The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-12-25

49,. About &c are said TO have been killed ~
as,;,,erv a. Monrgomery's. The brutal way inc
natriots are treated is lille likely 70 ine
trarv naper Toronto Patriot, says
w. were grati6ed, on Saturday afternoon 70 see
"a friend Lieutenant Dawson OF the 18th regi-
,nanI riding at the head OF upwards Oh ooU men
nsrchinc up King street TO head quar'ers--varous-
=, ar,ned with pixies, rides, muskeis and piich FORKS,
yah near GO cut-throais taken In arms and secured
", one long rope They were generally haggard,
"a ,oLing crew Of yagabonds, fitted for evil deeds,
ue aid some Of them show an appearance OF unn',
ness for the trade OF punder arson ana muiael anu
nm, biterly We sincerely hope from contriiion
rEhe prisoners above named were captured, being
-naways from the battle Of Montgomerys Tavern.
Their captain is one Siockdale, Yankee, ana SON
law Of Jesse Lloyd for Whose apprehension re-
ward of five hundred pounds o oaerea ses .nd
mrnrderers are now hunted like mad dogs q viii no
Jonb every one be taken IL Is not klythat any three
~ them are now fndable together all are neelng
far refuge cursing the day they were born and their
fathers Who begat them, and calling on the noun
,ans 70 cover them, to shield them from the wrath
ri The outraged laws"
u The Iang,,age towards the respected DR.. Roph is
,;sa,sngiy abusive and notwithstanding him with
the other patriots rapscaiiion ssvs
"The seizure OF Mackenzic's papers hasled TO sew,
90, arrests. among others we hear Of Douce David
Thorburn, prime and Genitor," Nc Micking Price
the attorney, Chas. Durand Of Hamilton, and some
others oil lesser nOic NC StuhhJ tsSS'ho SSosN~~
m all directions for the captains OF the gang, and we
eypect every moment to them brought in pinion-
ed and bound to be laid by as winter provender ior
the greedy gallows"
The Executive commute OF buHaioto aiu inc Ian
ada PATRIOTS say their only object is to receive dona
lions They disclam all connection with the illegal
assemblage of armed men in that city and vicinity
Dated Dec. IA.
The Volunteer forces at Navy Island have thrown
nm ntrenchments and mounted six pieces OF artiiie
ry Balls are casting for them in Buffalo. Navy
Island is not easily approached from the canada
shore though il is nearest to that SIDE Parties are
constantly coming over TO the Patriot cause rom
both sides, American and British. The Buffalo
Commercial OF Saturday evening says:
IA gentleman who left Fort Erie this morning,
informs thai all was quiet at Hamilton and in the
London districts. Parker was yet In jail al Hamil-
ton, and arrests are daily made"
Gen Van Rensselaer, is very busy, and things look
well for the patriots
An address has been published signed by a large
number of citizens of Black Rock and Buffalo, ex-
pressing sympathy for the PATRIOTS but disappearing
of all interference, &c.
Lower CANApA-St. Eustache, II appears BY ac-
counts to Thursday week, wassnearly destroyed
The church nunnery and all the houses Of the pat
riots were in blaze of ruins. We now have 1t sta
led thai of the royals were killed in the action A
great number of patriots supposed to have been
burnt up in the vaults of the churches and cellars OF
the houses to which they had retreated. Both Girod
and Chenier, il is assumed, are killed The scene
of havoc and murder is described as most revolving,
even in the letters ofthe royalsts themselves.-Ere.
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