North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1839-08-14

The BatTIsH FoLUNTEERs.-On FRI
dav 81 last week. the steamer WinooSki,
being nj the sink ct corfuplion, and Can
ada Toryism, Mjssisquoi Bay, was boar
ded bv some so OF the most ili-uoking rag
mullins imaginable. all, Iaore or less under
the influence of liquor, as such characters
always are. They were noisy and imper-
inent. On being cNillY requested by
Capt Phillips, whose urbaGitv and gentle
mnnlv department we can all bear teStl-
mnny In, To be quiet, they threatened vi0-
l"ncc, and only left the boat, when she was
being unmnored, and they peIteG her with
a shower Of stones. To escape from the
injury that the crew and the boat were eX-
posed 10, the captain left the wharf, with
the determination never to go TO that hole
again.
Courteous reader, would you know who are
these villains learn, but starlle not-they
are her Malesty's Queen Victoria Royal
volunteers, commanded by two officers,
bearing her commissions. These are the
peace preserving gentlemen we have on
oar immediate frontier - PlattS6rgh
Wig.
Gov. SEWARD ABUSED BY THE CANA
prAr TONES. Our truly patriotic and
consistent Governor has been lately hon
orcd with a goodIv shower Of abuse from
the Montreal Tories, for refusing TO com
DIV with the demand Of Sir G.. Arthur tc
deliver up a fugitive from Justice, " I'll!
there j. some Lao or fixed rule establish
ed Gov Seward most wisely observes
6 At,ha nj ,,f
TO foreign pnwers, persons who may fly
from the laws Of their respective coun-
tries He lamentS that such an order o
things should exist, and states that he viii
call the Presidents attention thereto.
Now in Canada, matters are manag ed
far better and quite to the taste of the
government cormorants. They demand
and give up individuals, as interest, pas
sion. prejudice, party spirit, and caprice
dictate an order OF things thar pervade>
every department in that wretched coun-
Try, and which has plunged it into all the
horrors that we have heard and read SC
much of The abettors Of Solon-li&e le
gislation, are extremely wroth with ouI
excellent Governor, because he does not
deal the cards as they desire.
ne giving up OF Holmes, the murderer
of Tasche, would be at once construed in.
to precedent Tor jnstifyng the demand
ing and giving the hapless men, who have
been 50 fortunate as 10 escape from the
merciiess fangs of the rabid tribe of sava.
ges that now run riot upon all law, justice
truth and humanity in Canada. Suct
creatures hate alike fixed principles, ano
all who love and cherish sound and consti
.Gutionai government. Piatsburgh Wig
Singular Dcqth.-Mr. Joseph Day, o
Townsend, Mass. was killed few day.
since in the following extraordinary man
ner. He was engaged at lathe in hi,
workshop, when the ends Of handkerchief
which was tied round his neck, becam,
eniangled in the band. and he was straag.
led he was found a few minutes after h,
entered the shop, corpse.
AYoTHEr A vor man named I.ewi
Spencer. aged $ years, was killed at Ran
d2lph, Vt the 29'h Jone last, under III,
!alawtGg Circumstances
He was at work alone al Turning
Lathe, and the piece OF wood that he wa
turning caught The corners of his handker
chief tina; was around his neck, AMI drew