Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-01-20

brains of one of the passengers with his pistol carried
the latter thus besn,eared us trophy Which he puJc
ryLrilcd. An affidavit Of Henry Etnmons wAp va,
bar keeper Of lhe tavern at Sc"SSer, says That thor.
never vas military guard there dE! he d'Hts tia, I;
there WAS any such person there as George N,"p b,
gave McNa,5 an a!e.vIttlal there was 10 powder
hal, in the tavern at any time, and armed Htar
the Caroline at the time she lay at the wharf Mrs>I.
Holt kryes, Liscom Chappell ani Reynolds, al d
Scbloss-r testify t" the truth OF Einons aih1''A
The Rochester Democrat OF Tie In says, II Is feared
Manly F. Wcmun of That city, is among those A'.t
Schlussrr
company Of regulars under Captain johnson, haze
gone 10 Fort Niagara. |
il is not true says The Rochester Democrat, that lie
patriot forces under Van Rensselaer, are 'nui'no"S OF
that he and Mckenzie have qnarreed all winch nniot:
circulated by persons nlmca 10 the patriot cause !
The same paper states the more important %e' that
within the Week ending jan H. 300 additional vo!na
ecrs from where: had joined Gen Van Rensselaer, a.
Navy Island and furthermore that DO hearty looking
fellows for that destination passed through Rochester
the night Of the 10Th These, however, are said 10 be
company Of Canadian French from the lower province
1t was The Grand Jury of Lockpor,, the frs, week
Of January that indicted Col. McNabb and ten Others
for the murder Of Durfte, &c on board the Caroline
1t is stated positively IN letter IN the Albany Argus
from Lock port that il be proved concusvey that
the persons on board the Caroline all unarmed and
defenceless 1t runlored that McEaJb has resigned,
and the celebrated Ma or Kirby also thrown up his co-
mission
n
march for Navy Island from the lower province. They
march Of through State at peace with Great
Britain. Col Sutherland could not have been al Cleve'
land he is mentioned on the llth as being at Navy
Island.
Tnr ScHLossER ArrAIR.-The following is Captain
Drew's account of the SCh!osser outrage published in
the Toronto Patriot Covering it is letter OF AlcNabs
which speaks of the cutting out Us " most daring and
spirited action, "galant atlIr, NC and promising
H., of the names of The party that accomplished it
Amen aud Further news from The frontier we
shall give in postscript, if the Northern mall arrives III
time for this days papcr.-N T. Sun
COpy of letter from Capt. Drec, Commander i"y" va
ry, to The HoH. H. " .ueylaIG, Co., Commanding her
HHApQUAnrERs, Chippewa, Dec. 30, 1887
Sir- have the honor TO inform you that IN obedience
10 your commands TO burn, SINK destroy the praca
steam vessel which had been plying between Navy ls
land and The American shore the whole o: yesterday
ordered look to be kept upon her, and about . T.
NJ of Yesterday when the day had closed in, MI Har-
Iis of e Royal Navy reported the vessel TO me as hav.
ing moved oil Navy Island. | Immedate directed
boats to be armed and manned with ID volunteers ana
at about o'clock z NJ. we pushed OH from 'he shore
for Navy Island when not finding her there as expected
went in search, and iound her Hoo'ea oe'"ce" '"c
island aud the main land.
,,en assembled the boats of the point Of the island
and dropped quietly down upon the steamer; We were
no, discovered until within ~ yards y! her, "hrn Tie
sentry upon the ganGway hailed u.s. ana asked i"r Tie
counrrsign which told him we would give when ve
got on board he then fired upon US, when we I!n'eI'
boarded
her decks who easily overcome, and IN two minutes
she was in our possession AS the current was running
strong and our position close 10 the Falls OF Niagara
deemed must prudent burn the vessel bot Previous
IL TO setting her on fire took the precauon 10 loose
her from her nioorings and tow her out into The steam,
10 prevent the possibility of the destruction OF any thing
ike American property In short, all those OH board
the steamboat who did not resist quietly put
shore us thought it possible there might be some Ane-
rican citizens on board Those who assaled
Of course dealt with according to The usages OF war.
cannot speak too highly Of the conduct Of the OIL
GERS and men who accompanied me their GOODNESS and
bravery show what may be expected from them when
their country requires their services where all behave
SO we'll it would be nvidous ~ {" parilcnarIze any
one but may be excused for mentioning she gallant
conduct of Lieut.. Shepard Mccormack, vi the Royal
Navy. who noby seconded me, and had 10 encounter
several Of the pirates in the fore part Of the vessel! by
which regret to say he has received five desperate
wounds: W. have also two others wounded, and ] re-
greet to add that five six OF the enemy were Allied
4 return Of our wounded beg 10 subjon.
have the honor TO be- Sir,
Your most obedcnt humble servant,
ANDREW DREW,
Commander Of the Royni Wary
p S-Ibr TO add that We brought one prisoner away
n British subject, consequence Of his lucknow Lodging
that he had belonged to Duncombe army, and was ON
board The to join Mackenzie upon Navy Island