Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-07-06
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FROM THE FRONTIER.

rba Rochester
i"I NV. ~. wo,;m,p. al Toronto has been purchased
,rnad bv the colonial government TO go against the
R,c,neer Bill Johnson. among Inc ihousano Isles
1 ~, Coo ~ the 32d regiment have gone from Ham
"" were on their march from ST. Cnthsrnes TO the
4 ies Je.,inaiion Also Gov. Arthur with 100 from
Gnsens,on Gen. Cii,herow has arrived at Montreal
r. ,umored the patriots at the Short Hills robbed the
Nuchmen. whose house they burned, OF S2,ooo-
ch,rnder their leader. before he arrested snapped
~ npsket and knocked down two three of the assa
.s with the butt end Of it, The person who was
opching in the field. and with whom he was convers.
no was shot, Chandler summarily tried, and to
shot, il is said, on Monday last The Patriots are said
have FIVE magistrates whom they threaten to hang if
fbsund!er is executed The regulars and militia in the
vicinity OF the Short Hills exceed l,500-the PARROTS
amber 600 II, is again rumored Bill Johnson has des
,,orsd the William w. steamer-.N. i. Star.
NEW York FEoSriER, NoRTH-Saint Ours is the
,,mp of the taller Montreal and he has $50 pr
.,rers in his keeping, whom it is sad in conformity 10
HE name he treats with great brutality Canadians
Eidnapped impressed in that city by Government TO
ssTve on the lakes The notorious Captain Drew left
KINGSTON the 10TH 20 go against Captain Mosier and
B, Johnson, who command in the Thousand Isles
Mr. Ripley American citizen, while in his skif at
(ananeque, fred on by an Engishnan al that place
The EnGlishlnan was arrested but released. The
steamboat Telegraph, with 60 troops on board has
made visit the Thousand Isles, and examined Bill
Johnson cavern, bat he had flown.
The Detroit Morning Post Van Buren, organ tina,
has sudoUsly enceavored 10 foment hostles has the
following on June 10Th
Az AaERIcAS OFFICER INsULrEp-One Of the u.
Revenue officers Of this port went 10 Windsor,
{. on Friday last, and most outrageously
s,rlisd and otherwise abused by tory mob, without
proYocaon.
VERMONT FRoSriER.-A company of u. S. soldiers
passed up Lake Champaign last week. be stationed
SSSnton. under Major Churchill.
About 60 British regulars having deserted from Mai.
ten these troops have had 10 be removed into the ne
LATER IxrELLt6EscE-SIoRE TRoUBLEs.-The Buf:
f,lo Advertiser of Friday evening has the following,
which gives more serious aspect to events in that
quarter:
Rr.occUPaTioS of Navy ISLAND A report is in town
day that Navy Island has been reoccuped by the Pa
ros. We have taken some pains TO ascertain on what
foundation the story rests and from the best Information
able obtain, inclined 10 think it correct
The occupation Of the island effected last night,
cordiRg TO intelligence given to Major Kirby, who is in
command at Waterloo The number of the Patriots is
represented 10 be not less than 800 There may posi-
bly, be 30, who are probably the remains of the party
that collected in the Tamarack Swamp, on the
ma land and have fed The Island for a refuge and
thinking perhaps that they will receive renforcemens
Bulhe spell which protected Navy Island last winter is
gone. II is position wholly untenable against such
force is collected al Chippewa and will undou5
edy be very cleared ~ T. Star.
From the Rochester Democrat Of Wsdnesday)
RETREAT Of TIRE PATRIOTS We learn from Saml.
Heron, ESQ Editor of the Dundas (U. CO. Gazette, who
came the Traveller yesterday morning, that the
Patriots left the Short Hills on Saturday night and
moved towards the Grand river. This intelligence
reached Hamilton Sunday and McNabb was imne-
dla'ely ordered out with the Sd Gore regiment to meet
and attack the Patriots Sboats Tavern about Ii miles
from Hamilton. the Grand river road
Il supposed by many that the Patriots would
reach this point before the Royalist troops lfhey did,
they could very easily make good their retreat into the
London District where it supposed large reinforce
ments would Immediately join them.
Captain Carr, the lndian leader, has gone in among
The Grand river Indians 10 induce them to hunt out the
PATRIOTS.
Four regiments the Beverly, the Sd Core the Queens
Own and the Queens Rangers, together with Two or
three companies Of regulars IS the force in pursuit
OF the Patriots.
letter received BY young gentleman in this city
om his mother in Toronto, says that Gov. Arthur and
his council in session at Niagara, and that Is
prisoners there being tried. IL convicted they WILL
according TO law passed last winter, be Immediately
shot.
Disturbances Quieted-Tntereour Re. Establishcd-
The Insurgents at the Short Hills are dispersed, and
every thing, says The Buffalo Advertiser of Thursday
evening perfectly quiet that side Of the nes-the
ferries running usual and persons pass freely
back and forth, with but slight examination provided
suspicious appearances exist II is presumed that all
restriction will be shortly removed, if nothing unusual
occurs il ADDS:
The statement published by US that the insurgents at
Short hills had been captured and dispersed is confirm
ca. Some ~, all Canadians were taken in the mme
date vicinity Of the outbreak and a number have
been subsequently, taken on Gull Island at The mouth
OF Grand River. These nearly all Americans, and
aphyscan from this side. whose name do not learn
was among them. The Tamarack Swamp, extending
from Short Hills 10 Grand River which the retreat
Of ne insurgents has been pretty thoroughly cleared.
The prisoners captured have been taken to Chippewa,
,ot TRIAL, before commission The Attorney General
Is IN readiness and Ial will probably be had to-day or
10 morrow The punishment Of those from this side,
VINO mag be declared guilty, will suppose, be death.
GOV Arthur was at Chippewa day before yesterday,
aha lett IN the evening for Toronto.
Samuel Chandler the leader of the insurgents, the
bGhao Journal says respectable farmer aged 80, with
a'aTge family whom he had to visit the occa
soh OF MS capture. He the man that brought Mac
"]e over after the Toronto failure. Much sympathy
Expressed tor his fate. Visitors TO the Falls on the
D'sh side, have experienced interruption, and
tsys
Mcleod is one Of those captured The Telegraph
'"o'at, Chartered 6y the u s. Government for Lake
"'ato carries from three 10 FIVE guns, according 10
we Rochester Advertiser, and has board company
'rgnars las marines suppose) prsctised in
'' axe squadrcns under Perry and McDonough during
s war She is To look 10 Bill Johnson "tbe Bold Buc
cancer, and being swift and small boat readily
penetrate the recesses Of the Thousand Isles
We eanno, but reprobate, in the strongest language
Inc insulting and ncendiary paragraphs towards our
country OF such papers the Toronto Patriot honrea!
hey, says:
That he has mo doubt he uhe ediior) will live to see
this ne country Amercs) deluged with blood from
end TO the o,her-American blood-and that by Ameri-
cans themselves II"
The Buffalo Advertiser of Thursday has the follow
IN Wednesday the 10Th. the prisoners taken at Point
a. ire Island were removed from Hamilton TO Toron.
H., r"y were chained together in couples. From The
Dill, IeS We copy the following:
imp JACKSON, Parma Monroe CO., n. Y.
81 kenzie, Elmra, Chemupg CO., N. Y, has
Wie ana Children
sSmat, wood, Russia, Herkimer CO., N T., has wife
Isaac myfes Cicero, onondago CO., N Y, has wife
John NJ inre, Rochester, Monroe NY.
Eenl'm,n Warner, Potter, Yates CO, n Y.
James Mace, Alabama, Genessee CO. n. Y
William Carl Rnffaln