Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1832-07-04

they detached and entered one of the largest ana
most difficult Tickets to pass through you nave
seen--we tried every possible way to drive them
therelrom, but I'LL was unsuccessiul--such as
charging them on horseback, then part ON foot
and part on horseback, then by trying to crawl
upon them. finally saw the only chance was
to disnount and all to charge on toot--our boys
went into the TICKET under full charge like men,
We got in the midst Of the Indians before one h.
red.--Here we lad pretty close fght.-Aliho'
the guns on both sides we're discharged frequent
lly there no, single fire made at the distance
OF more than Thirty feet from the object aimed at
either from the Indians or ourselves. we gos
into such close quarters as to be constrained 70
luse the hayonet and butchers knife. We killed
five or sig, and lost three of our own men.
George Eames, L. II. Howard and Michael Low
lei were shot dead, There more Indians IN
This brush than had supposed shore were. we
Igot from them all the horses except one On which
lone Of them madebis escape. One OF our horses
was shot. Another was SO sick that he could nos
re moved. When we commenced or these boys,
we were perhaps aae most perfectly drowned set
you ever saw, hafing ridden ihe the whole day
~ incsssant rain. would suggest The propFiety
of collecting all your mounted men, and sending
them TO bury these dead soldiers as early as pos
Sibie. will be m, il an hour or two. Yours,
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wv erHps1gsssos.
SBoLEna * ASiEg1r1.---f,sI Tast eastern papsIs
bring intelligence nat the Asiac Cholera has made its
appearance at Quebec and Montreal its most fright
full forms.
I The New York Commercial of the 18Th June says,
SIT is PAINFUL duty to announce the alarming fact
that the Indian pesence, which in its progress vest
ward has clad Europe in mourning haa length dis
tincy appeared in America. The Cholera has broken
ont in Quebec and Montreal having been brought to
those cities by emigralts from ireland.o
/ The same paper Of one day later date confirms the
intelligence previousls given, and observes:
I Thus far in Moftreal and Quebec, the disease
has assumed its diiesi firm, and was apparently
approaching cur own territory with fearful rapid
iit.. A gentleman who lief Qaebec on Tuesday
morning, Q2sb) bus furnished the Courier with
the Quebec Gazette Of Monday, the liti, by
which il appears thai FIFTY-NINE cases and FOR
TY-FIyE DEATHS hid occurred up to The evening
of he .eih, and ht reports that at the time Of his
departure the casesin Quebec amounted TO E1eH-
TX, and the deaihsto upwards of sGxTy
Il He described the disease as exceeding IN ma.
Ignny, any previous accounts of its viruIeDce Ell
liher in Enrope or Asia, and all who were attack
led were CONSIDERED hopeless He witnessed lis
hrs' symptoms npea flee etnisrants standing upon
he wharf, and beSre they could be conveyed to
Fl to the hospital, fisf of them died. servant wo-
man living in iilehoase where he boarded, was
seized with The disease, and died within three
hours; and croelery merchant of bis acguant-
. ance, living in The upper town, ~as carried off
|. within six hours! Three persons wers attacked
On board the steamboat which he came sessen-
ger to Montreal. nd heforc they reached the a.st
landing, OF ;sem. resident Canadian, war
Ia corpse--4he osber tw5 could nst have survived.
+ Great alarm exits at New York, Albany and otber
cities and large tosns at the cart: and the mo
haseb MFR
duction of this terrible pestilence within their limits
"The mayer Of New York has issued PROCLAMATION,
prohibiting all vessels having sick persons hoard frog,
approaching the city, and also all carriages aud other
yebcles.'' At Albany ;he canals shut against boats
and enigranis prohibited from entering the city Such
precautionary have hitherto wholly failed to
check the progress of this disease the eastern conti
nent, and we cannot reasonably expect they will To
more successful in own country.
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