Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-11-15

! eonstcfnafion.- II lhcm Who arc not IN the
Mot 4 LARGE proportion 81 the incn, and among
/ Them prfsans OF the highest standing aud hlr'h
cenrs genilemep Of ptlncely fortunes aud OF every
prnirsson ~ HE. are ragned With the pafiot-' Ne
r,ei assoc formed IN tp~n and neigh
\ boihond--nnteu sums oi money PRE- tdseo ioi
the cause-squads of men moving from dtie'-
ent points aud places To a common rendezvous Known
ons To themselves. The members oi these asso
eiaiious are bound hy solemn oath e" to maintain
the cause al liberty throughout tie wotld' 10 @e
true aud faithful a brother hunter To preserve III
violate any secrets winch may be communicated to
then, ~ such. &c DC. There is an asSociAlon ana
a large number OF sworn members IN New f"hh CT
~ Those who belong not to tbo associalon are a
minority Of the adult men in this region. ana hho"
/ nothing ahatcrcr Of the designs al the patriots.
An impenetfable niystsf, hangs over theH no'e
ments--nectlngs held IN all paris, aud leading
men Of lhcr number are constantly on ne move
from one place to anoihcr-nohiue Is committed To
paper al is eommunoa tod by special n'essfnseis-
There Is "A room the Hotel where | aui' tseIu
siyely adroiodfo them. One OF iheir Generals ny we
name ni -. is now here. The notorious I'm
Johnson Is ~ tins v,ge aud probably III ihis ilehse
highly respectable gentleman told me to=''y
tia, he had private interview with hun. u i eS'
mated that they number 4 900 men IN tbs county
and there are 10. 900 men WITHIN 100 miles Oh ms
place. A distinguished lawyer told me Today that
he had no doubt that II Bill Johnson WAS nominated
for Congress III this County Tonight, lac would be
elected. These associations extend throughout Tie
Canadas. The inhabitants OF the towns on the Cana
da side Of the ST. Lawrence River, are filed with
The most alarming fears. The Kingston people are
IN constant expectation Of an attack upon that towr.
They have cssayed to increase the regular iorce by
offering large bouutles to volunteers, bat not an en-
lIslmcnt can be procured. They hive tned drafts
upon the Militia. These resisted aud IN an AT
tempt ~ Perth 10 enforce the dIait or compel the
NJ nla To give mp their sixteen Of the regular
troops were Killed. Lower down the nser large
Numbers Of Americans, who are thought 10 belong TO
the Patriots. have joined the Brush army. the more
riicctualy as IS supposed, To ad the iIeh1s III te
Of need The Barracks al kingston II Is reported
were red day before Yesterday, aud considerable por
tons Of them were consumed. Gu will be curious
to learn how should know what then oath Is.
will tell YOU have had three men in my room
nearly all day, transactng some business. One OF
them is a lawyer. This lawyer Is the counsel and
principal adviser Of the whole band. asked HIM
some plan questions and he took aside and
offered 10 communicate II would take the oath.
told hun would decide after he had repeated the
oath he did SO, and | then declined. II IS avery
long oath, aud awlully solemn, aud Will venture
the opinion that no man can remember more ilIan
the general tenor OF II by hearing II repeated. The
papers dare not speak word. ilostncs viii soon
commence The blow may now be struck, aud the
next hour may bring us the news.
Yours. most truly
The Editors of the journal OF Commerce are ia
vorcd with the following letter, dated
Rouis's PoiNr, Nov. ), 1898.
As the time has again arrived when yon will be o
vcrw hcmcd with reports and news from Canada, |
will now commence and continue to give you such
information as can rely upon. There rs no doubt that
there is general rise amongstthc Canadians in Can
ada. and that they are generally provided with AIMS
aud ammunition that have been inir"d. ccd ire .
tho States du,nR III" Summet ana that thcy will
'"'''''; al ,.."ng possession Of some Of the frontier
settlements and holding them lor few days, most
likely but that they will eventually be annIhIlated
/ there is but little doubt in my mind.
! They made lhcr rise al Napierve on Saturday
last sad 10 be 1000 strong and Is supposed that
they will attempt to take odletown This afternoon Oh
TO night II IS most likely they viii succeed as the
force To oppose them is but a small one Of voun
tcers They took 1T Napierc, their rise,
number Of prisoners, aud lodged them IN the J al
among whom was Henry Webb, my clerk, who
4 happened to be there business, End two othe
Ame iican citizens 1t will OF course throw business
into confusion and suspend ii with Canada al least 10
a few days but our American Citizens eiyiuj
such ard and assis stance 10 the brgands, that fear
! will get our Government INTO tro1ble IN tRe end.
We ought to have 10000 Regular troops upoi
! the lIucs to enforce our neutrality laws.