Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-01-13

impression now Is, tiIat The Island Will De eFdCuuleu W
n vrrv 'rw DAYS. Wi",her H." f,rc" !l"r" aSsr'AN'"h
vii :.ana : descent up,:i Caa.aa 81 come ~ - SIC,
and disbaad we nc unable to say: aus lifeline 10 lHr 'c
lief That the latter Course will De adopted: II certainly Is
mach 10 be desired. In the present situation Of Ca"Aia,
with no PATROL lorce embodied III any part OF u, IL ""I.u
he a desperate undertaking for the Navy Islanders l"
lard. They might be able 10 do something, but tht
CLEANERS are very much against them.
Gen. Arcn!arius arrived in This city Monday evening;
lie proceeded Yesterday, we understand, TO Navy Island,
inr the purpose of demanding the property of the State
that is there collected. We have not yet heard the re-
suit of his mission in case il is unsuccessful, as IS not
unlikely, there are various ru,nors as 10 the course that
will be pursued.
We understand that n scow having IN board 4 twenty.
four FOUNDER belonging To the British force nl ChIppe.
wa, was sunk Yesterday afternoon, by 4 SHIT tom Navy
Island, in the river, a little above the mouth Of Chlppe'
wa Greek.
Captains Applrby and Harding called on US Ibis morn
ing, and stated Thai at the capture of The Caroline, 4 boy
called Billy, was shot rs lie was running across The plank
from the boat. Capt. Appleby says he saw the boy Tall
into the waller, and since then the body has not heen
fund. Itis now asccr,ained with certainty, That at least
three were killed in the affair. None of the missing
have as yct been heard from.
Correspondence Of The Rochester Democr0t)
LoCKpoRr. Jan. =
Tie report which was carried 10 your city, that the
sick mad been taken from Grand Island, by The loyal
troops. is not correct. There is, however, this ground
for The ruimnr. The physician expected that an attempt
would he made to dislOdge them, and to AVOID the con.
sequences. he prudcnlly extinguishrd his fire and remov-
ed two miles into the interior Of the Island, where he
now remains.
During lbc most Of yesterday afternoon, the Islanders
kept up II fire upon the royalIst troops ana batteries; Sc.
rerul ui the rnrnrr were killed. uud the latter destroyed.
From the .}iLany .1rgvs, JanuaryS.J
No mails we're received yesterday west OF Utica. Our
latest dates from Buffalo are of the 3d inst.
A letter Of that date, from i source that entities IT 10
confidence. states. that there were On Navy Island from
Is 10 % pieces Of the Slate artillery and others being
daily carried on, besides a considet"bie quantity OF the
state muskrts That there were less than 0W1 effective
men on the Island, who have no resources except SUCH
us they receive as dunatiUns from individuals that the
force under Col. McNub, at Chippewa, is about $500
men, chiefly undiscipIIned militia that not a man has
yet been killed on either side, except IN The unwnrrant-
able attack upon The Caroline that reports are conlinu.
ally fabricated and sci ailnat, on which no dependence
can be placed that small parties of armed men are con
tinually going on the Island and that il is untcnable.
and cannot be- defended against Il well directed assault
The Commissary General had gone 10 the Island to de-
mand The property Of the Stale, which would probably be
refused, unless il should be determined 10 Withdraw the
forces.
An intelligent person who lcft Buffalo on the dth, re-
ports that three steamboats, had been cut out at Buffalo,
and that lhey would be employed 10 convey the force on
Navy Island to Fort Maiden, (at the head Of Lake Erie,
- miles below DctrniD where it is said 4 patriot force
is emhnGi"d. He reports the force on the Island at i209.
We give the report rs we receive IL.
Lower CASADA-Wc have Montreal papers OF the
1sl inst, and Quebec Of The 20lll ut. They furnish mo-
thing material.
he question, rs 10 ~NplneF LOTu SOslOlu ) ueCidIh-
ton Of martial law be legal or illegal, was argued before
II full cnurt al Chambers on the 2slh ut. The Hon.
James Stuart and VIM. Walker. Esq commended for lis
illpGuli;y. The Attorney. General declined 10 take part
in The discussion, sand, (says the Montreal llerald) as
the Judges did rot call on any of the numerous lawyers
present 10 do suit and service To our young and interest
Ing Queen. the Two gentlemen aforesaid had every thing
their own way" AS if ''our young aud interesting
Queen" were nnswerable Tor the ~lIlrgaluy or otherwise
or Lord Gosford's acts, unless approved by her Majesty.
The JudIrs had not decided tir question al tie last dates.
! The Montreal Herald of the list inst, objects TO The
tone Of The American newspapers and o. "lhe great bo-
dy Of The American public" II says that "thc procIa-
nation Of the President is ambiguous 'but that the
newspapers in The pay OF the President unhlushingIy
boast that their sympathirs are with The ~seIt:stylrd pa.
lrimts." The President has not issued q proclamation
aud there are no papers in this country sin the pay OF
the =. eSidenl.'
Tie Herald also complains that Lord Goslord has is.
sued commissions for receiving oaihs OF allegiance
Can Lord &. doubt (says the HeraldJ that he Is tempt
ing traitors 10 peIjure themselves And II adds this
! fling:
Fmnslnmcn and two En.ishmen. The ingredients are doubtless
the present case, us the fidelity oil Engii.bmch is not doubted, the
whole Of The six recipients Of perjury should have been selected
Nrssrs. Gironard and a b. Papincau, members OF
the Assembly implicated in the proceedings OF The coun.
" Of Tie Two Mountains, have given themselves up,
The former TO MIR. Simpson of Coteau d. Lac, and the
latter to Mr.. Brlanger Of ST. Martin, both Magistrates.
The Montreal Gazrlte Of tho 1st inst. labors through
q colnna OF structures Ia show that Gov. Marcy 5 decl.
sion in the case of Mckenzie, was not wei! taken, and
that he ought 10 have complied with Gov. Head requi.
siiion!
(From lie =. Iorh San IF January D.
CASApIAy AFFAIRS General Winfield Scott is the
oGicrr 10 whom we yesterday alluded rs on his way to
the frontier. Whatever supplies the friends OF the Navy
Island volunteers intend 10 furnish must he made belurc
the arrival OF this active oficer-fdr he will most assnr.
edly, if he can command force sufficient, stop the sup
plies Of the Navy Islanders from this side, as well as pre-.
vent British aggression on the other. We are inclined
10 fancy lha, The very news Of his arrival or the news of
his mission preceding him will do more 10 break up The
Navy Island expedition than all The force The Colonial
Government can muster. To resist him would be as.
sun,ing the altitude Of rebellion against our own Co
yernmtnt.
Weighing and sitting all The news received, we are
certain that no attempt TO attack Navy Island has been
made, otherwise than by The erection OF batteries on tie
Chippewa side for the Navy Island batteries to dcmolish.
In The thousands Of rumors which have reached Us,
there have been so many conflicting and exaggerated
stories that the truth has been reached with difficulty
Now we are told by The Buffalo papers that not even a
serious cann"nadlng has occurred-that up to Monday
not n life had been lost with the exception OF those mas
sacred in the capture Of the Caroline.
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FROM MEXICO.