Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-12-28
CANADA.

Mar|ln WOOuIuIl, Oue VI tuc t'SeSoN
prisoners, was executed at Kingston on the
/ 9th inst. The Chronicle says ,h1t war.
rants for the execution Of two others,
Swe,e and Peeler, had been received.
A Court Martial has been ordered TO
assemble at London on the 9th INST. for
the trial of the prisoners taken in the
West. The members Of the Court are
selected from the Militia.
A report has reached US. by way of
Rochester, that Allan McNab has been
assassna, ed, near the Grand River Swanp'
He was shot through the temple, and died
instantly. The persons who were with
him only waited to pick up the dead body.
and made of with the utmost DESPATCH
npprchcnsive, it is supposed, tiat large
force was sccre,ed in the dense cedar brake
from whence the fatal bullet, was fred.
Thus have two of the prominer, actors in
the Caroline outrage, fallen by the hand of
the assassin!
EXECUTIONS AT MoNrREAL.--On Fri
day, at half past nine o'clock forenoon, ].
N. Cardinal, late Member of the Provin.
cia! Parliament of Lower Canada. and M.
Duquctte, paid he forfeit Of lhci. resist
anco to tyranny and oppression.
Both of them, but especially Cardinal,
mounted the steps to the scotold with a
firm step. Having taken their respective
stations, Duqnet,c was observed to cast his
eyes up TO The apparatus tbovc his head,
and then right and left upon the crowd.
From that moment his ace, which had
been deadly pale became suffnsed with q
deep crimson flush, and lie evidently trem.
bed. Duque,te was a student ct law, and
was about % years of ,ge. He resided at
Cha'eauguay, where lie was much respect
ed. He was engages in the Missisquo
Bay affair last fall. and in the Alburgt
Springs expedition. Cardinal was a No
tury Public at Chabauguay, where he en-
joyed great inhgen,e and extensive prac
tlcc. He was not implicated in the dls,ur
Dances of 1887. Both he and Duquett,
were captured and delivered up by thu
CauG hnewaga Indians. whom they at
tempted TO induce to remain quiet or sur
render up their arms. Cardinal was abou
81 years of age.
Cardinal suffered but little. Duquett
on the contrary, had, by some Studies
movem1nt so displaced the rope, that NJ
pressure could affec, the jug.Iar vein, !
therefore became necessary 10 apply n sec
ond rope to his neck, and this rope havin!
! been made fast 10 the beam, the first rop
was cut. The effect of his second descent
for his body fell fall four feet from it's pre-
vious elevation, quickly ended his suffer
ngs.
On the afternoon OF Thursday, Car
dlnal had been occupied in signing a multi
p'lclty OF papers-We presume, connectc'
with his professional business Of Notary
For one hour and three quarters he con
tlnued to sign his name, with rapidly an
remarka Bile steahipess nf hn"d
very few Canadians were present.
Two companies of the Goth regimen
have been stationed at ST. Johns til
Head Quarters of the list regiment re
moved to Lacade, and the 18th regimen
10 Napiervllle and the Isle aux Noix. Tn
movements, which it will be observed
/ (adds the same paper. y are little in advanc
/
sequenl upon the numerous collection G
armed Americans and Canadian refugee
in the villages bordering on the lake.
Col. N. Swan SHoULrs, the ac'ua
leader of the late Patriot foray upon Pres
colt, U. c., was hung under sentence Of
Court Martial on Saturday the 9th lnst.-
10 met his fate rs becomes soldier. IL
father was Major 10 the polish army
the last struggle TO throw off the Russia
yoke, and he also 1850 to that rank in tt
same service. At the subjugaton
his country he emigrated, and in 1873
settled at Salina N, Y, as chemist. II
was residing there when induced to er
gage in the Patriot enterprise. He h,
w'lIcd $1,000 to the widows and children
the Canadian militia who fell at Prescott
aud $500 to the Catholic College at Kin!
slon He has also left $4,000 to the lac
TO whom he was gagged to be married.
1t is matter of deep regret that his dea
followed his sentence with rapidi,y-nI
so we believe the Kingston people mu
acknowledge. They have shown mo
more magnanmity than any other of Il
Canadian loyalisls. The last proof Of tt
is before us in the Kingston Herald, whc
T in justice to the unhappy men engaged
t the affair at Prescott, denies that they k III
= the two women. whose murder has been
often spoken Of. 1t appears, moreover,tI
n only one was killed the other was woun
ed but is likely 20 recover.
BILL JOHNSON.
s This noted parsonage is now in Alba
y jail, having been a second time ares, ed