Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-09-12
From tie Hagerstown Torch L GIUSEPPE
TIE CANAL WAR.

We have been pernined TO read the official Re
oo,t q TnRUsroT to Gen. WILLIAMS, relative
TO the operations Of the force under his commaDo'
agains, the Rioters on the Canal, and have only
time to make a hasty selection of the facts eFnofa-
ced 10 the Report.
On Tuesday morning the 9Th August Coi. ! hfus
Ton moved from Cumberland With a force OF about
90 men. cumposed Of Capt. Kings, Haller's and
Mccullohis Volunteer Companies, in The direction
os Little Orleans where be arrived at IL O'Clock
the next day, and found all the labOrefs at work,
without any suspicion OF his spproaeh.-Captured
al the men on The section, picked out such as could
be identified az Rioters, disaemed them all, destroy
ed the arms aud moved up the Iine.-On reaching
the next section above, the Col. discovered that an
express bad been sent up by the workers announ'
cling the arrival Of the troops consequently those
who were conscious Of guilt bad an opportunity 70
conceal themselves, or TO carry off their arms
From this point up. they were engaged in searching
for concealed arms and pursuing those who He'd
They were Joined by Col. B6liingsworth's ard Mag.
Barnes Cevahs-destroYed 40 or so shantees and
shops took and destroyed about 1870 guns and pis-
tolls, and captured 90 fthe prominen leaders, who
are now in the Cumber land Jail. The troops we're
actively engaged for FIVE days, and performed a
march ofSl miles. The state OF the country along
| the whole line is described as being IN the most un-
| happy condition. The lives and property OF Gin
zens and Contractors so utterly at the mercy of the
~rpfians that not ONE ofthe people within their reach
was willing TO give information or even to be seen
communicating with the troops. a regular ofgani-
zaIiop among the laborers was forming. They pos
sess. a. far as could be dscertsined, about 500 stand
Of arms and but a few days ago they procured a
further supply OF 50 large duck guns from baiii'
more.
A Mr.. Hughes who was beaten at Little Orleans,
by the rioters, ia now lying at the point OF death,
and a German laborer who had been literally roast
ed alive by them, is nov undergoing severe suffer-
ing.
The Cavalry returned here on Monday evening
in good health, after experiencing great fatigue and
deprivation, in a march Of many days over q rug
ged and uninhabited country.
From THE LINE Of THE CANAL The National
lntellieencer Of the 5tb inst, says:-From a gen
tleman immedia ely from the line of the Canal, we
learn with pleasure that the loss ofhfe, &c, eau
>ed by the movements Of the Militia against the
persons who have been engaged in disturbing the
peace Along the line Of the Chesapeake and OHIO
Canal. has been exaggerated by public iumor. VI
he laborers upon the Canal ore was killed, and i
is rot known that any were wounded VI me clil
zens, a man by the name of RoBEy was Killed IN
he night by one OF the guard placed ny a cohtiac-
Tor nrnund his stable and shantees, being mistaken
Tor a person seeking 10 execute threats that had
been made against the owner Of the properly
About tbifty shantees had been torn down or buint,
being repnlcd either as greg Stops or d,sofdery
houses. Twenty.seycn oflhe rioters have been ap-
pretended and are in Cumberland Jail and a qQan-
NV Of arms and whjskey, concealed on the Virgin
IA side Of the river, had been seized. Every thlns
appeared quiet when our Informant lcst The m'il-
tafy had returned home, and the iaborers had lesu-
med their usual employ mentz- ?