The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1837-11-28
CANADA-THE WAR COMMENCED

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CANADA-THE WAR COMMENCED.
The following account OF late and important tran.
sact!ons is copied from the Montreal Courier of the
18TH and goth INST. The Courier is a Government
paper, and its statements should be received as en-
amlnatlng from uniavorable to the radicals
On Thursday evening n considerable number of
warrants were lodged in the hands of Mr. Delise
inc nigh constable, who entered Immediately on
lne discharge OF the duty assigned him. and succeed
ca, with party OF special constables, in arresnp
SIX OF the dehnquents, -Messrs. Andre Oumet
president Of the q fis de la HJerte" J. Dubuc. an
emPtoyc at Pigeons tavern, Frans. Taverner of the
faubourS ST. Antoine, George De Bouchcrville an
advocate, DIR. Simard, and Il student at law, named
Leblanc Several other warrants We're not served,
owing to the absence of the parties for whose benefit
they were intended. Among the absentees we
understand, were DIR. O'Callaghan, Thos. S Brown,
Rodolphe Desrveres, and DIVIDE Pcrrault The
arrested parties were all safely lodged in Jail Nj
Ouime we are informed by one Of those engaged
IN his arrest, did honor to the ':jnponneSse' whose
president he is by weeping bitterly the way to
his winter quarters, exhibition of the manly spirit
OF revolutionist hero, which greatly edited his
captors.
We have not learned positively the precise nature
OF hese arrests PIhlic report declares them to be
for high treason ; and arc not aware that there
IS any reason to suppose 1t incorrect in this partcu
lar. That treason has been committed by the par
ties, there can be no question. We hope the time
is at last come, when it can be proved upon them.
AT eight o'clock on the same evening, a party of
IS of the Royal Montreal Volunteer Cavalry under
Lieut. Ermatlnger, was despatched to ST. Johns, via.
Longueuil and Chamby, with Constable Malo to
effect the arrest of two worthless of that place
Messrs. DIR. DAvignou and Demaray. Having
quietly effected their object, they set on their
return, about three o'clock in the morning, by the
same road. Not far from Chambly. they met with
party of about 30 persons, varousY armed, who
however went off as they approached At about a
milo from longuou they were warned by wo-
man, that a large body of men in waiting for
them II little further on bu, from some cause or
other the information dsregarded. and the party
proceeded as before. They had gone on but very
short distance, whom they found themse Ives close 40
body of about 300, in field on the right Of the
road, protected by high fence, and armed with
rifles and muskets. The party in advance moved
on to pass them, but received by n heavy fire ,
which it impossible for them To return with eff.
feet, armed rs they were with pistols only, and
from body which account Of tho high fence
they could not charge sword in hand Under these
circumstances they fell back on the main body of
the party, though not until several shots had told
with effect upon them. Lieut.. Ermatingcr was
wounded, we believe, with duei.shot, in the face
and below the shoulder, Mr. Sharp received a bullet
through The leg, little below the knee, and Mr.
John u. Ashton also received slight wound from
a slug Mr. John Nelson, ir., had narrow escape
for his life, bullet passing through his cap and
grazing his head Mr. Joshua Woodhousc is also
wounded, and we believe from all we hear, sever
ly. Several of tho horses, we are told, were
more or less wounded. In turning to retreat, the
wagon in which the Cons,ables and tho Two pris.
oners were, was upset and necessarily left behind
by the Cavalry, who then made their way into
Longueu across the fields On arriving there
they found detachment of two Companies from
thu 32d Regiment, under Major Reed, who had
been despatched at an early honr from Montreal,
to receive and support them in OF necessity,
but whose orders had unfortunately directed him not
to proceed beyond LongucuI. The prisoners had,
however, made their escape, and the whole body
returned to the city, for further orders.
Between and clock Saturday morning,
the troops set out for Chamby under 1t. Col Wcth-
erall. Four Companies of the Royal Artillery with
field pieces under Capt. Glasgow and from Is
to 20 of the Montreal Volunteer Cavalry, under
Capt. David, formed the detachment
The spot where the attack made on Friday
upon the cav airy, is us we now learn from parties
who have since gone over the ground from two to
three miles out of Longueuil On arriving At this
place, the detachment found tho wagon in which
the prisoners had been conveyed lying by, the
roadside, a dead horse in the road, and tracks of
blood in the field where tho assaiIants had been
posted, from which it would appear that some
ecution had been done by tho fire of the Cavalry,
previous To their retreat. The houses and barns
by the road side, from which the cavalry had been
fired upon in their retreat, all found with the
doors and window shutters nailed up. "A careful
search was of course made, but though the fires
were still burning in some of them, there nei-
Their weapons inmates to be found in any.
The party then proceeded along the road, finding
the houses with one or two exceptions only, dest-
tute, and uniformly" without arms in them. Scouts
scperal concession roads towards the main roads;
but on sight of the troops they uniformly started off
again.
An individual who was met upon the main-ropd,
stated that as he camc along nc had numbers
of men, women and children, leaving the houses
along the road, and going off right and left, the
men mostly armed.-About six miles from Cham
bly, a man overtaken the road, armed
When arrested, he admitted that he had turned out
to Join party which designed to intercept the
troops. About mile further, the Cavalry, who
were n little in advance of the main body, gave
chase to d party Of about 20 armed horscmen whom
they say at some distance before them, and who
made OIL immediately at full speed, turning to the
lett up Concession road towards the BeIlesle
Mountain. After mile and half of hard riding,
most OF them took to the woods, while the remain
der made their escape along the road. company
OF the infantry coming up, were then ordered into
the bush, tho cavalry being drawn up along the
edge to cut off such as might be driven out. Some
twenty or thirty shots were exchanged,- with what
effect on the rebels is not known and two prisoners
named Mangeua, father and son, and four horses,
were taken. None of the soldiers were hurt. The
elder Mongueau, when taken. was armed with "A