Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1838-12-01

'h'o "'ih 'uti'oiS vi W aTs 0re now tie n
order otthe day in the British Provinces,
The Journal Of Commerce Gives Inc Ga.
lowing letter from the ironliels
jEFFE., IN Go, Sov. 4.
Great excitement prevails ia regard to
the infringement ofihe elect OF, and tho
influence which" the patriot question win
have upon the Issue. | suppose you hardly I
know What mean by the term patriot: be
it known then, that this f: ontier wdI sooa
be II theatre towards which rot the a,,er,
ton olthis whole naiion, bu, Of the whoe
world will be anXinnsIy directed. Fer e. /
" to a hundred miles from the lines, from
Maine TO Detroit, the people ARE in cot,
sernaton, these of TN who arc not in
the plot. A Urge proportion Of the men,
and amog them persons OF the highest stan.
ding and intelligence. een,emen Of prince
y fortunes and Of every profession in III.
are leagued with the patriot. Secret asso.
ci;.lons are formed in every town aud
Observation-Disclosures sums Of MONEY
are raised for the cause; sqoaAs Of men
IRE moYeng from different points and pla.
eos to a common rendezvous known only
to THEMSELVES. The mcnhersrs uf these
associations are bound bv salIc,n oath
'to maintain the cause If liberty Ihronah.
out the woild,'Io be true and failhGrl ioa
brother hunter, and preserve inviolae any
secrets which my lie communicated 10
them as sucl."&c. e..
There il an association and a llrs,
number Of sworn members in Now York
city. Those who belong not 10 the asso.
citation are a mnority Of the adj, men in
this region. and known whatever of The de-.
signs Of the patriots. An impcue' rap!c
mystery hangs over their movements;
meetings are held in all parts, and lea.
ding men oftheir number are constantly
IN the move, from one place to another
nothing is committed to paper; all is com.
municated by special messengers. There
is room in the hot.l where an, excu-
sivev devoted 10 them. One of their Gen.
erals, by the name of---,is now here.
The notorious Bill johnson is in This viz.
age, and probably in this house. A highly
respectable gentleman told me to-day that
he had private interview with him. Its
estimated that they number 10000 men
il this county, and iha, there are 4O,C00
men wirhin 100 miles Of this place. A die
tingsished lawyer ;ol me to-day that hc
had 10 doubt that if Bill Johnson was
dominated for congress in this comfy 70
night, he would be elected. These asset
atoms extend throughout the Canadas.
The inhalitants Of the towns on tho
Canada side Of the ST. Lawrence River
are filed with the most alarming fears.
The Kingston people are in constant ex-
pecta'ion of dn attack upon that town!
They have essayed to increase the regular
force by offering large bountics TO yolun.
iecrs, but not an enlsmen could be pro-
cured They have tried drafts upon the
's'llta. These are resisted, and in on
attempt at Perrin TO enforce he drafts or
compel the Militia TO give Up their arms,
sixteen of the regular troops we're killed.
Lower down the river large numbers oil
Americans who are thought 10 belong to
he Patriots, have joined the British Ar.
nv, the more effeciually as is supposed to
aid their friends in time OF need. The
Barracks at Kingston, it is reported wer0
bred day teforc yesterday, and consid>
cradle portion of them were consumed!
You well be curious TO learn how should
know what their oath is. | will tell you.
have had three men in my room nearly
all day, transacting snme business One
OF them is a lawyer. This LAWYER is the
counsel and principal adviser Of the whole
tand. asked him some plain questions
and he took me aside and offered to com.
munlcate il | would take the oath. ] TOLD
h'u would decide after ne had repeated