The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-18 00:00:00

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AMERICAN NEWS
EXPRESS FROM LIVERPOOL.
LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY EVENING.
By the important arrival of the Sheridan at
this, port to-day, we have received New York
papers to the 27th ult. inclusive. Her com-
mander, Captain,.Depeyster, sent his papers to
the Post-office,. instead of delivering them in the.
uA
sual mode, by the courtesy of the consignees.
delay of several hours was thus caused to the
public here, which, as the papers contained im-
portant news, was very annoying.
so the approaching trial of M'Leod was the ab-
ing topic of interest; the panel of forty-
eight jurors, of whom twelve would be selected
to try him, their fairness and bias, &c., was pub-
lished in the border pa
dents of the pets, and by the correspon-
.New York papers. The excitement
on the border had reached a fearful state of
intensity,
nsity, and the President had thought it ne-
sessy to issue a proclamation, which will he
found below, warning persons not to j the
Secet Societies or Hunter Lodges, formed oin
on the
border, with the intention of making incursions
into Canada. These clubs are said to be an
organized 'body, possessing. bers men amongst their mem-
of wealth and property, and secret
sptores,and arms and military weapons. The
,eat appears desirous to prevent these
predatory excursions, but it is much to be
feared that, he has
military not a force, either civil or
ake' k 11P0n the border strong enough to
Ilis Proclamation respected, and it
11111 surnlik,d
s obuld .incLeoci some of the papers that
pr; ablybe cc vile:he:lV, the gallows, he will
as soon as set at liberty.
I:T° add to the excitement prevailing on the
rder, the British authorities had made a seizure
a Col. Grogan, by a midnight arrest, at. the
Sidettouse of a relative, four miles on the Ainer.ean
concerned
of the frontier. Grogan had been deeply
though
in the border attacks of 1837 and 1838,
fo:ug.ll w.hy the present excited time is selected
the a capture does not appear. According to
w.e accounts in the American papers it
fence, certainly illegal, made with great vio-
fixnee, viz., by armed men in the night, with
sistited bayonets.
Grogan made a desperate IT-
h., nee) and received a bayonet wound in the
coam' Or thigh, in the scuffle, but was finally over-
g.agged, placed on a waggon, and," almost
ext 10.11 t clothing, driven towards Montreal. The
shoraets-we make from the Vermont papers will
14. the spirit in which this outrage was
the Alie Canadian papers are in deep mourning for
de of of Lord Sydenham. He appears to be
$
and sincerely regretted by all parties.
Ntinreinains were to be interred in the Episco-
`-'hut.ch at Kingston, on the 25th ult., with
greitt honour.
beAftilurder, under atrocious circumstances, had
A.:'discovered at New York ; the victim, a Mr.
ofi41118)of a printer of that city, had gone to the
ce a 111 r. Colt, whom he had heard was
°font to abscond, to demand payment of a debt
1:4) dollars. Whilst there Colt murdered him,
448 suPposed with a hatchet, 'stripped his body
iteh‘d' except , his shirt, and packed it in
13t, -I!st, whioh he directed to a fictitious name in
got—;°ais, via New Orleans, in the far West, and
Port 'tthe on board a vessel for that
Acip: next morning."
The circumstance of
et,.;rs being' missing, and some suspicious eir-
ealiatances that had been noticed to occur at
big '8
°face on the night in question, led to
the arrest ; and the case shipped on board
lot; lessel being obtained from the hold was
but to contain his body, horribly mutilated ;
Proper ring on his little finger was identified as his
eettY. Colt was committed for trial on the
net's°ro
inquest.
teassitiess at New York had experienced no ma-
te Change since the sailing of the Great Wes-
t:III:, .4-10t7ey was said to be a little more pie, nti-
ch the =sth and 27th, but the rate of Ex-
St:Ces Bank
in a.nk Engiand remained as before. United.
proved Stock was in more demand, and im-
stead Price
slightly. Flour steady. Cotton
Y, but dull of sale.
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-414 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
• STAES OF AMERICA. •
Wile, • A PROCLAMATION.
irtzililielietaaotit has come to the knowledge of the Go-
the United States that sundry secret I•,g:ts,_ clubs, or associations, exist on the Northern togti'.." •; that the members of these lodges are tuas'er by secret oaths ; that they have collected boundfierem-
in aumand other military materials, and secreted tl lawurY places ; and that it is their purpose, to violate
less inB of their country by making military and law-
territe_tirsions, when opportunity shall offer, into the
tlre at ries of a Power with which the UnitedSta..tne:
IgitatoPeace ; and whereas it is known that !ravel' „,
;4lz hr' from both sides of the line, visit these
4t1,--e-! and haraimie the members in secret meet-
tthe he sstl4llllating. them to illegal acts ; and ivhereas
i 4111" persons are known to levy contributions on
4111V0,11?rallt and credulous for their own benefit, thus
4leans tlng and enriching themselves by the. basestf
the and whereas the unlawful intentions o
Ilife,Tepbers of these lodges have already been ma-.
Iltriye' ill an attempt to destroylives and pr_ost
Aticl , the inhabitants ot Chippewa, in Canal
th tflq .
erQ be. Puoue property of the British Government
the t ratted ; now therefore, I, John Tyler, President of
States, do issue this my proclahmatemcnn, condign
klaish_ng all such evil-minded persons of t d
tlieN ti'l'eat which is certain to overtake them. , assuring
cror-
%Sly ,at the laws of the United States will be rir,
.n
10y i‘eXeNted against their illegal acts ; and th_nattoiftL
itands"o7ess incursion into Canada
.they fabll i
Ana the tritish authorities they will not e reclaimed
mov I.lean citizens nor any interference made by this
whealeUnent their'behalf.
d naalelNhert all well-meaning but deluded persons_
th '4lNe joined these lodges immediately to aban
e4l;,aod to have nothing. more to do with their se-
oci 41„..,ttilgs, or unl vful oaths, as they would avoid se-
nsequences atol themselves. And I expect the
fre-er,'"kt and well-d'isposed members of the community
rkekedi` I 1 all these unlawful combinations and . g
4g. the ns, and to assist the Government in
.mai.nteaina-
e°ll,-.4qteliet,'l, e! Of the country against the mischievous
"4,4 `" of the acts of these violatars of the law.
under my hand, at the City of Washington, the
(L. ",ent •
ll
41, and
s.) cif
h..-tifth day of SeJOHNeefTnAited
sixty..'sixitTilependence oftth States the
TYLER.
f.)3:\‘.. President.
'-'LL WEBSTER, Secretary of State.
11.2.4Nt0-rtrv. (Prom the Burlington Sentinil.)
A e I, -it ATROCTOCS INVASION OF AMERICAN Son.
r3'TIIRO
!.e`gh 13RITISH SOLDIERY.—By a letter from
"'nor, ,'" learn that another atrocious invasion of our
°Lus -' 'las been perpetrated by our amiable neigh-
N%) - On Sunday night last, a party of
4th,%;,rivtisti.'
,s.)lldiers, fully armed, crossed over into
sitPNeeeii:,„lrom Canada, in three waggons. They
i„ ,4ted to the house of 1N.1r., Brown, which is
four miles this side of the lines, who is brother-
°l 1" I. Colonel Grogan, one of the
Th. 'B, tinA political refugees
• ls ". who
hash esided upon this side ever since.
411,11highla_bsosut niiight. The
.brave band of British
ti:ettibt,a3,oll4ei-3asixnsd then steillthilf ethnetemred the house
proceeded to
of aAndl3ll°lrrtst°ll3rown, and with bayonets
et,e taroata
threatened them with instant death in
be?l,l!l,_lade the least noise. The others went to
___4,ere Colonel Grogan was sleeping,
171 6-nind him hand and foot, thrust a bayonet
i"...rib4l state,' lg, another into his side, and in this ho t°-a war, 110 early destitute of clothing, he was hurried
e
ttitled
n and driven off into Canada. Theso a
Idea t,„---e.tances of this infernal affair from a source en-
tQol4etihe fullest confidence.
eein, t7ir(tan is an American, but for a few years
e ° outbreak of 1837, he resided on Caldwell's
th4t4,t(le side twAo or three miles from Alburgh, on the
the
.ntitest be An enthusiastic Repu.hl.ican, he early in
lga °Ye.list caule an object of suspicion and hatred to
his
h, T, Fht throats of Canada. In the winter of
for), iest.ish soldiery surrounded his house drove
1)11.'1 and children to this side of the lines on
1,t,11(41,i,"g1i the inclemency of a Canadian winter,
t 0 house, and plundered and laid waste his pro-
the ftwount of upwards of 6,000 dollars. They
tisii ttatii,,ec-wnplete their vengeance by murdering him, on
tola"tly of some perjured scoundrils, such as Lri-
ZThe never fails to procure.
elirr's tgiee°kllll,e now have some of the fruits of Mr. Web.
hat deret. m1,1;7, subserviency to English insolence.. The
that!, 44,3 aced, who boasted that he assisted
.to
St American citizens, came voluntarily into
it.`trie was'gauist whose peace and dignity the atrocious
to trIII!' wahualnt„r°_i_ttee I?iand boasted s criminalsatnicnir
otridoenreidn
derri,,4l, like any other.trrh,,
cal ''!lcted his toe State Coin British
Minister
re: eert!tary. roe case. Mr. 'Webster, our Federal
cannot
wo,li the ease
_,,tate, is very sorry his power_ he take t,, the matter was left to him,. he said
tht4.Blo, .Je.reatest pleasure in surrendering up this
"'n' he, , '''°4lerer of American citizens. What fur-
thelinise he_allo the British ruffians ask, than is thus
tru,,ruer, Secretaryr. of State, for any deed of
tol°l4 theni which their hellish passions may
Ow the powers COmmit. The Canada Tories very
that be will never trou
blerthem. well
foliok;irn7.._ the. Burlington Free Press.)
trelhse
Sille:tuh"" ago far exceeds anything that 'has
the e eOnlltlencement of the border trou-
people of the 'United States continue to"