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bu, as our informant saw Mr. Bellingham
and one Of the Cavalry who was present al
the acton. our account thr affair may be
considered authentic. The loss on the
. part Of the Canadians is no, known. bu,
must be considerable. Mr. Leclore, J. p.
returned TO town Yesterday IN company
with two of the Cavalry. Messts Nelson
y. IT,. and David Mack, the latter gentleman
was wounded in his RICH, hand, which will
prevent him serving in the field for short
time. Captain Markham is reported to be
dangerously wounded ia The throat, side
and in one Of his legs. The ARRAY took
! place on Thursday between ion aud twelve
o'clock. habi'ant who resides opposite
ST Denis arrived in town yesterday after
noon. having left his house on Thursday
evening at nine O'Clock, ond has given later
intelligence then received from any other
source. lie says TINT, after retiring from
the village, The troops attacked the rebels
in the afternoon, razcd The stone house of
Madame St German, the rendezvous Of
the party, and killed upwards of nino'y in
dlviGuas. The man tells a plain, honest
story, and appears unable to have invented
one which would stand The severe cross cx-
animation he underwent, bnt his fears may
have tended TO make him exaygcralc some.
what. A reinforcement Of four companies
Of the SD Regiment was dispatched ycsler
day morning at five O'Clock. by The ST.
George steamer, for ST DENIS: but accord.
ing 10 The statement of this babllant. the
victory must have been achieved without
their assistance. We are sorry to learn
that Mr. Weir of the 32d has been made a
prisoner while bearing dispai cheS from Col.
Hughes To Col Wc'heralI, bu, no inlorma.
ton has been received regarding his treat
mcnt. u is probable that he will be delan.
ed as a hostage if not rescued, which we
have little doubt he will be.
II was intended that The troops under
Col. Wehcrall at ST. Johns aud those I'm
! der Gov. Hughes should meet at st Charles
and mike a combined attack on the rebels,
but unfortunately the former were detained
on their journey, owing to the bridges hav
lrg been removed, and the latter. as we
have informed our readers, at st Denis
Col. Wotberall bivouncked at Ronvle. six
miles from st. Charles on Thursday night,
and the troops were under orders TO march
at seven O'Clock yesterday morning-so
that 1t is probable they would reach The
head quarters of the enemy between ten
and eleven, when the grand attack would
| be made.
We gather the following paragraphs
from the Montreal IIeral of Saturday NOR.
ming.
The Steamer ST, George arrived in port
| yesterday evening from Quebec, and had
CAPTAIN Markham Of the 32d and the troops
OF Cavalry and Artillery a passengers from
Sorel. Captain NJ has been wounded in
four different places. twice in the throat,
once IN The back and once in the leg; one
OF the wounds in the throat and that IN the
leg were received while be was being car
| Rcd ont Of house. On Thursday q, ha
past three p. NJ. the troops retired upan So
rel, where they now remain to recrul, their
exhausted energies. The poor fellows
were terribly cut up between bad roads, !
want OF shoes and starvation, and presented
sad picture Of the horrors of war
Our yesterdays extra shows that these
arc etirring ,ime-. In addition 10 its con
tents, which we believe to DO Substantially
correct, we have now to state, that, as
General Brown had demolished oil the
bridges across the auxllaries of The Rich. |
ellen, Colonel WctheraII and his ROYALS |
had not been able to proceed on Thursday |
st. Charles. AS the Colonel, however.
was determined to overcome oil obstacles,
he would most probably reach St. Charles
about the same time as lie united deach. |
mens, that have proceeded from Montreal.
The intelligence from the country has
converted this city into barrack An
The wards are armed; and the volunteer
br'gades have pretty well completed their
organization. Where
there is any even the slightest danger. it is
always bes' to look it boldly in the face in
all It's bearings; and if, through any I'm,
lorscen difficulties, the troops shoull no,
be able TO dislodge and scatter the rebel
army Of 81. Charles, this city may have to
pass The winter in virtual state Of s,cue
and may find some difficulty even in keeps
ing open communication with Uppcr
Canada. Should so extreme a case be
realised the question Of provisions may
become serious one; and in that event
all those, who either will not take arms or
cannot be trusted with them, viii Of course.
be turned out TO find food aud shelter
where they may. Woe to the daslardlv
and the trcachcrous ID.
Inc greatest activity prevails ihrough>
out the CITY and nothing is q, prosen,
thought of but fighting. Almost every
loyal man IN the city of British extraction
belongs to one or other of the numerous
volunteer corps which have been formed,
and supplied with arms, accou' remenrs. and |
ammunition. We have often been told
,nal 'hefe are very great many loyal
French Canadians amongst us, but now
mat proof is required of their LOYALTY. il
is not given. We believe ,ha, Mr.. LIE.
clere, Captain of the Rifle Corps, forms
SOLITARY exception TO this charge. Il
we are not al all surprised that those
VINO are styled, by courtesy, Loyal Cana