The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1838-11-27
LATER FROM UPPER CANADA.

BY dispatches TO the commander in chief
at Montreal from Upper Canada, it appears that
the Patriots who so gallanlly repulsed the Brit
ish on Monday and Tuesday at Prescott have
been either killed taken prisoners. We copy
Il part of the Despatch:-
81 came do wn here yesterday from Kingston,
with four companies of the 83l Regiment, two
IL FOUNDERS and a howzer, made up from the
town TO position about 400 yards from the
wndmills and adjoining house Occupied by the
Patriots.
They did not move or come out of the houses
to oppose my advance. The Is FOUNDERS open.
ell with good effect upon the stone building near
the mill. Capt Sandon with two gun boats in
which he carried two Ii Founders, took UP Il
position below the windmill, which he com
muuded, but not with much effect. A ier can.
nonading these buildings for an hour or rather
more and observing the Patriots to be quitting
and endeavoring escape, ordered the troops
to advance; very little resistance was offered by
the party occupying the windmill bat sharp fire
was opposed 10 us from the adj lining stone bull
ding. 1t being dark before the troops got round
these buildings, and the Patriots in the windmill
having displayed white flag, they were smmon-
ell 10 surrender themselves Internationally
which they did.--Eighty six prisoners were i'm
!nediately secured and sixteen others, who
were wounded, we removed from the null MS
soon as conveyance could be iound--a large
supply of arms, 26 kegs ofpowder and three pie
ces OF ordinance fell into our hands. Some of the
Patriots effected their escape from the buildings
when darkness came on, and hid themselves in
the brushwood the bnnk under the mill
directed the Militia to scour this bank, and sew
eral prisoners were secured among others Pole
calling himself Gen. Van ShuIZ, who, it is I'M
derstood, was The principal leuder. All the bull
dings adjoining the mill we destroyed but the
latter directed to be occupied by company of
Militia, aud propose that it should continue TO
be so, or entirely demolished"
An extra from the Office of the Ogdensburgh
Times dated Thursday morning, will explain
some Of The causes OF the defeat oil the Patriots
which loIowed: -
"Ihwsday, Morning .Nou. Is
"During the night nothing of consequence has
taken place. The river has been covered with
boats some attempting to reach Wind Mill Point
from this side and others engaged TO prevent it,
Several boats were fred upon during the night
and so far as we can learn no boats reached Che
Wind Mill
"a gentleman of verncity who crossed above
last night reports that it is supposed that the
royal party sustaIneda loss of about fifty in the
engagement of Tuesday and that they had not
been able to remove the dead from the battle
field. That all the suspected persons and those
who refused to take arms have been arrested
and eonfined-that Colonel Young is not killed
huuOurS rom Otner sources state that the
United States was fred upon in the river as she
passed up that rising took place in the neigh
borhood of Gananoque, hut all these reports
must be taken with many grains of allowance,
That some trouble has broken our above is al
most certain.
This morning at about Z O'Clock fire was
opened on the Wind Mill by heavy piece of
ordinance and returned by the revolutioniss.
The British occnpya position on the rise ofland
below the Wind Mill and are sheltered by bull
dings. AT about 8 o'clock it is believed that
the revolutionary party made a sortie and beat
them back and fired the buildings behind which
the royasts formed. Two large buildings IRE
now enveoped ia flames.
The Buffalo Commercial Of Friday states that
Capt. Usher ofChippewa U. c. was shot dead OH
the Wednesday night previous by some person
unknown. Capt. u was one of those concerned
in the attack of the Caroline last winter.
Fhe American soldier who was wounded by
being fred upon by one of the British Volun-
teers, stationed at Cornwall WINS brought up to
oacketts Harbor, where he died oil Monday last
MAJOR General Scott, is, we hear, again order
Gu tothe Northern Frontier. He is the man, upon |