Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1838-02-24

clcnching firmly the pistols which she
held At arms lea,h, told the militia
major, in language not to be mistaken,
the terms on which he might advance.
The old fellow quailed and trenbled
before the courageous woman, and was
forced to return without his victim.
Blannerhasset made his escape, and is
now living with his vile, in poverty
in France. He brought over to this
country large amounted money, part
of which he invested in his island, but
| much the greatest part he loaned out to
individuals in the vicinity. Being
forced to fec. without delay, from this
!! country. TO escape the indictments le-
We'd against him. he had no time to COL
lect his debts.-Hc left large amounts
in The hands of individuals who have
never returned him a cent. Many
men near Marietta have grown rich on
money borrowed of, but never returned
to, BIannerhasset. Would it not be
an object Of humanity and charity for
| Blannerhasset's debtors, now that they
are made wealthy by his liberality, in
his day of restitution and distress, to
refund his money, and to raise him up
from the want and wretchedness, in
which he is plunged, to comfortable
independence?
Canadu Wur, md the Western
Frontier Our Western papers are
received SO irregularly, that we have
obtained from them no later intelIi
gence from the seat Of war. But we
learn from the Albany Daily Advert
ser, that through the energetic action
of the Governor Of Michigan, the u.
S. Marshal, and his assistants on that
frontier, the patriots have been disper-
sed in that quarter, and order restored.
t. Duffort, ID. Mckinney, IT,. Suth-
erland, were arrested, and the two for
mer held to bail. The latter was dis
charged.
"The force assembled on Bots Blanc
Island, under General Sutherland, was
dispersed by Gov. Mason, who went
in the steamboat Erie with about one
hundred citizen volunteers for the pur-
pose. The number on the island
which never exceeded 350-was only
200 poor miserable fellows, not more
than TEN Of them Canadians, and they
were all landed by the Governor at
Gibraltar, on the American side, near
ly opposite Maiden, when they disper-
sed. The arms, &c. which had been
stolen from the U. S. Arsenal, were
duly taken charge Of by Gov. Mason.
"Thc general impression at Detroit
was that no farther attempt at Patriot
invasion of Canada would be made
or, if at all, not near that place"
A slip from the Office Of Fredonia
Censor, Of the 22d inst. says-"Col.
Worth has just arrived in this village,
having just come up to Dunkirk in the
steamboat Robert Fulton. Hehas with
him two companies of regulars and
one company OF militia. He made a
forced march from Dunkirk here, and
took possession of what arms were de-
posted here last week, amounting to
three or four loads. A few were sent
off before the forces arrived, having
got wind of their approach. There are
some two hundred patriots in this town
bivouackedi in different places. Troy
Wing.
BY letters and papers from Paris Of
Dec. 18th, we learn that another plot
against the life Of King Louis Philippe,
had been happily detected, and in con-
sequence several persons implicated in
this atrocious conspiracy have been
apprchendcd. The plot had been
known to tho ministers, it seems, for
some days, but the detection was pur-
! posely delayed till the eve of the o.
4 pening Of the chambers. The chief OF
the conspirators man by the name Of
Hubert was arrested at Bolognc on the
10th December. The Paris Messen-
ger states that he was condemned as an
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