.there is no remedy,— ' Theron! v:---eburaeAlovv_isiArckeep -- rc high- land Aver tOem, - i:f,possible. We are in hourly __expectation of two regiments -. Hafiir w iici " ,rom wuc I are muc neek at: Jim_ present "lime— The . Canadians make good .soldiers, with_discipline, and brave leader! but five hundred soldiers will thresh fifteen lAndred Canadian I have often wished myself out - of the preitrineci, but would -, sooncr. - be shot than leafe.it under present; circu m • stances. I t . 'shall never„he . said that -I :deserted _ adopted Country. - _in_ the' hour of her gre‘atest neetl; . &- in addition to this consideration, my : whole proper ly is at stake.. No—l 'shall stand •my ground, anal fight as long as 1-C46"S:in-- die- -the-- mu§ket- : and hroadswerd; - and if it shall-pfease 'the Althighty thit I am. to fall in the field'-of battle;_so be: bend no anger within the Walls. Next to_ Gibraltar e-stron .est .place . in the world, I bave not tilie liqiireTyistr - Orti - eutatt, as - I -- arni - ukt - gait% on duty, but will write you soon. Fr . am the_ifontreal l i ra:men:pl. Dee,' 5 The troops which were dispatched' from hen2e on Thursday iast,:by steam boat, have followed the . route 'proposed. They.made_tsv-o prisoners je the village, of St, ()ours, viz: Mr. J. Dorion, n mem ber of the House of Assembly, .and Mr: Louis Mog,e;-_a captain of militia. 'These two worthies reached Montreal on Sat- - nrday evening, and were lodged in•jail under a charge of bigh treason. 'Pursuz ing their march to St. Denis, the rem nant of the rebel force fled from that village toward St. Charles, and the thops- offered_ no .Violence,_ except, _of course, to the house, distillery and out buildings of Dr. Wolfrek Nelson; the house of Mr. Deschambadlt-,..Nelsen's pat tner itf• business as in politics; two houses used as taverns; the house of Madame Germain; and the house of the infamous Jalbert, once a- captain of militia, but' better known as the assas sin" of Lieutenant 32d regiment. The troops thert - continuet t Iw-route following the footsteps - of-the retiring rebels, towards St. Hyancinthe and St,. Charlesohey are stated to have taken 3 guns besides recovering the gun which was spiked on the uccasion of the first visit to St. Denis. —We — heat -- through a source which scarcely admits of dttubt. that Papineau and O'Callaghan; , „disgtkised, passed through Sainte Marte; that they travel led by night, - arid even - then not - along • the highroad,_ having hirtad-Ja chisseur to conduct them through the woods. They have probably reached the States. Of. Gen. Brown , nothing farther is known, although rumourhas been busy. He is said to have been again detained by a party of his own -deluded and de iserteCtreaps. , Patal .accident.—Mr. tlialtitn Pome roy, of West Suffield, Noun.) was in. _stantly_killed,on the _23d _ult.. While driving a team loaded ' - with wood, lell under the wheel of the cart, 'which pairs. etiiiVer 'his head, and caused - instant death. He was about for,ty.seven years of age. On one occasion Sohn, of England, is said to have demanded. money from a Jew, as . a commutation of , the punish ment for an o nce he had committed against — th aws - of — thl3 - realm, and — tw have ordered one_ of the Jew's teeth to be extracted every dhy until he complied with the requisition. The je)y lost sev en teeth, and theriparthi3sum.demand 'ed, How - like. the .ew .Van 13preht He has committed gross out rages upon the, laws anu best interests of his country, - and - the:people have com menced extracting his political teeth. --- "He.has juit_lost one_eye_lo_nth,..(NAW. York,) and we should like to know how many More the - whi#, must-extract, belore the little gentleihan is brought to his peasee—Lauisuzlie Gazejie. +. . . . rriOhtfig!toill . .3l2Oadlikccideutt:443 oT a4al. • ;/. We have in' et era from/the °Me:eat:lie Pcirismouth (• Val) 'notes ? which details the:particular's•of a tdost unfortunate.ae„ cident on the Portsmouth 'and . Riaanoke .Rail Rciad, by. which from 15 to : lB.per+ sons, their' were) more or less injured, - and at least_two lives The,4ccouttt prneeeds:—., The iron rails'. had from time to time •I;ecctine' loose, and• projected .over . the timber to 'which they had been secured, though timely precautions were taken a:- gainst accident from-this cause.. - Wheel- ev e r a 'rail had - started_f_r_orn . - ttie aS u res . se ty weirei - Tai 7 de - r — e - d — _to,76e :taken. _Rut as if .to evince the incompe - - tence of human foresight to guard against 'danger, a-part orthe road. near Rocliell's about forty font• mile's from Portsmotim, was, on the ,approach of a new engine Of Morris, .diecovered, whenitoo latei r to avoid dangerf - M-have one of its-bars-loose and. elevated abpve the track.. One- of the passengers was standing, on - the 'en gine-with the .engineer 'at the -Moment_ - the - rail.;WaS dilcovered, and retnarked simultaneously -with-'trim that-the' track -was. not at its-levelH?rhey were - then•at a distance Ofless than a hundred yards; 'On approaching-they perceived an alarm ing elevation, .and, with the cry the rail bas•risen, - leaj)ed.frorn the engine. The crash. Was instantaneOns.' The engine was thrown froth-the track, its wheels.& Wirer frame , :work broken. Tfie fore zmest-c-a-r—was sh • di--tke — a - ec - oith'eur liffettrand rte d tri — t IreTra fteeli feet by the 'third car running under it, which in its' turn waS'brokekby the col lision. •• , • . - There were in these carS froin a ,twenty. h 4.1 y_fiassen ge g_th em. - six --- ti'Veliliv - ludies living on the of the roan were induced to take an exetthiOne vie v of - enterin. the returning train. 'Ol.Ol these ladies, not one, we.hear, escaped without injury. The second car, being lifted by the third over the rear_waid -cars,-was-hurled away,, as stated, a considerable-distance, buten° injury - Was received by any of its inmates, among whom were Col. l_lttEs- TcfN of the' United StateS Senate, and his lady, who escaped unhurt. - 'Their companions in the first and third were not so fortunate - . • _ - SVe have not yet been able to.'obtuin• a list of Ow persons injured. But we - have heard that Mrs..Rochelle - a - ml - Miss Blow Miss - . King, Miss Simmons, of South -anipton', - Mr._trocker, of Jacks,on T N—_C.,_ Mr. Noe, of Norrk, Mr. Mills Lawrence, Cokßoclielle, Nelson I-lo — dges,'Mri Mr:co,u!eni,.Mr. Blocker, and :MV. Blow, llie t .train-agentovereirmong - tlienr. --- TWO servants of' Col. PRESTON, and the sets. .valit Of Col. downin., of Florida,were and several liLcecatiops,systained. ------ the scene, as deScribed, by a gentle,• . ; man in one of the cars, was distressing. Great ditculty was experienced_in extri cating the sufferers from the ruins, com pressed—as ' they, were, in- fragments of the vehicle, and agonizing under their miseries. So -soon as - they could. be drawn out,' they-were-conveyed .to Ro cheat's where every-amrition was rend- ered them that was within the power of the mansion: • 1 hose who escaped unhurt besides Col-Preston and lady,were Col,Downing, Mr. Dunham, ot - Florida, 'My,s,, and Mi-s Peal, Mrs. -Stewart, four c'hilren, and servant, and .Mr. Batik, of Augusta, Georgia, who was riding on ,the engine, and jumped ()fiat the moment of the con- CUSSIOn p T. S. The cars have conic in. air. flounce the death of Mrs. Rochelle and Miss Blow. Miss Simmons and 'Mr. Crocker alone of:the survivors are indul ger. - , , . • . We understand that Commodore JoNta . has withdrawn from the SouldSea Survey ing and Exploring . Expedition, and that his_ resignation of the corninand, „declined / by . ilieSiCTEtiity - of - the -Navy .when firsttendered, has since been accept. ed Whatever may have been the train of 'cir cumstances, and the causes which, in the sequel, have induced the twice-chosen Commander to desire a separation from this, great national enterprise—an enter prile,- which his attainments, profession al and otherwise, united to a:chivalrous and. daring spirit, so' emifiently qualify 1-him-to -conduct, we much-regret- to learn that such-is the impaired State of _theCom- Mod re's health since his severe attaak:re cently in NeW York, if for no other rea son-, he could not now, in the opinion.of his physiciaif; engage' in' any arduous ser-, vice without great hiii.ard'to• his restora tion.-- National IntelligeraCer.' • • • satzsa.sw----We from- -tive -Nash vi 1 le : Ban ner that a.preamble and resolution-bwheen-introducedrinto , the. House of Representatives; setting forth the deep eoncernpn the part of the peo- F ple;-_at- - -the-- 44 sudden - and—ruinons - pros -- tration of the confidence and prosperi-' ty - of - the - ri‘stion, resulting from the - exe= experiment, for .the country." past, on the currency of .the"cuntry," and expressing the opinion, that the estab lishment of a, _National Bank, upon `a :plan somevihat-stmilar to the late Unit ed States Bank---"is the ~surest, the most expedient, if not the only ineans - of rilievitt6 thn-people-from-theirprelß ent embarrassed condition, and of re storing a sound and _healthy currency to the nation. It, is,stated that out of .siic. hundred men, which constitute the 'crew of the United States ship . Independence, up war.ds,of c hundred live san strictly . . to • erancc pr i nc iples. • The editor of the Richmond .Enquirer tri eternally prating abotiOhialiositioiron the chess board."—Wh9 s e _"pawri','is , • . . --. _ Tttitstatx NOTEs.one of the princi pal of the principaliuducements,assigned , • for calling Congreas.togetlier at the extra Session' SiiitemVer last to enable:the _Gtoiernitient to_pay its.creditors in .some • other than the:depreciated, irredeemable currency,. which the_ general suspepsiors" of payment had imposed apoti the country- The GOverntment had-already undertakers' to collect its dues from the Post Office, Lands and Oustom in specie, withoutthe 'Md of any tiew But still;. from the seaittiness - of this resource,. being deficient in means to ineet its in- dispensable engagements,it became neces sary,toicall ,Congress together, in order that those m_eans_might.be-provided, , ' An issue of. Treasury notes was ree- L ____ - ,eummettil mended VAlke ti re; atiiiit be - titii - d - itAue - stiron, whether. theyinhould be , issued 'free'-fruit .interest,, oP bearing in • nterestatthe'rtite Of two per.cent., or at • such rate of interest,' not exceQing six per Cent.; as would Make theiiieqUivalent•• • to the ' leg a lctirrency, The.- two former, propositions were negatived, and r irt pas'- • sing the Treasbry note bill, both Houses of Congress gave,a, inarked and decided expressiOn.olopinion-that-the-creditors of ' the Government should ,be 'paid in the le' gikettr . rency,,or its • equivalent, provided__ an interest - riot exceeding , sis per_cent. upon .the Treasury notes . would :effect that object; .. What bag been-the - result? The dent, or the - Secretary of the Treasury, misapprehending or disregarding the cie.y arid postiVe - intent, - and meaning - ,of the had _clikthetl ....theg. .xecotie.„-: with :every 4iecessary pbwer, makes an experimental, issue of Treasury notes at hew 'per cent. interest. These notes; it,. • was , : immediately seen;, Worth no m ore _ than the depteeiated• iriedeema- • - :Lie-paper of_the..banks, which the organs of the•GOvernment are so constantly de- clainting Conip - lexforms as to - calculations of. interest accoinfinittlihisr — .— iisue„ which-the disbursing officers found it impiacticable to carry, out in...practice. - To — eitricitellfiAilmitiestratitni feirreff4 '7 7 diflkuity the _Treasury Department has, welearn,Testere - to - arrissue of post notes, - at twaie months; bearing an interest,of one mid per hundred dollcirs Per annum, which are now daily forced,olr upon the - instead Of specie, or its . „ent, in which, Congress intended they shnuld.be paid. - In fact,we undqr stand from these who have dealings , -with. the 'Treasury, that collecting a debt {roe' -the Rrovernineti Let ipresent pick- • sotnethin - & — that , amongst an insolvent's unavailable'or' -,---a draft , on-a broken -batik 'at. N.atcheziat . ...... 20 per .discount; or a draft on Nash- - ville at 12,per cent• discount,' or a draft - :apuir ~~ or post rotes at twelve months, ,- interest; a 5 per • cent. discount, (that-is; ' in - each case; --- so much below the pat'of • specie.) . . It is represented to us that t he provis ions of the law were amply sufficient for purposes intended; and that the Sec:k retary. of the Teeasurycoultl E - it any • time since _its paisao•e, have Ctitained specie at. par in eitriange_for_Treasury____ notes,_ bearing_ an :interest at. the rate proviipir for in the Exeeutive,adhere to a depreciated paper • in paying 'the public -creditors, when it has the ability of paying all its creditors • . alike in hard , money, oe its equivalen - t? We have heard of a wealthy gentleman somewhere , who never had any thing but ..!out-iif-town money,", as it called; to • pay his family expenses with. This ..he kept himself regularfrahiPlied wit' . by' the brok'ert. But surely so narrow a poli cy is tenworthii''Of the Government of a great nation, which ought to be just at - least, if not 'magnanimous, in its treat inent.of its creditots.—Naticmal' gencet. - d an- It is correctly inferred, we think; ,from articles wheitiOrave—lately—appeared—in---- the Globe, that the Sub-treasury scheme will again be urged by the President 'at the opening of the next •Congress.Baft Citron,. , Sudden Death.-- 7 COI. Charles Preniiq't register ofthe genera land office, Van dalia,_llllnois found dead in_his bed_ at . St. Louis:llle. on - the morning of the 2.3(1 tilt, having - died-of appopleay, • - Illarriglburg Cbroniiie. There being nothing which so Much 'enhances the value'of a public Journal a nearly and hithful ' news, the editor and proprietor of the Harrisburg • Chronicle• has niaile-such arrangements, as will - not fail to_ make his paper equal. if not superior. ha/ any other hi the place, during the env.. ie in. his_ particular. , - .—There-44-11-be-n-sessiorv.the.greater partPf nest winter three public deliberative bodiescin each of Which the people 'of Pennsylvania ire Augh interested: in each-of them competent re porters will be employedin order that we inay bs . 5 enabled to. keep our readers regularly inthrmed of all that is done in each respectively. Congress ims-important-matters--to.-settletiuch-that-wfil _ be interesting* and - wOrthy- the attention 41 the people of this:State; _will be_ doneiiiL the State ' Legislature. The Convention to alter anZiTiiiierid ihe COnstitatioa of the State is beginning-te_at-___2 tract publid attention; Inasmuch as it is now, be-• coining engaged in the more important branches -of its duties.- All these taken together must make -- Mat paper interesting'wblch will give faithful ac counts of all that to done in each. While attend— ing to allihese. the publisher will not forget the current news of the day,,,notonly in relation to politics, but every thing else viill instruct or-amuse„-_______ TERMS:—This paper Will, as her#tefore, ~be published' twice a week during the Session of the. Legislature, and once a week diking the remain der of the. year, on a fine double medium sheet and nevi type. at $lB Per entities, payable hind.: Vance.. For thei.lifssien: alone. Two Dollaniin advance. For six,mouihs; including the seissiop of theLegislathre4 4 l 50,in advance. 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