Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-12-23
NaAUNIEE EXPRESS.
SATURDAY. DECENDER %, 1887.

SATURDAY.. DECEMbER 23, 1887.
CANADA MATTERs.-From all accounts, a
general insurrection has taken place in both
the Canadas, and the patriots have gone too
far to retract. A disposition is manifested
throughout their ranks to assert their rights
vigorously, and neverto lay down their arms
but with the establishmentsof their liberties
All accounts concur inshowng that the Cana
dians have displayed spirit far boder and
more indomitable than they were ever before
supposed to possess, and experience has shown
that they have among them leaders eminently
qualified to command efficiently in partizan
warfare. The British force upon the CONT
nent is small, not exceeding $500 regular
troops, in the provinces of the Canadas, No
va Scotia and New Brunswick, and Judging
from the past, they will rely little upon the To-
cal militia. The Canadian descendants of the
French, are patriots, almost to man, and
comprise four-fifths of the population oc up
per, and large portion of that of lower Ca
NADIA. The English and Americans of the
provinces, are unwilling generally to involve
themselves in the war, or identify their inte-
rests with either party. Under these circum-
stances, the patriots cannot but gain the as
ccndancy, until troops can arrive from Eng
land, which cannot take place until Spring.
The patriots are collecting arms and ammuni-
tlons from every quarter, and every indication
is shown of vigorous assertion of their
rights, by an appeal to arms, and to the I" God
of battles." .ssala3
A correspondent of the Albany Argus, un-
der date of Nov. 90, states that an engage
mcnt had taken place at st. Charles, twenty
miles from Montreal, between the Canadians
under Papineau, amounting to 5000 with eight
pieces of artillery, and detachment of Bri.
tsh regulars 800 strong, with fourteen pieces
of artillery, in which from two to four hundred
British troops were taken prisoners their
colonel, captain, and fifty privates killed.
The royalists were forced to retreat, but not
till they had succeeded in burning st. Charles.
A day or two previous to the affair at St.
Charles, an affair took place at st. Dennis,
about six miles from st. Charles, in which q
detachment of British troops was repulsed by
a patriot force of about 1900, with some loss.
Accounts concur in stating that the British
forces were defeated, both at st. Charles and
st. Dennis, and that they have not the means
of making a head short of Montreal, TO which
point they will probably retreat. 1t is even
supposed, that Montreal cannot long hold out
against the patriot force, and that Lower Ca
NADIA, with the exception of Quebec, must be
in tie hands of the friends of popular GO
vernment during the winter. n h..a 4,
In Upper Canada, the patriots have been
equally successful, and a general insurrection
has taken place. Toronto has been taken,
and the Governor, Sir Francis Bond Head,
imprisoned in the market house. The pat
riots require that he shall dismiss the Parlia-
ment, allow the people to elect Legislative
Council, and leave the country in two weeks.
MEETINGS IN BUFFALo.-Several large and
enthusiastic meetings have been holden in
Buffalo for the purpose of ofexpressing the SYM
pathy of the people in behalfofthe Canadians,
in their struggle for independence. The Buff
faloneans seem to have imsibed the revolution
ary spirit to very high degree, and patriotic
speeches filed with classic illusions and hign
sounding tropes and figures are the order of
the day. Asa specimen of the manner in
which their meetings are conducted, it is re-
corded, that the venerable DR.. Chaplin, We
teran of the last war, after sundry rhetorical
fourshes, actually brandished huge Bowie
knife, much to the edifcation of his auditors,
but whether the said katie was intended to be
used as an instrument of destruction, or as the
means of the re-enactment ofthe Doctors pre-
vious exploitsin the surgery line, it is not said
Attempts are making in Buffalo to enlist and
organize companies oftroops for service in Ca
NADIA. Wea are happy, however, to observe
that this open violation Of the laws Of our ,coun-
try is discountenanced by most of the respect-
able citizens of the place. 'a'i
Nh. MsKelzie, Of Toronto, and several
others of Canadian patriots were t-Bufa-
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