Litchfield enquirer., 1837-12-07
From ike Ne,o- York Courier of Dec. 2d. THE RESURRECTION IN CANADA

THE RESURRECTION IN CANADA. l Affairs in Lower Canada are assuming a
 most interesting aspect. We have been dis
 posed to think that the loyalist journals were 1 inclined to exaggerate the danger of any ge-
 neral movement, with view to induce the
 more prompt and effective intervention of the Government, to get rid of the refractory the latest accounts, however, it would appear,
 that the whole province is in state of alarm. ] A number of the Banks of Montreal have des- patched large quantity of specie to Que bee, as measure Unnecessary precaution in the event of an attack upon the former city. Little as may be the real danger" says the Courier of the 27th ultimo, of anything like
 a successful attack upon Montreal this win
 ter, the precaution is one which nobody can blame." ,-
 | A report, indeed, was current in Montreal
 on Sunday night last growing out of the we'll
 known preparationc of tho weolk previous,
 and the statement that grand meeting of
 the mal-contents was to be held early on that l day, in the county of the Two Mountains
 that an attack upon the city was to be appre-
 hended during the night. Strong guards of
 the volunteer battalions-which now num-
 Der more than 2000 men-were accordingly
 posted on every avenue leading to the city.
 The rumor proved to be groundless. but its
 currency indicates that there must have been l good reasons for apprehension.
 We notice in the Montreal papers card
 under date of the 24th ultimo, calling gen.
 eral meeting on the 18th, of all the inhabi-
 tants of Montreal and it's vicinity of Ameri-
 can origin. The occasion of this call is the
 existence ofa belief among the disaffected of
 Canada, that the attempt to shake off the au-
 thority of Her Majesty's Government meets with the sympathies, and is likely to receive
 the support of the people the United States.
 The purpose of the signers is to express their
 conviction that the report alluded to is un-
 founded, and to declare the determination of
 lending their aid in support of Her Majesty's
 Government, and the maintainance of the
 laws. To this call are appended about eigh-
 ty names.
 l We are disposed to consider this affair of
 a more serious nature than we at first imag-
 lned. The insurrection seems to be general among the French Canadians. Many re- ports and rumors arc in circulation, and in consequence ofthe destruction of the bridges, and the cutting off of the usual means of communication, there seems to have been : great difficulty in obtaining at Montreal in. telligence that could be relied on as authentic Il Lieut.. Weir, of the 32d, is said to have beer l captured by the insurgents, and shot in at s~sIiISnG " S0%dPO' SNPts ASAOb Ok IiS S2d, received four wounds in the affair at St 3 Denis, and was brought up to Montreal on } the evening of Friday the 24th; he is now f considered out of danger Montreal papers confirm the accounts re. t ceived by the way of Burlington, of the late 3 affair Ut St. Denis.o To this we have now tc ) add, the taking of St. Charles. It would ap. 3 pear that both the villages, St. Denis and St ) Charles, have been destroyed.
 ? We give below from the Montreal Courier full and very interesting accounts of the at f fairs ot St. Denis and St. Charles. It will bt 9 seen that those villages have probably beer Q both destroyed.
 s THE ATTACK ON ST. DENIS. t THURSDAY, Nov. 9. 9 About ten o'clock on Wednesday night Q the troops which had left Montreal that af Q ternoon in the St. George, started from Sorel ,, under Col. Gore, together with one or tw, g companies of the 66th, stationed at that plac
 --the whole force thus consisting of the tw
 flank companies of the 24th, under Lieut.. Co l. lonel Hughes, the light company of the 32e . under Capt. Markham, and one company ( # the 66th, under Capt. Crompton, togethe 5. with . small howitzer and a party of Artille ' ry under Lieut.. Newcomer, and a dozen ( j. the Royal Montreal Cavalry, under Corne Is Sweeney. For the sake of avoiding bridge E us much as possible, the detachment took tn e upper road on the east side of the river, TUT l. ming one concession back from the river l. self The weather was dreadful at the tim T. of starting, and indeed through the whol 10 march. The rain fell in torrents, and tE s, roads were almost knee deep in mud aud WI IS ter. The troops however proceeded as we t. as they could, all night, anda after a slig| o. halt early in the morning. pushed on agail