Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1837-12-16
From the .lIbany .irgus.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT.

Civil WAR IN CANADA-Ih6 ball oil revolution
in Canada is in motion. The following letter from
our attentive correspondent al Burlington Vermont,
with the accompanying extra, from the Free Press
Office. shows not only that battle has been fought
and lives lost, but that j; was probably followed by
another and more severe engagement. We have
had little doubt that such would be The state Of
thnrs sooner or later but il has been precpltated
and we may look with great interest, rot only for
events in that quarter, hut for sangunary results.
"BuRLiEeroN Nov. &C. 1887.
DEAR SIR: enclose you in haste extra from
one Of our offices, on which You may rely as cnrrect
and furthermore, il is expected that but few hours
after, there must have been an engagement at ST.
Charles, only six niles IRON St. Dennis, between tie
Canadians under Papineau, amounting To near
5000, with eight pieces of artillery, aud tach-
nent oftlle first royals, amounting 10 near 500, with
fourteen pieces of artillery. Papneau is in the Old
fort ard has with him two Of Napole9n's officers in
command. He has also foundry for casting can
mons. We are waiting the result anxieusy. Tie
father Of Mr.. L. S. Brown, one Of the iers of tie
French party, arrived here this morning, and brings
this intelligence"
CANADA.
Engagement bef,eeen the Loya'iSts and Patriots
Sixteen killed and ,sounded
Dy the steamboat Franklin, which arrived at9
O'Clock this morning, we learn that M engagement
has taken Place between 200 British regulars and
the Canadians at st. Dennis, in which tn, latter
were succrssful. The oyaIiSts lost Is, He'd and
wounded and two brass pieces. Captain Malcolm
is reported as mortaly wounded. The patriot loss
was not known.
ltappears that the patriots have made a stand at
St. Charles, about thirty miles below Montreal and
are repairing an old French Fort. Their number
is stated at two thousand or more, well armed aud
furnished, and that they have eight brass pieces
Ga Wednesday detachment Of eight humid ed re-
gulars and three hundred volunteers left Montreal
with the intention of breaking up this POST They
landed on Thursday and had taken up their line Of
mlrch for st. Charles. The advance guard, con-
sistng Of200 regulars, had pro eeded as far as ST
Dennis. when they were attacked by the Canadian
p0pulace and after severe engagement driven
back with the loss above stated.
On Thursday night steamboat arrived at
Montreal, bringing the bodies Of the slain when
anew detachment, consisting of tie entire regu-
lar force in the city, was Immediately depatched
down the river. The next boat viii undoubtedly
bring us further and more decisive particulars,
which we shall publish in another bulletin. All
seems to depend on the result of this expedition,
as the entire regular force Of the Government is
engaged in it. The patriots have boundary at
81 Charles, and are casting their own cannon.
Report says that the patriot force at ST.
Charles is under the command Of two French Of
ifcers of distinction, trained under Bonaparte.-
OF this, however, we have no authentic iniorma-
tom Burlington W. Free Press.
A New Posr OFFIcE.--A post office has been es-
ablshed at West Port in this county, NJ. M. Car
rington Post Master. We learn that it will be
opened in few days.
G- We have not yet received the full official re-
turns Of the election in this State. They shall be
laid before our readers as som as we get them.
McNutt's majority over Morgan isabout 5000
Prentss fell short Of the united vote Of Morgan and
Grimba some two thousand; this clearly shows that
large proportion Of the votes cast for the latter
gentlemen were democratic.