Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1838-03-08
INTERESTING NEWS FROM CAN.
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The slip, which we lay before our rea,
ueiS' from :he Ohio Columbus Siatesman's
ounce, announces the fact that "the Patr,otsn
have landed in Canada. ard a rumor ,ba, ,hsv
nave taken MAIDEN! Ii, this be the fact il
Is only the first act of the Drama. Success
VIII only draw fresh adventures In ,b.;r
slandard-and there are too MANY men e;,h.
er enlisted 10y sympathy in the neighborinp
eotdeTs, or who are thrown out of employ.
ment 10y these singular times, who NAV he
disposed 10 participate their fortunes.
PREVIOUS intelligence from various quar-
.ers had announced the note OF preparation.
ouT calculation, however, was, that thew
would want arms 10 conduct the enterprize
or that General Brady al Detroit would bs
abIe 10 intercept them. But il now appears
that they had broken open the Arsenal a,
" aiertown, and taken away five bundred
muskets that they had seized every fire.arm
They could lay their hands on, in every HI,
reetion ; that they had bought w powder a.,
every store they could visit tina, thew had
seiZed upon the arms which Gen. Brady had
intended to distribute among the militia AT
DetroH that they had seized upon flour
"hich 'hey had found IN a vessel, and thai
men had been pouring in from various par,s
OF n. ioik, Ohio, and Alichigan-until the
letter In the ~. Inteiigencer from he.
troi, Feb. l3, says, "A lew DAYS since SON.
more than hundred barrels of flour w.
stolen from a steamboat which had been fro~
zen up with her cargo in the ice of Monroe
haroor. Yesterday quantity OF arms a.
mounting 10 nearly three hundred stand
was Drought from the United States arsenal
al Dearborn, for the militia, which had been
nIaefed into the service of The United Sta,s.
ihey Came into the city late in the evening
ana were leii al the railroad depot. Dn,
ring The night they we're all stolen, as is SIM
posed, and as Is doubtless the fact. Inv ,h.
patriots" - '"e
Gen. Brady. too had heen ballied i, bis
scheme oil resistance. He had made reoni-
si'Ion upon Governor Mason for six romra.
mes OF ml!Iiia-but they had manifested such
spirit, that the General had felt unwil,in,r
20 trust them with the arms, and had rbouoLi
IL prudent 10 dismiss them. lie had loo few
regular troops with him 10 arrest The move
menis ot the invaders
Under these circumstances will bar,,o
The duly OF our Government ia ralI t,,
sufficient force from the distant ,ar,s ,,,L
border States, or from oihet States ,o r,.,
OH feihiorcements, 10 protect our neutrality
ahu preserve us from a serious slte,cafi1n
win the British Government. Gen Set,
~ oy tSIs lime at the theatre of action and
we cohnde IN ms sagacity, resources OF mind
ana energy OF character, 20 maintain lbe
peace OF our country.-Rich Enq.
FTom the National LnteHgenccr. March 2
we have no newspapers from DErRo,r
io' several days; but we have information
from that place, by way OF Cleveland nm ~
tuesday week, (two days after the idle s,o.
ny OF bloody battle at Maiden on the even
Tag oil the Sunday preceding,) and moth
ing mad then been done by the Patriots bv
which title The conspiralors 90 anst the neacs
o. The United States and The possessions cf
me 10, Canadians are dignifed in some Of the
Western papers '''o
he Toledo paper Of the 2lst ultimo states
INA. large number of volunteers (Pstrin,s
OF course, } had lately passed through thar
place TO the North. Gen. M'LEop and
other patriot officers, had been al Toledo
anu ieit 10 The same direction. on the s0tb
ni'imo. The force " hich was eocamned a,
Fort Clinton, on the peninsula. had heen
"Nhara"n, and The design was supposed tu
ne 10 concentrate The patriot army at ornen,
Gibraltar ~ " 'e"i
The Cleveland Herald of the 9Th ex,res-
ses The opinion that the persons having conn
iianG or authority among them are destitute
OF me energy necessary TO carry on the en-
'erprize they have engaged in.