Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-01-24

urther particulars from BunalO-Veutral-
ny OF the United ststes-Great excite me mt
an the Upper Canada Legislature.
Orr correspondent at Buffalo has forwarded us an
other communication of much interest, illustrative of
,he ou;ck silver temperament Of the Western people,
and how ,ouchy they are upon every subject
al with the in volatility Of territory; and, al
40 how spurehensive they are that recent events
NAV lead 20 hostile demonstrations from the neigh
boriuo province The letter in all its details certain
lv affords singular instance of non.intervention On
our part and seems to pu, in the position of the
"freebooters Of old who would never do right, and
never suffer wrong"
BurrALo Wednesday Evening, Jan. IL, 1888.
JAMES GoHpos BENNETT, ESQ,
Dear Slr,-Again all is rumor and uncertainty. Re
ports OF every description are rife. Judge you Of the
stat.of populsr excitement from the following crcsm-
stance On Sunday gentleman residing IN kutledee
village Chatauque county, got gionousiy dru.x-so
sxtaucally, SO obviously, so oblivousy drunk, that
in his absence OF mind he laid all night upon log IN
the edge Of the woods instead Of gong home TO bed
Quite early in the morning. before ne awoke rom his
sleep his little daughter saw HIM. and some distance be-
yond two squaws, quietly engaged II building basket
With her little head full of the stories OF expected in
vas,on and the horrors Of Indian warfare with her little
heart futterng with terror full Of the romance of her
lovely sex she stayed not TO investigate facts, but
ran home and spread the alarm that her iather had
been killed by the Indians.
The runor fisw. Expresses were sent in every dl-
rsction the story grew and II was reported IN the
neighborng towns that 5000 Indians had land Id from
Can,d, al Cataraugus creek and were butcherlns,
bnrning and scalping all before them. The gallant
militia turned out faHlies prepared TO leave for safe
ASYLUM; gums rifles and pistols were put in requlsl
tos tea chests robbed of the lead Tor bullets which
the women with true female courage and adapiiness
helped 10 run. STILL and stlll the excitement and
alarm increased and the Inhabitants Of large circle
of country for two days and two seepless nights
were in state Of continued terror and apprehension.
The Barcelona, yesterday, did not get mp farther
than Black Rock. She passed the British schooners
without being fired upon, but has sui sbattery TO
pass Cen Scott has conducted the wheie affair
thus far in the most gallant manner He had a
regiment Of artillery, who followed the steamboat
along the banks of the river, and opposite the schoon
ers with tho guns levollsd and matches blazing,
ready to return the fire. the instant they offered any
aggression A large number OF people were on both
sides Of the river Just the Barcelona was coming
up, the revenue cutter came down with allowing
sheet and rounded of against them R beautiful style
showing her brszen teeth 20 the Canadians who ex
pccting broadslde, scattered IN every direction.
Atabout midnight there an alarm oil fire, pro-
ceeding from store, which partly consumed,
and every BODY walked and nearly every one got up;
the fearful anticipating theIhorors Of sacked city
1.-The brave 10 guard their apprehensons and put out
the FIRE
Gov Marcy len last evening for Albany. He was
choered by the populace, and is thought 10 have be-
havcd foleraby we'll during his visit
Van Renss scr has eh town, Il : SAID, by some COR
Albany-othars say the West " i also reported
that NJ his pufchased ihs steamboat New England
she Is ccnauly undergoing rcpaTs