BICESE
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IWIBILOWO
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. ... ' . 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„-_______
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