The Sun.
London, England, 1838-12-17 00:00:00

PRISONERS TAKEN AT PRESCOTT.

We have just been favoured with the following list of the
prisoners taken a few days since at or near Prescott, and
lodged in Fort Henry. How these pirates are to be dis-
posed of will now become a very serious question. It is sup-
posed they will be executed forthwith :
NOMINAL RETURN OF THE PRISONERS OF WAR IN CON-
FINEMENT AT FORT HENRY, NOV. 16, 1838.

Ernest Berms, from Cracow, Poland ; Jean O'Koyinsky,
Cracow, Poland ; Hiram Loop, Nelson Griggs, Nelson
Trucax, Truman Shipman, James Cummins, Martin Van
Powers, Cornelius Goodrich, Andrew
Slyk, D. S. Ri-
chards, Justice Miram, Hosea Wilkie, Chauncey Mathers,
William O'Neill, David Field, Aaron Deeper, Thomas
Sackton, Joseph Lefuen, George F. Brown, Samuel Living-
ston, and Foster Martin.
John Thompson, from near Hexham, Northumberland,
England, reported to have deserted seven or eight years
ago from the 68th Reg. when in Canada, at Fort George.
Timothy P. Rawson, Samuel Austin, William Gates,
Charles Smith, Daniel George, John M. Jones, Patrick
White, Rathkeale, co. Limerick, emigrated six years ago.

(From the Albany Argus.)
THE PRISONERS IN THE BATTLE AT PRESCOTT.
The Oswego Palladiunz of Wednesday contains the
proceedings of a meeting of the citizens of that place,
called for the purpose of considering the propriety of peti-
tioning the Canadian authorities for the release of the
American prisoners taken at the battle of Prescott. The
meeting adjourned from Monday evening till Tuesday,
when the following report was made by a Committee :
" That upon mature deliberation,and having carefully con-
s: tiered the present state ofaffairs in regard to the revolutionary
movements inCanada,and the sympathies awakened to agreat
extent of our citizens, it is, in the opinion of the Committee,
not. only injudicious but would prove wholly ineffectual, to
petition the authorities of Upper Canada for the release of
our fellow-citizens, the prisoners rtaken at Prescott, the mis-
guided and deceived victims of the schemes of visionary and
designing men. The whole matter is left to the discretion of
those gentlemen who will give it immediate attention,viz.
George H. M`Whorter, Henry Fitzhugh, Alvin Bronson,
James Platt, Joseph Hunt, T. S. Morgan, Joel Turrill.
(From the Coburg (Upper Canada) Star.)
MURDER or CAPTAIN USHER.
—We have t
record one
of the most diabolical outrages ever perpetrated in this coun-
try. The particulars, so far as we have learned them, are
as follows :

About two o'clock this morning three men went to the
house of Mr. Taylor, on the Fort Erie road, and demanded
admittance. On Mr. Taylor opening the door, they ordered
him, on pain of death, to deliver up his money. They then
commanded him to accompany them to Mr. Edgeworth
Usher's, with whom they said they had some business.
lie showed them the house, but refused to go with tem,
upon which they threatened to murder him and bv.rn his
house ; they accordingly did fire the house in two or three
places, but the fire was soon extinguished, 'Yielding to
miTtilaion, he at last went with them ; and, on their way
down, they stopped at Mr. Dobiel's, aria compelled Mr. Ta-
ylor to call him up. They forced Mr.Dobiel to give them what
money he had. They then departed, still taking Mr. Tay-
lor with them. Mr. Miller's was visited in the same way.
On arriving at Mr, ijaier's they forced Mr, Taylor to call,

no doubt with a view of insuring an entrance, being aware
that his voice would be recognised by the family within.
Mr. Usher came to the door, and asked Mr. Taylor what
he wanted ; but he durst, not tell him, having been warned
that if he did so he would be immediately shot. Mr. Usher
opened the door, but seeing armed men, he immediately
shut it again ; upon which one of the miscreants fired at
him through a slip of glass at the side of the door. The ill-
fated gentleman received the ball in his body, and died in
about an hour. The ruffians then left the scene of blood,
and, after compelling Mr. Taylor to accompany them a con-
siderable way beyond his own house, they dismissed him,
betaking themselves to the woods.

Mr. Usher was a gentleman highly respected by all who
knew him. He was a zealous Loyalist, and very active
last winter as captain in the Militia, when Navy Island,
which is just opposite his house, was occupied by the
American pirates. He has left a widow and young family
to mourn his premature death.
From the Frontier.
The Montreal Papers of Monday contain two Ordi-
nances passed by the Special Council, one declaring and
defining the period when the rebellion shall be taken to
have ceased, to wit, when the administrator of the Govern-
ment shall issue his proclamation to that effect ; the other
authorising the appointment of Justices of the Peace and
Stipendiary Magistrates until the Ist of May, 1840.
Sir John Colborne has issued his proclamation extending
martial law to the district of St. Francis, with the pro-
visions of the Ordinance for the suppression of the rebellion
in that district.

" STANSTEAD, Nov. 13, 1838.—While I write, the
militia are pouring in, though with but few arms. Our
cavalry are drilling without arms, while our volunteer com-
pany is but partially filled up, and their brave captain, A.
Kilburn, was last night severely wounded in the abdomen,
in returning from Barnston, whither he had been for the
purpose of arresting Dr. Beech and H. Hollister, on a
warrant. He supposes 1•? or 15 assassins waylaid and shot
at him. Mr. J. W. Martin, who was, with three others,
with him, had his horse shot dead, and he himself escaped
by running.

THE UNITED STATES.
" THE NORTH-EASTERN BOUNDARY.--The Commis-

sioners appointed by the Government of Maine to exa-
mine the north-east boundary line have concluded
their duties, and returned to their homes. The
Bangor Courier says, We understand that they found
very distinctly marked highlands at the point where the
waters divide between the St. Lawrence and the
Atlantic Ocean, and all the country north of St. John
River extremely mountainous. The country where the
waters divide is not level and swampy, as has been repre-
sented and believed by many, but lies in mountains and
dividing highlands, corresponding to the terms of the treaty
of 1783.

" The Commissioners have not only ascertained that
there are such highlands, but that they rise in some places
into mountains, and we learn that they have, moreover,
discovered the boundary line itself, as marked out by the
Commissioners under the treaty of 1782, and all the monu-
ments established at that time to fix the line. If this is
the case, the long pending, unpleasant question between
this country and [Great Britain will be settled at once,
without difficulty.

(From the St. Louis Republican of the 12th inst.)

FURTHER FROM THE MORMONS.—The account ()f a
bloody butchery of thirty-two Mormons, on Splawns Creek,
is fully confirmed. Two children were killed, we presume
from accident. Considerable plunder—such as beds, hats,
tk.c., were taken from the slaughtered. Not one of the as-
sailants was killed or hurt.
About the time of the surrender several Mormon houses
sere burnt in Chariton, and one Mormon, who refused to
leave, killed.

At Far West, after the surrender, a Mormon had his
brains dashed out by a man who accused the Mormon of
burning his house in Daviss.

We copy the above paragraphs from the Gazette of
Saturday evening. We are sorry to say that our own in-
formation corroborates the details. For the honour of the
State, we could have wished that such savage enormities
had not attended a controversy in itself disgraceful enough.
Will the actors in the tragedy be suffered, by the Courts of
that district, to go unpunished ?
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, Sec., Nov 26.
The sales of shares at the Stock Board on Saturday were
very large, and at prices that evince the most indifferent-
spirit and feeling among monied men and operators in
stocks to make investments. We will merely give the de-
cline of Saturday's prices from Friday's rates ;--United
States Bank per cent. ; Delaware and Hudson lato II ;
Mohawk Railroad l to 2 ; Haarlem 2to 0,4 ; Stonington
2 to 3 ; and Paterson 1 per cent.
" The Ui:ited States Bank are now sellers of bills on
England, at 109; per cent. This institution being out of
market during the past week, caused private bills and bills
of some of the other banks to advance to 110 to 1101 per
cent., which created some fears that shipments of specie
might be required. Bills on France, sf. liie.
" Money the past week has not been quite so easy as for
some time previous, which was undoubtedly partially in-
fluenced by the high rates of exchange.
" Our Philadelphia advices of Saturday state that busi-
ness was very materially falling off, and that the stock of
American and woollen goods remaining on hand is not half
as large as at the same period last year.
" From New Orleans our advices are to the 17th in-
stant. There had not been any great advance in business
during the week previous. The sales of cotton had been
about 7,000 bales, at a decline of 4c. per pound, which re-
duction, however, did not extend to choice and superior
parcels. The banks had been doing but a very trifling
business in the way of discounting, but money matters out
of doors had much improved, owing to an increase both of
capital and confidence ; short paper was commuted for at
llto 21 per cent. per month. Exchange on New York
was very abundant, and was readily taken up at to I
per cent, premium for bills at five days' sight ; bills at 30
days were at a per cent. discount ; and 60 days, 1 per cent.
discount.

NEW YORK FLOUR AND GRAIN MARKET,
SATURDAY, P.M.

Holders of Western Flour continue steady in demanding
8,62 k dollars for good common brands, and fancy in Tyro_
portion ; sales of small parcels, however, are only effected
at these rates, and an order of any magnitude could no
doubt be executed at previous quotations—say at 8,50 dol-
lars to 8,75 dollars. Georgetown is in lively demand for
City use. The quantity of Flour arrived at tide water for
the second week in November was 91,722 barrels. No
sales of Grain of any moment. A parcel of 300 hhds.
Flaxseed has been shipped by the Roscius for Liverpool at
15 dollars,

The Baltimore Market for the past week has been quiet,
and without change in prices. Howard-street is quoted at
7,75 dollars to 7,871 dollars from store, and 7,611 dollars
from waggon ; City Mills, ;8,75 dollars ; Susquehannah, 8
dollars. The inspections of the week were 12,272 bar-
rels. The sales of Wheat had been considerable at 1,65
dollars to 1,70 dollars for red, 1,76 dollars for white ; Corn
86 to 88 for old, and 65 to 78 for new ; Oats, 40 to 42c.