North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1839-12-11


having already been sent or before them.
The Britannia, the Captain aud proprie-
tors of which were, fully believe, ia the
conspiracy, was the vessel of which prin-
eipal use was made. ! am positive In say
ing, that The Captain, Medard Heberi, n.
r., and Joseph Poirier, the first steward
OF the steamer Britannia were in the plot,
for they both avowed it before me one
morning ] breaklasted with them on board
Of the boat
Laprairie was to be attacked the same
night by the people Of tha; place, those of
81. REM and Of Chateaugay; Bcauhar-
nsis was 10 he so by the inhabitants of
Ste. MARITIME, ST. Timothy, and Beauhar-
nais. Eustachs, and Damase Mason had
assured Dumouchelie, Cardinal, and N.Y.
self, that we would find great quantity
81 powder and three hundred muskets at
Mr.. Elllce's house, which were said TO
have been served out 10 The volunteers Of
the townships, in Beauharnais County, the
year before, and had been deposited in
the Oui>bulIdings about the manor house.
Medard Hebert, and Garepy, were to
conduct the attack on Laprarie, and Du,
moncheIle on Beauharnais. On the north
side Of the river movement was also to
take place, and A. B. Papineau was to
have lhe command Of that section. This
Malhiot himself told me in the presence OF
DumoucheIIe. He had shewn great yea
and ardor in the preparation he had made
tour or five wooden cannon with the aid Of
man named Begue, his neighbour. The
Few rebels in the parish OF ST. Martin were
TO form junction with those Of Ste. Rose,
Ste. Anne DIES PLANES, Les Ecors, and
Terrebonne, and they were 10 take posses
sion OF LachapeIIe's Bridge, entrench Them
selves there, and Gu. off the commuBica-
tioG, &c.-The county Of Two Moun~
tains was to remain quiet, to stop the mi
ltia and loyal volunteers of Argenteuil,
Gore, ST. Andrew, Ottawa, and other
places. Turcot, the priest, was among
the most animated, after his return from
the States, in promising the habirans as
sistance OF every kind Augustin De Lo,
rimier, Augustn Tasse, of Ste Rose, and
one Labelle, asrebel OF the village, were
chiefs in this village, and they had made
considerable purchases Of powder and
arms Tasse told me SO himself in Mon
treal.
Charles Bouc, OF the village Of Terre-
bonnie, was one of the chiefs Of that place,
along with Fleurimont, Seraphim Bouc,
Viileneuve, and others from La Mascouche
DIES PLANES. They had all bought pow
der, shot, and arms. As to this ! only
heard ii as a report which was repeated at
Ste. Rose On the LIST November--I cannot
remember by whom. Fleurimoni, Charles
and Seraphim Bonc, declared themselves
republicans, the first and the last of them
having passed the winter in the United
States, in consequence Of having been en-
gagged in the affair OF ST. Eustache. saw
a man named Alexis Taicfer, OF St. Mar
tin, where my father lives, and he told me
that all was ready in the county Of Terre-
bonne--that Papineau, with Laurent Yer
don, were occupied in organizing them ALL
Verdon is avowedy a furious enemy Of
the English Government, and he has been
plotting for some times ought 10 add =,
that there was a committee Of direction in
Montreal, the principal members of which,
as Beausoleil, in my last interview with
him, told me, were John M'Doneil, Fran
co.'s Mercnre, Lemaitre, Beausoleil, Nal
hiot, and some others, such as Levesque
(GuilIaume) and Rochon (David)-both
employed by the Sheriff, but who left
Montreal on the third November Geo.
De BouoheryilIe was also an undetermined
partizan, but he preserved the greatest
caution. Benjamin Ouimet, grocer, was
/ also one OF them.
| now come to speak Of the secret asso-
citation. The original manner Of reception,
/ but WHICH was afterwards done away with,
as being too singular and disagreeable, was
to bandage the eyes Of the candidate in an
adjoining apartment. In this room was
necessarily a Castor. The Castor took
precedence--his two assistants (ior it was
necessary that there should be three) were
armed-the one with a knife and the other
with pistol. The person then about 10
/ be initiated, fell on his knees, and was made
TO repeat word for word the form of the
/ OATH After the oath his eyes were unco-
vercd, and to his surprise he found himself
surrounded by people ready to destroy
him. The arms sign6ed that the least in
discretion which was discovered on the
part of the newly admitted member would
bring on him inevitable death and the
greatest misfortunest There were four
degrees in the institution
The Aigle, (Eagle)
Can any thing be more base than this designa-
ton Of Mr.. Nerdon, BY the infamous Rrien he